Akai has released MPC Beats, a new beat making software studio designed around the famous MPC hardware workflow for free download. It comes with a 2GB sample library of loops, one-shots and built-in virtual instruments to get you started, plus you can install MPC Beats
Berlin-based certified Ableton Live trainer Madeleine Bloom is a constant source of inspiration to the Ableton Live users in the team here at Noisegate, and her latest free download is a doozy. 3 fully macro’d MIDI effect racks that will take a simple one-note midi
Jon Sine is a German DJ and producer running a daily YouTube-Vlog about his life as a musician. He has more than 90.000+ subscribers and his videos reach more than 400.000+ views per month. The current situation has forced Jon Sine to temporarily close his
Sender Spike is an independent developer dedicated to releasing free, high quality music tools — and their latest is no exception. The SN03-G Tape Recorder plugin emulates the character and saturation of vintage tape machines in a highly CPU-friendly package. Why tackle something that’s been
Today a very useful free MaxForLive device called Velo2VolcaD landed in our inboxes from a couple of absolute Ableton wizards — Pete MIDI and Tobi Hunke (aka Ableton Drummer). The idea is, you have a pad controller like Ableton’s own Push or Arturia’s BeatStep that
For our next Ableton instrument giveaway, I’m sharing my lucky score at a recent vintage market in regional Victoria. Yup, in a stack of busted-up ’90s hifi units, the distinctive colourful face plate of a Studio Electronics ATC-1 analogue synthesiser caught my eye. Fully functional,
The sounds of the ’90s are back, and the cutting-edge (at the time) sampling technology from brands like Akai and E-Mu was a key influence in the early sounds of drum’n’bass and jungle music — in much the same way that Roland’s TR drum machines
Impulse Record have released a incredibly well-featured free convolution reverb plugin called Convology XT. It comes packaged with 70 impulse responses, but like the Max For Live Convolution Reverb available to Ableton Live Suite owners, you can actually load your own .wav files into the
With its Max programming language integration, Ableton Live is a tinkerer’s dream. Musician’s are not limited by the effects, sequencers, instruments and mixing utilities included with Ableton — if you can think up a device, odds are it can be custom built within the Max
Prolific Youtube producer Dylan Tallchief has introduced the Ableton Live Enhancement Suite for Windows-powered Ableton Live users. The suite adds a whole swag of potentially useful add-on features to Live, including: Double right-click to for quick access to a customisable menu of devices Advanced draw