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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.
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ADPTR Utopia: what makes this spectral reverb one of the best effects of 2025
Move over, recycled ideas and emulations: it’s been a year of reimagining entire effects categories. And ADPTR Audio’s Utopia stands out in a 2025 class of reverbs that are more than just reverbs. Here’s a look at why it’s an effect I can’t put down, why it’s so much fun to tweak, and how the developers thought about it.
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2025
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Airwindows VerbThic, VerbTiny let you go even more rabid for reverb, for free
Chris Johnson, aka Airwindows, continues to share his love for DSP with free tools, open source code, and elaborate discussions of the joy of crafting reverbs. So just in case you don’t feel blessed enough with free effects after SuperMassive’s new Sirius reverb/delay, here’s the tiny and the thick in all-new Airwindows editions. And they’ll even run in VCV Rack or on a Raspberry Pi.
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
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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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Cluster v3, Sinevibes’ multi-filter sequencer, goes deep
Peter Kirn - September 29, 2025
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LOCD is the free phase lock effect you didn’t know you needed
Peter Kirn - September 4, 2025
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