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JW-Modules free Grains, Buffer are must-downloads for VCV Rack
We’ve had a deluge of superb VCV Rack modules, carrying straight over into the first days of the new year. But let’s skip to this one: Jeremy Wentworth’s free Grains is the granular sampler you’ve been waiting for, now available for VCV Rack and 4ms MetaModule. Bonus: my guide to other granular modules in Rack… and a surprise teaser.
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Torso S-4’s 2.0 OS makes it the performance sampler it wanted to be
Torso Electronics S-4 already looked compelling – hard-core granular sampler hardware just when that genre needed a boost. But we were waiting on the 2.0 OS to deliver on that promise. Now it’s here, with macros, scenes, varispeed recording, unlimited sample length, dynamic modulation, and more.
Peter Kirn - June 18, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
Elastic OSC is a Mutable Instruments-based polysynth voice for iOS: tested
Developer Oliver Greschke (MoMinstruments) built an AUv3 iOS synth around the DSP from Emilie Gillet’s legendary open-source Mutable Instruments Plaits VCO. Elastic OSC gives you unique touch-based controls, plus new features that let you use Plaits’ sound palette as a complete mono/polyphonic instrument.
Intellijel Multigrain, a stereo morphing granular sampler module
Peter Kirn - April 11, 2025
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Tech
Polyend Synth is a $499 polysynth with grid and a ton of synth engines
Peter Kirn - November 12, 2024
Gear Music tech Tech
Robert Henke’s Granulator III update for Live 12 expands modulation powers
Peter Kirn - May 22, 2024
Music tech Software Tech
GrainyDay for Max for Live opens up elegant streams of sound
Peter Kirn - October 24, 2023
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