What could make APC Live, MPC cool: Akai’s new software direction

Akai tipped their hand late last year that they were moving more toward live performance. With APC Live hardware leaked and in the wild, maybe it’s time to take another look. MPC software improvements might interest you with or without new hardware.

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.

Peter Kirn - December 18, 2018

Reason 10.3 will improve VST performance – here’s how

VST brings more choice to Reason, but more support demands, too. Here’s an update on how Propellerhead are optimizing Reason to bring plug-in performance in line with what users expect.

Peter Kirn - December 14, 2018

FL Studio 20.1 arrives, studio-er, loop-ier, better

Peter Kirn - December 12, 2018

Bitwig Studio 2.5 beta arrives with features inspired by the community

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2018

Bass Station II turns 2.5: filter tracking, paraphonic mode, microtuning

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2018

Free Cakewalk DAW for Windows gets big updates, more stretchy audio

Peter Kirn - October 26, 2018

Logic Pro 10.4.2, MainStage 3.4: why you’ll want to update now

Peter Kirn - September 28, 2018

Novation Circuit 1.7 adds song mode and more, in yet another update

Peter Kirn - July 19, 2018

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