Watch the first preview of Sumu, additive FM synth from Madrona Labs

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2023

Free Surge XT 1.3 adds OSC, command line, new effects, more features

Peter Kirn - December 8, 2023

Thump One is a hard-hitting wavetable-kick-supersaw synth – and it’s free

Peter Kirn - September 18, 2023

2020 is the insane, single-window beat machine from the future – and it’s landed on macOS

Peter Kirn - July 20, 2023

Mille is a 1000-oscillator swarming droning synth to delight your ears and hurt your eyes

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2023

Intellijel’s Flurry is a module full of noise

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2023

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

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2023

Mensla’s MS-2 is a great-sounding FM synth with the safety protocols switched off

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2023

1977’s Bell Labs Alles synth demo came pre-Crumar, features Laurie Spiegel cameo

Peter Kirn - February 21, 2023

Arturia now lets you choose hardware, software, or both for its synth: MiniFreak V tested

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2023