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A free emulator of Roland JP-8000 and the love of supersaws and trance
Digital preservation is the new challenge for synths, just as it is in areas like games. And the Roland JP-8000 got a big leg up with a free and open source release from The Usual Suspects available this month, the JE8086. It’s one of several recent emulations, so let’s talk about why the 1998 synth […]
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3D visuals arrive in Ableton Live, easy as synths, with Unreal-powered SenSei
Mix in 3D, drop in 3D objects, lighting, text, particle systems: EboSuite Sensei delivers an entirely new ecosystem of modeled 3D VJing. Powered by Unreal Engine under the hood, SenSei runs as entirely self-contained Ableton Live Devices. And the results are already impressive – even on an M1+ Mac or decent PC GPU. EboSuite had […]
Peter Kirn - November 26, 2025
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KORG’s 1995 Trinity, 1977 PS-3300, SGX-2 piano now in software
In case you hadn’t been watching KORG software releases lately, here’s a secret: they’re suddenly awesome. New models are coming far closer to the originals, featuring more and more perfect recreations of the best of KORG’s digital and analog back catalog. Today we get some bombshells: the flagship KORG grand piano engine, but most importantly, 1995’s Trinity and 1977’s PS-3300.
Peter Kirn - October 28, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
Lush, warm Juno-style 6-voice for Ableton Live: Monomono Maya
Peter Kirn - July 25, 2025
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Dirty, punchy, free: this plug-in rendition of the Korg Poly-61 is raw and perfect
Peter Kirn - May 6, 2025
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The best of Universal Audio’s native plug-ins, in Spark or standalone
Peter Kirn - March 30, 2025
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