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Mix and patch ChowDSP’s tape modeling for free in VCV Rack
No collection of DSP models for work, pleasure, and creative abuse would be complete without the Chowdbury DSP collection. You might know about the plug-in, but it’s also worth noting that these are available in VCV Rack and Cardinal, where you can patch them at will.
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Befaco’s new, updated modules in hardware and free for VCV Rack
Befaco has some new and refreshed modules, elegantly covering some essential utilities and mixing. They’ve done a hands-on demo in Barcelona, and best of all, you can grab these as free and open source modules for the free VCV Rack environment. That means you could be playing with them in a matter of moments.
Peter Kirn - March 10, 2025
Gear Modular-Analog Music tech Software Tech
Expressive playing with MPE, demystified
MPE, MIDI Polyphonic Expression, can make playing digital instruments expressive in ways we’ve desired for decades. It’s just down to understanding everything you can do – and composer Josh Madoff has a fantastic tutorial and Osmose demos that make this technology more accessible to anyone.
Peter Kirn - February 20, 2025
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Maker Monday: Autodafe put VCV Rack in a Eurorack module, via RasPi
Peter Kirn - January 6, 2025
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Behold, Instruō brings you new VCV Rack modules, Apple Silicon support
Peter Kirn - December 29, 2024
Music tech Software Tech
Befaco Oneiroi, all-in-one soundscape module, now in VCV Rack
Peter Kirn - December 18, 2024
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ALM’s new MCO mk2 packs a studio of classic digital synths into 6HP, VCV
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2024
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Linux DAW is a one-stop catalog of free and proprietary plug-ins for Linux
Peter Kirn - November 8, 2024
Music tech Software Tech
Bastl Instruments Crust drum voice is free in VCV Rack, too
Peter Kirn - November 5, 2024
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