cables.gl, free visual programming: now open source, offline

cables.gl is a wonderful creative environment for everything the browser can do visually – interaction, motion, and 3D. And now it sports a full open source MIT license and a version you can download and use offline.

LFO device in Max over top an Ableton Live session, showing the Presentation view. The Freeze button (set to unfreeze to allow editing).

Ableton has a new free guide to making better Max for Live devices

Ableton is today releasing an exhaustive free guide full of resources they’ve used internally in developing and maintaining devices. The guide has a ton of advice, so it’s a chance to benefit from Ableton’s experience.

Peter Kirn - March 12, 2024

CLAP is a new open-source plug-in format from Bitwig, u-he – do we need it, and who will use it?

Bitwig and plug-in maker u-he today are announcing a new plug-in format into beta, dubbed CLAP, for CLever Audio Plug-in API. It’s open and has features missing from the leading proprietary formats – and boasts some significant support at launch. So what will that mean for you?

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2022

Mutable Instruments Plaits is now free for Reason, in a beautiful reimagining called Macro

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2022

Someone replicated a GPU in JavaScript – and it runs in characters in a terminal

Peter Kirn - October 21, 2019

Plaid’s Tether is an Interactive Web Song You Can Remix – Music, or Code

- May 5, 2014

A Free and Open Source Compressor, Built in Pd and Perfect for Mobile

- December 9, 2013

Microsoft Embraces Open, Creative Coding: New Kinect openFrameworks, Cinder Integration

Peter Kirn - October 21, 2013

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