Play together with Ableton Live: how Circle of Live sets up for improvisation

“It’s okay to not have a plan — it’s okay to just jump and see what happens”: Circle of Live is an event that brings together artists for spontaneous improvised performance. Ableton filmed Clark, Rival Consoles, Sebastian Mullaert, and the organizers at a recent event. Here’s what we can learn from how they work (plus some more Circle of Live selections).

Control and unlock hidden features on Roland’s TR-08 (the small one)

While everyone is chasing after Roland’s new TR-8S (see our hands-on test), there are lots of the little TR-08s around. This tool will help you get more out of the Boutique 808.

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2018

Quick tip: Roland SH-01A + TR-08 trigger sequencing fun

A defining feature of the original SH-101 was its ability to take trigger ins as clock. Here’s what that means and how to use it on the new Roland SH-01A.

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2017

Roland’s SH-101 – you could also play it while downhill skiing

Peter Kirn - October 30, 2017

We’re doing a new video series with Beatport to talk to artists and to you

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2017

Video hands-on: jamming with the TR-08 and SH-01A is lots of fun

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2017

Roland has blue and red variants of the SH-01A coming

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2017

What you need to know about the Roland Boutique 101, 808 reboots

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2017