Turn your iPad or iPhone into a scriptable MIDI tool with Mozaic

Its creator describes it as a “workshop in a plug-in.” Mozaic lets you turn your iOS device into a MIDI filter/controller that does whatever you want – a toolkit for making your own MIDI gadgets.

Let’s talk about open tools at Ableton Loop and beyond

From libraries to circuits to hacks to instructions, a lot of you are sharing the stuff you make. We’re using Ableton Loop to bring some of you together.

Peter Kirn - November 7, 2017

Push 2 hardware now works in Bitwig – including on Linux

There may be an Ableton logo splashed on it and integration designed specifically for Live. But one of the nice things about Ableton’s Push and Push 2 hardware are that, at their core, they’re open. Everything sends and receives standard MIDI messages. As we’ve seen, even the display is hackable. And that is admirable not […]

Peter Kirn - December 7, 2015

Get dedicated hands-on control of your Ableton Live set with DDC

Peter Kirn - August 25, 2015

Here are ten reasons Reaper 5 upgrade will make users happy

Peter Kirn - August 13, 2015

Wish Granted: Ableton Live Control The Way You Wanted It

- December 10, 2014

MIDI-Controlled Necktie Lights Up As You Play, with Internet-Enabled LEDs

- May 25, 2014

Renoise Community Already Have Their Own Tool for CDP; Free, Easy Sound Mangling Results

- May 22, 2014

Let your iPad Look Like Anything, Sequence Anything, with Lemur 5

- March 11, 2014

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