Meet: Polyfold

video upload by Manifest Audio

"Polyfold is a multidimensional Max for Live sequencer, built for advanced polymetric MIDI sequencing and creative long-form electronic music production.

With 16 independent sequencer lanes and up to 1024 steps per lane, Polyfold enables large-scale step sequencing, generative pattern development, polyphonic output, and cross-lane interaction beyond the limitations of conventional step grids.

Available now for Ableton Live 12 and up at: https://manifest.audio/polyfold

Key Features:

• 16 independent parameter sequencers
• Up to 1024 steps per lane
• Dual rate-stage sequencing (Multiply + Divide)
• 4 polyphonic pitch lanes with per-note probability
• Internal pattern preset libraries with custom recall
• Long-form Transpose sequencer for extended progressions
• Global Chance, Velocity, Length, Hold, and Ratchet sequencing
• Modulation sequencers with OSC and MIDI CC output
• X-Relay routing for flexible MIDI distribution

Polyfold is designed for producers working with polymetric sequencing, generative composition, algorithmic sound design, and long-form musical installations."

Diosynth Live: A New Companion App for Diosynth

video upload by ASM Ashun Sound Machines

"Diosynth Live is now available for iOS and Android, bringing fast access to your favorite patches, system settings, and MIDI settings directly on your mobile phone.

Find the Diosynth Live app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

0:00 intro
0:28 App organization
1:00 requirements
1:25 connecting to the app
1:40 USB connection
2:17 Bluetooth connection
3:00 Favorites
3:45 Setup tab

Learn more at ashunsoundmachines.com

#Windsynth #EWI #diosynthlive #diosynth #asm #Ashunsoundmachines"

Press release with additional details:

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Lo-Fi Electronica with Granular Piano & Soft Synths | Touch the moon 2026-09-30 by atnr

video upload by atnr

"An electronica piece where lo-fi piano textures overlap with quiet harmonies.

This piece was created with the OP-1 field, norns shield, volca fm2, and Omnisphere 2.

On the OP-1 field, a phrase is played using the ENDLESS sequencer and processed with reverb through the blueSky.

On the norns shield, a piano performance is recorded into graintopia and played back with granular processing. The output is connected to the Chase Bliss LOST+FOUND for delay and reverb.

The volca fm2 is processed through the Guyatone AE-5 for echo, followed by reverb through the MICROCOSM. The PHRASE LOOPER in the MICROCOSM is also used to capture and repeat phrases.

The remaining parts are built in Ableton Live using Omnisphere 2.

🎵 [Gear Used in This Video]

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Knock Out 🎚️(Teenage Engineering K.O.-Sidekick EP-136 // MFB Tanzbar // Roland S-1 // J-6)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"A new little piece of gear joins the setup! 🎛️

This time, I'm introducing the Teenage Engineering KO II Sidekick EP-136 , a small but surprisingly powerful little mixer, and a very welcome addition to the setup.

And this one is a little different from my last jams: there's no external sequencers like the Squarp Hapax or Arturia Keystep Pro involved! 😄

Instead, I'm using the built-in sequencers of all 3 instruments in the setup: the MFB Tanzbär , Roland S-1 and *Roland J-6*. It's actually quite refreshing to let the instruments take care of their own sequences for once.

The Tanzbär is on Channel 1 , bringing its punchy analog drums to the party. Channel 2 is shared by the Roland S-1 and *Roland J-6*: the J-6 handles the bass and chords, while the S-1 also provides the lead chimes during the intro.

The problem? The Sidekick only has *2 stereo channels*.

So, naturally, I had to cheat a little. 😄

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168bpm

video upload by 3Echoflow

"168 BPM.

A hardware jam built around fast drums, broken rhythms and shifting electronic textures.

The Digitakt II drives the drums and sequencing, while the TEO-5 handles the synth parts. The Hologram Microcosm especially the Blocks algorithms keeps cutting, stretching and reshaping the beat, pushing it somewhere between drum & bass, breakbeat and glitchy electronic music.

Not really straight DnB, not really classic breaks either just 168 BPM and the sounds getting slightly out of control.

Recorded live in Ableton Live.

