Are you getting bored of dialling in the same old rhythms? Let’s discover how we can switch things up and get more out of our sequencers. By pushing our sequencers a little further, we can break away ...

This week in my random survey of activity on the mail-lists for Linux sound & music software I'll look at two very different software drum machines and a keystroke macro that enters LilyPond music ...

For the uninitiated, drum sequencers can be intimidating devices, a wild maze of buttons, knobs and dials that seems to offer limitless possibilities--and patience-crushing quirks. One tweak of an ...

Drum patterns can also be made from scratch via the built-in step sequencer, giving users four tracks to work with. Each track has a wide array of adjustable parameters, including swing, speed, step ...

Apple on Wednesday released a major update to GarageBand for iOS, the company’s app for digital audio creation. GarageBand 2.3 features a new way to download sound packs, new drum sounds, and new ...

DAACI is an industry-leading, Abbey Road-backed startup developing AI-powered tools for musicians, composers and producers. We spoke to the DAACI team last year about the generative 'meta-composition' ...

Electronic instruments have come a long way since New Order sequenced Blue Monday using binary code. Now it’s all quantised beats, USB-C, and expensive noise-cancelling headphones. And if you’re in ...