How Unreal Engine visualizes weather – and shows storm surge is serious

Storm surges—like those from Hurricane Milton, which will hit Florida tonight—can be devastating. But it took 3D xR visualization to translate what that means in real terms before it’s too late. Here’s how that technology has arrived in recent years in another job for Unreal Engine (a tool you can use for free).

Review: Arturia AstroLab, the stage keyboard with Arturia instruments

Arturia’s first foray into integrated software and hardware has arrived, effectively packing the V Collection into a standalone keyboard. We turn to guest reviewer Benjamin Weiss for an independent perspective on how this instrument performs.

Benjamin Weiss - June 17, 2024

User interface for Creature From the ID, featuring dials, VU meters, and a hexagonal organization with oscillators on the two sides and mixing and send controls at the center.

Creature from the ID lets you live your 50s sci-fi soundtrack fantasies

The latest Giorgio Sancristoforo creation is an instrument inspired by the self-generating electronic circuits of Louis and Bebe Barron. Voyage to a Forbidden Planet on your computer.

Peter Kirn - June 9, 2024

Analog Waveguide module uses 1971 theory to make a killer resonator

Peter Kirn - May 15, 2024

A plug-in simulates your music being played in a club – even by a trash DJ

Peter Kirn - April 5, 2024

Baby Audio BA-1 gets free 1.5 update: FX Strip, arp, more sound controls

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2024

Lofi Oddity is a beautiful free “degradation toy box” plug-in

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2024

Rhodes V-Pan, free through January, offers versatile, musical panning

Peter Kirn - December 26, 2023

chipsynth C64 is an emulation of the SID so good, it can replace hardware

Peter Kirn - December 6, 2023

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