Madrona Labs Debuts Kaivo, Physical Modeling Synthesizer

Madrona Labs has released Kaivo, a semi-modular software synthesizer that combines two ways of making sound: granular synthesis and physical modeling. Developer Randy Jones says: “Today we release Kaivo, our new software synthesizer. ‘Kaivo’ is Finnish for ‘well,’ as in, a deep well of sounds, and I’ve been working on deepening that well over the… Read More Madrona Labs Debuts Kaivo, Physical Modeling Synthesizer

The Computer Orchestra

The Computer Orchestra is a crowdsourcing platform, created by Simon de Diesbach, Jonas Lacôte, Laura Perrenoud, that allows users to create and conduct their own orchestra. Users can choose to upload their own music or download samples to integrate into their formation Once the ‘orchestra’ is configured, users can direct it with the movements of their… Read More The Computer Orchestra

Max For Live Oblique Strategies Puts A Little Eno Into Ableton Live

Oblique is a Max For Live device that puts a little Eno into Ableton Live. Oblique Strategies (subtitled Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas) is originally a deck of printed cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt and first published in 1975. Each card offers an aphorism intended to help artists (particularly musicians) break creative… Read More Max For Live Oblique Strategies Puts A Little Eno Into Ableton Live

Liquid Notes For Live Lets You Reconstruct Your Music On The Fly

Re-Compose has introduced Liquid Notes for Live – a MIDI effect that plugs directly into Ableton Live (using Max for Live) and lets you reconstruct your music on the fly: Edit your clips by making adjustments to the vertical sliders (chord function) and rotary knobs (chords, tension) while playing your song in Live. The changes become… Read More Liquid Notes For Live Lets You Reconstruct Your Music On The Fly

Free Ableton Live Rack

Audiomodern has release Snare Comp [Rack] – a free download for Ableton Live. The free Live rack is described as ‘a hard snare compressor’. To download, see the Audiomodern site. If you’ve tried it, leave a comment with your thoughts on it!

telePort Control (POV Sneak Preview Video)

Developer Lasse Kolding shared this sneak preview of the upcoming telePort Control app, in its iPhone form. The focus here is on using the phone as a controller for an instrumentalist doing live looping music with the live performance-oriented music app telePort (Mac & Windows).