Free Soundtoys PhaseMistress: here’s a complete tour and extra presets

Soundtoys has made their exceptional phaser plug-in PhaseMistress free for a limited time. Here’s how to get it, plus some CDM-exclusive presets and a crash-course tour.

Free SSL X-Orcism II plug-in will let you dial in sonic spookiness all year

Combining delay, pitch shifting, reverb, and noise generation, Solid State Logic’s Halloween giveaway is a surprising gem.

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2024

Elektron’s new shiny: Digitone II hardware sequel, Syntakt 1.3 firmware

Elektron is here with (maybe) a reason to sell old Elektron gear and buy something new with Digitone II. That news comes right on the heels of a big 1.3 firmware update, if you’d rather make existing gear better.

Peter Kirn - October 23, 2024

Chop, gliss, LFO, filter, select: Sonic Bloom explains Live 12.1 MIDI tools

Peter Kirn - October 21, 2024

Ableton Move guide: tips, tricks, questions answered, hacks

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2024

AAS has a bunch of free patches for Multiphonics CV-2 modular

Peter Kirn - October 17, 2024

Free, ultra-deep spectral synth from Steinberg: X-Stream

Peter Kirn - July 4, 2024

Ableton Push with Live 12.1: what’s new in the beta for Push users

Peter Kirn - July 2, 2024

Robert Henke’s Granulator III update for Live 12 expands modulation powers

Peter Kirn - May 22, 2024

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