Cycling ’74 Max 8 is here: Look at what’s coming to M4L in the months ahead.

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Cycling ’74 released Max 8, the latest version of the decades-old audio-visual patching environment most modern producers know from Ableton Live’s Max4Live extensions. Max’s latest version comes with lots of additions, including new tools, multichannel patching, MIDI learn, improved performance, and much more. Multichannel patching Within Max 8, any sound object can be made into […]

RetroKits RK-005: USB MIDI Hub that hosts, merges and interconnects everything

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We first saw the RK-005 back at Superbooth and it had us scratching our heads a little bit while pondering the possibilities of all this interconnectivity. But now it’s available for pre-order in limited numbers and I think we can get a handle on what it’s all about. RK-005 It’s a compact little box that […]

Ellistronics Panic Voice Data-Distort Oscillator screams into life

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More noise from the madcap world of Ellistronics. Developing the Data Distortion synthesis Ellis discovered in the StarCruncher we now have the monstrous Panic Voice Data-Distort Oscillator. This time it’s not a one-off, there are 7 of these things. Where will the madness end? Panic Voice It looks weirdly like the butchered headstock of a […]

StarCruncher: Monophonic distorted realm explorer accidental minisynth

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EllisTronics comes up with some weird stuff. We’ve come across his handmade instruments from time to time and they always leave me slightly boggled at the craziness of the sound and the apparent ease and cheapness with which he bangs them together. Like the origin story of a nerdy superhero, StarCruncher was born out of […]

Rumor: Apple to ditch Lightning ports, opt for USB-C in 2019 iPads and iPhones

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If Taiwanese publication DigiTimes’ sources are to be believed — and they have generally been on point in the past — Apple will bestow USB-C ports on 2019 iPhones and iPads, waving goodbye to the long-standing Lightning port used for charging and data transfer. Such a move won’t be at all surprising, given Apple’s approach […]