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Peter Kirn December 5, 2023

Moog's Mariana is here on desktop (macOS, Windows) and iOS and - it's about as much Moog sound as you...

Peter Kirn December 4, 2023

This is what many drum machine fans were waiting for: following their remade 909, D16 has its 808 plug-in reboot,...

Peter Kirn November 24, 2023

We already found 1010music's bluebox a musically inspiring combination of mixer, multitrack recorder/player, and effects. The leap to Eurorack has...

Peter Kirn November 22, 2023

Noise Engineering's Xer Mixa is a tour de force - an expansive all-analog bank of VCAs for stereo mixing and...

Peter Kirn November 1, 2023

Polish software house D16 has been cooking something special for its flagship 909-inspired drum machine, Drumazon 2. It's an emulation...

Peter Kirn November 1, 2023

Industry trends and power grabs ultimately suck all our souls dry. So let's return to the originators making the music,...

Peter Kirn October 25, 2023

Roland has been steadily overhauling their plug-in range, but this one you shouldn't miss. The 1983 JX-3P was always an...

Peter Kirn October 24, 2023

There are grain effects aplenty, but AVAL's latest hits on a uniquely satisfying sound processor in Ableton Live, as input...

Peter Kirn October 17, 2023

If you like your effects with a heaping side serving of envelopes and modulation, MOTIONS is for you. Triggers and...

Peter Kirn October 11, 2023

Minimal Audio, the maker of some of the more unique effects in recent years, is now stepping into the synth...

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