Gear:
Elektron Digitakt II
Oberheim TEO-5
Hologram Microcosm

#digitakt2 #teo5 #microcosm #breakbeat #drumandbass #hardwarejam #electronicmusic"

Prophecy Emulator Profligacy by Joe Landers - The Prodigy's Synth as a Plugin? - Ableton VST3 Test

video upload by WAVEWORX-SOUNDS

Prophetic Steps at 3:06.

"This distorted acid lead is not a sample: Profligacy emulates the Korg Prophecy, the synth behind that Prodigy sound.I tested the plugin by Joe Landers in Ableton Live. CPU usage stays at just 5–8%.In this video: The Prodigy-style sounds, the automation behind them, and more presets.

🎹 What you'll get in this video:

• Profligacy: a free, open-source Korg Prophecy emulator
• CPU test in Ableton Live: 5–8% usage
• Prodigy-style acid leads and their automation
• More presets demos
• Honest limits: ROM required, alpha status, monophonic

⚠️ What you need to know:

• You need your own ROM of the original firmware. It is not included, and I don't provide or link it.
• The plugin is an early alpha version, so bugs are possible.

🎯 Free Manual:
https://waveworxsounds.gumroad.com/l/...

🛒 More racks, templates and sounds for Ableton Live: https://waveworxsounds.gumroad.com

🔗 Profligacy on GitHub:
https://github.com/joelanders/profligacy

⏱️ KAPITEL / CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro 0:23 Demo 0:33 Automation 1:02 CPU Load 1:44 Preset 1 2:08 Preset 2 2:52 Preset 3 3:06 Preset 4 3:50 Preset 5 4:11 Preset 6 5:12 Preset 7 5:41 Outro"

Also see Korg Prophecy emulation playing a couple patches from Prodigy's Fat of the Land

Meet param8 - a Small Customizable MIDI Controller Designed for Ableton Live

video upload by KrazyBaldhead

"param8 is a small MIDI controller designed for Ableton Live with a different idea"

via param8

Control. See. Perform.

Features

Visual Feedback & Precise Control

See parameter names, values, and button states instantly on the dual 256×64 OLED high-contrast displays.

The 8 push-encoders always stay in sync with your DAW, so your controls are always correctly positioned with no pickup issues. Press to toggle buttons, turn to adjust values.

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Missing Link Uno: CircuitHappy - Knobcon 2026

video upload by sonicstate

"Always nice to see Ed from CircuitHappy, who showed us Missing Link Uno, the latest addition to the company's Ableton Link clocking range. CircuitHappy devices use Wi-Fi to sync hardware, DAWs and iOS apps via Ableton Link, including Ableton Live, Bitwig Studio, Pro Tools and Logic.

The new Uno is a reduced version of the Missing Link Junior. It keeps the core clock-sync functions at a lower price, while the existing Missing Link Junior offers TRS MIDI output plus configurable CV clock and reset. The ML2M Eurorack module is 2HP and has two TRS outputs, which can handle CV clock, reset or MIDI output.

The Uno includes a ring of LEDs that shows loop position. Play starts after the count reaches the top of the loop, and tempo can be changed with buttons or tap tempo. In the demo, multiple devices and Ableton Live followed tempo changes over Wi-Fi.

Missing Link Uno is expected in January or February next year at $99. ML2M is $250, and Missing Link Junior is $260. More Info: https://circuithappy.com"

Elektron Monomachine emulator (Gearmulator MD/MM v0.1.0 alpha.12)

video upload by Ticco Ross

"Here is a small demo of this Monomachine/Machinedrum emulator. Yes, you read that right. A true emulator with all its functions included, even parameter locks. Still in Alpha stage and you can see its peaking 75% CPU but its working flawlessly.
You´ll need your original Rom for MD/MM.
Macbook Pro M1 MacOS 12.3 //// Ableton Live 12.2.7
Link to project:
https://github.com/joelanders/gearmul..."

Also see Elektron Machinedrum & Monomachine Emulations Come to Software

Experimental Electronica w/ Analog Synths & Ambient Engine | Transcendence 2026-09-14 by atnr

video upload by atnr

"Experimental electronica created with the Prophet-10, Moog One, Nord Lead, MS-20, OP-1 field, and Ambient Engine.

