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Boxing Day: get those xmas freebies and be serenaded by an Atari ST
Food comas. Empty wrapping paper. Or whatever you’re celebrating, hopefully you’ve got some time off to grab a slew of free synth-y gifts available to download right now. Need a soundtrack? 1987 and Atari ST have you covered.
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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.
Peter Kirn - December 11, 2025
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Guide: Creating instruments with Max for Live and Ableton DSP (pt. 3)
For the final episode in this trilogy on learning Max for Live and Ableton DSP Objects, we’re going to keep the focus on working fast. We’ll learn how to use Ableton DSP to prototype instruments quickly, play expressively, and hack them with some tricks and mods beyond what the stock Live Instruments provide.
Swimmer is a weird and wonderful modulation source for Ableton Live
Peter Kirn - August 20, 2025
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Essential Ableton Live M4L: bounce MIDI, use gamepads, acid synth
Peter Kirn - August 5, 2025
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Lush, warm Juno-style 6-voice for Ableton Live: Monomono Maya
Peter Kirn - July 25, 2025
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Flufs, powerful loudness analysis tool, is designed for accessibility
Peter Kirn - March 5, 2025
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Sonification Tools for Ableton Live now has a synth that plays data
Peter Kirn - February 13, 2025
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