SOUND ON SOUND
Nick Rothwell is a composer, performer, software architect, coder and visual artist.
He has built media performance systems for projects with Ballett Frankfurt and Vienna Volksoper, composed sound scores for Aydın Teker (Istanbul) and Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, live coded in Mexico and in Berlin with sitar player Shama Rahman, collaborated with the body>data>space collective in Prague, Paris and Dresden; written software for Studio Wayne McGregor and the Pina Bausch Foundation, and developed algorithmic visuals for large-scale outdoor installations in Poland, Estonia, Cambridge Music Festival and Lumiere.
He also teaches digital media and creative coding at Ravensbourne University London and CODE University Berlin.
Live 11 introduces new features, improves some old ones, and throws in some exciting new rack devices for good measure.
Continua is a three-oscillator, twin-filter analogue-style synthesizer plug‑in for Mac, Windows and iOS, and there's even an experimental Linux build too.
What more can this plug‑in offer than the hardware that inspired it?
A tutorial book on making step sequencers with Cycling '74's Max graphical programming environment.
After nearly 40 years everybody's favourite digital music protocol is about to get an upgrade...
Monome's enigmatic Norns can be anything you want it to be — if you're prepared to put the work in...
Max 8 sees Cycling '74 enhance both multi-channel audio and JavaScript support, among many other improvements.
We explore some alien soundscapes, courtesy of Slate + Ash's Auras...
Innovative music creation platform Bitwig takes a big leap forward with the introduction of an open-ended modular environment.
FXpansion's new soft synth boasts sensational sound and an almost unhealthy level of modulation.