This is the 1000th entry in the Daily Sound Experiment series.

On the Prophet-10, synth pads are performed with reverb through the blueSky.

The MS-20 plays a bassline via MIDI sent from Ableton Live. During the intro, the filter resonance is adjusted in real time.

The Nord Lead and Moog One are performed by hand during the middle of the track.

The OP-1 field plays a rhythm pattern via MIDI from Ableton Live. Modulation is applied with the CWO effect, while the MOTHER effect adds gated reverb. The output is then processed through the MOOD MKII with additional pitch shifting and delay.

In Ambient Engine, sine wave samples are loaded and played as sustained tones while the MicroLoop effect is applied.

On this channel I explore many styles of music using field recordings, DIY instruments, and hardware.

Catch up on previous Daily Sound Experiment entries here:"

Ableton MIDI Note Mapper

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

"A drum pattern should not lose its musical identity simply because the receiving instrument uses a different MIDI note layout. A kick should remain a kick, a snare should remain a snare, and a closed hi hat should remain a closed hi hat.
https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...

MIDINoteMapper 2.0 is a Max for Live MIDI Effect that translates drum notes by musical role instead of applying a simple pitch shift. Select the source map and destination map, then move the same rhythm between different drum machines and Drum Racks without rewriting the MIDI clip note by note."

Motionless // Teenage Engineering OP-1f and Ableton Live ambient

video upload by Stefano Mattia

"I made this piece on my OP-1f a few days after my neighbour’s cat died. We found him motionless on the terrace, under the rain.

I had seen him around many times, in the ordinary way you notice the familiar things around you without really thinking about them.

I don’t have much else to say about it. I just made this small piece and somehow it felt right to dedicate it to him."

Tape Fiasco 2 for iPad: the whole plugin, on a tablet

video upload by Phase Fiasco

"Tape Fiasco 2 is now on iPad. Not a stripped-down companion app: the same engine that runs on macOS and Windows, rebuilt for touch, as a standalone app and an AUv3 plugin.

Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tape-fi...
$19, one-time purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases.

BUILT FOR IPAD
• Standalone app or AUv3 in AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis, Loopy Pro, Drambo and other AUv3 hosts.
• Load your own audio as the sound source, or start from the built-in factory loop library.
• Record the output and share or save a WAV straight from the app.
• Ableton Link for tempo and phase sync across your network.
• MIDI Learn with mappings that persist across relaunches.
• Two-finger scrolling, resizable and rotatable layouts, touch targets tuned for fingers instead of a mouse.
• Background audio, so it keeps running when you switch apps.

Desktop (AU / VST3, macOS + Windows): https://www.phasefiasco.com/tapefiasco-2"

"Most audio plugins process your sound. Tape Fiasco performs it. Four independent time engines run simultaneously: a dual-grain stretcher that slows, freezes and scrubs in real time; a tape machine with wow, flutter, stop and scratch; a rhythmic slicer that repeats at any subdivision; and BendIt, a circuit-bent buffer mangler with a seven-zone pitch macro from subtle wobble to full DJ scratch, quantized to the host grid. Chain them in any order.

Behind the time engines sits another 30 effects, from spectral filtering and modal resonators to distortion, bit destruction, circuit bending and beyond, followed by a master stage with a three-band EQ, compressor, soft limiter and auto gain.

Routing goes deep. Animate any parameter with multiple modulators: LFOs, random sources, envelope followers, and bezier graph editors. Sequencers stretch, bend and stutter. The Perform section puts four macros and an X/Y pad on the front panel, each routing to up to five destinations with three-point crossfade curves, all recordable as host automation. If it moves on screen, you can automate, sequence, or modulate it."

Elastic Melody for iPad – Feature Demo with K.O. Sidekick

video upload by Elastic Instruments

"Elastic Melody has just received a huge update, significantly expanding its sonic possibilities and sequencing capabilities!

In this performance, Elastic Melody runs on two iPads: the left iPad mainly provides the rhythms, while the right one plays the bassline. Both devices stay perfectly synchronized via Ableton Link.

Available as both a standalone app and an AUv3 plug-in for iOS and macOS, Elastic Melody features three channels of synthesized sounds, an analog-style step sequencer, and four master effects—making it easy to create evolving melodies, basslines, rhythms, and polyrhythms.

