Dancing “vibes” and 2 more mood-elevating freebies for Live, DAWs

As much as music making can pick you up, sometimes you need an extra injection of joy. So meet Max – a blue dancing figure you will “vïbe” to your music on any Ableton Live track, free. And more freebies: a bathroom reverb for Ableton Live and a chipper chippy 12-bit polysynth for any DAW.

There are some wild AI music LEGO sets – but this LEGO Neve studio is real

From Ableton Live to Stockhausen, folks have been generating some hilarious LEGO kits around music making. But leave it to the folks at Rupert Neve Designs, as the 5088 mixer and a ton of studio accessories are part of a real custom LEGO building set, and it’ll be on sale soon.

Peter Kirn - December 14, 2023

The demonic musical Baby Bots of Moon Armada

Why should a synth be a metal box with some wooden endcaps? Why shouldn’t be a severed baby doll head with glowing red eyes and buttons in its skull? Moon Armada helps the forward evolution of synth form factors, and the results are … uh … adorable is the word?

Peter Kirn - February 25, 2019

The strange, cartridge-powered speech of TI Touch & Tell

Peter Kirn - July 11, 2018

Andrew knows how to YouTube, makes fidget spinner music

Peter Kirn - June 7, 2017

Playing with this model of the human voice is weirdly addictive

Peter Kirn - April 17, 2017

These circuit-bent instruments and sounds are simply gorgeous

Peter Kirn - March 20, 2017

Turn a terrible toy turntable from a supermarket into a scratch deck

Peter Kirn - February 8, 2017

Grab 150 vintage and rare drum machines for free

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2017

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