Cubase is Japan’s biggest DAW, and you need to watch this Japanese review

Yamaha Vocaloid-based voices in Cubase? It better be able to sing in Japanese, right? Well, I’ve got some more on the engine, and the folks at SLEEP FREAKS have your Japanese-language review. Surprise: that is trippy as hell to watch with the machine learning English-language track. Jump into a must-watch set of tips and tricks for Cubase fans.

Cubase 15: Expression Maps, rich patterns, updated Modulators, plug-ins

It’s all in the details on this one. Cubase 15 has a ton of tweaks to its expansive plug-in library, new and more expressive editing, pattern sequencing, and Modulators, automation tools, proper Mac full-screen support, compatibility with the inter-DAW standard DAWproject, and more.

Peter Kirn - November 5, 2025

Organize that mess of projects into one place, free, with SessionDock

I think I’ve never read a product pitch that resonated quite like this one: “It’s built for people like me who juggle Logic, Ableton, and endless folders full of half-finished tracks.” Oh, uh — that. Yes, SessionDock is an app for organizing all your projects, built for macOS and iOS. And you can use the […]

Peter Kirn - November 4, 2025

West Coast dreaming: improvising with GForce MAP

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2025

Get a free spoooooky spectrum analyzer plug-in from PSP

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2025

Free Envion Deepscan turns your hard drive’s lost files into a soundscape

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2025

Open Steinberg: VST3 and ASIO SDKs now have open source licenses

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2025

KORG’s 1995 Trinity, 1977 PS-3300, SGX-2 piano now in software

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2025

GForce just made a West Coast, MPE-playable synth playground

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2025

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