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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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TROVARSI x ALX-106 deliver brutal techno fed by serious live chops
Nothing puts life back in the groove quite like playing live. In a pairing of two total legends, Trovarsi and ALX-106 team up to drop some hard-slapping techno in the classic mold out on DC-based Black Techno Matters. And it’s got all the animation of their live sets combined with pitch-perfect production. It’s top-quality techno right when we need it: no hype, no TikTok genres, just a devastating kick from the kick.
Peter Kirn - February 14, 2025
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Here it is, a cover of Kendrick Lamar and more awesomeness for the Otamatone
What the world needs now is more unicorn chaser. And it’s hard to beat the adorable Japanese ribbon controller/squeezable mouth formant instrument, the CUBE Works/Maywa Denki Otamatone.
Peter Kirn - February 14, 2025
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Universal Audio is giving away their 1176 compressor for Valentine’s Day
Peter Kirn - February 14, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Synthesizers.com in VCV Rack gives you Moog-like 5U in software, for free
Peter Kirn - October 25, 2024
Modular-Analog Music tech Software Tech
Chop, gliss, LFO, filter, select: Sonic Bloom explains Live 12.1 MIDI tools
Peter Kirn - October 21, 2024
Music tech Software Tech
Ableton Operator FM synth at 20: 100 free presets; tons of history, tutorials
Peter Kirn - September 11, 2024
Music tech Software Tech
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