So-called 808 Day isn’t until later this week, but Roland has announced two upcoming collaborations already. Bingo cards out: this year it’s “New Balance shoes” and “Twitch livestream with Grandmaster Flash.” And the real news here is that 8.08 Day will kick off a big change for Twitch DJs.

As much as music making can pick you up, sometimes you need an extra injection of joy. So meet Max – a blue dancing figure you will “vïbe” to your music on any Ableton Live track, free. And more freebies: a bathroom reverb for Ableton Live and a chipper chippy 12-bit polysynth for any DAW.

Isadora, the node-based, open-ended live performance and media tool especially loved by theater and dance, gets a major update this summer. There’s a lot in there, but the biggest is something called IzzyCast, a remote functionality that lets you run any video, audio, and data in full resolution around the world. Here’s what’s new in Izzy 4.

The leaks and rumors are over, and the Moog Muse is here. It looks like the next-gen Moog flagship we’ve been waiting for, combining some of the best of Voyager, modular, and Matriarch in an 8-voice polyphonic instrument.

Ripple Phaser, the latest Minimal Audio standalone effect, breaks free of modeling vintage hardware and lets you explore varied filtering and dispersion – all the way to the extreme.

You’ve heard the Speak & Spell. You’ve heard circuit-bent Speak & Spell. But are you ready to open a Hellmouth of total destructive speech chaos based on combining those into a massively powerful groovebox?

Sudan’s unimaginable dispossession and death continue. In Berlin, Soul Suleiman, a DJ of Sudanese descent, has been organizing relief efforts and amplifying Sudanese voices. With the loss of Soul’s family in Sudan, other artists are doubling their efforts in support – and you can join in.

Liquid Sky’s V4-CO and GLITHc combine into a wavetable sound design laboratory for Eurorack. The V4-CO is already multiple modules in one – and then you can hack and glitch it at a bit-by-bit level with all the goodies on the GLITHc. It’s so unique that people may not grok it right away. So let’s grok.

Blackmagic Design’s free Camera app is the latest software to try to transform your smartphone into a serious video camera, with support for both Android and iOS devices. Version 1.1 adds a bunch of functionality on both OSes and significantly expands Android device support. Plus, there’s a twist—that Blackmagic “cinematic” look.

VCV has added a Compressor to the range of effects in the Pro version. That full range is a strong offering, but the unique flexibility of the Compressor might well put it over the top.