Arturia V-Collection 9, feature by feature: a dreamy, futuristic update, new and old

Arturia’s V-Collection 9 is more than just another “add some more instruments, update a few things” V-Collection refresh. This one goes somewhere new and dreamy – both with new instruments that aren’t remakes of old stuff, and some of the biggest advancements coming in the form of rebuilds for some of your favorites.

Mutable Instruments Plaits is now free for Reason, in a beautiful reimagining called Macro

Macro promises to be an essential building block for some terrific Reason patches, with a new look for the interface that’s both attractive and at home in Reason’s Rack. Plus it’s free.

Peter Kirn - February 15, 2022

Review: nanobox adds palm-sized synthesis to 1010music’s cute gear line

It’s the perfect follow-up to 1010’s ultra-compact blackbox sampler and bluebox mixer. Now nanobox adds pint-sized synthesis to the range, with ultra-portable granular and wavetable synths – and we’ve got a first review from resident 1010 expert Andreas Roman.

Andreas Roman - January 28, 2022

Polyend Tracker 1.5 lets you save custom instruments – and opens up sharing with others

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2022

KMRU on spaces, Nairobi, and turning off Ableton Live’s grid

Peter Kirn - November 18, 2021

Blackbox 2.0 is here for 1010music’s excellent sampler – the stable build

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2021

Here’s a gorgeous chill jam and the excellent 1.9 firmware for the Blackbox sampler

Peter Kirn - September 6, 2021

BLEASS brings tape stop and slowdown and Granulizer to Mac and PC – plus CDM bonus

Peter Kirn - June 30, 2021

Here’s some lovely music in the woods, on monome norns arcologies and more

Peter Kirn - June 14, 2021

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