Free Surge XT 1.3 adds OSC, command line, new effects, more features
If you weren't already in love with the free synthesis powerhouse that is Surge XT, here's a big 1.3.0 release...
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Thump One is a hard-hitting wavetable-kick-supersaw synth – and it’s free
What if you could take the essence of a melodic 808 kick, a wavetable synth, the thick supersaw from a...
2020 is the insane, single-window beat machine from the future – and it’s landed on macOS
Japanese electronic musician Yotaro Shuto has created a single-window, patchable, semi-modular beat machine packs an insane amount of functionality. And...
Mille is a 1000-oscillator swarming droning synth to delight your ears and hurt your eyes
Composer-developer Giorgio Sancristoforo continues to deliver complete hardware sound laboratory experiences in standalone software form for your Mac or PC....
Intellijel’s Flurry is a module full of noise
It's not just static anymore. Noise can be a source of pattern and shape, sound colors, and variety. Intellijel's Flurry...
From a Neapolitan hard techno master, a beautiful, nasty waveshaping distortion plug-in
If we can connect to artists through albums, especially as producers ourselves, why not through instruments and effects, too? A...
Mensla’s MS-2 is a great-sounding FM synth with the safety protocols switched off
Over 60 years after its invention, FM synthesis is still full of surprises. And that's what makes the free MS-2...
1977’s Bell Labs Alles synth demo came pre-Crumar, features Laurie Spiegel cameo
In 1977, the marriage of motion pictures and telephones somehow birthed Hal Alles' Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer - an experimental...
Arturia now lets you choose hardware, software, or both for its synth: MiniFreak V tested
First, there was the hardware keyboard. Then, MiniFreak owners got the MiniFreak V plug-in as an exclusive software companion. Now,...
Mutable Instruments swan song: end of production leaves huge legacy, one last Plaits update
What a way to go out. Mutable Instruments discontinues production this month, but leaves a reshaped modular landscape, a real...
