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Cubase is Japan’s biggest DAW, and you need to watch this Japanese review
Yamaha Vocaloid-based voices in Cubase? It better be able to sing in Japanese, right? Well, I’ve got some more on the engine, and the folks at SLEEP FREAKS have your Japanese-language review. Surprise: that is trippy as hell to watch with the machine learning English-language track. Jump into a must-watch set of tips and tricks for Cubase fans.
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Cubase 15: Expression Maps, rich patterns, updated Modulators, plug-ins
It’s all in the details on this one. Cubase 15 has a ton of tweaks to its expansive plug-in library, new and more expressive editing, pattern sequencing, and Modulators, automation tools, proper Mac full-screen support, compatibility with the inter-DAW standard DAWproject, and more.
Peter Kirn - November 5, 2025
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Your iPad and iPhone just became a portal to endless DX7 sounds
You may think you know the Yamaha DX7 from those couple of presets that dominated the 80s. But Oliver Greschke’s Elastic OSC for iPhone and iPad is a reminder of just how much potential Yamaha’s breakthrough FM synth can offer. And now Elastic OSC app can easily import those sounds, with a bunch of unique presets to get you started — plus a link to a cool generative tool that works with anything.
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Peter Kirn - September 5, 2025
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Yamaha’s VL1 launched physical modeling; it’s time to give it its due
Peter Kirn - June 2, 2025
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Paulee Alex Bow makes songs from transphobic, ableist hate mail
Peter Kirn - May 29, 2025
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Yamaha’s SEQTRAK looks like a return to fun mobile music designs
Peter Kirn - January 16, 2024
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Arturia V Collection X: Yamaha CP-70, rebuilt Mini V and Wurli, more
Peter Kirn - December 12, 2023
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Here’s a big, sortable list of popular recent synths and their features
Peter Kirn - July 31, 2023
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