The Teenage Engineering K.O. Sidekick is a great choice for this setup. Here, it acts as both an audio interface and a performance mixer for live effects. Its tempo tracking keeps the effects synchronized with the performance.

In case you’re wondering: This video is not sponsored by Teenage Engineering. I bought the Sidekick myself—I’ve simply been having a lot of fun with it lately! ;)"

5 ways to map out a performance in Ableton Live with Launch Control

video upload by Novation

"Find out more about Launch Control - https://novationmusic.com/products/la... the Launch Control range - https://novationmusic.com/launch-cont...

In this video, Dylan shows you five ways to map out a performance in Ableton Live with the Launch Control. We explain how to map Ableton Live macros to Launch Control for live performance and more.

Utilising Ableton's macro mappings to take control of drums, tweak an acid synth line generator on the fly, and map out synths and other sounds. Plus, creating a single page custom mode for Launch Control that controls all those important performance parameters. Watch the video to learn more.

To get the most out of your Novation devices make sure you update via Components.

Find out more here - https://novationmusic.com/articles/wa..."

🎹 Suggested videos to watch next:
▶ • The NEW Launch Control: What does it do? [posted here with addtional videos]
▶ • 5 ways to master your DAWless setup with L... [posted here]
▶ • How to humanise your drum beats with the L... [posted here]

Chapters:
00:00 - 5 ways to map out a performance in Ableton Live with Launch Control
00:32 - Using Ableton's macro mappings with Launch Control
02:49 - Generative basslines with Sting 2 and Drift in Ableton Live with Launch Control
04:52 - Consolidating your mappings in Ableton Live with Launch Control
07:18 - Planning your mappings for Ableton Live with Launch Control
09:33 - One Custom Mode view with Launch Control
11:23 - Outro - using macro mappings in live performance

FlatDSP Introduces RUNE for Ableton Live

video upload by Flat DSP

"Rune is a versatile synthesiser with an expressive interface, built for Ableton Live."

More Info: https://flatdsp.com/products/rune
Purchase: https://flatdsp.gumroad.com/l/rune

Additional details via the maker:

"My name is Luke Abbott, I’m an electronic music producer and have been releasing music since 2006.

Making software instruments has long been a part of my practice, and now I am gearing up to release some of them.

I set up Flat DSP to give them a home, and the first one out the door is Rune: a Max for Live synth I’ve been working on for the last 18 months.

It's a characterful subtractive synth with a responsive, playful UI that encourages you to develop and explore sounds.

The synth engine is based on wavetables I sampled from hardware gear in my studio. It has a multi-mode filter, loopable envelopes, parameter instability control, an envelope range control and has a built-in reverb effect that can be fed from the filter or the filter delta output.

The gain structure is carefully designed to add character. It has a LoFi mode that introduces digital artefacts and a controllable amount of instability threaded throughout the architecture that introduces variation. It also works with Live’s tuning systems.

All of this is controllable in the UI. Each component is fully interactive and visually conveys what it is doing. It’s designed to be fun and quick to use without having to learn it inside-out, while still offering a deep level control of the synth engine.

Many of the UI objects have a second layer of parameters, and the UI flips to expose direct MIDI mapping within Live.

It is available now, priced at $35 which I hope is accessible enough to a lot of people. I’ve enabled regional purchasing-power pricing as well for places where it is not."

More Info: https://flatdsp.com/products/rune
Purchase: https://flatdsp.gumroad.com/l/rune

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Roland SYSTEM-1 Classic Trance/Melodic Techno Soundset

video upload by AtomicA Sounds

"🔊Premium Synth Presets & Coaching Services 🔊
https://AtomicASounds.com

This is available for the Hardware Synth & Roland Cloud VST version.

Recorded straight into Ableton via my SSL18 audio interface. Only the Ableton built-in compressor was used in the recording chain. All effects are from the ROLAND SYSTEM-1 synthesizer."

