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Mudjaq TapeLeap, a freaky tape/lo-fi looper that can blink, be broken
It has a “broken” button and an eyelid that you can blink on and off. It lets you record or set feedback to 150%. It overdubs, it loops, it — does it in opposing directions. No, it’s not another tape delay/looper. Every single setting in TapeLeap from Mudjaq, for Max for Live, is bonkers and fantastic.
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Sampleslicer MKIII, the definitive real-time sampler looper slicer module
Live performance requires practice. And creating a truly performance-oriented module also requires a long process of iteration and refinement. Sampleslicer MKIII, the live sampling-looping-slicing labor, by Jan Willem (ginkosynthese), is the culmination of that process. And it just keeps getting better: today’s beta update, just announced, adds features like momentary reverse, non-repeating one-shot, and gate-triggered resets.
Peter Kirn - July 11, 2025
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Reviews Tech
Transit 2 from Baby Audio, Andrew Huang: more FX, “Motion Modes”
Billed at launch as a “transition designer,” it was clear from the start that Transit 2 was a multi-effects workstation. Now, the Baby Audio / Andrew Huang collab has delivered on that with new effects and Motion Modes, making this a “motion effects playground.”
Peter Kirn - October 15, 2024
Music tech Software Tech
KORG’s microKORG, KingKORG NEO: vocalist, or Economy Plus
Peter Kirn - January 18, 2024
Gear Music tech Tech
Instant ambient: Noise Engineering’s Versio gets its own third-party drifting looper
Peter Kirn - July 31, 2023
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Turn Ableton Live into a looping 4-track Tascam Portastudio with this Max for Live Device
Peter Kirn - February 14, 2023
Music tech Software Tech
mlre is an expanded version of the classic monome mlr, focused on performance
Peter Kirn - August 3, 2022
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