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Tuesday October 10, 2023. 11:47 AM
Data visualization tools are now numerous, but sonification – transforming information into audio – holds untapped potential. Manifest Audio has a set of tools that makes it uncommonly easy to translate data into MIDI, modulation/control, and sound. You can use data as a...
Monday October 9, 2023. 07:55 PM
Ardour 8 has arrived with easier editing, automation, improved tempo mapping, arpeggiators, Launchpad Pro controller support, and more. The DAW is a workflow powerhouse - and it's free and open source for Mac, Windows, and Linux. The post Ardour 8 – what’s new, and why this...
Our friends in Vermont have shared this video tour of their SuperPlate reverb plug-in - the unique, five-plate reverb with some extra options. The key: listen to pick up the differences in each of those plate models. The post Check these tips for getting around Soundtoys’...
Friday October 6, 2023. 07:58 PM
Communities inside and outside Morocco are still reeling from the earthquake last month. Berlin-based art Artist Znzl, whose name literally means 'earthquake,' has pulled together threads across international lines and genres, techno to industrial to ambient, for a gorgeous...
Here's another freebie for you from Italian plug-in maker HoRNet, if you act fast. Graffio is 3-band (or fullband) distortion and saturation with switchable excited and bitcrusher. The post Free today only: HoRNet Graffio multiband distortion plug-in appeared first on CDM...
Thursday October 5, 2023. 12:29 PM
Bandcamp United, the staff union recently organized and Bandcamp, is sending out a petition to see that the union is recognized by the company's new owners, Songtradr. They also describe some alarming conditions at outgoing owner Epic, with a threat of job losses looming and ...
If you're ready to make visuals for music using Bitwig Studio and powerhouse dataflow 3D/generative tool TouchDesigner, we've got free videos and a free workshop today. Yo dawg, it's a modular tool for your modular DAW that connects to your modular visual tool so you can...
Wednesday October 4, 2023. 05:33 PM
Our friend DeafMan is back with another retro take on the Ableton Live color scheme. This time, the idea is making Live look attractive and legible in low light - even extreme low light. So get set for that late-night session, light a couple of candles, and travel back to...
Few instrument designs have ever come as close to science fiction as Synplant - and the alien breeding lab for sound has gotten more otherworldly in this update than ever. Replace those knobs with a double helix and start genetically engineering new paths from any sound you...
Tuesday October 3, 2023. 12:39 PM
Korg's drumlogue has a killer app: the incredible-sounding Sinevibes Nano dual-oscillator synth, with all the extras. And that app gets a ton of new stuff in a free system refresh. Add that to the separate, 3rd-party synth based on Mutable Instruments' Braids macro...
Monday October 2, 2023. 08:14 PM
Crises are a given; resilience is a given - to slightly bastardize the author's words on Beirut's Underground Scene, Hajar Ibrahim's portrait of a musical world. But in this book, released this summer, what you get is more personal. It's the underground telling its own...
This year has proven that independent music developers are able to give back and share resources. It's important to follow up on those efforts, too. So here's how it went with Soundtoys and flood relief in Vermont - flashback to summer. The post Soundtoys worked to support...
Saturday September 30, 2023. 01:54 PM
Dnipro Modular and Sinevibes are collaborating on an upcoming Eurorack module, adding Sinevibes' effects to Dnipro's module design. And the module is being produced in Ukraine. We'll have more info on this soon, but I'm set to clear some rack space already. It's a shining...
Friday September 29, 2023. 03:37 PM
With Ableton Push 3, Max for Live effects, instruments, sequencers, and other tools can work on standalone hardware - even without your computer. So it's a perfect time to look at how Max for Live devices can work without a computer display - and, by the way, that's just as...
Thursday September 28, 2023. 11:34 PM
In the 'that didn't last long' files: Epic Games is divesting itself of Bandcamp after barely a year and a half. The music platform will be acquired by Songtradr, a 'music licensing platform and marketplace company supporting artists, labels, and publishers.' The post...
MIDI starts with the obvious - in and out, easily understood. But then it throws us this curveball of a preposition - thru. Through? Let’s really talk about what it means, what a thru box or MIDI splitter is for, and how this knowledge can help you keep your gear timing...
Here's a product name I didn't expect to come back: it's the Roland GAIA 2. But despite the name and form factor, the new GAIA has a different architecture - virtual analog plus wavetable, and support for (some) Model Expansions so you can swap out different instrument...
Moog Music has responded to concerns about last week's layoffs in their Asheville, NC production facility, via their Facebook page. The post Moog Music releases statement on layoffs appeared first on CDM Create Digital Music.
Wednesday September 27, 2023. 06:02 PM
Welp, now that we've been putting modular environments inside modules inside modular rigs, next we get to make TouchDesigner play Bitwig Studio and Bitwig Studio play TouchDesigner -- and Bitwig's modular The Grid and TouchDesigner's modular UI interact. It's all coming on...
So far, it's got just two DAWs behind it - Bitwig Studio and PreSonus Studio One - but DAWproject's creators hope the format will become a new open standard that lets you move projects between software. The post Could a new DAW file exchange format help you move projects...
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