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Essential Ableton Live M4L: bounce MIDI, use gamepads, acid synth
It’s a hot Max for Live summer: here are three more don’t-miss tools for Max for Live for you. There’s a tool to bounce MIDI without the usual manual legwork. There’s a controller app that lets you play Live with gamepads. And there’s the synth follow-up to the blockbuster acid sequencer Sting! Let’s go:
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Stewart Copeland, Spyro the Dragon, and a community effort in sound
Stewart Copeland went from The Police to prolific composer, but perhaps no score was as beloved as Spyro the Dragon for PlayStation. Those sounds have now been revived in community-led, free libraries that run on all sampling platforms, along with some theory and composition lessons. It can instantly improve your mood–and it all began with Stewart playing, dying, and respawning in the game.
You can play rave classic game wipEout in the browser – for now
1995 saw the PlayStation launch title from Pygnosis that launched the combination of futuristic anti-gravity racing and 90s rave music – complete with music by legendary Welsh game composer CoLD SToRAGE that holds up alongside later editions with Leftfield, The Chemical Brothers, and Orbital. And now it’s in a browser port of a source code leak – and it’s a fascinating technical portrait while it lasts.
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