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Inflation, begone: SunVox is still donationware, and 2.1 makes it slicker and more powerful
The runs-on-any-OS modular music studio got a major 2.1 update this week, with better high-res graphics, a new keyboard, and more. It’s a synth. It’s a tracker. It runs on Raspberry Pi so you can make your own mobile music hardware. It’s stupidly good – and those keys make it easy to jam with on the go. SunVox is a bright music maker even in hard times.
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MadMapper 5.2 is here, with more lasers! (and DMX CSV, Xbox controllers, and Kinect)
The best-known projection mapping tool now lets you do more with lasers. Oh, and if you’re not qualified to mess with those, there’s a bunch of other stuff, too.
Hey DJ, hey sampler – Circuit Rhythm 2.0 beat matches, samples in time, and more
Novation’s Circuit Rhythm is back, and it suddenly makes a lot more sense. The effects are editable, you can make scenes, you can sample in time (with fixed length recording), and in a first for samplers, there’s an explicit feature intended to let you beat match.
Peter Kirn - November 11, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
Jitter 8.5 and GLCore join other major updates to Max in 2022, with advanced live visuals
Peter Kirn - November 7, 2022
DIY + Unusual Motion Music tech Software Tech
Studio One 6: video track, collaboration, new effects, mixing controls; review roundup
Peter Kirn - October 4, 2022
Music tech Software Tech
The insanely tiny Teenage Engineering TX-6 now records and connects and makes more sense
Peter Kirn - June 30, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
MPC standalone updates look tasty: retro and vinyl FX and amps, probability, ratcheting, workflow
Peter Kirn - June 13, 2022
Gear Music tech Tech
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