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.

Rooms.xyz puts adorable remixable, code-able 3D rooms in your browser – you know, for kids

Okay, forget the vaporware “metaverse” business. You can open a browser tab and use this right now (in beta). Create, build, remix, and code 3D rooms for any kind of fun you imagine. While the big tech platform internet is unraveling, we can all play with stuff like this instead. And it’s kid-friendly – and a way for kids to learn to code (human coding, not AI).

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2023

Ableton gives away 90 Max for Live Devices and a complete tutorial with sets; plus RNBO vs M4L

You’ve seen various Max Devices for Ableton Live; ever wanted to try building your own? Ableton has just released a complete step-by-step tutorial with examples. And there are some 90 free Devices in there to play with and start to tweak, too.

Peter Kirn - April 20, 2023

Piastrone is a perfect, playable reverb for Ableton Live – even when other reverbs fail

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2023

Resolume 7.14 visual software arrives – and with it, a bunch of new Wire tutorials

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2023

Dozens of recipes on Mutable Instruments Plaits, for your Eurorack kitchen

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2023

Moog updates Matriarch with performance tweaks, releases patching book and videos

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2023

A cheat sheet for all the wild things Noise Engineering’s Mimetic Digitalis sequencer does

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2023

PicoADK is a complete DIY board to build your own sound inventions – coded in Vult DSP

Peter Kirn - February 21, 2023

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