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teenage engineering op-xy added a drum synth, sound shaping, more
teenage engineering, the company that made news for slipping in an interview that it isn’t making new synths (maybe), might also make news for making its synths do new things. There’s an official (not hacked!) firmware update for the op-xy flagship, and it adds a new drum synth, multichannel audio, dynamic filter, and detune. The […]
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Impactor, Rupture 2 by Rawton Forge are perfect percussion synths for Live
That’s it. Rawton Forge has nailed it. With the new Rupture 2 on the kick and bass drum synthesis side, and Impactor handling general-purpose percussion synthesis for kicks/toms/tonal, you have an ideal floor-rattling, punchy, snappy synthesis duo for Ableton Live.
Peter Kirn - July 31, 2026
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Pac-Man, Befaco RANDOM8, and more free modules of VCV Rack
Your sequencing gets upgraded — including cameos by Pac-Man and the LOGO turtle. You get even more secret weapons for drum synthesis. You get the hot new RANDOM8 collab from Befaco and Mylar Melodies, cloning their new hardware. There’s just so much goodness in VCV Rack that covering the free stuff has me dizzy. Here’s your June update, with some sound examples.
Peter Kirn - June 18, 2026
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Unfiltered Audio Battalion drum synth, FX in VCV Rack are a revelation
Peter Kirn - June 9, 2026
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Baby Audio’s Tekno drum machine gets a sequencer and iOS AUv3 version
Peter Kirn - January 8, 2026
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Tekno, new bendable drum machine synth: we’ve got free patterns and kits
Peter Kirn - September 2, 2025
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Instant percussion joy with DFAM-inspired Vertex for Max for Live
Peter Kirn - August 13, 2025
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ALM’s new MCO mk2 packs a studio of classic digital synths into 6HP, VCV
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2024
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