These instruments work with MPE right away, for an expressive Ableton Live 11 launch

What is this MPE “polyphonic expression” about? Well, you can get your hands all over the vintage test tone goodness of Fundamental, and a bunch of synths will be easier to control in Ableton Live 11 out of the box. Let’s explain.

WIRES from Hainbach, AudioThing turns a Soviet wire recorder into a plugin

It’s terrible recording technology, made into wonderful music tool. This 1970s Soviet machine saw Cold War spy and military action – but now you get to cheat and use it as a plug-in.

Peter Kirn - November 6, 2020

Fundamental puts a rich, vintage tube oscillator studio in a plug-in, from sonicLAB and Hainbach

Make eerie, modulating drones like it’s a disco in the Exclusion Zone. Or delve into the sound tools of Stockhausen. But for anyone who loves finding shifting, nuanced colors in oscillators – Hainbach and Sinan Bökesoy have created something for you.

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2020

Chilled, trippy live sets and albums from JakoJako, Lucrecia Dalt, more

Peter Kirn - June 3, 2020

You can make music with test equipment – Hainbach explains

Peter Kirn - June 13, 2019

Mournful drone sounds of a repurposed HP test device

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2019

Listen to some gorgeous ambient music coming out on tapes

Peter Kirn - May 31, 2017

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