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Larix-Elektro – New Eurorack maker – let us know that they have introduced four Eurorack modules:

• RITOURNELLE CV Generator
• RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator
• RITOURNELLE Shift-R extension module
• CONTROLE AttV-4

Here are the details on each:

The RITOURNELLE CV Generator enables you generate CV sequences, up to 16 steps, using four parameters:

• The number of steps NB from 1 to 16; and
• 3 parameters adjusting the sequence.

Each of the 4 parameters has its own CV entry, meaning that you can dynamically vary the sequence using CVs.

Two expansion modules are available, the AttV-4 and Shift-R.

The CONTROLE AttV-4 is a bank of 4 Attenuverters that can be used in several ways, including:

• 4 independent Attenuverters;
• 4 input mixer, with the SUM output; and
• 1 to 4 signal dispatcher, with the MAIN IN input.

The RITOURNELLE Shift-R is an extension for the CV Generator, that adds 8 triggers out.

It converts the 8 bits that are used to generate the CV output of the module, into 8 outputs: 1 per bit.

The RITOURNELLE TRIG Generator is a Trig sequencer. It has 8 steps, which can be modified using a single parameter – using Euclidean rhythms and other techniques.

The number of steps is adjustable, as well as the choice of the first step.

Details on the 4 new modules are available at the Larix-Electro website.

Are you an Ableton Live user? This free workflow will probably change your life.

Live Enhancement Suite will save you hours of time by optimizing the Live experience with handy shortcuts, especially for anyone who spends a lot of their time working with music software, workflow is everything. A simple hack that saves a few seconds by making an oft-repeated action quicker can eventually add up to hundreds of hours saved. Making the production process feel smoother and more efficient, this helps us stay in our creative flow.

That’s exactly what the Live Enhancement Suite was designed for. This free tool does exactly what it says, enhancing Ableton Live with a number of shortcuts and tweaks so useful that, once they become part of your workflow, you won’t believe you got by without them.

By far the most time-saving of these is the ability to quickly add devices from a customizable menu. Just double right-click in Live’s bottom panel, where instruments and effects for each track are loaded, and you’ll open up a menu (pictured above) that contains a list of plugins to be dropped in with one click.

Gone are the days of menu-diving in the browser or typing out a plugin’s name in the search bar every time you need it. You can add your most frequently used devices to this menu and load them up almost instantly. This makes loading up complex effects chains or instrument racks about ten times quicker.

That alone would make Live Enhancement Suite worth a download, but there’s more. The app adds several handy shortcuts to Live’s arsenal that make it much quicker to do things like closing all plugin windows at once, clearing tracks, placing locators, drawing notes and saving alternate versions of a project.

Live Enhancement Suite also gives you the option to double right-click the piano roll to quickly apply a scale, making it easy to see if your melodies are in key. You can also open up a timer that tells you how long you’ve been working on your project, an FL Studio feature Live users have been after for a while; this can be customized to tell you how long you’ve been in Live or how long Live has been open.

Watch tutorial video below:

It’s available for Windows and macOS. Live Enhancement Suite is an open source and free to download at Enhancement Suite website.

Rob Papen has introduced LowSane, a lo-fi effects processor for Mac + Windows.

LowSane offers a Distortion module, Band Pass / Notch Filter, Lo-Fi section, Hi and low Pass Filters, and a Noise Gate.

These parameters can be controlled by the ‘Disrupt Sphere’. Additionally, there is an Audio Follower which can control the “Disrupt Sphere” or any of the other parameters.

Last but not least there is a 2-slot modulation matrix which you can use to connect parameters, and use MIDI to control parameters and the ‘Disrupt Sphere’.

Features:

• LoFi FX with additional distortion, Band Pass / Notch Filter, Hi-Pass Filter, Low-Pass Filter, and Noise Gate
• Disrupt Sphere control for creating FX changes
• Audio Input Follower, for controlling LowSane’s parameters
• GUI sizes available are 100%, 125%, 150%, and 200%

LowSane is available now for $25/€25.