Quick! This ffmpeg cheat sheet solves your video, audio conversion needs, for free

Video, audio, convert, extract – once, these tasks were easy with QuickTime Pro, but now it’s gone. ffmpeg to the rescue – any OS, no money required.

VCV Rack hits 1.0; why you need this free modular now

Software modular VCV Rack just hit a major milestone – it’s now officially version 1.0, with polyphony, full MIDI, module browsing, multi-core support, and more. And since it’s a free and open platform, you don’t want to sleep on this.

Peter Kirn - June 19, 2019

Sonarworks Reference 4.3: more headphones, features for calibrating your mixes

Sonarworks Reference 4.3 has a bunch of new features – more headphones, better performance, and it won’t blind you in a dark studio. The goal: make sure your mixes sound consistent everywhere. And with both high-end and consumer cans on the supported list, they seem to want everybody to give this a go.

Peter Kirn - June 17, 2019

Jam like you’re in a Tarkovsky film with this major app update

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2019

Harder software: Reason Rack Extensions, in actual hardware racks

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2019

Your music software goes modular: builder-friendly Bitwig 3 beta is here

Peter Kirn - May 11, 2019

Surge is free, deep synth for every platform, with MPE support

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2019

Alternative modular: pd knobs is a Pure Data-friendly knob controller

Peter Kirn - April 3, 2019

How to make a multitrack recording in VCV Rack modular, free

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2019

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