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plugdata 0.9.2 is huge update for this free sound exploration powerhouse
plugdata, the visual programming environment for sound and media based on Pure Data (Pd), is becoming its own scene. It’s a great place to start patching your own sonic experiments, and if you haven’t already done that, you should. But it’s also becoming a treasure trove of free and paid tools and toys for musicians even if you never touch the wires inside. v.0.9.2 makes that better for developers and users alike. And did I mention it’s free, on Mac, Windows, Linux, and iOS/iPad?
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Your iPad and iPhone just became a portal to endless DX7 sounds
You may think you know the Yamaha DX7 from those couple of presets that dominated the 80s. But Oliver Greschke’s Elastic OSC for iPhone and iPad is a reminder of just how much potential Yamaha’s breakthrough FM synth can offer. And now Elastic OSC app can easily import those sounds, with a bunch of unique presets to get you started — plus a link to a cool generative tool that works with anything.
Ableton Note gets Drift; Ableton Move gets dimmer, smarter
Ableton just quietly dropped updates to its iOS app Note and mobile hardware Move, with still more on the way in Move beta. They didn’t talk much about either with the focus on the public beta for their flagship Live, so — let’s talk about Move and Note!
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