Watch Unreal Engine make low-latency visualizations, thanks to Arthur Barthur

At the meeting point of physics simulation, 3D visualization, and modular audio inside Unreal Engine, there’s Arthurs Audio BPs. And they just keep getting better – not just doing interesting visual stuff with sound, but making it low-latency.

Miller Puckette, creator of Max and Pd, on how he’s patching his way to remote collaboration

Miller Puckette, the original creator of Max and Pure Data, has been working on keeping connected remotely, too. In this video, he reveals how he plays with a percussionist using Pd and Ableton Live, then joins Cycling ’74’s David Zicarelli to talk about the future of collaboration in modular environments.

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2021

Sega Genesis-ify all your sounds with this free decimator for any platform and OS

One tool gives you 8-bit retro digital sound effects (“bitcrush”/decimator) with loads of extras, for kind of every platform you can imagine – and it’s free.

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2021

OSC to MIDI conversion and MIDI over network, with a free, open source tool

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2021

Watch this entertaining how-to on hacking Mutable’s Plaits for just intonation

Peter Kirn - March 12, 2021

Procedural visuals for everybody: Houdini is now free for Unreal and Unity

Peter Kirn - February 25, 2021

Get a free Memorymoog: Syntronik Memory-V freebie from IK Multimedia

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2021

Surge, awesome free soft synth, gets major 1.8 update

Peter Kirn - January 28, 2021

CTM Festival is live now, from anywhere (not just Berlin or passholders)

Peter Kirn - January 22, 2021

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