MOTU DP12 arrives, adding Dolby Atmos and more to a DAW classic

MOTU’s DP doesn’t get a lot of hype — it just quietly remains a favorite for everything from scoring to post-production. DP12 has deep Dolby Atmos support, an Arrangement Strip, and lots of other welcome additions to this Mac and Windows DAW.

Unreal Engine 5.8 is a major audio release, despite Epic staffing cuts

Epic layoffs in March cut deep into the audio and music teams. But there’s hope that their work will live on in Unreal Engine and MetaSounds, via what is arguably the most innovative sound work built into any game engine. Unreal Engine 5.8, now in preview, features a bunch of powerful tools for working with sound, one of the biggest sound releases yet. Here’s a look at what’s in that roadmap.

Peter Kirn - June 1, 2026

Teenage Engineering’s mixer – FX – audio interface – instrument is provocatively tiny

The next big idea from Teenage Engineering is a minuscule multifunction mixer-audio interface. It’s beautiful and – maybe unusably small. Those Teenagers never shy away from controversy.

Peter Kirn - April 25, 2022

After update, iLoud MTM is an economical way to feed Dolby Atmos’ need for speakers

Peter Kirn - November 19, 2021

Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro news: 8K, object tracking, spatial audio, and still free updates

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2021

NAP, a free, high-performance data-driven visual and audio platform, is now slicker than ever

Peter Kirn - October 15, 2021

Hear Jan Wagner’s intimate piano electronics, before they enter a planetarium dome

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2020

Max TV: go inside Max 8’s wonders with these videos

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2019

This free Multi Analyzer shows why Live 10 multichannel Max is cool

Peter Kirn - February 14, 2018