More surprise in your sequences, with ESQ for Ableton Live

With interfaces that look lifted from a Romulan warbird and esoteric instruments, effects, and sequencers, K-Devices have been spawning surprising outcomes in Ableton Live for some time now. ESQ is the culmination of that: a cure for preset sounds and ideas in a single device.

Novation Circuit 1.7 adds song mode and more, in yet another update

Every time you think, okay, that’s the last update for Novation’s Circuit – there’s another one. What started as a simply entry-level groove box continues to evolve.

Peter Kirn - July 19, 2018

Why the updated BeatStep Pro is the sequencer to beat

For a lot of us, hands-on sequencing control is a boon to playing, even alongside a computer. So then there’s the question of which sequencer. The reason Arturia’s BeatStep Pro got so interesting this year is that it’s a right-down-the-middle option: not too expensive, not too complicated, and not too weird, but very capable of […]

Peter Kirn - December 2, 2015

Watch how Arturia’s BeatStep Pro sequences all your gear – mega meta roundup

Peter Kirn - July 28, 2015

Auxy Is The Best Piano Roll Editor for iPad Yet – And Not Much Else – By Design [Free]

- October 30, 2014

If You Use Kontakt, Get Cool Bleep and Bass Instruments for Free

- June 12, 2014

In Translucent Glass Grids, Nature’s Patterns, Revealed

Peter Kirn - April 26, 2012

In Translucent Glass Grids, Nature's Patterns, Revealed

Peter Kirn - April 26, 2012

Renoise 2.8 Gets More Usable, 64-bit; Trackers 4ever

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2012

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