Elastic OSC, Plaits as an instrument app, now supports Android, MPE

Oliver Greschke’s Elastic OSC continues to blossom as a mobile instrument. Packed with open-source algorithms from Mutable Instruments’ Plaits as oscillators, Elastic OSC has added powerful modulation and now supports Android and MIDI Polyphonic Expression.

Erosion side-by-side with Erosion Legacy.

Ableton Live 12.4 adds Link Audio, updated effects, more: hands-on details

Ableton Live 12.4 enters public beta today. New features include continued refinement of Live’s audio effects and the ability to merge stems and separate stems for just a selected portion of time. And there’s one unexpected twist: Ableton Link can now do audio. Here’s a deep dive into what’s new, based on beta builds leading […]

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2026

Swimmer is a weird and wonderful modulation source for Ableton Live

Mudjaq’s Swimmer is a rare, deep-sea creature, trawled up from the depths of the Max for Live world. This is not your general-purpose modulation source. Think of it like an idiosyncratic Eurorack module — a source of specific gestures and a beautiful, briny gift from the ocean.

Peter Kirn - August 20, 2025

Free Roland SH-4d 2.0 update: new oscillator models, pattern chaining

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2025

UkrRack, the all-Ukrainian modular system in action, module details

Peter Kirn - February 24, 2025

1982’s PPG Wave 2 arrives in reimagined Eurorack form

Peter Kirn - February 11, 2025

Close-up, angled view of Envy Machine, showing jacks, push-button selectors, LED indicators for modes, and tall, sleek encoders.

Envy Machine, 4 channels of envelopes, LFOs, randomness, knob recording

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2024

Black Noise modules faithfully recreated on VCV Rack – for free

Peter Kirn - October 22, 2024

Xaoc Devices Berlin: new compact VCO with Leibniz Binary interfacing

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2024