Design and build a complex, functioning modular synthesizer without leaving the confines of your computer. Voltage Modular 2 (VM2) is an updated version of Cherry Audio’s...
The latest version of Native’s flagship production suite sees a host of brand-new additions, including GUITAR RIG 6 PRO, CREMONA QUARTET, ARKHIS, STRAYLIGHT, PHARLIGHT, MYSTERIA, NOIRE,...
For those bored of the same old synth sounds, Newfangled Audio’s Pendulate offers something truly new – and free. Most synthesizers sound similar because they’re based...
If you ever use sampled drums and percussion, you won’t want to miss Drumatic Creator. Media composers who write big, dramatic percussion cues have no shortage...
A conversation with BSEM founder and ARP 2600 manual author Jim Michmerhuizen If you were to set the Wayback Machine to 1968 while searching for transformational...
A major upgrade to this popular DAW is the most impressive yet. In 2006 Matthias Juwan and Wolfgang Kundrus began work in cooperation with PreSonus on...
When diverse timbres are what you need, these virtual synthesizers are the cream of the crop. Synth and Software has been publishing monthly Top 10 lists since...
You can take it with you…and jam along the way. I’m a big fan of little synths. They’re easy to play anywhere, from picnics to planes, and each...
Want to create more interesting modular patches? Add more modulation sources such as the DivKid/Instruō øchd and DivKid/SSF RND STEP. Ben “DivKid” Wilson is one of...
The 1240 Dual Slope Generator (DSG) is SSL’s long-awaited addition to the MU world – designed in close collaboration with the legendary Serge Tcherepnin. A Serge...
UVI delivers a huge library of samples to keep any keyboard player occupied for years to come. For the last two decades, the French company UVI...
Want to design a radical new instrument and then bring it to life? How do you teach electronic instrument design? According to me (and I’ve been...
Does EZbass deliver on the promise of a virtual bass player? Toontrack EZbass aims to put a virtual bass player in your DAW, continuing to round...
Paired with the EaganMatrix, the Osmose is a keyboard synth like no other. Along with introducing a radical new type of keyboard controller, Expressive E’s Osmose...
Read this if you’re wondering how MIDI 2.0 will change how you work and play music. It’s been over 35 years since the MIDI Specification was...