Scatter: a granular cloud plug-in with minimalist controls and lovely shimmering pitch

Amidst many granular tools out there, Scatter is nicely focused – intuitive controls plus elegant pitch modulation options. It can be a shimmer reverb as much as a granular cloud effect, marrying grain soundscapes with classic digital pitch effects.

Compusynth is like a love child of a west coast modular and the Altair 8800 computer

128-bit digital sequencer? 1,596 patch points? A combination of a 1970s modular system – and a 1970s hobbyist microcomputer? Composer/artist and engineer Giorgio Sancristoforo has dreamed up a new synth from an alternative universe.

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2022

Cherry Audio added an ultra-rare Yamaha organ to their CS-80 – let’s still Doctor Who this s***

CS-80 emulations have come and gone, but Cherry Audio dug into the ultra-rare “theatre model” Electone GX-707 organ (GX-1) – to give their model even more depth. It’s still a CS-80, though, so we’re still going to watch 1982 Doctor Who as a sound design tutorial.

Peter Kirn - November 23, 2022

Free Valhalla Supermassive 2.5 has new modes – and Max for Live wrapper is updated, too

Peter Kirn - November 22, 2022

Moog Moogerfooger are all back in plug-in form for Mac and Windows

Peter Kirn - October 20, 2022

Madrona Labs’ plug-ins are now all M1-M2 Apple Silicon native

Peter Kirn - October 3, 2022

Free sample mashing with samplebrain, by Aphex Twin and Dave Griffiths

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2022

Videosync 1.2 for Ableton Live visuals overhauls Simpler and improves functionality

Peter Kirn - September 6, 2022

Arturia Dist COLDFIRE review: a red-hot coloration, overdrive, distortion multi-effect

Peter Kirn - August 30, 2022

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