Intellijel made Swells a playable reverb with faders, rise, fall, ebb, and flow

Let’s hear it for reverbs you can play, morph, squash, and swell — not just set and forget. That’s Intellijel Swells, the “Multi-Model Reverb Module with Swell Generator,” or perhaps more aptly, “a lush reverb with a bunch of faders you can jam on.”

Liquid and hypnotic, Sinevibes’ Duality is a different breed of vibrato

By separating frequency spectrum emphasis from phase modulation, the “hybrid vibrato” Duality can create unique, clean, stereo-spinning pitch modulation. It’s one of Sinevibes’ most nuanced — but also most compelling — effects. I’ve been working with prerelease builds up to the final build — including watching the UI take shape! It’s really not so necessary […]

Peter Kirn - April 13, 2026

Objeq Delay 2 hands-on: AAS acoustic resonator modeling in a multi-effect

I’ll take a side order with the fixins’. Objeq Delay gives you the signature physical modeling resonator that’s the secret ingredient in AAS’ main-course instruments, but in a handy multi-effect with stereo delays and filters. Version 2 is a major update, inside and out. Here’s a breakdown of what’s new.

Peter Kirn - April 7, 2026

NEL Incline gets an Easter update with improved display, output quality — and echo

Peter Kirn - April 5, 2026

Hands-on sound: IRCAM’s ASAP apps transform audio, free on iPad

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2026

Poly Flanger: a guide to Minimal Audio’s new tunable 8-voice FX

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2026

Breaking: cave-like reflections in Robert Henke’s free Lanzarote Verb

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2026

Filter Delays, free Max for Live stereo effect from Robert Henke

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2026

ANIMEVOX by castpixel is a free retro anime-style sound fx generator

Peter Kirn - January 18, 2026