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I Composed a Soundtrack for an Adventure Game That Doesn’t Exist — in OneSeq
Read article →: I Composed a Soundtrack for an Adventure Game That Doesn’t Exist — in OneSeqListen to Periapsis and read Jadzia’s first-person account of composing it inside OneSeq, from the workstation’s origins to the 0.4.4 Fractal preview.
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Max4Live News for May 18th 2024
The Monotale Mord Drums 1.0 is a Max4Live device suitable for Ableton Live sessions. It includes nine drum channels with expansive MIDI control ranging from C1 to G#1. This device is primarily aimed at creating dynamic drum tracks. It’s designed to allow easy beat-making and real-time drum sample manipulation. It operates on Ableton Live 11…
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Eurorack News for May 18th 2024
The ADDAC309 CV to Expression module is a hardware device designed for incorporation into a Eurorack modular synthesizer system. Developed by ADDAC System, it functions as a conduit between Eurorack modules and effects pedals, taking voltage signals from the Eurorack environment and channeling them into effects pedals through their expression pedal inputs. It advocates the…
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Max4Live News for May 17th 2024
Flangerr 1.0 is a Max4Live audio device designed for Ableton Live, created by the developer ‘bassdaddy’. This plugin innovatively reshapes traditional flanging, an effect obtained by merging two identical audio signals with a small, adjustable delay. The output results in a unique swept comb filter effect, creating peaks and notches in the frequency spectrum, resulting…
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Eurorack News for May 17th 2024
The Behringer Perfect Pitch PP1 is an 8HP Eurorack module designed to convert mono sources such as microphones, guitars or line-level sources into CV, MIDI or USB signals. It quickly extracts pitch, gate, and trigger values from the incoming audio for use with CV-compatible gear or DAW elements. The module features hi-Z and Low Cut…
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What’s New in Update 18.05 for Elite Dangerous: Key Fixes and Features Explained
Introduction to Update 18.05 Elite Dangerous, the expansive space-flight simulation game, continues to evolve with its latest patch, Update 18.05, released on May 16, 2024. This update promises to enhance the player experience by addressing several critical issues while introducing new mechanisms to ensure smoother gameplay transitions for rookies. By focusing on both bug fixes…
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Eurorack News for May 16th 2024
The Frequency Central Strips Eurorack Module is a 4-channel VCA mixer designed for sound design and manipulation. Each channel is furnished with LEVEL, HIGH, LOW, FX send, PAN, MUTE, and CV control of level functionalities, enabling precision control over sound input. Equipped with an FX send and stereo return, this module offers low-latency audio effects…
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Essential Guide to Meta Tags and HTML Elements for SEO
Introduction to Meta Tags Meta tags are small pieces of text that describe a page's content they don't appear on the page itself but only in the page's code. Despite their invisibility to visitors, they play a significant role in a website's SEO strategy, primarily because they help search engines understand what the page is…
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Exploring the Medieval Magic: Orchestral Tools’ Grimm with Bleeding Fingers
Introduction to Grimm with Bleeding Fingers Grimm with Bleeding Fingers, a groundbreaking collaboration between Orchestral Tools and the esteemed Bleeding Fingers Music, stands out as a reimagined medieval orchestra tailored for the needs of modern composers. This innovative instrument library leans heavily on traditional medieval instruments, brilliantly repurposed to support contemporary music compositions. Deliberately designed…
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Audacity 3.5 Guide: New Features and How to Use Them
Introduction to Audacity 3.5 Music creation just got an exciting boost with the release of Audacity 3.5 – an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor, and recorder. Fully compatible across various operating systems such as Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and more, Audacity has long served as a go-to resource for audio editing for both amateurs and professionals alike.…
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