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Expressive playing with MPE, demystified
MPE, MIDI Polyphonic Expression, can make playing digital instruments expressive in ways we’ve desired for decades. It’s just down to understanding everything you can do – and composer Josh Madoff has a fantastic tutorial and Osmose demos that make this technology more accessible to anyone.
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Quick tutorials: Perlin Generator and LUTs in Resolume Wire
Let’s get irrationally excited about a Perlin noise-generating node in Wire, the visual patching environment inside live VJ software Resolume. All that, Resolume 7.22, and just a lot of noise:
Novation Bass Station gets a GForce software model and it’s perfect
Nothing punches like the Novation Bass Station, the UK company’s 1993 analog original. GForce Software makes a pretty good argument for making this a plug-in: emulate all the powerful sound of the synth and its filter, but add awesome modulation, effects, and sequencer/arp, unison mode, up to 16-voice polyphony, and make it mega-affordable (or free with a keyboard controller).
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2025
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Current 2.0 evolved into one of last year’s most compelling synths
Peter Kirn - January 3, 2025
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Rekordbox 7.0.6 arrives with one very important feature
Peter Kirn - December 5, 2024
DJ Music tech Software Tech
Ableton Live’s new options fix latency recording problems: here’s how
Peter Kirn - November 26, 2024
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Free Soundtoys PhaseMistress: here’s a complete tour and extra presets
Peter Kirn - November 1, 2024
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Free SSL X-Orcism II plug-in will let you dial in sonic spookiness all year
Peter Kirn - October 31, 2024
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Elektron’s new shiny: Digitone II hardware sequel, Syntakt 1.3 firmware
Peter Kirn - October 23, 2024
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