Sometimes, tech looks stylish in the way you’d expect it to look on the deck of a starcraft. So if Eurorack makes you think “old-fashioned,” meet the Klang, a chord creation module from Norway.

Computer or Eurorack, you still want to get those grubby hands on your sounds. So the latest update to the free and open modular platform Rack makes that cheap and easy, with gamepad support.

What makes a delay more interesting? A delay that’s combined with spectral controls. What makes that better? Getting it for free. MSpectralDelay is here – and looks like a must-download.

Patterning 2 from Olympia Noise Co is coming, and it’s going to be awesome. You can pre-order the new app which will be available from 31 July and is already at a special price

FL Studio aka Fruity Loops has hit a version the developers are dubbing FL Studio 20. At age 20, the software still includes lifetime free updates – and a bunch of new features, including freezing of audio, and Hell freezing over.

IceGear Instruments have released their latest synth for iOS, Kronecker the clockwork synthesizer, that has a mechanism to rhythmically trigger sounds like a rhythm machine

FAC brings a new iOS app to the mobile world. FAC Envolver brings envelope following to iOS AUv3 hosts and detects of the contour of the input signal and output of the envelope via MIDI CC

Bram Bos brings their latest iOS AUv3 FX, Perforator, for creating rhythmic patterns from pads, strings, and drones. They’ve created a truly innovative set of iOS apps that give users the ability to generate almost any kind of rhythmic texture from a pad or other sustained sound

To master sound design, no technology can top your own hearing. That’s the message from Francis Preve, who gave a gripping talk at Ableton Loop. Now we’ve got video – and more discussion. Nothing is sacred – not even the vaunted TB-303 filter.

Stereo Modulator is a new AUv3 effect converting mono sound to stereo, with adjustable width and optional stereo modulation