Baby Audio’s Tekno drum machine gets a sequencer and iOS AUv3 version

Tekno from Baby Audio was easily one of my favorite plug-ins of last year — it’s a rich, “bend”-able, brutal box with the feeling of hardware drum synthesis. And now it gets a step sequencer, plus a ton of tweaks you might have missed in the first release. And one more thing: iOS users, there’s a mobile version with AUv3 version.

Tekno, new bendable drum machine synth: we’ve got free patterns and kits

Baby Audio has built a software drum machine. And it feels like hardware — tweakable, bendable, hackable, hybrid hardware. Tekno is like a blend of different classic machines combined into its own, hard-hitting personality. I’ve been cooking up a free, CDM-exclusive collection of kits and MIDI patterns, including some reimagined classics.

Peter Kirn - September 2, 2025

Free custom presets for Baby Audio’s Smooth Operator Pro

Baby Audio’s Smooth Operator Pro delivers powerful ways of dynamically sculpting sound and applying spectral processing. To round out the offering, here are some CDM-exclusive presets. You can try them out alongside the factory presets in their free trial.

Peter Kirn - April 29, 2025

Smooth Operator Pro spectral tool adds precise control, more: deep dive

Peter Kirn - April 8, 2025

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Free Baby Audio Warp: Varispeed, pitch effect from Transit 2

Peter Kirn - December 13, 2024

The best Black Friday deals in music tech right now

Peter Kirn - November 29, 2024

Transit 2 from Baby Audio, Andrew Huang: more FX, “Motion Modes”

Peter Kirn - October 15, 2024

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

Peter Kirn - July 1, 2024

Baby Audio BA-1 gets free 1.5 update: FX Strip, arp, more sound controls

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2024

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