Teenage Engineering K.O. Sidekick with two iPads — Live Jam

video upload by Elastic Instruments

"The K.O. Sidekick is the perfect sparring partner for iOS devices! 🥊🥊
It’s so much fun to play with :)

In this video, the Sidekick serves as both an audio interface and a performance mixer for live effects [note the tape loop]. Elastic Melody runs on two iPads: the left iPad mainly provides the rhythms, while the right one plays the bassline. The two iPads stay in sync via Ableton Link, while the K.O. Sidekick uses tempo tracking to keep its effects in sync. Very cool!

Elastic Melody has just received a huge update that significantly expands its sonic possibilities and sequencing capabilities. Available as both a standalone app and an AUv3 plug-in for iOS and macOS, Elastic Melody features three channels of synthesized sounds, an analog-style step sequencer, and four master effects."

Electric Cow EC909 - TR-909 drum machine / TB-303 synth for Atari STE/TT/Falcon

- demo & sample pack video upload by ako

Note this is the first post to feature the EC909.

"Quick look at the Electric Cow EC909 drum machine / soft synth for Atari ST/TT/ Falcon and a sample pack made from it's TR-909 sounds. It's a combined TR-909 and TB-303 emulator in one programme (a lot like Steinberg / Propellerheads's ReBirth) which is neat and features PCM samples from a TR909 for the drums (also neat) which can be edited in terms of pitch and attack. My understanding is their wares were more aimed at the falcon but will run on STEs and TTs given that this was released in 1998. EC909 can create single‑bar patterns (in real time on the Falcon), and then export them as AIFF or AVR (Both 8‑ or 16‑bit formats, mono or stereo). The program can also generate a MIDI File from your pattern. MIDI triggering for drums is also possible. The manual, which is still online, contains instructions for loading your own samples into to replace the stock 909 samples using the included CandiKit program, very cool! this lags noticeably on the STE, but still works well enough to play back the drum sounds for sampling.

EC909 sample pack (both raw and processed with noise reduction):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Download the programme from Electric Cow's archive here: https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/mi...

EC909 manual here:
https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/mi...

Chapters:
00:00 - background info, compatability, bundled software
01:29 - quick look at the TB-303 emulator (surprisingly ok!)
01:54 - latency
01:59 - TR-909 drum machine overview and basic features and verisons
04:25 - All basic sounds
05:15 - tuning / pitching samples
06:03 - editing the attack of the sound
08:17 - what's in the smaple kit
09:13 - triggering via MIDI, issues with voiving, latency etc.
13:31 - 1 min sound demo using the drums sampled into ableton"

Playing Light Like an Instrument — Open-Source LED Synthesizer

video upload by engmung

Note 1:43 in the video. Patternflow can be used as a controller via OSC.

"Patternflow is an open-source LED synthesizer — a 128×64 HUB75E matrix driven by an ESP32-S3, with four knobs wired straight into the pattern math. Turn a knob, and the pattern bends with your hand.

▶ Get one — Patternflow on Crowd Supply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/engmung/p...

Everything is open source: STL files, Blender sources, PCB gerbers, and firmware. The full build runs around $100 depending on where you order parts.

— What's in the video —
0:00 This is Patternflow
0:08 How it works
0:26 Build your own (~$100)
1:04 Make patterns in your browser
1:42 OSC — a pocket-size VJ rig
2:03 Why it's open source

Patternflow began with Nam June Paik's Participation TV (1963), the first work where the audience could touch the image. I wanted to go one step further — so I built an instrument where you make the image yourself.

The full story, from Paik to Patternflow:
https://patternflow.work/journal/nam-...

▶ Try it in your browser (no hardware needed): https://patternflow.work
▶ Build one — all files + build guide: https://github.com/engmung/Patternflow
▶ Join the builders — Discord: / discord
▶ Patterns, daily: / patternflow.work


Patternflow is sponsored by PCBWay.

#esp32 #ledmatrix #opensource #synthesizer #diy #maker #hub75 #mediaart"



Details:

Standalone LED visual synth with 4 rotary encoders and 128x64 RGB LED matrix (8,192 pixels).

Runs on ESP32-S3 with all generative visuals rendered live in real time.

Bidirectional wireless OSC support for Ableton (Max for Live) and TouchDesigner.

Internal hidden battery bay for cordless portable performance.

Over 150 community-created patterns and browser simulator.

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