Spectral Plugins are now free as maker goes out of business

Spectral Plugins, a relatively young plugin maker, has announced the end of its business. They’re making their three excellent plugins available for free download, complete with macOS and Windows VST2/VST3/AU/AAX support, so grab them while you can.

Moog’s new Mariana is a monster bass soft synth with dual engines and CV

Moog’s Mariana is here on desktop (macOS, Windows) and iOS and – it’s about as much Moog sound as you can imagine in software. Here’s what’s in that architecture, some hands-on first impressions, plus details of a significant update for the Moogerfooger software effect range that goes perfectly with the synth.

Peter Kirn - December 5, 2023

Percussa’s SSP Eurorack powerhouse does 3D, plugins, SDK – and kind of everything

It’s a modular in a modular. It’s a multitrack recorder. It’s a multi-channel audio interface. It’s a hub for CV. And now it does 3D graphics – and a plugin SDK has attracted well-known developer TheTechnobear.

Peter Kirn - May 9, 2022

Get a free plug-in version of the 1176 Peak Limiter

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2019

KORG volca fm gets its own custom editor, plug-in

Peter Kirn - May 1, 2019

Gantz Graf, the Max for Live Plug-in: Reactive-Visualizing Your Tracks

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2013

sfFreeFrame: Free Live Visual Plugins for Your VJ Host Generate Sweet Abstract Visuals

Peter Kirn - January 26, 2011

Forward-Compatible Effects: Use FreeFrame Plugins in FreeFrameGL with fugWrapperGL

Jaymis Loveday - March 16, 2010

Image Content Editing: Adobe CS5 Brings Seam Carving to Photoshop

Jaymis Loveday - September 27, 2009

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