With audio and VST3 support, Isadora is now a complete interactive canvas

Isadora for macOS and Windows has long been a powerful media art tool for those in the know, thanks to its intuitive interface and focus on live performance. It’s the media art tool that can feel at home with dance choreographers, a rare piece of software that gets dramaturgy. Isadora 4.5 adds a lot to that, but most notably flexible sound tools — and VST3 support — bring it solidly into the world of audiovisual media.

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

TouchDesigner POPs course gets your brain around geometry for visuals

In a world that’s definitely trying to make us dumber and more depressed, let’s grow our brains instead. Our friends over at Derivative have a free course that finally makes it easy to start working with POPs — the Point OPerators that enable all that wild 3D geometry you see in live shows and installations.

Peter Kirn - May 20, 2026

The developer of Tweakbench wants to remake the DAW without linear time

Peter Kirn - March 4, 2026

Resolume 7.24 adds 10-bit color, more — plus a bunch of new tutorials

Peter Kirn - February 3, 2026

PatchSeq puts a FM-filled, sequenced patcher inside your VCV Rack

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2026

How to get started with SoundThread and CDP: wild free sound tools

Peter Kirn - August 27, 2025

Resolume 7.23: parameter animation presets, faster, more Wire

Peter Kirn - July 24, 2025

cables, free visual creation patcher on Web and app, gets big updates

Peter Kirn - June 23, 2025