ReBoard transforms melodic playing in Ableton Live with Samchillian layout

You’ve got piano keyboards, you’ve got various grids. But whole new worlds of melodic playing and rapid-fire melodies become possible when you go relative. ReBoard does just that, and it makes even playing from your QWERTY keyboard “awesomely simple” — and enjoyable.

mlre is an expanded version of the classic monome mlr, focused on performance

It’s an even more performative monome. Creator sonocircuit has built a new take on the monome norns/grid app mlr, adding new macros, transposition, LFOs, and lots more.

Peter Kirn - August 3, 2022

Memory Knob is an elegant phrase recorder for anything in Ableton Live, by ayrtbh

Sequencer Electronics keeps giving us musical, inventive gadgets for Max for Live, from two of our favorite artists, Gooooose and ayrtbh. This one just records knob movements, which in Device form is both more visual and accessible for improvised parameter tweaks than traditional Automation.

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2022

Make that iPhone a futuristic Tricorder, pocket Kinect: ZIG SIM + TouchDesigner

Peter Kirn - January 26, 2021

Strum is a mesmerizing new take on arpeggiators and performance – Max for Live

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2021

LIRA-8 reimagines the LYRA-8 organismic drone synth in Pd, VST, AU free – donationware

Peter Kirn - December 30, 2020

Signal adds the modulation Ableton is missing – and now does steps, crossfader

Peter Kirn - July 22, 2019

Mod Max: One free download fixes Live 10’s new kick

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2018

Two new ways to integrate MeeBlip triode synths with Ableton Live, free

Peter Kirn - November 14, 2017

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