Modulation changes everything when you route control signals from sources to destinations. Original lesson from December 2019 Turning knobs by hand while a synthesizer is producing...
The Cherry Audio Quadra is a super-accurate and immensely improved emulation of the legendary ARP Quadra synthesizer, originally released in 1978. Cherry Audio have introduced their...
Their latest bundle of 27 plug-ins includes two new ones: RoCoder (musical muscular vocoder virtual effect – a new processor) and Predator-3, a major update to their...
Almost all the best synths in life aren’t free. But SURGE is, as Jim Aikin reports (in this article and in the “don’t miss” video and...
Equally bitchin’: it includes a modeled Roland Space Echo tape delay. Cherry Audio describes their latest modeled classic synth thusly: “Mercury-4 is a detailed emulation of...
Jim Aikin reviews Cherry Audio’s 2021 software take on the famous Korg MS-20 synth. (Hint: don’t miss the videos!) 1978 was a big year in synthesizer...
IN A WORLD where everything is called “cinematic,” here’s a synth that really is Native instruments Ashlight is the third in a series of granular synths...
It’s coming July 15, and it’s a deep dark secret except for the video showing what it is Here’s the video. It’s a Memorymoog and it...
All four of Spectrasonics’ instruments now have full native support for Apple Silicon based Macs and Steinberg’s latest VST3 plug-in standard. What’s more, they’re reporting “extraordinary...
With eight synchronizable wave oscillators, two sample operators and a deep modulation matrix, it is one of the most powerful FM synths ever made. F.’em allows for sounds...
256 Ultimate Patches are now available for the Roland Cloud synths, in addition to the hardware D-50, D-05, D-550, V-Synth XT, V-Synth VC-1, and VariOS VC-1...
XILS-lab creates KaoX as a virtual instrument inspired by legendary FM synthesizer bolstered by virtual analog and chaotic algorithms. XILS-lab is proud to announce availability of...
You want noodling, you got it! A bunch of random noodling with the Applied Acoustic Systems Chromaphone 3… These audio examples complement Marty’s review of Chromaphone...
Rhizomatic Software Synthesis announces the release of their first virtual instrument, Plasmonic. Plasmonic combines the resonant depth of physical modeling with subtractive synthesis. The goal of...
Elysium, an inspiring two-layer synth for creating music infused with tonal rhythms, movement, and unrivaled playability. Elysium features two layers: Perc and Synth. The PERC layer includes synths, mallets, pianos, guitar,...
