Beneath Polyend Medusa grid and knobs, a wealth of possibilities

It’s an analog-wavetable polysynth with an expressive grid – but that only begins to describe what makes the Polyend Medusa such a unique instrument. Here’s a deep dive into this hybrid synthesizer and what it means musically.

NI Massive X synth sees first features, interface revealed

Native Instruments’ Massive synth defined a generation of soft synths and left a whole genre or two in its wake. But its sequel remains mysterious. Now the company is revealing some of what we can expect.

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2019

Unique takes on delay and tremolo from K-Devices, now as plug-ins

K-Devices have brought alien interfaces and deep modulation to Max patches – now they’re doing plug-ins. And their approach to delay and tremolo isn’t quite like what you’ve seen before, a chance of break out of the usual patterns of how those work. Meet TTAP and WOV.

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2019

Pigments is a new hybrid synth from Arturia, and you can try it free now

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2018

Escape vanilla modulation: Nikol shows you waveshaping powers

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2018

Brunswick is a grimy patchable synth kit with BEEF, for under £99

Peter Kirn - October 24, 2018

3 more FX from 4Pockets

Ashley Elsdon - August 27, 2018

A soft synth that’s made to be played with futuristic, expressive control

Peter Kirn - August 9, 2018

This hidden gem adds a sub bass to anything, because you want that

Peter Kirn - April 16, 2018

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