Two free plug-ins and a music label take you into ambient worlds

What’s to say a music idea can’t be both a tool and a tape, an instrument someone could play or an album they can get lost in? Puremagnetik are launching their new experimental label with two free tools that let you keep the drones and grains and ambient soundscapes flowing.

Apple’s latest GarageBand will help you learn an instrument, for free

Can GarageBand for macOS make music more accessible? The newest release brings free lessons for those wanting to learn. And on another note, it provides crucial bug fixes for blind users.

Peter Kirn - June 27, 2018

LABS is a free series of sound tools for everyone, and you’ll want it now

Everyone’s talking these days it seems about new users and finding an entry way into production. But Spitfire’s take is pretty irresistible: give you some essential sounds you can use anywhere, then charge you … nothing.

Peter Kirn - May 31, 2018

Crudebyte brings a significant raft of new features to Colossus Piano 2.0

Ashley Elsdon - April 29, 2018

Nord Electro 6: Seamless Transitions, independent Piano, Organ, Synth

Peter Kirn - January 23, 2018

Reason 10 is a return to form: all about the instruments

Peter Kirn - September 29, 2017

These piano breakthroughs changed music forever

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2016

Watch Una Corda, a software piano with a difference

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2016

Komplete Kontrol from NI gets more control, 88-key keyboard

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2015

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