Early Black Friday: the best deals on synths, machines, and software
Black Friday, it seems, is not so much a day now as a state of mind. Whatever we're calling it,...
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Captivate is a free, open source visual synth and DMX lighting tool
This live visual newcomer is off to a promising start: live DMX lighting, generative visuals (with video and photos), MIDI...
Roar, Ableton Live 12’s coloration-saturation effect, is a gem: video
Just when you thought you didn't need another multi-stage distortion/coloration tool, along comes Roar. Live expert Madeleine Bloom (of Sonic...
Premiere: Vexillary’s “Animalic” 3D music video channels Alien, Venom
Your music video break begins now. From New York's Vexillary and 3D artist Leo Andrade (genre: "Cyber Horror") comes a...
Ableton Live 12: a guide to everything that’s new
Ableton has announced Live 12 today, with new tools for creating sounds, exploring musical ideas, and playing with the software...
Black goo is the new oscilloscope: Love Hultén’s amazing ferrofluid synths
LEDs, cathode ray tubes, blinky lights - move over. Once you've seen dancing animated black goo frolicking in space to...
Watch Videosync visuals in Ableton Live, plus Beam for lighting, Max
If you missed it earlier this fall, Tarik Barri has a great walkthrough of Videosync, the live visual software integrated...
Resolume 7.18: Finally, a Decks menu, plus a ton of tweaks
Okay, visualists and AV folks: Resolume is now on something like a two-month release cadence. This time, there's everything from...
Roland FANTOM EX: Modeled analog, classic synths, new effects, more
Roland has updated the OS on their flagship FANTOM 6, 7, and 8 synths. It's a major update, with everything...
Doepfer gets back to its Eurorack roots, announcing Basic System 3
From Dieter Doepfer, the fine fellow who coined "Eurorack," the Basic System 3 looks like a true return to form....
