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Friday March 28, 2025. 05:21 PM
Both VCV Rack Free and VCV Rack Pro 2.6 are out, including the ability to Zoom to fit / Zoom to fit modules and drag multiple cables stacked on a port. It's a nice upgrade for this free and open source modular tool (and its partly-proprietary Pro package, too) - while we...
Thursday March 27, 2025. 02:57 PM
When reality slaps you, slap back. Poly_Chain, aka Kyiv-born multi-talent Sasha Zakrevska, has a pure-fire mix of 'bumpy electro' and adrenaline-driving broken beats, a lot of it unreleased (though some of it you can and should buy.) The Choreography and Merriment...
Wednesday March 26, 2025. 02:43 PM
Is it sound design? Or is it composition? Yes. Here's a full exploration of the Haken Continuum, the oft-misunderstood expressive device, as a musical instrument, plus creations for the hardware. It might inspire you to rethink how you view digital interfaces for...
Tuesday March 25, 2025. 06:49 PM
Apple Music is now streaming in major DJ software like Serato DJ Pro. That comes complete with playlists and companion Apple Music curation on desktop and mobile - plus support for some all-in-one Pioneer hardware and even Engine OS-powered Denon decks. The post Apple Music...
It's a quad digital delay with a bunch of patch points in its sprawling 42HP. But Xaoc Devices' new Samarkanda and its audio buffer can transform into a lot more, from granulators to loopers to resonators - basically, anything you can build out of its four independent...
Monday March 24, 2025. 10:54 PM
The synthesis community is sharing an outpouring of remembrances following the loss of Paul Schreiber, creator of the MOTM synthesizer, Synthesis Technology, co-designer of the Realistic Concertmate MG-1, and more. He was not just an inspiration but a friend to many in the...
Interactive Shader Format (ISF) code for working with Metal and rendering on macOS, plus an underlying Metal framework that powers live visual app VDMX6, are now free and open source. That's great news even if you're just toying around with shaders or working with visuals,...
Saturday March 22, 2025. 04:35 PM
Today, Radio Alhara is marking five years of operation by playing 24 hours of archival material from its home in Bethlehem, Palestine. The post Radio Alhara at five years: 24-hour broadcast from Palestine appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music.
Friday March 21, 2025. 04:28 PM
The new Berlin is... London? Today is the opening of SchneidersKeller, the new Denmark Street outpost of the legendary SchneidersLaden, appropriately situated in the basement of Rough Trade. (It broke my hipster dosimeter!) And you'll like the shopkeepers: the store is...
It's a great week for free and open-source media tools. Hot on the heals of GIMP 3.0 final, we get Blender 4.4. It's labeled as focusing on stability, but the Blender contributors have packed a bunch of major animation, video, and UI features in there, too. Now, we can say...
Thursday March 20, 2025. 07:42 PM
The culmination of seven years of open-source development, GIMP has reached its milestone 3.0 release. GIMP was always powerful, but this feels more like the mature, usable release to take on the proprietary heavyweights. The post GIMP 3.0, free and open source image app,...
Wednesday March 19, 2025. 10:49 PM
Spectral resynthesis is having a moment now that it's one of the new oscillator types in the mighty Xfer Serum 2. If you're looking for other ways to get your spectral resynthesis on - or you're a Serum user who just can't get enough - here are three free tools to sink your...
Monday March 17, 2025. 11:38 PM
Serum 2, 11 years in development, is here. And it looks ready to take on its rivals, with an updated interface, arpeggiator expanded oscillator architecture (phase distortion!), granular and multisampler and spectral oscillators, new effects features, and - surprise, even a...
To aid in your professional merriment, here's a complete round-up of Severance stuff, from behind-the-scenes discussion of the show's sound design and score to an eight-hour mix of 'music to refine to.'| The post Happy Monday; immerse your workday and soundscape in...
Friday March 14, 2025. 06:14 PM
Just as reality seems ready to blow off in a gale, Whatever the Weather II is here on Ghostly to pull you back to earth and the grace of the everyday. Loraine James - or I should say, the artist, Whatever the Weather - talks to CDM about how this full-length came to life. ...
Thursday March 13, 2025. 07:04 PM
Sinevibes' unmistakable, BBD-inspired Integer delay is available today across a variety of KORG hardware devices. That means the prologue, minilogue xd, and even the pocket NTS-1 (original and mkII) and NTS-3. It's a must-have pocket delay or synth add-on. The post...
Every so often, KORG throws a Japan exclusive at its home market. And so it is that you'll only see these Sanrio-themed (Hello Kitty) combo tuner metronomes there. It's time for a quick Japan update. The post KORG’s adorable Sanrio tuners and other stuff you can only get in...
Iftah Gabbai has delivered his Maxess Max/MSP External Collection, a set of tools that interface patches with the native accessibility features of macOS and Windows. They're a must if you're making tools with Max and Max for Live - and worth examining for inspiration even if ...
No collection of DSP models for work, pleasure, and creative abuse would be complete without the Chowdbury DSP collection. You might know about the plug-in, but it's also worth noting that these are available in VCV Rack and Cardinal, where you can patch them at will. The...
Wednesday March 12, 2025. 10:52 AM
Ableton Live 12.2 is in public beta today, with some major welcome features. Bouncing is easier, Auto Filter gets its biggest update since it came out, and there are new generative harmonic features, Meld and Roar updates, Push enhancements, and more. Here's your guide. The...
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