Free 80s injection: KORG Poly-800 emulated in plug-in for Mac, Windows

The year was 1983. The competition: Roland’s Juno. And KORG would introduce an instrument that … actually … would never really be as legendary as other 80s synthesizers. But it’s excellent, and you want it anyway – especially for free.

This vaporwave synth was made with a VHS tape deck – and it’s surprisingly deep

In these trying times… well, we definitely need to hear rare 80s synths with some friendly, fuzzy VHS deck warble, right? Wish granted!

Peter Kirn - April 30, 2020

Prototypes are free, open-source plug-ins – use them for sound, or to learn Csound

Get a free algorithmic bass drum generator, a lo-fi modulator, a massive granular workstation, for free – and that’s just the beginning.

Peter Kirn - February 12, 2020

Free reverb: Arturia has a holiday giveaway of their take on the classic EMT-140 plate

Peter Kirn - December 19, 2019

Ubuntu Studio hits 19.10, gives you an ultra easy, config-free Linux for music and media

Peter Kirn - November 22, 2019

Here’s the editor-plugin the underrated Elektron Model:Samples is missing

Peter Kirn - September 17, 2019

The Sega Genesis gets a bit-accurate, FM synth remake: chipsynth MD

Peter Kirn - September 4, 2019

Aaltoverb is a reverb you can play like an instrument (VST, AU)

Peter Kirn - August 23, 2019

Hardware VST? Steinberg Retrologue plug-in gets physical version

Peter Kirn - May 7, 2019

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