MD1: classic drum machine kits for Ableton Move, Note, and more

MD1 is the full library of famous and obscure hardware drum machines your Ableton Move needs – plus a bunch of Drift presets and tonal samples, to boot. It’s optimized for Ableton Move, and comes with well-organized sample files you can use anywhere.

Arturia FX Collection 4 is here, with the latest plug-ins plus a new Leslie rotary effect

Arturia just refreshed their FX Collection to version 4. That adds all the newest stuff, including a few I’ve written up here – plus one surprise, the new _Rotary CLS-222 emulation of the Dynacord emulation of the Leslie speaker. Here’s what’s new.

Peter Kirn - June 1, 2023

New in Arturia Pigments 4 soft synth: UI, tuning, modulation, effects, filters, engines, sounds

Arturia is bringing improvements to every conceivable area of their flagship soft synth. Pigments started off demonstrating Arturia could do more than emulate the past; now it’s starting to look like the polysynth to beat.

Peter Kirn - December 13, 2022

Traveler takes you on an hour-long Korg retrospective full of synth sounds

Peter Kirn - October 12, 2022

Arturia V-Collection 9, feature by feature: a dreamy, futuristic update, new and old

Peter Kirn - June 8, 2022

Afrorack is back with cheap DIY modules, from African percussion to MS-20 filters

Peter Kirn - September 21, 2021

Return of full-sized KORG MS-20, as retro trend continues

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2020

Behringer go nuts, plan to clone every historic synth, drum machine

Peter Kirn - December 13, 2017

Modstep iPad sequencer is now packed with drum kits, MIDI templates

Peter Kirn - February 28, 2017

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