MC-101/707 Zen-Core get the comprehensive editor Roland forgot

Devotees of the new Roland MC boxes said it all along: these boxes are deep — if you’re willing to dive in. Developer Benedetto Schiavone has done what Roland didn’t and created a comprehensive editor for everything the MC-101 and MC-707 can do, hacking into the hidden features of the MCs.

Add a notation view to Ableton Live Clips, for free: FPB Clip To Score

Ableton Live has never had a built-in notation view, but one intrepid developer has created one in Max – and it’s free/donation- and community-supported. And it works beautifully.

Peter Kirn - July 15, 2024

Free ShowMIDI is the easiest, prettiest way to monitor MIDI; now V1.0

Geert Bevin’s awesome, attractive, totally free, and open-source ShowMIDI has reached the 1.0 milestone, with new features and an updated video tutorial to match. If you’re looking to monitor MIDI on Mac, Windows, Linux, or iOS, your ship came in.

Peter Kirn - July 9, 2024

rr is a free Max for Live gizmo that lets you play Roar with MIDI notes

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2024

Playhead granular, Tuplet sequencer, Quantized Switches for Ableton Live

Peter Kirn - June 2, 2024

Virus TI, beloved techno weapon, now has a Max for Live editor

Peter Kirn - April 16, 2024

Protokol update: free MIDI, OSC, gamepad monitoring utility

Peter Kirn - February 8, 2024

Free TouchMe grab-and-go controller for Ableton Live now works with plug-ins

Peter Kirn - December 26, 2023

Free utility converts between multisample formats: ConvertWithMoss

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2023

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