DuckDuckGo search hack – it’s an instant bpm calculator (and finds frequencies, guitar tab)
Another reason to switch search engines - privacy-centric alternative DuckDuckGo also has a clever little bpm calculator built in. The...
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As Facebook reveals fundamental flaws, music tech might reexamine the platform’s role
In just 48 hours, we've been treated both to whistleblower testimony that questions Facebook's impact on society - and a...
Rymdigare for iOS combines FX in a fanciful UI and makes everything fuzzy and wonderful
There's a gently pastel-colored hand-drawn interface, a backstory involving extraplanetary mining. It's a reverb, a degrader and multi-effect, but also...
Tour Berna3, a complete 1950s electronic music studio in software – tape loops to test oscillators
While everyone else modulates the 70s, 80s, and even 90s, step back to the 1950s - with a complete array...
Erica Synths LXR-02 drum machine playtest: brutal sounds, live jams, 1.2 firmware
I've been playing with the LXR-02, the new digital drum synth from Erica Synths and Sonic Potions. Verdict: it's versatile,...
Now that Ableton Live is Apple Silicon-native, will your plug-ins and tools still work?
Ableton Live 11.1 beta means a native version of the host that can take full advantage of the hardware inside...
Modular synthesis gets reimagined as puzzle game with The Signal State
Patching modular synthesis now has its own game, complete with realistic modules and actual signal routing logic puzzles. Meet indie...
Ableton Live 11.1 in public beta, with new tools and native Apple Silicon support
Ableton Live 11.1 is now available as a public beta free to anyone with a Live 11 license. New in...
Laurie Anderson, in video, on the stories behind her custom-built instruments
A violin can be totally transformed - and the performance with it - from ice skates to neon instruments to...
Attacco turns any mic – and any surface – into expressive percussive music input
Attacco's Virtual Controller, now in beta, makes anything into a percussive MIDI controller - not just for triggers, but expression,...
