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ADPTR Utopia: what makes this spectral reverb one of the best effects of 2025
Move over, recycled ideas and emulations: it’s been a year of reimagining entire effects categories. And ADPTR Audio’s Utopia stands out in a 2025 class of reverbs that are more than just reverbs. Here’s a look at why it’s an effect I can’t put down, why it’s so much fun to tweak, and how the developers thought about it.
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Sinevibes Cache has turned into a buffer-mangling, playable breaks machine
Oh, Cache is good as a Mac/Windows/Linux effect — flip, repeat, stretch, robotize, and generally go buffer-mad. But you expected that from a Sinevibes plug-in. The joy here is that now you can really play. Connect a MIDI keyboard, and Cache is a breaks-friendly, sound transmorgrifying effect instrument.
Peter Kirn - November 25, 2025
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Motherly, sequencer percussion synth, is pure rhythmic happiness
Moog’s DFAM has become almost a genre of instrument — like the Minimoog architecture or original Moog modular. Look no further than this delight from Rainbow Circuit. On the surface, it looks like another model of the percussion synth (Mom!). But it sounds like nothing else, and if you’re looking for more synthesized, sequenced percussion to infuse a smile into your day, Motherly is like uncut dopamine.
Peter Kirn - November 21, 2025
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Cluster v3, Sinevibes’ multi-filter sequencer, goes deep
Peter Kirn - September 29, 2025
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Inertia completes an elegant trio of dynamic-shaping tools from Sinevibes
Peter Kirn - August 22, 2025
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Swimmer is a weird and wonderful modulation source for Ableton Live
Peter Kirn - August 20, 2025
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New free VCV Rack modules: chaotic oscillators, HP word generator, drums
Peter Kirn - July 21, 2025
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