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Elektron’s Tonverk is a 16-track polyphonic multisampler powerhouse
It’s a multisampler. It’s got 16 tracks. It’s an effects box. It’s got elaborate routing and multiple machines. It’s a modulation monster. Or to look at it another way, The Bride of Octatrack beast is here. Here it is at a glance.
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Happy birthday, Isotonik: here are some of the best Ableton Live add-ons
With Isotonik’s Darren celebrating his birthday this week, we’ve got an Isotonik Studios shopping guide, with favorite Max for Live add-ons, CDM reviews, and sound demos. Now with a special CDM-exclusive Labor Day discount code.
Sampleslicer MKIII, the definitive real-time sampler looper slicer module
Live performance requires practice. And creating a truly performance-oriented module also requires a long process of iteration and refinement. Sampleslicer MKIII, the live sampling-looping-slicing labor, by Jan Willem (ginkosynthese), is the culmination of that process. And it just keeps getting better: today’s beta update, just announced, adds features like momentary reverse, non-repeating one-shot, and gate-triggered resets.
Peter Kirn - July 11, 2025
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Torso S-4’s 2.0 OS makes it the performance sampler it wanted to be
Peter Kirn - June 18, 2025
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bop: free, fast, friendly, fun music stuff for Pd, old CPUs and RasPi
Peter Kirn - February 5, 2025
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Teenage Engineering OP-XY: fully rebuilt OP-Z with display, CV, more
Peter Kirn - November 14, 2024
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Ableton Move guide: tips, tricks, questions answered, hacks
Peter Kirn - October 18, 2024
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monome and RNBO now play together – with a free drum sampler patch
Peter Kirn - October 11, 2024
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