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Free Friday: D16 is turning 20 and they’ve got a new free stereo delay
Straight outta Katowice, our friends at D16 Audio Group are celebrating 20 years with an all-new stereo delay: Echolite. And don’t let the “lite” in the name deceive you: this all-new giveaway has some power beneath its simple UI.
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Septabee, an insane-looking free Linux/Windows DAW with pomegranates
Suddenly, a bunch of the producers I follow are buzzing about the music-mangling possibilities of Septabee, a free DAW for Linux and Windows developed “in secret” over “20,000 hours.” And it looks like insane fun: a bonkers dataflow interface and “violently unfinished” early-access software available through an intentionally broken website that autoplays music and makes you hunt for the click zone like it’s 1994.
Peter Kirn - September 3, 2026
Music tech Software Tech
Audio Damage ShinRonin, now free, is a throwback to 2003 plug-in design
You wake up. It’s the year 2003. Some upstart software developer called Audio Damage wants to let you patch a combo filter-delay however you like, including ways that will break your ears. Ronin is reborn as ShinRonin, from a time when software developers let you run with scissors and do strange things. This is one […]
Peter Kirn - July 6, 2026
Music tech Software Tech
iZotope is now joining founder-owned AV software house Boris FX
Peter Kirn - July 2, 2026
Motion Music tech Tech
Korg woodland adventure: phase8 add-ons, Sinevibes DSP, and NTS mixer
Peter Kirn - May 21, 2026
Gear Music tech Tech
Teenage Engineering K.O.-sidekick, a 2-channel performance-friendly mixer
Peter Kirn - May 10, 2026
Gear Music tech Tech
Wish granted: VCV Rack’s Plateau is now a Eurorack module from 4ms
Peter Kirn - May 7, 2026
Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Every kind of sonic mayhem: Soundtoys Decapitator, Radiator, Devil-Loc
Peter Kirn - April 27, 2026
Music tech Software Tech
