The best Cyber Week music gear and software deals you can still get now

If you didn’t get the chance to grab Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals and were hoping to stock up, there’s still a chance on some music gear, software, and plug-ins (with a couple I missed that expire tonight). Here are a few of the best options. Hardware First, Reverb has up to 80% off […]

A new free Live tool from Robert Henke lets you grab short sounds easily

Quick! Your modular/synth/contact mic/pot-and-pan is making amazing sounds, and you want to capture them for fast 1-shots/drum racks. And you hate the tedious editing/naming admin! Robert Henke’s new Sample Capture is for you — and it’s free, for Ableton Live 12 and Max for Live.

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2025

ADPTR Utopia: what makes this spectral reverb one of the best effects of 2025

Move over, recycled ideas and emulations: it’s been a year of reimagining entire effects categories. And ADPTR Audio’s Utopia stands out in a 2025 class of reverbs that are more than just reverbs. Here’s a look at why it’s an effect I can’t put down, why it’s so much fun to tweak, and how the developers thought about it.

Peter Kirn - December 3, 2025

Airwindows VerbThic, VerbTiny let you go even more rabid for reverb, for free

Peter Kirn - December 3, 2025

The best music making software and plug-in deals right now

Peter Kirn - December 1, 2025

Black Friday: pimp my Live with the best add-ons

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2025

Super Massive 5 adds Sirius echo/reverb to the best free plugin in the galaxy

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2025

What happens when AI-synthesized vocals meet choral notation?

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2025

3D visuals arrive in Ableton Live, easy as synths, with Unreal-powered SenSei

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2025

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