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Leap Motion is back, so you can add 3D gestures for $139 – with or without a VR headset

An inevitable effect of the renewed mixed reality and Apple hype is sure to be refueling interest in other devices....

Inside Ableton’s Drift, the hardware-inspired synth in Live 11, with designer Marc Resibois

Drift is a friendly, MPE-ready, hardware-inspired synth that's now included in Live 11.3. Since anyone with Live 11 - even...

Inside the new Ableton Push: all the technical details so far, from I/O to Max for Live

The new Push represents a technical leap forward for Ableton, both in terms of its upgradeable, Intel-based standalone architecture and...

Mutable Instruments swan song: end of production leaves huge legacy, one last Plaits update

What a way to go out. Mutable Instruments discontinues production this month, but leaves a reshaped modular landscape, a real...

RNBO (“rainbow”): Start in Max’s UI, deliver to plug-ins, Web browsers, hardware, any OS

The new Max thing Cycling '74 has been teasing is here, and it's pronounced "rainbow." Maybe the easiest way to...

Chantlings, an app where animated forest creatures sing along with you, is a marvel of design

Just when you think software has lost its wonder, you're singing into your iPhone with some cute animated blobs. Chantlings...

Chantlings, an app where animated forest creatures sing along with you, is a marvel of design

Just when you think software has lost its wonder, you're singing into your iPhone with some cute animated blobs. Chantlings...

Linux gets native analog modeled plug-ins, Pultec emulations, with VST, VST3, and now – CLAP

Linux has the hosts - Bitwig, Ardour, Reaper, Renoise, Tracktion. And now, it's got the high-quality analog models, too, including...