CDM Create Digital Music https://cdm.link/ Create digital music, motion, and more. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:40:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://cdm.link/app/uploads/2015/12/cdmlogo-60x60.png CDM Create Digital Music https://cdm.link/ 32 32 132315372 Free Friday: GForce’s superb Axxess instrument is free until December https://cdm.link/gforce-freebies/ https://cdm.link/gforce-freebies/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:36:40 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168555 GForce has updated their site, branding, and pricing (now with both lifetime licenses and subscription options). And there are two freebies, time-limited through the end of November: a Mellotron M400 instrument, and the one I suspect most readers will be into, GForce's take on the 1975 ARP Axxe synthesizer.

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]]> https://cdm.link/gforce-freebies/feed/ 0 168555 Free Friday: D16 is turning 20 and they’ve got a new free stereo delay https://cdm.link/free-d16-echolite/ https://cdm.link/free-d16-echolite/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:47:03 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168550 Straight outta Katowice, our friends at D16 Audio Group are celebrating 20 years with an all-new stereo delay: Echolite. And don't let the "lite" in the name deceive you: this all-new giveaway has some power beneath its simple UI.

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]]> https://cdm.link/free-d16-echolite/feed/ 0 168550 Roland TR-1000 1.5: keyboard mode, seamless kit switching, more https://cdm.link/roland-tr-1000-1-5-update/ https://cdm.link/roland-tr-1000-1-5-update/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:05:31 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168534 Roland has one more announcement -- a 1.5 update for its flagship TR-1000 drum machine. That includes note sequencing, a must-requested keyboard mode for playing bass and melodic parts on the gear, the ability to swap patterns and kits with effects on without a hitch, and a lot of tweaks and UI improvements.

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]]> https://cdm.link/roland-tr-1000-1-5-update/feed/ 0 168534 The world is your modular: Mulch Box, an all-jacks patch bay and multiplier https://cdm.link/mulch-box-patch-bay-and-multiplier/ https://cdm.link/mulch-box-patch-bay-and-multiplier/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:15:03 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168520 It's the size of a standard guitar pedal. It needs no power It's... covered in jacks. It's Mulch Box, the first hardware from Go Outside, and it's a stunningly simple idea for signal routing any of your gear, minijack and full-sized jack alike.

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]]> https://cdm.link/mulch-box-patch-bay-and-multiplier/feed/ 0 168520 Arturia’s new MiniFreak 49 synth is tactile, exploration-friendly: tested https://cdm.link/arturia-minifreak-49-review/ https://cdm.link/arturia-minifreak-49-review/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:04:15 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168421 It's not just some extra keys or minor feature tweaks. Arturia's MiniFreak 49 has evolved the range into a synthesizer you can freely explore just by playing, not programming. It's a fusion of tactile experience and sound, right when we need that. Here's a full hands-on test.

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]]> https://cdm.link/arturia-minifreak-49-review/feed/ 0 168421 Baby Roland is back: Boutique JUPITER-08, n/vision wavetable synths https://cdm.link/roland-boutique-jupiter-nvision/ https://cdm.link/roland-boutique-jupiter-nvision/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:06:05 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168430 The kawaii look of the mini Rolands in the Boutique series has returned. There's one vintage remake -- the JUPITER-08, this time with full polyphony and then some (up to 32 voices). And there's something new: the n/vision wavetable synth.

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]]> https://cdm.link/roland-boutique-jupiter-nvision/feed/ 0 168430 Abed Eyad is making beats in Gaza: interview, call for support https://cdm.link/abed-eyad-gaza-interview/ https://cdm.link/abed-eyad-gaza-interview/#respond Sun, 18 Oct 2026 12:44:02 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168391 20-year-old Palestinian producer Abed Eyad is making beats from the rubble, surviving amidst genocide. He talks to us about what that's like, what drives his productions, and how to support his music.

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]]> https://cdm.link/abed-eyad-gaza-interview/feed/ 0 168391 The myth of Drexciya is coming to the Toronto Biennial — with playlist https://cdm.link/drexciya-toronto/ https://cdm.link/drexciya-toronto/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:59:10 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168372 The myth of Drexciya is getting its moment at the Toronto Biennial, as retold by Underground Resistance. That's free through December 20th if you're in Ontario, but let's kick off a watery weekend with the accompanying playlist, too, courtesy UR and Sumberge label manager Cornelius Harris.

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]]> https://cdm.link/drexciya-toronto/feed/ 0 168372 teenage engineering op-xy added a drum synth, sound shaping, more https://cdm.link/teenage-engineering-op-xy-added-a-drum-synth-sound-shaping-more/ https://cdm.link/teenage-engineering-op-xy-added-a-drum-synth-sound-shaping-more/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:37:02 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168362 teenage engineering, the company that made news for slipping in an interview that it isn’t making new synths (maybe), might also make news for making its synths do new things. There’s an official (not hacked!) firmware update for the op-xy flagship, and it adds a new drum synth, multichannel audio, dynamic filter, and detune. The […]

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]]> https://cdm.link/teenage-engineering-op-xy-added-a-drum-synth-sound-shaping-more/feed/ 0 168362 Digital sound, but physical: Roger Linn’s LinnStrument in action, 10% off https://cdm.link/digital-sound-but-physical-roger-linns-linnstrument-in-action-10-off/ https://cdm.link/digital-sound-but-physical-roger-linns-linnstrument-in-action-10-off/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:36:11 +0000 https://cdm.link/?p=168349 No, we do not all want to be reduced to brains in a jar. Music has always been about gesture, whether embodied in the breath or touch. So now is the perfect time for the LinnStrument, the human-scaled expressive grid from Roger Linn. Roger writes to point us to some of the latest musical examples […]

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