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Chantlings, an app where animated forest creatures sing along with you, is a marvel of design

Just when you think software has lost its wonder, you're singing into your iPhone with some cute animated blobs. Chantlings...

Chantlings, an app where animated forest creatures sing along with you, is a marvel of design

Just when you think software has lost its wonder, you're singing into your iPhone with some cute animated blobs. Chantlings...

Linux gets native analog modeled plug-ins, Pultec emulations, with VST, VST3, and now – CLAP

Linux has the hosts - Bitwig, Ardour, Reaper, Renoise, Tracktion. And now, it's got the high-quality analog models, too, including...

Stable Diffusion, generative AI tool, now available in public release

The "hot s***", open, purportedly ethical generative text-to-image AI generator has now moved from invite-only contexts and Discord to full...

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...

Music videos come to Game Boy Advance carts, in the ultra-chillwave world of Slow Magic

Video killed the radio star, then reality TV killed MTV, then social media killed the Internet. Well, it's back, all...

Soundtoys VST3 beta (with M1+M2) arrives – here’s a round-up of sound design tips and tricks

Soundtoys VST3 public beta is here, for both macOS and Windows but crucially with Apple Silicon VST3 support on the...

Watch this video with tricks to get more out of KORG’s west-coast volca modular

It's still some of the most fun you can get with patching on a budget - KORG's volca modular. But...

New Noise Engineering modules, new platform: multiband dynamics, drum kit

One of the most creative modular and software makers at the moment, Noise Engineering has two very desirable-looking modules hitting...