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Apple now has one creative sub for iPad, Mac — but keeps Mac app purchases
Let’s skip to the part you care about: Apple Creator Studio now adds Pixelmator Pro and puts every major Mac and iPad creative app under one subscription, and it’s not too expensive. But just as importantly, though, you can still buy the Mac versions of Logic, Final Cut, Pixelmator, and others as a one-time purchase — no subscription needed.
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Alien resurrection: Absynth 6 delivers a powerful update to a futuristic classic
Back in green: three years after Native Instruments announced its demise, Absynth 6 makes an unexpected return from the dead. What we get is not just a rerelease, but the biggest update for the polysynth in its history, with everything from new filters and engine enhancements to a new UI and MPE. Early review: this is a polysynth you need to explore all over again — or discover for the first time.
Generative analog: Cyma Forma’s Alt soundscape synth takes shape
In a single, fader-covered box with a capacious patchbay, Alt brings together creative, generative sound worlds beneath a unified interface. FM, dual filters, random slew, scales, light sensors, a mic: it’s not every day you see a device so obsessed with exploration. And now it’s in preorder mode, shipping in December, making me wish for a residency somewhere in a cozy arctic cabin or something.
Peter Kirn - November 17, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Turn that 1U row into a row of tactile TR-x0x step sequencing: Drummertime
Peter Kirn - November 7, 2025
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Moon from Landscape, Mystic Circuits: a bonkers 4-channel drum machine
Peter Kirn - November 3, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Two by two: microKORG2 2.0 splits, slices, rewards — and does Sinevibes
Peter Kirn - October 9, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
What to know about the Roland TR-1000, from voices to slicing to samples
Peter Kirn - October 1, 2025
Gear Music tech Stories Tech
CDJ-3000X: first CDJ to go online; expanded usability, sound quality
Peter Kirn - September 9, 2025
DJ Gear Music tech Tech
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