MIDI 2.0 in a DAW – MultitrackStudio adds MPE and new MIDI standard
Here's another great underground DAW. The elegant, tape-inspired MultitrackStudio runs on desktop and iPad - and now not only does...
Music tech
Miller Puckette, creator of Max and Pd, on how he’s patching his way to remote collaboration
Miller Puckette, the original creator of Max and Pure Data, has been working on keeping connected remotely, too. In this...
DaVinci Resolve 17.1: the free video-audio post tool now excels on PC, Mac, Apple Silicon
Resolve 17 quietly exited beta recently – then turned heads by releasing a speedy Apple Silicon M1 version, too. That...
Pedals: The Musical, where pedals sing to you about their history, is an actual thing
The age of YouTube channels about stomp pedals now has its own... well, not quite Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat...
Instrumental inventions, from LEGO microtonal guitar to deconstructed tuba, at Guthman prize
Bored by the Grammys? Try the Guthmans instead. The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition has selected its award winners, as musicians...
Live solo master class: Baseck wailing on an Octatrack MKII is absolutely massive
Disclosure: I hate demos. Hate watching them. Hate doing them. Now, technically, this is a demo. But... uh, wow. The...
Monster cheat sheet: what’s new in Ableton Live 11 and how to start using it
You've seen some feature lists - and this time Ableton is even doing a 90-day free trial. But how do...
Ableton Live 11, Max 8.1.x, are both live now; ask anything
Live 11 is now available - not a beta, final release. And there's a slightly different Max version out this...
These instruments work with MPE right away, for an expressive Ableton Live 11 launch
What is this MPE "polyphonic expression" about? Well, you can get your hands all over the vintage test tone goodness...
Beads is the new sequel to Mutable Instruments’ Clouds, and an instant classic – again
Mutable Instruments' Clouds defined granular instruments even beyond the modular world. Beads - making a surprise debut today - is...
