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Tuesday September 26, 2023. 06:52 PM
Machine Learning Poetry, the new LP from Tehran's kāve, is not pastoral or pretty. It's 10th-12 century poetry made into a brutal digital assault - machine learning sound that cuts like a full-force buzz saw. And it's fantastic. The post Premiere: In new kāve LP,...
This week only, Puremagnetik is giving away their beautiful Voculon 3000 - a 'retro-futuristic' vocal machine that can bring you into some alternate timeline, at least for a little while. The post Free now: Voculon 3000 is a wonderful retro-futuristic vocal instrument...
The excellent Nadia Struiwigh has taken out time from her busy production and live touring schedule to break down how she works with Push 3 standalone and hardware. There are tons of great ideas here - and while we're on the topic, here's a useful hardware accessory for...
Monday September 25, 2023. 08:21 PM
Memorex, Sony, TDK -- most of the names once associated with selling blank compact cassettes to consumers have since discontinued production. But one holdout still making tapes is Maxell - and their social media manager does not what you to forget it. The post Maxell would...
Sunday September 24, 2023. 08:55 PM
Several reports have confirmed steep layoffs this week at Moog Music's Asheville, NC headquarters, shortly following an acquisition by InMusic (parent of Akai, Numark, Alesis, and others). Even in a tough year, these cuts are uniquely significant, as they strike at the brand ...
Friday September 22, 2023. 06:09 PM
Palestinian-global festival and music platform Exist reached London this month at Cafe OTO, the latest triumph of adventurous programming and acrobatic work across borders and international challenges. Exist has always been abound reaching beyond boundaries, organizers say....
Thursday September 21, 2023. 06:53 PM
Groove Synthesis, the instrument maker founded by veterans of Sequential and Oberheim, has taken their massive 24-voice wavetable synth and put it into a desktop form. The post 3rd Wave, wavetable synth beast, does MPE and is now in desktop form appeared first on CDM Create...
What could make pedals irresistible again? New York-based, independent Electro-Harmonix is squeezing their greatest hits and multi-functionality into 9 baby pedals. And they look adorable. The post The greatest hits of Electro-Harmonix are now in pico-sized pedals: NYC...
Well, we expected this, though maybe expected it a bit earlier. Avid is adding what is essentially an Ableton Live Session clone to its UI, available both in the new Pro Tools update and in a free iPad app called Pro Tools Sketch. The iPad app, for its part, visually looks...
Having at least one really great 3-band EQ in your arsenal is a very good idea. Pulsar's w495 looks like a must whether you're a fan of the classic Neumann original - or you're still a novice (but more on why I think that shortly). Now through October, this plug-in is free...
Wednesday September 20, 2023. 06:36 PM
'We evolve. Whatever I'm doing, I'm evolving - I'm learning more and more every time I do the passage.' Egyptian-American experimental legend and composer Halim El-Dabh is an essential part of the early history of electronic music - and is poised to see his works receive...
Tuesday September 19, 2023. 10:51 PM
From the wonderful Jogging House - the producer behind Seil Records (Hainbach, etc.) - don't miss Sonic Beds for Ableton Live (or WAV download). It's a fuzzy, analog, modular and vintage and broken cassette analog pack so good, you could noodle with it like it's a...
Arturia has a big update for their flagship polysynth, the PolyBrute. V3 adds 7 types of distortion, expanded effects routing and tuning, a new stereo layer mode, and more. Also, I’m sorry, you’ll again be hit with the Arturia drinking game – it’s another Arturia news item...
One of the big features of Ableton Push is its standalone mode and upgradeability, enabled by the Intel-developed NUC platform. Over the summer, Intel discontinued that platform, raising some questions about where NUC was headed. Now, with Asus officially taking over NUC,...
Monday September 18, 2023. 07:24 PM
What if you could take the essence of a melodic 808 kick, a wavetable synth, the thick supersaw from a JP8000, and an edgy percussive synth and mash them all together into one magical lead-kick-synth? And then what if you made that free? Well, that's just what Toybox has...
Friday September 15, 2023. 06:19 PM
We are awash with various dynamics tools these days, but don't sleep on this. GMaudio is a deceptively simple upward compressor that you'll want in your Ableton Live arsenal, as it can scale effortlessly from nuance to extreme. And it's remarkable that it's free; it almost...
Sektor is a beautiful Ableton Live freebie, a graphical tool for capturing bands of a sound's spectrum and then looping and sampling them. Here's a quick play. The post Draw rectangles on spectrum, animate them: free Sektor for Max for Live appeared first on CDM Create...
Thursday September 14, 2023. 07:00 PM
In fragmented materials and process-based performance interventions, this year's Atonal exhibition seems to breathe life into debris, a deconstruction of ruined objects. But most striking of all is the work of sound artist Rabon Aibo. With mechanical constructions, he makes...
This month has brought unimaginable suffering atop thousands of deaths in both Morocco and Libya. To readers whose communities and loved ones have been directly impacted, we're thinking of you. As music makers and instrument makers, I hope we continue to connect to remain...
Native Instruments has announced new Kontrol S-Series MK3 MIDI controller keyboards...
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