Ardour 8 – what’s new, and why this free, open-source DAW is worth a look
Ardour 8 has arrived with easier editing, automation, improved tempo mapping, arpeggiators, Launchpad Pro controller support, and more. The DAW...
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Tour Beirut’s music underground in a free PDF, from the inside out
Crises are a given; resilience is a given - to slightly bastardize the author's words on Beirut's Underground Scene, Hajar...
Pulsar’s new w495 is a perfect Neumann EQ model – and it’s free in October
Having at least one really great 3-band EQ in your arsenal is a very good idea. Pulsar's w495 looks like...
Draw rectangles on spectrum, animate them: free Sektor for Max for Live
Sektor is a beautiful Ableton Live freebie, a graphical tool for capturing bands of a sound's spectrum and then looping...
Batch-process video, free: new FFmpeg Explorer filter tool works visually
ffmpeg is a powerful but sometimes daunting free and open source video command line tool. Developer Sam Lavigne has found...
SynapseRack is a customizable, patchable PC VJ tool made in Unity
This is the way: SynapseRack is a fully customizable, layer-based live visual tool, complete with modular nodes and HAP and...
monome, teletype are free in VCV Rack – and hardware is returning this fall
monome - the iconic grid and the project that produced it - are having a nice summer. Hardware is being...
cables.gl, free patchable visuals in the browser, gets new features and tutorials
It's free. It's patchable / node-based. It's low-code - but you can hack those shaders where you want. It's cables.gl,...
Top Free Distortion Plugins for Music Production in 2023
If you’re diving into the vibrant world of music production, you know how important it is to have the right...
TouchDesigner Curriculum is a complete guide for learners and educators – plus one fluffy extra
Ready to get started with the deep 2D/3D media environment TouchDesigner? Or you're an educator teaching others? Or you just...
