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

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2023

Emergence 1.0 granular plug-in arrives, with host sync, audio modulation, ADSR, presets, more

Peter Kirn - February 13, 2023

Learn modular MetaSounds in Unreal, free, and start thinking in procedural sound

Peter Kirn - February 2, 2023

Bandcamp Tempo Adjust adds a DJ-style tempo slider – and, soon, beat detection

Peter Kirn - January 6, 2023

Free Touch Me gives you instant hands-on control of parameters in Ableton Live

Peter Kirn - December 26, 2022

Little Radiator is free now – plus Soundtoys sale, and native Ableton UI wrapper by Elisabeth

Peter Kirn - December 26, 2022

Get Rudolph’s red nose as a free Ableton Live Pack, courtesy Brian Funk

Peter Kirn - December 25, 2022

IRCAM ASAP plug-in suite transforms and remixes sounds; part of it is free

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2022

The very best Black Friday and Cyber Week deals on music and motion – a running list

Peter Kirn - November 25, 2022

Unreal Engine 5.1 goes wild: what’s new from foliage to generated sound

Peter Kirn - November 24, 2022