The new Renoise stretches samples, scales UIs, shapes curves, more

Renoise, the gorgeous, obsessive production tool that makes the tracker modern, gets a point release with some very good stuff. High res UIs, custom envelopes, native time stretching – and yeah, it’s a host and a plug-in, too.

Use Ableton Live faster with the free Live Enhancement Suite

Day in, day out, a lot of producers spend a lot of time editing in Ableton Live. Here’s a free tool that automates some common tasks so you can work more quickly – easing some FL Studio envy in the process.

Peter Kirn - March 11, 2019

Ableton Live 10.1: more sound shaping, work faster, free update

There’s something about point releases – not the ones with any radical changes, but just the ones that give you a bunch of little stuff you want. That’s Live 10.1; here’s a tour.

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2019

FL Studio 20.1 arrives, studio-er, loop-ier, better

Peter Kirn - December 12, 2018

Bitwig Studio 2.5 beta arrives with features inspired by the community

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2018

Free Cakewalk DAW for Windows gets big updates, more stretchy audio

Peter Kirn - October 26, 2018

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

Peter Kirn - September 26, 2018

Mix Ableton and Maschine, Komplete Kontrol, in new updates

Peter Kirn - April 19, 2018

Roland TR-8S hands-on: a more playable, powerful drum machine

Peter Kirn - March 5, 2018

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