Elektron Digitakt 1.30 adds tons of new sound features – guide to everything you can do
Elektron has been busy lately - a massive 1.30 OS update for Digitakt brings external audio mixing/sidechaining, a second LFO,...
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Splice Studio is free backup, version control, and collaboration for your DAW
A lot of the solutions you'll see for "collaborating" involve live jamming - even though that's not always what you...
Acid, further out: check Florian with MeeBlip, 303, and Zen Delay
There's some magic and alchemy in coaxing evocative music out of stuff with knobs, and Florian Meindl's Riemann Kollektion keeps...
Roland SYSTEM-8 synth is free to try in April – here’s why it’s a sound designer’s friend
Want that new synth feeling, but for free? That's the hybrid-vintage-modeled-new synth SYSTEM-8 this month from Roland - and we've...
Polyend Medusa 4.0 and FM mode takes hybrid synth out with a bang
As Polyend's epic hit Tracker gains momentum, their gorgeous Medusa synth continues to mature - even as it reaches the...
Deep testing: new Dreadbox Typhon firmware, new powers for this monosynth
Analog synth + Sinevibes digital effects - the Dreadbox Typhon is one of the most compelling synths of the moment....
Quick Ableton Live tips: blackest ever UI, Saturator tutorial, see plug-ins on tracks – let’s go!
Another day, another boot screen for Ableton Live ... let's make something different happen in that DAW of choice. Here...
Inside KORG’s Modwave – sound design tips for this upcoming wavetable synth
KORG's Modwave synth isn't even out yet, but CDM sonic wizard-at-large Francis Preve was one of the people making sounds...
How to Get Your Music Noticed Online: 5 Tips for Artists
Music consumption, like most things these days, has moved to be predominantly online. Making your music available for the general...
Deep in Serum: six sound tricks to explore just by double-clicking, with maestro Francis Preve
For all the many soft synths out there, maturity and depth matter - and few tools offer those quite like...
