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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...

Make your own MIDI-to-CV adapter in a skull, with a 3D printer and CircuitPython

Liz Clark over at Adafruit has a great DIY project. It's compact. It's beginner-friendly. It teaches you some simple embedded...

Free Piloslib for Pd makes patching easier – and sounds totally hardcore

The modular sound environment Pd (Pure data) is wonderful. Pd is free. Pd runs everywhere. Pd is ... frequently lacking...

CLAP is a new open-source plug-in format from Bitwig, u-he – do we need it, and who will use it?

Bitwig and plug-in maker u-he today are announcing a new plug-in format into beta, dubbed CLAP, for CLever Audio Plug-in...

MOD Devices made a guitar synth you can actually play like a synth – so your guitar is the CV

It's the sound and expression of a modular synth, but you can mix it with guitar sounds and play it...

NAP 0.5.0, free realtime visual tool, adds GPU computation, Web, RasPi support, new look

NAP, the free and open-source live visualization toolkit, has an all-new look, powerful GPU computation capabilities, a Web portal ......

You can already use the Steam Deck as a music machine, with Bitwig Studio, VCV Rack, more

It's a portable gaming machine - but unlike other such devices, the Steam Deck is also an open, handheld, Linux-powered...

Afrorack is back with cheap DIY modules, from African percussion to MS-20 filters

Afrorack continues to make richly textured polyrhythmic music and share secrets for cheaply producing powerful modular instruments with open tools....

SuperCollider 3.12 updates massively powerful, free sound synthesis coding environment

It's the basis of a lot of the live coding scene, and an unmatched powerhouse, free and open source. And...