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Pitch is political: learning Arabic maqams and decolonizing music
Sami Abu Shumays has uploaded his complete lecture on politics and maqams. He talks about how decolonizing music also meant decolonizing himself—reconnecting to his roots as a Palestinian American. This is essential context for Sami’s work, which includes the Arabic tuning section of Ableton Live 12’s tuning implementation and free companion site.
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rr is a free Max for Live gizmo that lets you play Roar with MIDI notes
What’s great? Roar. What’s the best part of Roar? Feedback. What could make it even better? The ability to play it with MIDI notes. Perfect.
Peter Kirn - July 3, 2024
Music tech Software Tech
Ableton Live 12.1 is in public beta, and it’s a huge release for Live
Live 12.1 just hit public beta, bringing more than you might expect: major Push additions, new ways of working more quickly with keyboards (and screen readers), a new Drum Sampler and pitch tracking and correction device, and more. Oh, and they finally fixed (my) single most annoying omission in Live. Here’s what’s new in Live (I’ll cover Push separately).
Peter Kirn - July 2, 2024
Music tech Software Tech
Robert Henke’s Granulator III update for Live 12 expands modulation powers
Peter Kirn - May 22, 2024
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Ableton has a new free guide to making better Max for Live devices
Peter Kirn - March 12, 2024
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Live 12 is here, including Performance Pack and new tuning site
Peter Kirn - March 5, 2024
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Performance Pack for Ableton Live 12 now has a video manual
Peter Kirn - January 11, 2024
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How to make Transformers and Generators for Ableton Live 12 (ES)
Peter Kirn - November 29, 2023
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