Sega Genesis-ify all your sounds with this free decimator for any platform and OS

One tool gives you 8-bit retro digital sound effects (“bitcrush”/decimator) with loads of extras, for kind of every platform you can imagine – and it’s free.

Polymode is Cherry’s new soft synth inspired by the Polymoog, for $29

This idiosyncratic beast from 1975 gets a modern remake for playability.

Peter Kirn - February 1, 2021

Deep in Serum: six sound tricks to explore just by double-clicking, with maestro Francis Preve

For all the many soft synths out there, maturity and depth matter – and few tools offer those quite like the almighty Serum. Whether you’re just getting around to trying it – or you already think you know all there is to know – sound maven Francis Preve is the perfect guide.

Francis Preve - January 15, 2021

Pipa is a unique vocal synth that’s supremely fun to play [Hands-on]

Peter Kirn - January 5, 2021

Freebie watch: Diablo Lite is built to make drums punch, slap, and hit harder

Peter Kirn - January 4, 2021

Texture is a free, rich granular reverb plug-in with mid/side for Mac, Windows

Peter Kirn - December 25, 2020

SubLab is an 808 bass synth and more, from makers of Circle

Peter Kirn - June 11, 2019

NI Massive X synth sees first features, interface revealed

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2019

Unique takes on delay and tremolo from K-Devices, now as plug-ins

Peter Kirn - March 8, 2019

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