Arturia’s take on Elka Synthex puts buttery layers, hypnotic arps in reach

SynthX V from Arturia may be the easiest way to bring the goodness of the rare Elka Synthex to your computer, with superb sound and push-button ease for cross-modulation and layering. And then you add the Multi-Arpeggiator to the mix…

Waldorf has recreated the Microwave 1 wavetable synth in software

1989’s Waldorf Microwave is about to hit your DAW. And this isn’t just another plug-in emulation of some vintage gear. Waldorf has gone to great lengths to reproduce both the analog and digital sides of the original – and even built software that can act as an editor if you do have the original hardware.

Peter Kirn - August 22, 2024

Free SoundHack tools: now plug-ins and Max and Pd, Apple Silicon native

You’ve got choices for how to delay, distort, mangle, spectrally transform, and meddle with audio. But Tom Erbe’s legendary SoundHack stands out – and it’s free. And now it’s Apple Silicon ready.

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2024

Soundtoys 5 academic pricing is back, at $99 for 22 plug-ins

Peter Kirn - August 13, 2024

Rare Oberheim OB-1 is perfect as a plug-in: review, Tom Oberheim vid

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2024

Free, ultra-deep spectral synth from Steinberg: X-Stream

Peter Kirn - July 4, 2024

Baby Audio Humanoid review: hard tuning, vocal transformer, wavetables

Peter Kirn - July 1, 2024

Extreme time stretching, spectral shaping: Sloom and instant ambient

Peter Kirn - June 28, 2024

Spectral Plugins are now free as maker goes out of business

Peter Kirn - April 2, 2024

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