Absynth 6.1 is out.
As usual, Absynth is deep once you dig in. So here's a detailed explanation of how LFO phase and retriggering works in 6.1 (including a v1 feature come back to life!), what auto trigger is, and how the audio modulator works.
peter KIRN
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Musician and journalist. I make cdm.link, a home for electronic music and expressive technology, work on the #meeblip synthesizer, and I'm a composer / media artist / DJ and activist. Lebanese-American heritage, based in Berlin.
Devious Pocket: standalone, simple digital vinyl from any turntable. All enabled by the open-source @NAPframework
https://cdm.link/devious-pocket-standalone-simple-digital-vinyl-from-any-turntable/
What if DJing could get back to its roots -- like, turntables -- with something that wasn't expensive and proprietary? And you could still show up with just a USB stick.
The problem with the current tech scene can be summed up by the question from the interviewer at 5'16", asking Jobs, hey, why did you model the iMac after the computers in The Jetsons and not 2001: A Space Odyssey??
Uh... here, while I ponder an answer, step into this pod for me, ok?
Steve Jobs Interview - 8/14/1998 - iMac Satellite Tour
You can now get eight of UA's best plug-ins free, on top of the (existing) free LUNA DAW. Mac/Windows:
https://cdm.link/ua-explore-free/
A breakdown of what's in there and how you might use it, beginner, teacher, or advanced.
Liquid and hypnotic, Sinevibes Duality is a different breed of vibrato.
More: https://cdm.link/sinevibes-duality/
(speaking of Ukrainian tech!)
Synth Days in Kyiv: inside the wartime Ukrainian modular scene. Special guest story by Kaximia.
"Preserving inner balance and humanity becomes an important task."
https://cdm.link/inside-the-ukrainian-modular-scene-during-war/
@oleksiy and others make celebrity cameos over at NU31...
Bastl’s new Déjà vu is the 4HP module for when you need to fader stuff:
https://cdm.link/bastl-deja-vu/
I really appreciate the clever design here. Via a set of switches and extra jacks, this little module can do more than you think. Also, cats. Smart stuff from our friends in Brno.
Julian OliverOK here goes. You get the first look at this madness.
https://scienceispoetry.net/noodles
Go easy on it. I did my best to thread & rate limit while LLM bots this very moment are lost deep inside. They never stop. It's a siege.
Link it in your sites and AI crawlers will get caught when they hit it, veering off into the maze of babble.
Going to come out & say I channeled my inner GeoCities 180% in a nostalgic grief walk back to a happier & weedier www, so that parts for us that still remember
Okay, I scrolled down and this is definitely *not* an Ableton account.
https://mastodon.social/@ableton
This is why companies should hire me, and then I'll tell them to claim their userid on the fediverse and don't cede it to fake accounts or exclusively make an Elon Musk-owned dumpster fire their primary channel. Ahem.
You know where to find me! I invoice in any currency you like :D (actually this advice I will seriously, seriously give for free!)
Here, enjoy the vintage logo:
Lebanon’s musicians are a model for action — they deserve more support now.
There are fresh nightmares from the past 24 hours. But that should not be a sign to stop giving -- least of all when music efforts were translating into real results on the ground.
https://cdm.link/lebanons-musicians-deserve-support-now/
That can include our larger music, music media, and music tech circles. It could make a huge impact.
