Thump One is a hard-hitting wavetable-kick-supersaw synth – and it’s free

What if you could take the essence of a melodic 808 kick, a wavetable synth, the thick supersaw from a JP8000, and an edgy percussive synth and mash them all together into one magical lead-kick-synth? And then what if you made that free? Well, that’s just what Toybox has done with the Thump One. It’s the deluxe banana split covered in whipped cream dessert treat of synthesizers – and you deserve it.

2020 is the insane, single-window beat machine from the future – and it’s landed on macOS

Japanese electronic musician Yotaro Shuto has created a single-window, patchable, semi-modular beat machine packs an insane amount of functionality. And after a successful crowdfunding campaign, it’s now available on the Mac App Store. Yotaro Shuto is half of the duo DUB-Russell, and 2020 looks and feels like a toybox built by someone who makes electronic […]

Peter Kirn - July 20, 2023

Hammerhead for iOS brings back a 90s drum computer legend for a new generation

In time for its 25th anniversary, Hammerhead is back – and this version has a real bite, even if you’re using it for the first time.

Peter Kirn - June 17, 2021

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