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BASTL Microgranny is back – in a limited Monolith edition with Bogdan Racynzski

microGranny 2 was discontinued - but it gets one last lease on life, in a very limited Monolith edition. It's...

Free sample mashing with samplebrain, by Aphex Twin and Dave Griffiths

Designed by Aphex Twin, Samplebrain takes a new approach to samples - chopping up audio into a "brain" of little...

Locally sourced: you can now run Stable Diffusion AI art generation on your M1 Mac

It's got a one-click installer, runs locally, requires "no dependencies or technical knowledge," and crucially, doesn't talk to the cloud....

Stable Diffusion, generative AI tool, now available in public release

The "hot s***", open, purportedly ethical generative text-to-image AI generator has now moved from invite-only contexts and Discord to full...

New Noise Engineering modules, new platform: multiband dynamics, drum kit

One of the most creative modular and software makers at the moment, Noise Engineering has two very desirable-looking modules hitting...

Nina, 12-voice analog polysynth with motorized controls, now in preorders

What's new in analog synths? Melbourne Instruments has one answer - a luscious vintage-inspired poly that adds path recall and...