Petal is an exquisite 8-tap delay with shaping, for Max for Live

Takuma Matsui’s Petal is an expressive 8-tap stereo delay with shaping, pitch shifting, and a separate feedback loop, Max for Live (or Ableton Live Suite). Takuma has created something really special here, from the poetic interface design to elegant control of sound.

Sinevibes FX come to KORG synths: yes, Luminance on minilogue xd

As if in a popcorn rom com, the love match you knew had to happen from the moment they met is finally here. You can now run four fantastic Sinevibes effects on KORG prologue / minilogue xd / NTS-1: Hollow, Isomer, Luminance, and Vibrant for your ensemble, reverb, and phaser needs.

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2023

BOSS is bringing back an 80s Roland rackmount delay in a collab with the late Eddie Van Halen

Meanwhile, at Roland… Check your bingo cards, because I’ve got … “the 1980s…” … “digital” … “Roland rackmount digital delays” … “BOSS” … “floor pedal” and … “Eddie Van Halen.” Who has bingo?

Peter Kirn - May 18, 2023

Noise Engineering’s latest Versio is Yester: three-tap delay with tons of controls

Peter Kirn - March 22, 2023

Audio Damage has released 33 classic legacy plug-ins for free – here’s a guide and a stupid test

Peter Kirn - February 14, 2022

Erica Synths’ PĒRKONS, a deep 4-voice drum+synth box, ‘thunder’ in Latvian

Peter Kirn - September 15, 2021

Arturia FX Collection 2 is a fantastically deep set of audio effects with some new additions

Peter Kirn - June 8, 2021

PORTAL from Output lets you navigate granular effect chaos

Peter Kirn - June 20, 2019

Ableton’s Creative Extensions are a set of free tools for sound, inspiration

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2018

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