Software Sequencers

This video demonstrates how you can use the new Novation Launchpad like a monome.
To try this out, you’ll need a Launchpad (You can get them for $199 at Zzounds and other online retailers), a free app called nonome and a monome app.
For this demo, Mike Tron built a Windows executable that combines nonome with a [...]

In addition to Ableton’s announcements today about Ableton Live Intro and their giveaway of 10 free Live Packs to celebrate Live’s 10th anniversary, it announced the release date for Max For Live and the beta release.
Max for Live will be available on November 23rd, 2009. It will cost USD 299/EUR 249. If you already own Max 5, [...]

Ableton is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Live by giving away 10 free Live Packs for Ableton Live 8 and up.
The Live Packs feature the work of 10 top Ableton Live artists, and let you look inside their songs and see how the artists work their magic.
The Live Pack artists include:

Adam Freeland
Apparat
Brian Ales
Covert Operators
Junie Morrison
Martin [...]

Ableton has announced Ableton Live Intro – their new entry-level version of Ableton Live.
Description:
The new Live Intro has all the essential basic features as Ableton Live at a lower price and comes including a huge library of sounds from Hip Hop, Rock, Soul, Techno – Including 7 GB of Sampled Instruments, Drum Loops, Beats and [...]

Free Music Software: The Venom VB-303 is a pattern-based acid bassline synthesizer for Windows inspired by the Roland TB-303.
Venom VB-303 is actively under development, but is still in beta.
Download links are available at the KVR forum.

LDaySynths has released Bass-Cruncher – a free bassline synthesizer, inspired by the Roland TB-303.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
BASSCRUNCHER
Monophonic Bassline Synthesizer mit einem Quitschigem Lowpassfilter ähnlich dem tb-303.
Features:

Monophonic Synthesizer
1 OSC (saw/pulse waveform)
1 LP Filter mit 303 artiger Resonanz
Drivemode (Soft/Hard sience V1.1)
Filter Stepsequencer in 16 Stufen

You can preview Bass Cruncher [...]

 

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Grape Solutions’ Pluto is an online synthesizer and digital audio workstation. It’s implemented in a web browser, and based on Microsoft Silverlight.

This video, via Mark Gutierrez, is a quick demo of using Slice To MIDI for resequencing samples, in Ableton Live.

This video demos using the Akai APC40 like a monome:
Blinken Park on the APC40 sending midi through the IAC driver to Ableton Live 8. We don’t need no stinking Monome.