Streaming music is coming to DJ software, but one step at a time

Streaming is coming to DJing. Last week saw new announcements from Tidal, SoundCloud, Serato, and several other software makers. But progress is uneven – expect these features at first to be primarily about discovery, not what you do at a gig.

Control all of Ableton from iOS, Android, Windows: touchAble Pro

Ableton Live: lug along hardware, or … be forced to use a mouse or touchpad. No more: touchAble Pro continues to unlock more and more of Live’s functionality, and now it’s available across touch platforms – iOS, Android, Windows.

Peter Kirn - October 5, 2018

Real time visuals, no money spent: two great commercial tools

Real-time design and live visuals can provide transformative powers. But what if you’re not ready to commit both time and money right away? Here are two industrial-strength tools that get you started for free. Meet Smode and TouchDesigner.

Ted Pallas - September 26, 2018

Reason 10.2: “Yes, finally” to some stuff users want

Peter Kirn - September 26, 2018

Powerful SURGE synth for Mac and Windows is now free

Peter Kirn - September 26, 2018

This tool lets you play all those popular vocal hooks like a keyboard

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018

Max 8: Multichannel, mappable, faster patching is here

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018

Minecraft music making: watch someone play music with the game

Peter Kirn - September 11, 2018

UA unveils a maxed-out Thunderbolt 3 Apollo – and it’ll monitor surround sound

Peter Kirn - September 7, 2018

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