Live coders from all over the world are playing music and visuals live online, right now

It’s just business as usual for the live coding scene and algorave movement. From every corner of the globe, freely-coded performance is happening for four days straight – now. They come from Brasilia. They come from Detroit. They come from Indonesia and Antwerp, Ukraine and Mumbai, Rome and Miami and Japan. They’re running free software […]

Free sound and music code environment SuperCollider is adding Ableton Link support

The free, powerful tool SuperCollider is adding support for Ableton Link for getting jam sessions, gear, and software on the same groove, alongside other fixes.

Peter Kirn - March 17, 2020

All about Mutable’s Marbles random sampler – and a clever, just-released update

Mutable Instruments’ modules seemed poised to live forever, in synth terms. A clever update this week is a good reminder of the coolness of the Marbles random sampler.

Peter Kirn - March 7, 2020

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

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2020

Blackhole routes audio between Mac apps, even on Catalina, as ideal Soundflower alternative

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2019

What are all the synths hiding in Mutable’s modules (and their free VCV ports?)

Peter Kirn - October 2, 2019

LiveCore is a free low-level, live patching for Reaktor

Peter Kirn - September 20, 2019

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Grainstation-C is a free granular tool with ambisonics, and an album to match

Peter Kirn - July 29, 2019

VCV Rack hits 1.0; why you need this free modular now

Peter Kirn - June 19, 2019

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