Tracktion Waveform Free gets updates for 2022 – and it’s a solid no-cost starter DAW

Free matters – for beginners, for cash-strapped musicians, for teaching, for exchange with other folks, and as a way to test out a new way of working. So it’s very good news that Tracktion’s free-of-cost entry-level DAW keeps getting better.

Get the BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover instantly with Spitfire Audio – free, lightweight

It’s got all the basic elements of the BBC Symphonic Orchestra in plug-in form, it sounds great, it’s easy to use, and it’s all in a tiny 200MB. And now it’s free instantly, no strings attached. (No pun intended.)

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2022

Darwin Grosse, musical visionary and voice for Max and DIY learning, has passed away

The most powerful impact anyone can have in music is not just to find their own voice but to help others find theirs. It means that song echoing across the hills. And across hardware and software, few have shared passion and understanding of DIY musical expression quite like Darwin Grosse.

Peter Kirn - June 7, 2022

Superbooth Berlin preview: why the May edition will be an essential music culture event

Peter Kirn - May 3, 2022

Ableton’s free Learning Synths site now exports, records, and adds more exploration

Peter Kirn - April 26, 2022

Since it’s 22.02.2022, here are a bunch of musical palindromes

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2022

FFT magic explained with animations and smoothies, not equations

Peter Kirn - February 4, 2022

DIY Eurorack series kicks off with Erica Synths and Moritz Klein mki x es.EDU

Peter Kirn - January 3, 2022

Modular synthesis gets reimagined as puzzle game with The Signal State

Peter Kirn - September 28, 2021

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