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Elastic OSC, Plaits as an instrument app, now supports Android, MPE
Oliver Greschke’s Elastic OSC continues to blossom as a mobile instrument. Packed with open-source algorithms from Mutable Instruments’ Plaits as oscillators, Elastic OSC has added powerful modulation and now supports Android and MIDI Polyphonic Expression.
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Akai’s MPC Sample is compact, $399 — let’s compare it to an original MPC60!
It’s real, it’s adorable, it’s an MPC you can hold in your hand, and it costs just $399. Tiny desks now accommodate whole studios. But now that Akai has shared the full specs for MPC Sample — why not compare it to the original 1988 MPC60, spec-for-spec?
Peter Kirn - March 24, 2026
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1010music shares live setup ideas for Bento
We’re in an unexpected golden age for compact sample, synthesis, granular, and sequence gadgets. So let’s give some extra love to 1010music’s awesome Bento — which, because it doubles as a mixer and recorder, goes well with any other bits of gear you may have collected. 1010music has this excellent video showing how you might […]
Peter Kirn - March 19, 2026
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Video guide to accessibility in Ableton Move, Move Everything – Andre Louis
Peter Kirn - March 8, 2026
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Move Everything hacks Ableton Move for custom devices — and accessibility
Peter Kirn - February 19, 2026
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Move 2.0 adds Audio Tracks with clip warping, live processing; more
Peter Kirn - February 10, 2026
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