What happens when you put the modular and generative visual powers of TouchDesigner together with the ubiquitous Ableton Live? Looks like you'll have a chance to find out in a free workshop Saturday from London's Music Hackspace, available online anywhere via Zoom.

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Composer, producer, and percussionist debashis sinha delved into spiritual spaces of his ancestral India in a double-release from late last year. These projects interweave rhythm, mythology, decolonization, and artificial intelligence. We talk to Deb about his take on machine learning - uniquely humble and human just when we need it - and the significance of the sonic imagery on this album. He reflects on the process of making and meaning for these gorgeous releases.

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Production tool or stress relief? Maybe it's both. Swedish artist Wintergatan, best known for the physical Marble Machine instrument, has worked with Klevgrand to create a software music box in plug-in and app format, and it's just $6 during the intro.

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Buy local: the world of gear for musicians is opening up to independent makers in more places. That includes Tbilisi-based Ambient audio, who are making everything from glowing and recycled patch cables to modular kits.

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Yester Versio adds a bunch of sound-shaping and performance controls to a three-tap delay it what looks like a promising package. It's the latest addition to Versio, their stereo module line that lets you swap firmwares at will - meaning you might just get this for free when it arrives this week.

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ASM's Hydrasynth is one of the most capable sound design instruments available now, packed with modulation features for its polyphonic architecture. Version 2.0 packs expanded memory and new modulation and envelope tools, including quantization and the ability to advance one at a time through their unique LFO Steps.

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Live visual - VJ - media server tool Resolume gets another big update with a little version number. But we're not just here to talk new and shiny: Resolume has al new set of tutorials for patching in their Wire modular environment, too. Spring semester is on the way.

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Artist Rochefsky has been busy cooking up a ton of Mutable Instruments Plaits recipes - which seems just the thing to share on a Sunday. Plus even if you don't have the module (or like me are on a train at the moment) you can give this a go for free in VCV Rack in software (with the Macro Oscillator 2 module).

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Bandcamp workers today announced they are unionizing under the name Bandcamp United (BCU). It's doubly relevant because this workforce represents everyone from engineers to journalists, working at a meeting point between music, tech, and gaming. And they're asking artists and labels to support them.

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Who needs presets or AI? An idea can start from anything - even extracted from the pixel values of some images you have stored on your phone. Pixel Music tries a different take on sequencing.

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Replicant 3 might be the most unique of Audio Damage's entire stable of plug-ins. The new version is rebuilt from the ground up, comes packed with new slice effects, and yet has a more capable, cleaner UI. It might just be the kind of software update that re-launches IDM as a genre.

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Matriarch, Moog's eminently patchable semi-modular paraphonic instrument, just got a slew of updates for playability. And there are new patch ideas, both in book and video form.

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iOS these days can give you wonderful collections of instruments and effects as AUv3 plug-ins. The only problem? Other than some menus in your hosts, there's nowhere to browse that collection. Enter AUBE.

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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 lower fidelity. Like, much worse. 128x128 pixel UI worse.

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News cycles tend to move from crisis to crisis - ignoring what happens as crises deepen. Artists of Turkish, Syrian, and Kurdish heritage deserve more attention in Berlin and Germany generally, so today is a great time for some music, awareness, and action as areas impacted by last month's earthquake still urgently need support.

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Arturia's V-Collection 9.2 bumps performance, compatibility, tuning and MPE support, and more. That includes all their vintage-inspired instruments, plus the AUGMENTED line and Pigments. Oh yeah, and one more thing - finally, resizable windows. Here's what's new.

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Happy MAR1O aka "Mario Day" - which Nintendo is going forward with worldwide, various international date formats aside. Any day is a good excuse to talk about the musical invention of Nintendo composer Koji Kondo, whose tunes are as iconic as the games he scored.

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It seems to be a season of digital delays, but this is something different. Dedalus is a creation of some beloved devs and experimentalists. They've combined delay with distortion, modulation (with drawable curves), and tons of granulation - all in a one-window UI. Calling it a "delay" almost seems like missing the point.

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Roland just released the 3.0 software update for its SP-404MKII sampler/sequencer/effects unit, and we’re psyched to share some of the features with you (and try them out ourselves!) Quick overview:

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You've seen mechanical engineers attempt expressive synths, and real, polished products. But why not have fun with a slightly more punk, DIY, bendy synth of your own? Sound Werkshop has been working on that, using the eminently affordable and flexible Daisy Seed embedded platform (which in turn runs code and Pd and Max-generated patches).

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