Reader Paul Geldart shared this video tutorial that looks at using the TDableton extension for TouchDesigner to launch videos in sync with an Ableton Live set.
This works in the free version of TouchDesigner. You’ll need TDableton installed, too.
Developer Peter Postman let us know about RibbonToNotes, a new open-source MIDI plugin that’s designed to give keytar players new superpowers.
What he has to say about it:
“When playing the Keytar, your left hand can’t do much more than some bending and filter sweeping.
With RibbonToNotes, you can also play notes and chords on the ribbon (which many Keytars have). This is convenient for playing key-switches, bass notes and chords on pads, or sending chords to arrangers.
It is not just for Keytars. You can use it for any ribbon. So it is also useful for extending the possibilities of small keyboard controllers.”
RibbonToNotes is open source, created with JUCE for both Windows and Mac. Since it is created with JUCE, it should also be possible to make an IOS version, but currently only Windows and Mac installers are available at the GitHub site.
Ocean Swift has introduced Spectral Oscillator Toolkit, a curated collection of 732 loopable, seamless oscillator sources designed for modular rigs, granular synths, sampler-based instruments, and beyond.
They describe it as “a toolkit for building your own synths – treating WAV loops as raw oscillators to fuel sound design, layering, resynthesis, or cinematic composition.”
“We designed Spectral Toolkit Oscillators to expand the sonic capabilities of your favorite gear,” explains Product Developer Yaron Eshkar. “We love to use them, create them and create with them.”
The sounds are designed to be loaded into samplers, sample-based oscillators, granular engines, or modular systems—allowing you to treat each loop as a foundational oscillator or tonal source within your own synthesis and sound design workflows.
The Spectral Oscillator Toolkit is compatible with, but not limited to, the following samplers, synths, and modular systems that support loading and looping WAV files as oscillators or tonal layers:
Spectral Oscillator Toolkit is available now with an intro price of €25 through June 20 2025.
