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Bitwig Studio 4.1: color palettes, note FX with physics and more, Sampler release chaining
Bitwig users get a bunch of goodies in the just-announced 4.1. There are tons of Note FX devices with various features for organic and musical and simulated physics-based playability, plus a really smart way of handling color palettes, chains that trigger when you release Sampler notes, and more. She’s like a rainbow If you’re on […]
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The beauty of wind organs, and how to make one yourself out of recycled materials
The acoustic principles are the same as wind instruments (and pipe organs). But there’s something eerily beautiful about wind organs – and they’re easy enough to make. bassling from Australia sends in this how-to from Australia, to get you started. There, of course, it’s fall, meaning this could be viewed in the “spooky Halloween” territory […]
Peter Kirn - April 20, 2021
DIY + Unusual Tech
Make orbits of planets and moons into music, with a VCV Rack module and an upcoming synth
In the early days of analog synthesis, you had to just turn knobs really slowly and imagine some planetary bodies moving around. Now we have computation. Let’s make ambient space music that’s accurate.
Peter Kirn - August 20, 2020
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Put some physics in your MIDI with this iOS Audio Unit
Ashley Elsdon - August 2, 2018
Apps iOS
Watch an Ableton Loop talk that connects polyrhythms, synesthesia
Presented with Ableton - March 27, 2018
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