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Sonify data in Ableton Live with a free MIDI Tool; weather data walkthrough

Now, raw data can be a musical source in Ableton Live 12 Clips — for free. Manifest Audio’s Datafree shows the potential of Live’s Generators, transforming any pasted numbers into music and sound. There’s a deeper rabbit hole to go down, but here’s a great way to start. Let’s try it with freely accessible climate data and make some weather-based melodies.

Sitka’s excellent Gravity clock Eurorack module is now open source

Kyiv-based Sitka Instruments is making the awesome Gravity Eurorack clock module open-source hardware. It’s an easy and affordable build, and there are already cool alternate firmwares available, with more to come. Sitka is supporting the community — and you can give back by supporting Ukrainian causes.

Peter Kirn - March 12, 2026

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Michigan Synth Works has an open-source 303 processor and a new kit

Call it the Bride of x0xb0x. Michigan Synth Works today teased a new, Arduino-compatible, open-source 303 processor, plus a full DIY kit. They’re both affordable ways to build your own all-analog, modern TB-303 with current components. And it feels like the early spirit of the open x0xb0x is back. The x0xb0x is the device that […]