Hands on: Cong Burn’s Stacks plug-in and iOS app synths, loops, and layers

From the creator of Strokes, Stacks is a unique 4-voice wavetable morphing polysynth combined with a 4-track granular looper. But that description doesn’t really do it justice: modeling and digital grunge combine to make a raunchy instrument that behaves like an experimental studio.

Review: Arturia AstroLab, the stage keyboard with Arturia instruments

Arturia’s first foray into integrated software and hardware has arrived, effectively packing the V Collection into a standalone keyboard. We turn to guest reviewer Benjamin Weiss for an independent perspective on how this instrument performs.

Benjamin Weiss - June 17, 2024

Arturia’s AstroLab: standalone V Collection and Pigments stage keys

Arturia has taken their V Collection, Pigments, and Analog Instruments and packed them into a gorgeous stage piano – no computer required. That probably brings some questions to mind – here are some answers and nitty-gritty technical details.

Peter Kirn - April 9, 2024

Much-leaked MPC Key 37 arrives, and it’s likely to be a crowd-pleaser

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2024

Ableton Push 3 freebie: unMute uses one button to toggle Devices

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2023

Free custom Push 3 standalone control: grab parameters with Max for Live

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2023

Making Max for Live Devices work on Push and Push 3 standalone

Peter Kirn - September 29, 2023

New MPC One+ standalone: wireless and more storage, $699 – and runs AIR’s new Juno plugin

Peter Kirn - May 30, 2023

GForce Oberheim SEM, perfect £30 plug-in of a 1974 gem, made with Tom and Marcus

Peter Kirn - July 7, 2022

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