Airwindows VerbThic, VerbTiny let you go even more rabid for reverb, for free

Chris Johnson, aka Airwindows, continues to share his love for DSP with free tools, open source code, and elaborate discussions of the joy of crafting reverbs. So just in case you don’t feel blessed enough with free effects after SuperMassive’s new Sirius reverb/delay, here’s the tiny and the thick in all-new Airwindows editions. And they’ll even run in VCV Rack or on a Raspberry Pi.

Hainbach and AudioThing made the HP Word Generator into sonic software

The Hewlett-Packard Word Generator 8006A has become an unintentional legend of sound lovers, transforming this obscure lab equipment into a kind of instrument. So you knew that a Hainbach/AudioThing collab to produce a software version was inevitable. B00GA is available now as a macOS, Windows, or Linux plug-in, or an iOS/iPadOS AUv3 plug-in or app.

Peter Kirn - November 18, 2025

Valhalla’s all-new reverb, 8 years in development, goes clean and natural

We don’t need another great reverb, let alone another great Valhalla reverb/echo. But we get one anyway. Sean Costello and Valhalla say this one is focused on transparency and realism — plus modulation and a bunch of echo modes when you want them. The now is FutureVerb.

Peter Kirn - November 13, 2025

GForce just made a West Coast, MPE-playable synth playground

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2025

GForce Halogen FM makes playing with frequencies fun all over again – review

Peter Kirn - June 24, 2025

Dirty, punchy, free: this plug-in rendition of the Korg Poly-61 is raw and perfect

Peter Kirn - May 6, 2025

Linux DAW is a one-stop catalog of free and proprietary plug-ins for Linux

Peter Kirn - November 8, 2024

Rare Oberheim OB-1 is perfect as a plug-in: review, Tom Oberheim vid

Peter Kirn - July 12, 2024

Niche no more – Dials by AudioThing, Hainbach proves test equipment models can be essential

Peter Kirn - September 29, 2022

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