Locally sourced: you can now run Stable Diffusion AI art generation on your M1 Mac
It's got a one-click installer, runs locally, requires "no dependencies or technical knowledge," and crucially, doesn't talk to the cloud....
Software
Acid 4 Live: STING by IFTAH generates acid lines for Ableton Live for free
Iftah Gabbi, "the artist formerly known as "iftah from skinnerbox," has built a Max for Live acid line generation tool...
Komplete 14 adds Kontakt 7, expands bundle, but M1/M2 support is spotty — at a glance
KOMPLETE 14 is coming later this month, with a major software update to the KOMPLETE sampler following in October. That...
NI has retired Absynth soft synth after 22 years; here’s a statement from its creator
Music software instruments are entering something of a mid-life crisis – and one landmark is the cancellation this week of...
2MGT/Metamusic Generative Tools releases Modularis free analog-style sequencing tool
2MGT/Metamusic Generative Tools has introduced a new analog-style sequencing tool. The latest instrument in a suite of experimental synthesizers for...
Videosync 1.2 for Ableton Live visuals overhauls Simpler and improves functionality
Ear candy's not enough for you - you want that eye candy, too. So we've got the latest here for...
Modalics Beat Scholar: a new hyper-divisible drum machine plug-in made of pizzas
Beat Scholar promises to let you slice and re-slice with a built-in sampler and endless free subdivisions - without losing...
Arturia Dist COLDFIRE review: a red-hot coloration, overdrive, distortion multi-effect
Distortion? Already interested. But Dist COLDFIRE goes further, even compared to other recent tools with dual-distortion and modulation. Deep inside,...
Mouth Play is a vocal tract filter for Ableton Live with loads of extras, by Dillon Bastan
From the prolific, inventive Max for Live developer Dillon Bastan comes a new instrument that can shape, sing, roar, breathe,...
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...
