Ableton and Cycling ’74 Announce Strategic Partnership

Ableton and Cycling ’74 have entered into a strategic partnership, forging a unique alliance between these dynamic and innovative audio/video software companies. The two will join forces to create new software products for the creative community, leveraging their skills, technologies and combined thirty years of experience. The Future: The combination of Cycling and Ableton has fascinating possibilities, especially with...

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Beat Blocks

Jeff Hoefs has developed a multi-track drum sequencer, dubbed Beat Blocks, using toy building blocks as a sequencing metaphor. This is an easy idea to dismiss at first, but it is actually a very cool way to manipulate samples, and could be an incredible device for teaching. Jeff Hoefs is a Brooklyn, NY based new media artist who has been creating devices and installations that incorporate technology to “inspire curiosity,...

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