Virtual rendering of the Sting UI with knobs, piano roll view, and smiley face, angled next to a Novation Launchpad controller with light-up grid.

Eminently controllable, accessible by design, Sting is now a plug-in

Peter Kirn - September 8, 2026

Scales among updates to the free Ardour DAW — with tuning on the way

Peter Kirn - September 7, 2026

Septabee, an insane-looking free Linux/Windows DAW with pomegranates

Peter Kirn - September 3, 2026

End-of-summer sales on gear and software

Peter Kirn - August 30, 2026

Reason now offers 15 Reason devices, plus Rack Extensions access, for free

Peter Kirn - August 27, 2026

Lucid slices, stretches, and scrubs sound like no other granular FX

Peter Kirn - August 19, 2026

otophon is a plug-in to play tones inside your head

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2026

There’s a major security hole in CDJs, Rekordbox; here’s what’s affected

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2026

VST is 30 years old, and Steinberg is giving away some of its earliest plugins

Peter Kirn - August 4, 2026

Vintage Max patches revived: free downloads, Leafcutter John and Suren

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2026