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Pro Tools gets Ableton-style clips and a free iPad app: Sketch, 2023.9 update
Well, we expected this, though maybe expected it a bit earlier. Avid is adding what is essentially an Ableton Live Session clone to its UI, available both in the new Pro Tools update and in a free iPad app called Pro Tools Sketch. The iPad app, for its part, visually looks very much like Apple’s […]
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Pulsar’s new w495 is a perfect Neumann EQ model – and it’s free right now
Having at least one really great 3-band EQ in your arsenal is a very good idea. Pulsar’s w495 looks like a must whether you’re a fan of the classic Neumann original – or you’re still a novice (but more on why I think that shortly). Now through October, this plug-in is free for macOS and Windows.
Peter Kirn - September 21, 2023
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Squeeze is a free upward compressor for Ableton Live – subtle to intense
We are awash with various dynamics tools these days, but don’t sleep on this. GMaudio is a deceptively simple upward compressor that you’ll want in your Ableton Live arsenal, as it can scale effortlessly from nuance to extreme. And it’s remarkable that it’s free; it almost feels like it fell out of an Ableton Live upgrade from a parallel universe.
Peter Kirn - September 15, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
Draw rectangles on spectrum, animate them: free Sektor for Max for Live
Peter Kirn - September 15, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
Acid in your browser, free: generate acid patterns and MIDI with this Web tool
Peter Kirn - August 23, 2023
Music tech Tech Web
Sonic Bloom has a pack of presets for the new Ableton Live Drift synth
Peter Kirn - July 17, 2023
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