Fundamental puts a rich, vintage tube oscillator studio in a plug-in, from sonicLAB and Hainbach

Make eerie, modulating drones like it’s a disco in the Exclusion Zone. Or delve into the sound tools of Stockhausen. But for anyone who loves finding shifting, nuanced colors in oscillators – Hainbach and Sinan Bökesoy have created something for you.

Free 80s injection: KORG Poly-800 emulated in plug-in for Mac, Windows

The year was 1983. The competition: Roland’s Juno. And KORG would introduce an instrument that … actually … would never really be as legendary as other 80s synthesizers. But it’s excellent, and you want it anyway – especially for free.

Peter Kirn - June 1, 2020

Arturia recreates Oberheim OB-Xa – and it’s somehow even more massive

Arturia today has unveiled a software reproduction of the epic OB-Xa – and it might feel as powerful in 2020 as the original did in 1980. I would presume there are two major markets for remakes and clones of past synths. You’ve got people wanting to use the instruments of some of their favorite artists. […]

Peter Kirn - May 19, 2020

This vaporwave synth was made with a VHS tape deck – and it’s surprisingly deep

Peter Kirn - April 30, 2020

Get a free plug-in version of the 1176 Peak Limiter

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2019

Free reverb: Arturia has a holiday giveaway of their take on the classic EMT-140 plate

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2019

Here’s the editor-plugin the underrated Elektron Model:Samples is missing

Peter Kirn - September 17, 2019

Aaltoverb is a reverb you can play like an instrument (VST, AU)

Peter Kirn - August 23, 2019

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

Peter Kirn - June 11, 2019

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