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Unreal Engine 5.1 goes wild: what’s new from foliage to generated sound

In an epic year for Epic, November does it again. Unreal Fest 2022 brought a bunch of sessions on the...

Free Valhalla Supermassive 2.5 has new modes – and Max for Live wrapper is updated, too

The lush, free plug-in Supermassive is turning 2.5 years old, with its wonderfully sumptuous reverb/delays, celebrating with two new modes,...

Cycling ’74 asked artists to make a collaborative Max drum kit – and shared the patches

Kick, snare, hat, tom, and sequencer - the makers of Max remind us that patching your own drum machine gives...

Acid 4 Live: STING by IFTAH generates acid lines for Ableton Live for free

Iftah Gabbi, "the artist formerly known as "iftah from skinnerbox," has built a Max for Live acid line generation tool...

Tracktion Waveform Free gets updates for 2022 – and it’s a solid no-cost starter DAW

Free matters - for beginners, for cash-strapped musicians, for teaching, for exchange with other folks, and as a way to...

Get the BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover instantly with Spitfire Audio – free, lightweight

It's got all the basic elements of the BBC Symphonic Orchestra in plug-in form, it sounds great, it's easy to...

Free Mod Squad v2 adds missing modulation, envelopes, and trackers to Ableton Live

It's incredible this package is free - a full set of fifteen carefully crafted, native-feeling add-ons for Ableton Live that...

Hot visual patch summer: cables.gl adds character camera control, new physics, remote viewing

The free browser-based patching environment for visuals cables.gl has one hot summer update. New ray casting and the power to...