Roland Verselab MV-1 combines drum machine, looper, melody, vocals
Roland's latest outgrowth from their shared hardware platform is a groove machine, song arrangement tool, and looper - one that...
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How MPE can work on hardware synths: a look at Sequential OB-6, Prophet 6 updates
Chicken and egg problem, no more. MIDI Polyphonic Expression is now in commonly available controller hardware and software like Ableton...
Happy Jamuary – kick it off with this compact duo of MeeBlip and Zoom
When you feel like you're out of ideas, when you've obsessed over that edit and that knob, when your mood...
Find zen-like calm with these perfect miniature synthesizer videos
We all need a way to center, a way to lower our blood pressure and cure insomnia. Forget ASMR or...
Pipa is a unique vocal synth plug-in and app that’s supremely fun to play [Hands-on]
Lying somewhere between organic and artificial in its sound, the vocal synth Pipa - available as both an iPad app...
Freebie watch: Diablo Lite is built to make drums punch, slap, and hit harder
It really sounds like we want our drums to beat us up. Anyway, Diablo Lite, a new free plug-in from...
Conspiracy theorists claim this “5G chip” circuit will be in vaccine – but it’s a BOSS guitar pedal
"This stompbox provides some of the most over-the-top, insane distortion tones in the world" - or, you know, some people...
LIRA-8 reimagines the LYRA-8 organismic drone synth in Pd, VST, AU free – donationware
The wonderfully mysterious analog LYRA-8 synthesizer world now has an unofficial digital cousin - and it's free-or-pay-what-you-can for Pure Data...
Essential games for music nerds from the Steam Winter Sale
2020 saw the gaming industry supplant film as the predominant AV medium. There are plenty of great possibilities for immersion...
Texture is a free, rich granular reverb plug-in with mid/side for Mac, Windows
You deserve some instant ambience - ready to pour over your sounds like so much maple syrup. Hell, yeah -...
