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JW-Modules free Grains, Buffer are must-downloads for VCV Rack
We’ve had a deluge of superb VCV Rack modules, carrying straight over into the first days of the new year. But let’s skip to this one: Jeremy Wentworth’s free Grains is the granular sampler you’ve been waiting for, now available for VCV Rack and 4ms MetaModule. Bonus: my guide to other granular modules in Rack… and a surprise teaser.
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A free emulator of Roland JP-8000 and the love of supersaws and trance
Digital preservation is the new challenge for synths, just as it is in areas like games. And the Roland JP-8000 got a big leg up with a free and open source release from The Usual Suspects available this month, the JE8086. It’s one of several recent emulations, so let’s talk about why the 1998 synth […]
Peter Kirn - December 30, 2025
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Mudjaq TapeLeap, a freaky tape/lo-fi looper that can blink, be broken
It has a “broken” button and an eyelid that you can blink on and off. It lets you record or set feedback to 150%. It overdubs, it loops, it — does it in opposing directions. No, it’s not another tape delay/looper. Every single setting in TapeLeap from Mudjaq, for Max for Live, is bonkers and fantastic.
Peter Kirn - December 11, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
ADPTR Utopia: what makes this spectral reverb one of the best effects of 2025
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2025
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Airwindows VerbThic, VerbTiny let you go even more rabid for reverb, for free
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2025
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Valhalla’s all-new reverb, 8 years in development, goes clean and natural
Peter Kirn - November 13, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Guide: Create unique effects with Max for Live and Ableton DSP objects (pt. 2)
Peter Kirn - October 14, 2025
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Tim Exile’s Finalist mixes and masters creatively, colorfully — with no AI
Peter Kirn - October 14, 2025
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UZU is a new rubbery spectral smearing phaser effect from CRQL, Ewan Bristow
Peter Kirn - October 11, 2025
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