The insanely tiny Teenage Engineering TX-6 now records and connects and makes more sense

It’s the ultimate music gear you can swallow. Sorry, make that carry in your pocket. And now the TX-6 starts to make more sense.

MPC standalone updates look tasty: retro and vinyl FX and amps, probability, ratcheting, workflow

You’re spoiled for choice in standalone drum machines. But Akai is leaning heavily on frequent updates – and there’s plenty in the latest MPC 2.11 release for all their standalone devices.

Peter Kirn - June 13, 2022

Renoise tracker better supports Mac, Windows, Link, and – get ready, DIYers – RasPi

It’s the tracker software (Renoise) and sampler-sequencer (Redux) that bring those tools into the 21st century. And now Renoise delivers a ton of new native options for every platform.

Peter Kirn - March 21, 2022

Arturia FX Collection 2.1 is now Apple Silicon native; more enhancements

Peter Kirn - March 7, 2022

Bitwig 4.2: Note Grid for modular note processing and generation, plus a bunch of new effects

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2022

Polyend Tracker 1.5 lets you save custom instruments – and opens up sharing with others

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2022

Dorico 4 is finally engraving-level notation with MIDI editing powers, in a single tool

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2022

Bitwig Studio 4.1: color palettes, note FX with physics and more, Sampler release chaining

Peter Kirn - November 4, 2021

Eventide and Newfangled plug-ins are now Apple Silicon M1-native – and more on the way

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2021

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