The road to Synplant 2: the story behind this mind-bending plug-in sequel

Synplant 2: it’s still leafy and organic – just more so. Now it has AI-powered sonic analysis and generation which – can sound completely glitchy and unexpected. It has a DNA view full of parameters. It’s weirder than ever, from top to bottom. So here are some more insights from Magnus Lidström about how the original 2009 Synplant led to 2023’s Synplant-further-out follow-up.

Sonification Tools for Live uses data for sound, offers educational potential

Data visualization tools are now numerous, but sonification – transforming information into audio – holds untapped potential. Manifest Audio has a set of tools that makes it uncommonly easy to translate data into MIDI, modulation/control, and sound. You can use data as a creative source – and use music and sound as a way of […]

Peter Kirn - October 10, 2023

Mille is a 1000-oscillator swarming droning synth to delight your ears and hurt your eyes

Composer-developer Giorgio Sancristoforo continues to deliver complete hardware sound laboratory experiences in standalone software form for your Mac or PC. The latest provides some 1000 oscillators, 200 filters, and 200 LFOs in a massively epic synthesis experience. (Or even 2000 oscillators.) Get ready for a wall of sound unlike any other.

Peter Kirn - June 5, 2023

Reason Studios’ Objekt is a physical modeling synth with plenty of twists

Peter Kirn - May 11, 2023

Here’s Ben Burtt breaking down every single iconic sound design from Star Wars, film by film

Peter Kirn - May 4, 2023

Georgian-made Ambient audio is bringing home-grown modular to the Caucasus

Peter Kirn - March 22, 2023

Dozens of recipes on Mutable Instruments Plaits, for your Eurorack kitchen

Peter Kirn - March 19, 2023

Learn modular MetaSounds in Unreal, free, and start thinking in procedural sound

Peter Kirn - February 2, 2023

Klevgrand Tomofon is a wild “audio model” instrument, capable of realism and extremes

Peter Kirn - December 16, 2022

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