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Tuesday August 27, 2024. 06:32 PM
Steinberg has shared a quick 'switcher' tutorial for Finale users getting started with Dorico. Plus, here's some general advice for switchers—especially for composers who are now worried they'll lose access to their work. The post Here’s how to switch from Finale to Dorico...
Monday August 26, 2024. 06:37 PM
It's the end of an era in music notation software. 35 years after its introduction as Coda Music Technologies' Finale, the landmark scoring software is at the end of its life. Developer MakeMusic is offering a steeply discounted crossgrade to Steinberg's Dorico, and says...
Sunday August 25, 2024. 06:06 PM
Florian Meindl and I have been working on new stuff with FLASH Recordings - when we're not going deep into the gear. And to celebrate our ongoing collab, we have an EP out for free on Bandcamp this weekend only. The post Free Mintropolis EP Kirn & Meindl this weekend;...
Friday August 23, 2024. 11:08 PM
ШЩЦ, the label born in Kyiv and raised in London, is now touring to Berlin and Prague. It's a perfect time to visit some of the rich ambient sounds they've been exploring. Both labels promise to develop the underappreciated leftfield music of Ukraine and its diaspora,...
Developer Anton Marini, aka vade, is bringing back the legacy of Quartz Composer and proving Apple's visual APIs are ready for real-time. Have a look—and watch what you can do with 3D Gaussian splats (if you know you know). The post Metal on macOS excels at live visuals;...
Thursday August 22, 2024. 08:36 PM
1989's Waldorf Microwave is about to hit your DAW. And this isn't just another plug-in emulation of some vintage gear. Waldorf has gone to great lengths to reproduce both the analog and digital sides of the original - and even built software that can act as an editor if you...
DivKid and Vostok Instruments are bringing the joys of the Interpolating Scanner to Eurorack. First introduced 30 years ago by legendary engineer and analog sound hacker Jürgen Haible, the classic scanning circuit smoothly transitions between four input channels. The post...
That's it. That's the post. Screengaze will be the new thing. Producers, I want to hear from you. The post Screengaze is the new hit ’em appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music.
Wednesday August 21, 2024. 04:34 PM
Sami Abu Shumays has uploaded his complete lecture on politics and maqams. He talks about how decolonizing music also meant decolonizing himself—reconnecting to his roots as a Palestinian American. This is essential context for Sami's work, which includes the Arabic tuning ...
Tuesday August 20, 2024. 06:58 PM
'I got a fever! And the only prescription is... more rimshot!' If you're set to get really obsessive about analog rimshots and claves, this Erica Synths reboot of Hexinverter has you. (And you might discover unique kicks and toms and other percussion, too.) The post...
Monday August 19, 2024. 09:40 PM
How much can Unreal Engine and MetaSounds accomplish? Developer/artist Matt Spendlove has built a complete open-source polysynth in it, roughly recreating the AudioKit Synth One using Unreal's internal tools. The post Here’s a free polysynth built entirely inside Unreal...
From the files of the lost corners of the Internet, here's a musical snapshot of electronic music composition in India in the early 2000s, in all its Korg Triton-fueled glory. It's all via a zine delivered on CD-ROM as the Indian Documentary of Electronic Arts. The post...
Thursday August 15, 2024. 06:08 PM
Detroit native AbuQadim Haqq, the artist who gave form to the Drexciyan Empire and helped craft the visual identity of Transmat, Planet E, and Underground Resistance, has put 33 years of that imagination into an art book and compilation project. The post AbuQadim Haqq’s 33...
Hey students (and audio teachers): from SuperPlate to Decapitator, EchoBoy to Crystallizer, qualified academics can get the full Soundtoys 5 bundle for just US$99. That's the first academic pricing on the bundle since 2018, but it's only available for a limited time. The...
Wednesday August 14, 2024. 06:04 PM
If you wished Ableton's Note app worked as a controller, this could be for you. 7III Tap lets you play, use scales, control devices, trigger clips, and mix from your phone. The post Tap turns your iPhone into an Ableton Live controller appeared first on CDM Create Digital...
You've got choices for how to delay, distort, mangle, spectrally transform, and meddle with audio. But Tom Erbe's legendary SoundHack stands out - and it's free. And now it's Apple Silicon ready. The post Free SoundHack tools: now plug-ins and Max and Pd, Apple Silicon...
Tuesday August 13, 2024. 08:19 PM
Unreal Engine's sonic powers are extraordinary and free of cost - both in games and audiovisual environments but even powerful enough to consider Unreal as a music tool in its own right. The challenge is navigating the deep interface. The Sound FX Guy is one of the must-have ...
Monday August 12, 2024. 06:27 PM
There's no substitute for modular synthesis, patch cords and all. And there's nothing quite like a classic Nintendo Entertainment System. So? Combine them. The post Hakai Labs lets you connect your classic NES controller to Eurorack appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music.
Friday August 9, 2024. 06:40 PM
If many music tools guide you, pointing you to particular sounds and hand-holding you on the grid, then Forester blindfolds you and drops you in the gaseous sea of a far-off moon. New videos give you a leg up in figuring out just how to access all that weird goodness. The...
Thursday August 8, 2024. 08:32 PM
No excuses: A Guy Called Gerald is here with more presets proving Roland's ACB emulation of the TR-808 can sound f***ing great. Plus a quick round-up of steep flash discounts for your 808 Day enjoyment. The post 808 Day: A Guy Called Gerald presets for Roland; deal round-up...
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