Swimmer is a weird and wonderful modulation source for Ableton Live

Modjaq’s Swimmer is a rare, deep-sea creature, trawled up from the depths of the Max for Live world. This is not your general-purpose modulation source. Think of it like an idiosyncratic Eurorack module — a source of specific gestures and a beautiful, briny gift from the ocean. I recommend embracing the oddness, but even so, […]

Turmoil and Turbulence modules are all about disrupting your gates

Nervous Squirrel’s latest modules focus on adding unpredictability to gates, whether internally generated or external. And you have to love that big “disruption” knob.

Peter Kirn - September 23, 2024

Ever used a delay plug-in at random? Now use the excellent Spaced Out like that – for free

“Never have I ever…” mashed video game buttons in a fighter to win? Randomly tried a delay on a track with some arbitrary settings to try to make it better? Yeah, okay – take a drink. And take a free plug-in, BABY Audio’s new Magic Dice.

Peter Kirn - November 17, 2021

Patterning 2 arrives with a host of new features to play with

Ashley Elsdon - August 1, 2018

Get your Marbles: VCV adds free Mutable Instruments module

Peter Kirn - July 20, 2018

Get a powerful step sequencer as a Windows VST, free

Peter Kirn - February 1, 2017

Only a randomize button can save this synth with way too many knobs

Peter Kirn - October 7, 2016

Sector is a Stuttering Stochastic Sample Slicer, Using Probability and Curving Lines [iPad]

- February 18, 2014

ParamDrum: Reaktor-Powered Drum Sequencer an Rx for Drum Variety

Peter Kirn - August 12, 2009

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