BASTL Microgranny is back – in a limited Monolith edition with Bogdan Raczynski

microGranny 2 was discontinued – but it gets one last lease on life, in a very limited Monolith edition. It’s a “final form” for the beloved 8-bit, lo-fi granular sample instrument.

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.

Peter Kirn - June 8, 2022

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

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

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