Music gear and modular maker Bastl Instruments have been dedicated to DIYers and open source hardware since the start. But today they’ve done a major dump of circuits that tinkerers will want to check out.

VCV Rack is still in a pre-release, beta cycle – but it’s already up and running with a vision of what an open platform for software modular could look like. With 0.6.0, the software integrates with your DAW and manages third-party modules more easily.

VOLT is a new virtual analogue from Numerical Audio which comes with full support for MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) devices like Roli’s Seaboard and Blocks devices

Audulus 3.5 for Mac Adds Hundreds of New Modules to the macOS version of this excellent modular app that works on iOS and macOS so that you can start a patch on one device, and finish it wherever you want

Xequence MIDI Workstation makes a big move into generative music with PolyHymnia a very musical, engaging and fun generative music module right inside the app’s Pianoroll editor

SoundCloud last summer rescued its future financially and promised a renewed focus on creators. The first small steps of that creator focus are starting to appear – including one small but useful addition.

Soniface is a versatile multimedia tool and instrument that takes you on new paths to audio and visual compositions. In this latest update the app improves its designs and more

Happy 1st of April! Mono/Poly synth, Monopoly board game – get it? Oh, wait. Actually, they’re serious. KORG are doing a complete reskin of their Mono/Poly synth for iOS to look like the classic board game.

“Hexadome,” a new platform for audiovisual performance and installation began a world-hopping tour with its debut today – with Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers the opening act.

The quiet addition of arbitrary audio routing in Max for Live in Live 10 has opened the floodgates to new tools. This one free device could transform how you route signal in the software.