GIMP 3.0, free and open source image app, looks brilliant

The culmination of seven years of open-source development, GIMP has reached its milestone 3.0 release. GIMP was always powerful, but this feels more like the mature, usable release to take on the proprietary heavyweights.

Three free spectral synths to try after the new Serum spectral oscillator

Spectral resynthesis is having a moment now that it’s one of the new oscillator types in the mighty Xfer Serum 2. If you’re looking for other ways to get your spectral resynthesis on – or you’re a Serum user who just can’t get enough – here are three free tools to sink your FFTs into.

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2025

Mix and patch ChowDSP’s tape modeling for free in VCV Rack

No collection of DSP models for work, pleasure, and creative abuse would be complete without the Chowdbury DSP collection. You might know about the plug-in, but it’s also worth noting that these are available in VCV Rack and Cardinal, where you can patch them at will.

Peter Kirn - March 10, 2025

Waverazor, MOK’s insane wave-slicing synth, just got a huge free update

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2025

Ableton Move is a hit for blind and low vision users; more like this, please

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2025

bop: free, fast, friendly, fun music stuff for Pd, old CPUs and RasPi

Peter Kirn - February 5, 2025

Sinevibes’ YouTube account is terminated (updated: it’s back!)

Peter Kirn - February 3, 2025

TouchOSC native Linux touch support arrives; demo on SteamDeck

Peter Kirn - January 31, 2025

Bitwig enters crowded audio interface space with controller, CV twists

Peter Kirn - January 24, 2025

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