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Super Massive 5 adds Sirius echo/reverb to the best free plugin in the galaxy
Valhalla isn’t done with reverb/echo blockbusters to reverberate through the end of 2025. The free plug-in — so good we really would pay for it — is back, and now it’s gotten Sirius. Welcome Super Massive 5.0.0.
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cables, free visual creation patcher on Web and app, gets big updates
cables.gl, the stunning, free, and open-source media creation environment for visuals and sound, is back with its June update. The Web-powered, Web-or-offline tool is faster, editing is easier, it’s more future-proof and reliable, and they’ve updated their roadmap for what they envision this to be. Even alongside other tools, it’s great to patch like this on the Web.
Peter Kirn - June 23, 2025
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How Unreal Engine visualizes weather – and shows storm surge is serious
Storm surges—like those from Hurricane Milton, which will hit Florida tonight—can be devastating. But it took 3D xR visualization to translate what that means in real terms before it’s too late. Here’s how that technology has arrived in recent years in another job for Unreal Engine (a tool you can use for free).
Digital synthesis, reenvisioned: Madrona Labs’ Sumu hands-on
David Abravanel - May 25, 2024
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Livecoding meets Max meets OpenGL: free GLRepl for Max
Peter Kirn - January 4, 2024
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