Cycling ’74 asked artists to make a collaborative Max drum kit – and shared the patches

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2022

Delete clips, use pickup beats, more: stupidly useful Max for Live tools from Dennis DeSantis

Peter Kirn - September 14, 2022

Acid 4 Live: STING by IFTAH generates acid lines for Ableton Live for free

Peter Kirn - September 9, 2022

Komplete 14 adds Kontakt 7, expands bundle, but M1/M2 support is spotty — at a glance

Peter Kirn - September 8, 2022

NI has retired Absynth soft synth after 22 years; here’s a statement from its creator

Peter Kirn - September 8, 2022

Modalics Beat Scholar: a new hyper-divisible drum machine plug-in made of pizzas

Peter Kirn - September 6, 2022

Arturia Dist COLDFIRE review: a red-hot coloration, overdrive, distortion multi-effect

Peter Kirn - August 30, 2022

Mouth Play is a vocal tract filter for Ableton Live with loads of extras, by Dillon Bastan

Peter Kirn - August 29, 2022

Tracktion Waveform Free gets updates for 2022 – and it’s a solid no-cost starter DAW

Peter Kirn - August 22, 2022

Soundtoys VST3 beta (with M1+M2) arrives – here’s a round-up of sound design tips and tricks

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2022