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Osmose meets Elastic OSC; playing with MPE. cdm.link/expressive-e-o… @Expressive_E + @elasticdrums and a refresher on MPE setup in @Ableton Live.

TouchDesigner POPs course gets your brain around geometry for visuals -- great one, @1null1 cdm.link/touchdesigner-… (with links to some of our past coverage of POPs goodness)

Free (as in freedom): a huge drop of 4ms "ROMpler" drum sounds from classic drum machines and more -- running in @vcvrack ... and let's talk about Pascal's triangles, too! cdm.link/free-4ms-vcv-r…

Freebie #2: @UnfilteredAudio's BattleFX, which gives you rhythmic creative multi-effects and a Euclidean-sequenced buffer sequencer. Like, free. cdm.link/battle-fx/ They're probably thinking this will get you into their Battalion drum machine. They're probably right.

Free (for a limited time): @minimal_audio Hybrid Filter, and some tips on how to use it. cdm.link/hybrid-filter-… You could do respectable things with it, or you could do whatever this is:

C25, from Nonlinear Labs and Stephan Schmitt, is all about performance: cdm.link/c25-from-nonli…

. @jumango made a synth you can tuck in so it goes to sleep cdm.link/synth-to-sleep/ (don't miss jumango's other hyperlovable inventions and music here...)

Maggi Payne, photographing crystals, composing for Moog modular III, and just generally being a legend: cdm.link/maggi-payne-cr… Her combination of scientific curiosity and sonic imagination seem like just what we need -- and it's a great break for a Sunday.

Disquiet's Junto is community music making -- now in its 750th edition: (and you can join!) cdm.link/disquiets-junt… @disquiet

This free tool lets you create interactive, live graphic scores in @Ableton Live: #maxforlive #composition cdm.link/sign-e/

Dennis on pushing tools beyond defaults: "I think there is value in learning tools as they are. I also just want to encourage people to think beyond that."

Erin on teaching: "A beat from a genre they love, a song title that’s been living in their notes app, a chord progression they hummed into a voice memo -- what matters is that it sparks something."

High schoolers can learn electronic music production at Eastman this summer -- we talk to @dennisdesantis and @erinbarra about how they approach teaching and creativity. cdm.link/eastman-summer…

Bastl Instruments Kalimba, acoustic-digital hybrid, is already a megahit: cdm.link/bastl-instrume… What it is, what it can do, and why it matters. Also, maqams! CDM's #superbooth 2026 Best of Show top pick.

Listen to the analog BBD sounds of Morphor, now that Echon 6 poly is shipping. (And it's worth revisiting their modules, too.) cdm.link/morphor-bbd-ec… #superbooth

Going granular with Friktion:

Reason 14 RV-9 guide: it's a reverb, a granular and spectral effect, and more. Let's go deep, front and back: cdm.link/reason-14-rv-9…

Reason 14 arrives: Dark Mode, better Track workflow, RV-9 reverb, more. What's new and how to update: cdm.link/reason-14/ @reasonstudios (here, jamming away...)

Schreibmaschine's colorful Eurorack creations now do paraddidles, too. All the goodness, in detail: cdm.link/schreibmaschin…