Chaotic vocals, polyrhythmic grooves — meet the every something plugins

Imagine crossing vocal synthesis with a rungler, vocal circuits entangling with each other like they’re “speaking in tongues.” Or enveloped grooves that bend and twist with liquid controls, shaped with tuplets and polymeters. Creator Jelle Akkerman is launching every something plug-ins today with two new tools, Glosso and Artikulation. Here’s your guide to both.

Kaximia on channeling aggression, soldering into survival; VCF giveaway

Behind the headlines, there is the reality of living through war. Our friend in Kyiv, Kaximia, (part of Tembra Modular, “Let’s explore modular synthesis”) is back to talk about how music can be an outlet. The past days and hours have been horrifying, from Tyre to Odesa, so I’m grateful to Kaximia for her reflections […]

Kaximia - June 1, 2026

Niseko is a gorgeous, instant must-have additive synth for Ableton Live

Forget any associations you may have with additive synthesis. Monomono’s Niseko takes that harmonic content and makes it accessible and expressive, via the UI or an input (including Push and MPE).

Peter Kirn - May 29, 2026

Listen to the analog BBD sounds of Morphor; Echon 6 poly is shipping

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2026

Reason 14 arrives: Dark Mode, better Track workflow, RV-9 reverb, more

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2026

Elastic OSC, Plaits-derived poly, is now a macOS and Windows plug-in, too

Peter Kirn - May 6, 2026

Play together with Ableton Live: how Circle of Live sets up for improvisation

Peter Kirn - May 4, 2026

Zebra 3 is here, a sprawling semi-modular plug-in that runs deep

Peter Kirn - April 21, 2026

Absynth 6.1: Audio modulator, LFO retrigger, sound content, more

Peter Kirn - April 17, 2026