MIDI has a slick new brand identity, courtesy Pentagram, in time for 2.0

Peter Kirn - January 18, 2021

Deep in Serum: six sound tricks to explore just by double-clicking, with maestro Francis Preve

Francis Preve - January 15, 2021

1930s Soviet optical synthesis animation looks positively futuristic after 4K restoration

Peter Kirn - January 13, 2021

Strum is a mesmerizing new take on arpeggiators and performance – Max for Live

Peter Kirn - January 11, 2021

LIRA-8 reimagines the LYRA-8 organismic drone synth in Pd, VST, AU free – donationware

Peter Kirn - December 30, 2020

Texture is a free, rich granular reverb plug-in with mid/side for Mac, Windows

Peter Kirn - December 25, 2020

Xmas up your Ableton Live with these free themes and chime-y sample pack

Peter Kirn - December 25, 2020

Arturia’s Juno-6 chorus recreation is free this week as a plug-in

Peter Kirn - December 22, 2020

OP-Z VJ: app from Teenage Engineering adds video powers

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2020

Review: Finding inspiration in a compact mixer again, with 1010music Bluebox

Andreas Roman - December 9, 2020