Rhizomatic Synestia, an otherworldly effect from Absynth, Plasmonic creator

Modeled resonators, formants, waveshapers, filters, delays, all with extensive modulation: Synestia takes the unparalleled sonic shapers from creator Brian Clevinger’s Plasmonic and brings it to any input signal.

Synthesizers.com in VCV Rack gives you Moog-like 5U in software, for free

Imagine having access to a full original Moog modular system. Now imagine you could run the whole thing for free – and it won’t take up a wall of your home. Synthesizers.com has brought its MU East Coast-inspired modular to VCV Rack as freeware. It’s also a great place to begin with software modular synthesis.

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2024

Tour Collage, a colorful playground for endless custom effects

Collage is a vast collection of effects based on some 43 processors you can quickly turn into your own custom effects, complete with a colorful interface maker. It’s creative and unique enough that you might just miss how much is there. Here’s a complete walkthrough of what’s inside.

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2024

Inside Vostok’s Atlas, the quad filter module inspired by 80s Roland

Peter Kirn - February 1, 2024

Free through Jan 4 – Arturia Refract super unison multi-effect

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2023

Bitwig Studio 5.1 adds filters, waveshapers, voice stacking tools

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2023

_Efx MOTIONS: Arturia’s new moving, modulating multi-effects plug-in

Peter Kirn - October 17, 2023

1Uesday: Intellijel puts a multimode filter into 1U

Peter Kirn - August 1, 2023

Arturia FX Collection 4 is here, with the latest plug-ins plus a new Leslie rotary effect

Peter Kirn - June 1, 2023

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