From a Neapolitan hard techno master, a beautiful, nasty waveshaping distortion plug-in

If we can connect to artists through albums, especially as producers ourselves, why not through instruments and effects, too? A new release from Bari, Italy hard core/hard techno artist Carbone comes in the form of a software collaboration. And the results are suitably grimy and fantastic.

Endorphin.es Ghost effects module V3: now with bit crusher, sample rate reduction, tweaks

Ghost is Endorphin.es’ filtering, distorting, (sidechain) compressing, reverbing, do-everything multi-effect for Eurorack. And it keeps getting better – now with the free V3 update, it adds additional effects features and tweaks.

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2023

Ninja Tune x Erica Synths Zen Delay is now a plug-in – with deep new modulation and more

From dub to techno to ambient, the Zen Delay hardware has proved itself as a sought-after boutique effect instrument. Now there’s a software counterpart, with new modulation and sound design features to match.

Peter Kirn - February 9, 2023

Deep dive on UNO Synth Pro: Complete guide to sound design and performance

Peter Kirn - December 29, 2022

Deep dive on UNO Synth Pro: IK Multimedia’s compact dual-filter analog synths

Peter Kirn - December 28, 2022

Niche no more – Dials by AudioThing, Hainbach proves test equipment models can be essential

Peter Kirn - September 29, 2022

Mouth Play is a vocal tract filter for Ableton Live with loads of extras, by Dillon Bastan

Peter Kirn - August 29, 2022

ALM ASQ-1 is a cute modular step sequencer with SH-101-style, drum trigger modes

Peter Kirn - August 9, 2022

Oberheim is back with OB-X8, combining three 1980s legends into one analog polysynth

Peter Kirn - May 10, 2022

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