RP-8 is a “demake” of the ReBirth RB-338 for the PICO-8 fantasy console

ReBirth, the software recreations of the TB-303 and TR-808, helped launch Propellerhead (now Reason Studios) and demonstrated acid could be made on a PC. Now, imagine that software in 2023 but – much lower fidelity. Like, much worse. 128×128 pixel UI worse.

Inflation, begone: SunVox is still donationware, and 2.1 makes it slicker and more powerful

The runs-on-any-OS modular music studio got a major 2.1 update this week, with better high-res graphics, a new keyboard, and more. It’s a synth. It’s a tracker. It runs on Raspberry Pi so you can make your own mobile music hardware. It’s stupidly good – and those keys make it easy to jam with on the go. SunVox is a bright music maker even in hard times.

Peter Kirn - February 3, 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

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