Here’s a big, sortable list of popular recent synths and their features

Making shopping notes for your next synth purchase? Just like to stay on top of everything that’s come out and what it can do? Sébastien Noël writes to let us know they made a massive, sortable list of major releases of the twenty-teens and twenty-twenties.

Recreating The Prodigy’s synth sounds on the original hardware – full of great tricks

Alex Ball deconstructs some of the best-known synth sounds from The Prodigy in a new, long-form video. You’re sure to find some inspiring takes on how to use these instruments, even if you aren’t trying to duplicate those sounds.

CDM Deals: Reverb summer deals, Soundtoys flash sale on this weekend

Just when we think we’ve covered all the July deals, some big flash sales have squeezed in this weekend, including some major discounts over at Reverb.com from now through August 7.

Aslice, system to compensate producers, added its first performing rights org

Aslice was already an intriguing idea – what if you could create a system to give music producers a share of the revenue DJs earn with their tracks? A new pilot program, though, promises to connect this with existing systems, as Aslice partners with Canadian performing rights organization SOCAN.

Rekordbox Cloud Library Sync now does Google Drive alongside Dropbox

DJs wanting cloud sync now can use Google Drive and not just Dropbox for storage – possibly useful if (raises hand) you’ve got a big unused storage allocation on Google.

monome, teletype are free in VCV Rack – and hardware is returning this fall

monome – the iconic grid and the project that produced it – are having a nice summer. Hardware is being assembled. And even if you’ve got zero money, you can give monome tools a try in the free VCV Rack grid, including on-screen grids, the powerfully programmable teletype module, and more.

CDM Deals: summer and back-to-school sales round-up

Sure, probably in the summer for the northern hemisphere some of you are not thinking so much about buying music gear or plug-ins for a little while. But that means more discounts are inbound. Here’s the latest CDM Deals.

Make step-sequenced mayhem in this free plug-in – by dragging baby aliens around

Witchpig’s Alien Step Mutha is a free step-sequenced multi-effects plug-in. But in addition to controls like impact, destroy, and subsonic/hypersonic, you’ll tweak settings by dragging little aliens around and summoning sequences from their mum.

The 1990s Amiga with Video Toaster has a VFX cool factor that endures today

Todd Rundgren, Babylon 5, The X-Files, SeaQuest DSV, and even those demo videos – NewTek’s Video Toaster has plenty of 90s nostalgia behind it. But it also demonstrates workflow features in switching, titling, and animation that could easily inspire streamers today.

Microtuner for Ableton Live now supports Push standalone, Scala export

Ableton has been updating a lot of its Max for Live Devices this summer, including CV Tools and now Microtuner. Compatibility with standalone mode on the new Push is a must, of course, but there are enhancements for everyone, too.