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Inflation, begone: SunVox is still donationware, and 2.1 makes it slicker and more powerful
The runs-on-any-OS modular music studio got a major 2.1 update this week, with better high-res graphics, a new keyboard, and more. It’s a synth. It’s a tracker. It runs on Raspberry Pi so you can make your own mobile music hardware. It’s stupidly good – and those keys make it easy to jam with on the go. SunVox is a bright music maker even in hard times.
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Learn modular MetaSounds in Unreal, free, and start thinking in procedural sound
It was once the stuff of dreams — a patchable, modular environment for sound, synthesis, music, and procedural generative audio. Now it’s free (MetaSounds) in a free game engine (Unreal Engine). You just have to learn to use it – which is why this free comprehensive tutorial series by our friend Matt Spendlove is a must.
Surge XT hybrid synth is now a free set of modules for VCV Rack
Free meets free: in a labor-of-love community project, soft synth Surge XT is now available as an exquisitely designed set of modules for VCV Rack. It combines two of the best open-source projects for software synthesis lovers, bringing new ways of patching to both. And that means all this power is on macOS, Windows, and Linux, all three.
Peter Kirn - January 27, 2023
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IRCAM ASAP plug-in suite transforms and remixes sounds; part of it is free
Peter Kirn - December 19, 2022
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Bitwig explains Harmonic Split, Transient Split
Peter Kirn - December 6, 2022
Music tech Software Tech
Roger Linn shares hidden settings and more gems from the LinnStrument
Peter Kirn - December 2, 2022
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