Free MIDI Tape Recorder captures all your expression – sample-accurate, no quantization

It’s a way of going truly off the grid – MIDI Tape Recorder captures and recalls performances as sample-accurate, like tape. It’s free for Mac and iOS now, from developer Geert Bevin / Uwyn.

open·control is a Kickstarter-backed controller for Ableton Live triggering, looping, everything

Live just turned 20 years old, but there’s still no end to personalized ideas for how to control it. The latest is open·control, and it’s focused on quick, customizable triggers for the Session View, Looper, and editing – as a pocket-sized remote or via pedal inputs.

Peter Kirn - November 2, 2021

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.

Peter Kirn - March 25, 2021

Polyend had a blissful 2020, but they’re not done yet – Tracker, Preset, Medusa updates

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2020

The Amiga just got a new, open 8-bit hardware sequencer cartridge you can build

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2020

All about Mutable’s Marbles random sampler – and a clever, just-released update

Peter Kirn - March 7, 2020

What if your gear could MIDI map itself? This open schema and iOS app do it now

Peter Kirn - September 24, 2019

Surge is free, deep synth for every platform, with MPE support

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2019

Now ‘AI’ takes on writing death metal, country music hits, more

Peter Kirn - April 22, 2019

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