Pro Tools gets Ableton-style clips and a free iPad app: Sketch, 2023.9 update

Well, we expected this, though maybe expected it a bit earlier. Avid is adding what is essentially an Ableton Live Session clone to its UI, available both in the new Pro Tools update and in a free iPad app called Pro Tools Sketch. The iPad app, for its part, visually looks very much like Apple’s […]

Arturia’s PolyBrute flagship just got a massive 3.0 firmware update

Arturia has a big update for their flagship polysynth, the PolyBrute. V3 adds 7 types of distortion, expanded effects routing and tuning, a new stereo layer mode, and more. Also, I’m sorry, you’ll again be hit with the Arturia drinking game – it’s another Arturia news item that mentions “Germanium.” (Maybe we should play a […]

Peter Kirn - September 19, 2023

Live 11.3.10 quietly takes the drudge work out of Auto-Warp; other news

Ableton Live Auto-Warp now finally works the way you wanted it to work. Not Warp and Pray, not Warp and Spend Some Minutes or Hours Fixing the Warp Markers – like, automatic Auto-Warp, in 11.3.10 building on 11.3.x’s changes. There are other enhancements in here, too, for both Live and the new Push. Let’s break it down.

Peter Kirn - August 23, 2023

Ableton Live 11.3 in beta: more expressive control, new Drift synth

Peter Kirn - April 4, 2023

Inflation, begone: SunVox is still donationware, and 2.1 makes it slicker and more powerful

Peter Kirn - February 3, 2023

MadMapper 5.2 is here, with more lasers! (and DMX CSV, Xbox controllers, and Kinect)

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2022

Hey DJ, hey sampler – Circuit Rhythm 2.0 beat matches, samples in time, and more

Peter Kirn - November 11, 2022

Jitter 8.5 and GLCore join other major updates to Max in 2022, with advanced live visuals

Peter Kirn - November 7, 2022

Studio One 6: video track, collaboration, new effects, mixing controls; review roundup

Peter Kirn - October 4, 2022

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