RP-8 is a “demake” of the ReBirth RB-338 for the PICO-8 fantasy console
ReBirth, the software recreations of the TB-303 and TR-808, helped launch Propellerhead (now Reason Studios) and demonstrated acid could be made on a PC. Now, imagine that software in 2023 but - much...
View ArticleGame Boy Advance gets a new, free step sequencer, complete with p-locks
Dust off that GBA: it's a groove box now. Stepper is a free and open source 16-step sequencer with full access to the onboard sound engine and per-trigger parameter locks, Elektron-style. (And this...
View ArticleRooms.xyz puts adorable remixable, code-able 3D rooms in your browser – you...
Okay, forget the vaporware "metaverse" business. You can open a browser tab and use this right now (in beta). Create, build, remix, and code 3D rooms for any kind of fun you imagine. While the big tech...
View ArticlePatchWorld shows power of multiplayer VR music, integrates with Ableton Live
VR music has quietly evolved from fringe experiment to serious, fun musical tool - and it's done so entirely through one app, PatchWorld. Released publicly last summer, it's gotten steadily more...
View ArticleKORG Gadget now adds Meta Quest VR in addition to Switch, iOS versions
Speaking of VR, KORG's ongoing collaboration with developer DETUNE keeps bringing their instruments to more platforms. VR is the latest, in the form of a Meta Quest (and PC VR) version of KORG Gadget,...
View ArticlePlaydate pocket game system as sampler, granular instrument, FX, recorder, more
The Playdate looks at first like a curiosity - a black-and-white pocket game system with a crank, from Teenage Engineering and Panic. But now as it starts to get into the world, it's proving itself as...
View ArticleYou can play rave classic game wipEout in the browser – for now
Pygnosis' 1995 PlayStation launch title introduced the combination of futuristic anti-gravity racing and 90s rave music. And it came complete with music by legendary Welsh game composer CoLD SToRAGE -...
View ArticleFortnite gets a modular synth and custom music engine: Patchwork + UE
Every once in a while, the kind of cool thing you'd imagine does happen. So Harmonix, the music game dev, is still thriving at Epic, and they've got a surprise. They've built a full-blown modular synth...
View ArticleA very Unreal Halloween: playable Theremin, scenes from cinema
People continue to do wild things with Unreal Engine and MetaSounds. Celebrate Halloween with an interactive Theremin deep dive tutorial, and some classic cinema scenes from Halloween and The Shining...
View ArticleMax 8.6: Samplers, gamepads, colors, Max for Live, and more
Cycling '74's Max 8.6 is out now, bringing a ton of fun, musical stuff to the open-ended music and media toolbox. That includes major updates for anyone working with Ableton Live, but plenty for...
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