MSteppySnap for Ableton Live makes modulation playable, maleable

In a way, it’s funny how complicated we make modulation. We wind up creating layers of envelopes and free-running oscillations just to get what we want. Tomavatars’ MSteppySnap, once you grok its approach, is nothing like that. This is steppy snappy whooshy glorgy modulation you can play, capture, and trigger intuitively.

Liquid and hypnotic, Sinevibes’ Duality is a different breed of vibrato

By separating frequency spectrum emphasis from phase modulation, the “hybrid vibrato” Duality can create unique, clean, stereo-spinning pitch modulation. It’s one of Sinevibes’ most nuanced — but also most compelling — effects. I’ve been working with prerelease builds up to the final build — including watching the UI take shape! It’s really not so necessary […]

Peter Kirn - April 13, 2026

Little Labs Voice Of God Bass Resonance is now a native UA plug-in

There are tricks for getting low-end, and then there’s the Voice of God. UA’s (official) version is good as ever, and now at last, you can run it as a plug-in without any UAD hardware. We’re getting all the classics this week.

Peter Kirn - April 2, 2026

Polyfold from Manifest Audio lets you paint with polymetric patterns

Peter Kirn - February 26, 2026

Poly Flanger: a guide to Minimal Audio’s new tunable 8-voice FX

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2026

Erosion side-by-side with Erosion Legacy.

Ableton Live 12.4 adds Link Audio, updated effects, more: hands-on details

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2026

Logic Pro 12’s new harmonic intelligence and Chord ID: hands-on

Peter Kirn - January 28, 2026

Mudjaq TapeLeap, a freaky tape/lo-fi looper that can blink, be broken

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2025

Sinevibes Cache has turned into a buffer-mangling, playable breaks machine

Peter Kirn - November 25, 2025