Renoise 3.5 is huge: phrase scripting, tuning support, splitter effect, more

Has that DAW grid got you down? Do you feel like you’re caught in the 1980s looking at a multitrack editor? Have your friends stopped talking to you because they want more breaks and intelligent rhythms so they can put those new sneakers to proper dancing use? Renoise is back with features like a phrase scripting engine powered by the new open-source pattrns (with Tidal notation support), full tuning support, sub-signal effects splitting, and more. $88 new. Holy mother of God, it’s nerd Christmas in July.

Rhizomatic Synestia, an otherworldly effect from Absynth, Plasmonic creator

Modeled resonators, formants, waveshapers, filters, delays, all with extensive modulation: Synestia takes the unparalleled sonic shapers from creator Brian Clevinger’s Plasmonic and brings it to any input signal.

Peter Kirn - December 13, 2024

Ableton Live 12: a guide to everything that’s new

Ableton has announced Live 12 today, with new tools for creating sounds, exploring musical ideas, and playing with the software as an instrument.

Peter Kirn - November 14, 2023

Spinning scales, melodies, intervals, custom tunings with Eventide’s Misha module

Peter Kirn - August 2, 2022

ID700 for iPad reboots the 1987 Buchla 700 – FM, waveshaping, and polyphony (Hands on)

Peter Kirn - April 13, 2021

Inside MTS-ESP, the new tuning tool from Oddsound and Aphex Twin

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2021

Escaping tuning’s restrictive default setting – a conversation with Khyam Allami

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2021

Explore tuning: Bitwig, VCV Rack, reading, and why it matters

Peter Kirn - July 13, 2020

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