TidalCycles, free live coding environment for music, turns 1.0

Live coding environments are free, run on the cheapest hardware as well as the latest laptops, and offer new ways of thinking about music and sound that are leading a global movement. And one of the leading tools of that movement just hit a big milestone.

Patchstorage is a friendly site packed with free visual and music patches

Patching music and visuals is fun, but it helps to learn from other people. With everything from apps (Audulus) to modulars (Softube, VCV Rack) to code and free software (Pd, SuperCollider, Bela), patchstorage is like a free social network for actually making stuff.

Peter Kirn - June 7, 2018

Inside the livecoding algorave movement, and what it says about music

Using code for live music has gone from geeky fringe to underground revolution, offering a fresh approach to music and pattern, even for first-time coders. Alex McLean is one of the people at the center of this medium’s growth.

Peter Kirn - May 29, 2018

Here’s what to learn to get a jump start on the new monome thing

Peter Kirn - April 30, 2018

Bela Mini gives you 1ms sound anywhere, to turn into anything, for £120

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2018

TX Modular is a vast, free set of sound tools in SuperCollider

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2018

Amazing Noises updates GliderVerb with new features, fixes and more

Ashley Elsdon - November 16, 2017

Micro-ritmos turns bacteria and machine learning into spatialized sound

Peter Kirn - November 11, 2016

A composition you can only hear by moving your head

Peter Kirn - June 20, 2016

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