James Holden's FREE DIY DAW 'Benny'

US Talk from AV Festival: Crux 2025 20/06/25

Yesterday we shared an upcoming ambient machine, created in PureData - so continuing the theme of DIY music making, we have 'Benny' as presented by it's creator James Holden. Benny is a modular software playground for making live music, which seamlessly integrates hardware and software, MIDI and audio. Benny is open source and offered as a free download, but if you find it useful you can donate here. This video was recorded at Crux Festival 2025 at London's Rich Mix on 20/04/25.

More on Benny: https://www.playbenny.com/

About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music.

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