Turn your iPhone into a realistic shaker instrument for free, with Klevgränd Rassel
Modeling what is surely the noblest of instruments, the developers at Klevgränd have taken their realistic shaker models and allowed...
Plug-ins
Arturia Pigments 3.5 – M1 support, new and expanded sound tools, free update
For all the hardware and software out there, some tools just shine as dreams for sound design - and this...
Gong Amp by AudioThing and Hainbach simulates metallic resonator, chains, pillow
The plug-in recalls the 1930s experiments of Maurice Martenot - and it comes with buttons to add chains and a...
The best free tools for working with modular synthesis and music
Patching for the people - there's no reason cost or access has to keep you from the powers and fun...
VCV Rack 2 arrives – standalone is still free, $99 intro gets plug-ins with VST right away – details
The anticipated VCV Rack 2 is here and out of beta. What will it support? What does the release mean...
The best Black Friday deals for music software
Black Friday, Black month, Black November - whatever time span this now means, here are hand-picked examples of some of...
V Collection 8.2 – Apple M1, faster GUIs, tuning support, and it’s 50% off for Black Friday
It doesn’t cover everything Arturia makes, but the V Collection 8.2 update shows a ton of modernization for their software...
Bespoke, free modular – jamming – livecoding – production tool, looks serious at 1.1.0
If you need a break from big monolithic production environments, Bespoke wants to be your alternative - for free. Plenty...
1978’s synthesis-stuffed ARP Quadra gets a plug-in; here’s Nadia Struiwigh to show it to us
Few instruments have ever crammed as much tasty goodness into one bit of hardware as the rare ARP Quadra. And...
Gen Z: Moog reimagines its software instrument as Animoog Z
Ten years after its first entry into software instruments, Moog is back with the next generation – a 16-voice wavetable/vector...
