DuckDuckGo search hack – it’s an instant bpm calculator (and finds frequencies, guitar tab)

Another reason to switch search engines – privacy-centric alternative DuckDuckGo also has a clever little bpm calculator built in.

Android users get an expressive, powerful MIDI control app in DAW IT

Owners of Android devices may well feel left out as far as music applications, but here’s one promising exception – one with enough advanced control features that it might even justify picking up a budget Android tablet.

Peter Kirn - July 20, 2021

Splice Studio is free backup, version control, and collaboration for your DAW

A lot of the solutions you’ll see for “collaborating” involve live jamming – even though that’s not always what you want. Splice Studio is a free way to keep a project backed up and synced, which is useful solo but absolutely indispensable when working with others.

Peter Kirn - April 19, 2021

OSC to MIDI conversion and MIDI over network, with a free, open source tool

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2021

ReEQ is a free plugin so good, it’s a reason to use REAPER – and it keeps getting better

Peter Kirn - July 27, 2020

Samplr’s creator made a free sample player for the MacBook Touch Bar

Peter Kirn - July 9, 2020

Map anything in Ableton Live’s Browser to MIDI, keyboard with Max for Live

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2020

Ableton release free CV Tools for integrating with analog gear, made in Max

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2019

KORG volca fm gets its own custom editor, plug-in

Peter Kirn - May 1, 2019

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