Serato DJ 4.0 public beta finally makes crates make sense

DJ software should make managing your music library easier — in theory. In practice, the leading DJ apps have been pretty stuck in their ways for a while now. Serato is answering users’ pleas with a redesigned library in the new Serato DJ Pro 4.0 release, available in public beta.

“All rivers lead to the same ocean”: UbuWeb, pirate shadow library, is back

The underground treasure trove of “avant-garde artifacts” is back on the Internet, a source of light even in days of darkness.

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2025

NAP, a free, high-performance data-driven visual and audio platform, is now slicker than ever

Secret sauce? Hardly. It’s more like a hot sauce competition with everyone sharing recipes. Naivi’a NAP Framework, if you missed it, is an open-source, high-octane toolset for digital artists that’s ready to plug into your data, any protocol (OSC, MIDI, Artnet, serial, Web), and push graphics to the edge. And it keeps getting better.

Peter Kirn - October 15, 2021

Inside MTS-ESP, the new tuning tool from Oddsound and Aphex Twin

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2021

LABS is a free series of sound tools for everyone, and you’ll want it now

Peter Kirn - May 31, 2018

Now you can sync up live visuals with Ableton Link

Peter Kirn - February 27, 2017

Ableton Live export comes to an SDK, plus Triqtraq, Patterning

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2016

Free AudioKit Lets iOS, Mac Developers Code Synths and Sound

Peter Kirn - January 12, 2015

Can an Open Source Library Fix MIDI Sync on iOS?

Peter Kirn - January 10, 2015