Roland TR-8S and TR-6S drum machines finally get the editor we were waiting for – almost
The current generation TR drum machines have been nearly perfect – well, nearly. Now they have the editor/librarian they were...
MacOS
Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro news: 8K, object tracking, spatial audio, and still free updates
Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor, and Logic Pro all got major updates today, too, to go alongside those new Macs....
Apple gets the Pro back in MacBook Pro with more power – and ports and keys
Maybe the most noticeable feeling in Apple’s latest product unveiling – that sense that a Mac notebook launch brings real...
Waiting for new Macs? You might mark your calendar for Apple Event, October 18
"Unleashed" is the theme emblazoned on invites to Apple's next big event. So new Macs - presumably with high-performance Apple...
We can be “Heroes,” with Tony Visconti, Erin Tonkon as tutors for Eventide Tverb plugin
We talk less about plug-ins as classics than we do hardware, but Tverb - replicating Tony Visconti's "Heroes" setup but...
Tour Berna3, a complete 1950s electronic music studio in software – tape loops to test oscillators
While everyone else modulates the 70s, 80s, and even 90s, step back to the 1950s - with a complete array...
Modular synthesis gets reimagined as puzzle game with The Signal State
Patching modular synthesis now has its own game, complete with realistic modules and actual signal routing logic puzzles. Meet indie...
Ableton Live 11.1 in public beta, with new tools and native Apple Silicon support
Ableton Live 11.1 is now available as a public beta free to anyone with a Live 11 license. New in...
Attacco turns any mic – and any surface – into expressive percussive music input
Attacco's Virtual Controller, now in beta, makes anything into a percussive MIDI controller - not just for triggers, but expression,...
FL Studio 20.8.4 – Apple Silicon, Frequency Shifter, video scrubbing, 3X oscillators
While everyone argues about subscriptions, let's return to the lovely world of FL Studio. This time, the "Lifetime Free Updates"...
