Modular-Analog Music tech Software Tech
VCV Rack has a new manual for all its free modules – and it’s a great modular tutorial
VCV Rack, the free and open-source host, has added a new illustrated manual for all its free modules. (Free docs, free host, free modules – got it?) It’s a great intro or refresher — those pictures illustrate a lot of concepts that can elude even advanced synthesists. That makes this worth a look whether you’ve got a hardware Eurorack rig or are just getting started in software.
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Inside Ableton’s Drift, the hardware-inspired synth in Live 11, with designer Marc Resibois
Drift is a friendly, MPE-ready, hardware-inspired synth that’s now included in Live 11.3. Since anyone with Live 11 – even Live Lite users – will get it free, let’s go straight to the source to understand the instrument. We took the chance to talk to Marc Resibois, the instrument’s creator, about how Drift was developed – and get his tips on sound creation and some of the sound features you might otherwise miss.
Peter Kirn - May 31, 2023
Music tech Software Stories Tech
Watch Tarik Barri make some 1-minute creations in Videosync for Ableton Live, macOS
Speaking of live visuals, Tarik Barri has been composing some quick 1-minute demo/tutorials in Videosync, the software he contributes to for Ableton Live / Max for Live on the Mac.
Moog updates Matriarch with performance tweaks, releases patching book and videos
Peter Kirn - March 15, 2023
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Wiggler is a bendy expressive DIY synth – and its creator is sharing their process
Peter Kirn - March 9, 2023
DIY + Unusual Tech
A cheat sheet for all the wild things Noise Engineering’s Mimetic Digitalis sequencer does
Peter Kirn - February 22, 2023
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
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