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The delicate, tiny sound machines in the world of Kuro Kasetto
From Mexico, Kuro Kasetto produces music with solenoids and machines that quivers and rustles as if it’s more flora than machine. It’s a world of “tiny sounds” and a source of exquisite escape.
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Link Audio, now in Max, Pd, VCV Rack, TouchDesigner, oF, and plug-ins, free
Ableton Live 12.4 is inbound, with Link Audio support coming to Live, Move, Note, and Push. But Live Audio can also be about routing audio over a network to other hosts, too. Julien Bayle (VOID) has an early, open-source implementation. If you’re ready to start experimenting even while this API is still in alpha, you’ve got a wide variety of sound and visual tools to try, all for free.
Peter Kirn - May 3, 2026
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Essential mix: let an hour of tilde’s music energize you (then nerd out!)
Glitchy but driving broken beats are what’s for dinner. Hannover’s tilde (~) is a font of knowledge on topics from Pd/plugdata to Bitwig Studio Grid FX to mixing and mastering. And those skills translate to some genius grooves. Listen up to this full-power montage of all original music.
plugdata, cyclone get major updates — free stuff for patchers and end users
Peter Kirn - February 24, 2026
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Cosmolab, open DSP development kit, in final hours of crowdfunding
Peter Kirn - January 29, 2026
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Free Envion Deepscan turns your hard drive’s lost files into a soundscape
Peter Kirn - October 29, 2025
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Envion: a free, open, algorithmic drum composition environment in Pd
Peter Kirn - October 24, 2025
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plugdata 0.9.2 is huge update for this free sound exploration powerhouse
Peter Kirn - September 24, 2025
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