How to patch 3D visuals in browser from Ableton Live, more with cables.gl

Now, even your browser can produce elaborate, production-grade eye candy using just some Ableton Live MIDI clock. The question of how to generate visuals to go with music starts to get more and more interesting answers.

Polyend puts presets in your modular – plus run on a battery, anywhere

Hey, modulars are great. But you can’t call up presets at will, like on a computer. And you can’t head for a day of patching to the shore of your local lake. Or – can you? The folks at Polish maker Polyend are breaking the rules.

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2019

Your music software goes modular: builder-friendly Bitwig 3 beta is here

It may have been in the temple of wires and racks, but Berlin’s Bitwig chose this weekend’s Superbooth to launch a public beta of their all-modular DAW, Bitwig Studio 3. It lets you wire together with hardware, or just inside software, or as a combination.

Peter Kirn - May 11, 2019

Ableton release free CV Tools for integrating with analog gear, made in Max

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2019

Moog Matriarch puts all your analog sound shaping in one keyboard

Peter Kirn - April 25, 2019

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

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2019

Alternative modular: pd knobs is a Pure Data-friendly knob controller

Peter Kirn - April 3, 2019

How to make a multitrack recording in VCV Rack modular, free

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2019

This free Ableton Live device makes images into wavetables

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2019

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