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Alien and unicorn music and a free picture-to-MIDI tool to download now
The Internet: it’s still doing crazy things with MIDI. Just in the last few days, we’ve seen MIDI musical inventions go freshly viral. And keep reading even if you’ve seen some of that, as we’ve got a...
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DU-VHS = what TV would be if it were glitchy, nerdy, and underground
Our friends at the hypergeeky, futuristic Detroit Underground have built an app. And it’s full of videos, layered in a VHS-style retro video interface. DU-VHS is available now for iOS (iPad and iPhone...
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Download Radiohead’s grooves for use in Ableton, for free
When you think Radiohead, you think grooves, right? Okay, I think no one said that, ever. But sure enough, someone has gone and extracted the weirdo time signatures and rhythms from classic Radiohead...
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Turn that MacBook Pro Touch Bar into a MIDI controller, free
Let someone else debate whether the Touch Bar is a useful innovation or not. If you’ve got a new MacBook Pro, why not put it to good use? And, in fact, if you think of the Touch Bar as akin to...
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Get original DX7 patches made by Brian Eno in 1987
You can’t get much more 80s synth power than this: Eno. DX7. Keyboard Magazine. Yes, it seems there’s a magical synth site called Encyclotronic, full of patches and hardware specs and other goodies....
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What if you used synthesizers to emulate nature and reality?
Bored with making presets for instruments, one sound designer decides to make presets for ambient reality – and you can learn from the results. “Scapes” is a multi-year, advanced journey into the idea...
View ArticleDeep knowledge and free sounds for the PO-32 pocket drum machine
Teenage Engineering’s PO-32 is a powerful drum synth, literally in a calculator form factor. Now you can learn more – and update its sounds – from YouTube. I do mean literally install sounds from...
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Get a terrific Little Plate reverb from Soundtoys, free
Soundtoys are on a short list of the best plug-in developers out there. Now through Nov. 22, you get their model of the classic EMT 140 plate, for free. That seems a little dangerous. The EMT 140 is a...
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Two new ways to integrate MeeBlip triode synths with Ableton Live, free
Software control means preset recall and easy automation, on top of all that tactile control. Here’s the latest combination of our MeeBlip and Max for Live. I don’t know exactly what astrological event...
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Novation now let you Launchpad with just a browser
Novation’s new Web interface means you can play with their Launchpad grid with just a browser, or just browser plus hardware. We talk a lot about making music more accessible through technology, but...
View ArticleWaves give you the old-school VU meter your DAW is missing, for free
Funny thing about those old analog mixing desks: the VU meters gave really good visual feedback. Now you can add that to your modern DAW, for free. In the latest “here’s free stuff because we want your...
View ArticleA free plug-in brings extreme PaulStretch stretching to your DAW
You’ve heard Justin Bieber mangled into gorgeous ambient cascades of sound. Now, you can experience the magic of PaulStretch as a free plug-in. It may give you that “A-ha” moment in ambient music. You...
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Cakewalk SONAR DAW for Windows is back – and it’s now free
One of Windows’ most powerful, most popular, most native-optimized audio tools is not only back from the dead, it’s available for free. A version of SONAR Platinum will be available free, and finally,...
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LABS is a free series of sound tools for everyone, and you’ll want it now
Everyone’s talking these days it seems about new users and finding an entry way into production. But Spitfire’s take is pretty irresistible: give you some essential sounds you can use anywhere, then...
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Ableton’s Creative Extensions are a set of free tools for sound, inspiration
On the surface, Ableton’s new free download today is just a set of sound tools. But Ableton also seem focused on helping you find some inspiration to get ideas going. Creative Extensions are now a free...
View ArticleRelive Legowelt’s radio show, Astro Unicorn Radio
For a few glorious years, Legowelt had a radio show, Thursday evenings on Intergalactic FM internet radio. But while the show is gone, the sounds live on. Why am I bringing this up now? Well … I owe...
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Pretend you can play and produce drums with this free plug-in
Spitfire’s latest LABS plug-in release is out, with the theme “DRUMS.” Here’s how to get started with it – and why it may make you feel like you magically know how to actually play and properly record...
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Tracktion 7: powerful, free audio production tool (Mac, Windows, Linux)
So you want to start recording, mixing, arranging, and your budget is … you don’t have one. Tracktion runs on every OS, and the latest update adds still more powerful features. Free production tools...
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Free Ableton Live add-ons will f*** up your mixes and insult you
That headline isn’t a mistake. If you’ve ever wanted a plug-in to f*** up your mixes, sabotage you, insult you, or “get passive aggressive,” this free collection of Max for Live Devices is for you. Not...
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Real time visuals, no money spent: two great commercial tools
Real-time design and live visuals can provide transformative powers. But what if you’re not ready to commit both time and money right away? Here are two industrial-strength tools that get you started...
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