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EPROM built an instrument for Current: complete guide
EPROM, the West Coast experimental bass and production legend, meets Minimal Audio’s Current with Memory Rites. Here’s a guide to exploring those sounds, whether the full flagship synth or the new Current Expansion Player.
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Sequential Prophet-5 gets an official software remake by GForce — tested
Following GForce’s official renditions of Oberheim instruments, now we’re treated to an official Sequential synth in plug-in form. This Prophet-5 combines painstaking recreations of the various revisions with new features like MPE, a dual-layer architecture, and lush effects. I’ve been testing it and got some behind-the-scenes details from the devs. It’s such a total pleasure to bring that Sequential sound into the box.
Peter Kirn - June 16, 2026
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Spring cleaning: free up space by deleting duplicate plug-ins
It turns out you don’t need VST2 and AU and AAX and CLAP versions of the same plug-in. Here’s a free, fast command-line tool that gets rid of them in a hurry, with options for particular configurations, on macOS.
Peter Kirn - April 27, 2026
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Ardour 9.2, free and open DAW, grants user wishes — Region FX, anyone?
Peter Kirn - February 23, 2026
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Airwindows VerbThic, VerbTiny let you go even more rabid for reverb, for free
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2025
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Valhalla’s all-new reverb, 8 years in development, goes clean and natural
Peter Kirn - November 13, 2025
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GForce just made a West Coast, MPE-playable synth playground
Peter Kirn - October 28, 2025
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