Arturia V-Collection 9, feature by feature: a dreamy, futuristic update, new and old

Arturia’s V-Collection 9 is more than just another “add some more instruments, update a few things” V-Collection refresh. This one goes somewhere new and dreamy – both with new instruments that aren’t remakes of old stuff, and some of the biggest advancements coming in the form of rebuilds for some of your favorites.

Sinevibes Stator plug-in is tape wobble, phasing, chorusing – and something different

Sinevibes’ Artemiy Pavlov keeps working away in Ukraine. Stator is a tape wobble simulator, yes, but in typical Sinevibes fashion, the sound and interface take something familiar into a place that’s personal and unique.

Peter Kirn - June 3, 2022

Legendary Syncussion SY-1 1970s 2-voice drum module is now a playable Mac plug-in

Once upon a time in 1979, Pearl – yeah, the drum maker Pearl – made its own drum module. And it’s been sought after ever since, as well as enjoying a nice renaissance thanks to hardware remakes. Now at last, you can get it in plug-in form, with that friendly, playable panel layout. Cost: just a few bucks.

Peter Kirn - February 11, 2022

Free plug-ins: Finding beauty in the Emergence granular effect for Mac and Windows

Peter Kirn - February 7, 2022

Free plug-ins: Spitfire Audio LABS Christmas, LA Atmos from dublab

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2021

Free Plug-ins: Overloud’s Roland Dimension-D model Gem Mod is free through Monday

Peter Kirn - December 17, 2021

Plogue has made a chip-perfect emulation of the Yamaha FM synth line

Peter Kirn - September 22, 2021

Free presets, free filter, TAL-Filter-2 mean a new trance-y Age of Love for us all

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2021

Shaper2 is futuristic, glitchy, aggressive K-Devices plug-in waveshaper FX goodness

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2021

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