Multitrack editing in the browser, free with AudioMass
Free, open source and works offline: the latest upgrade to AudioMass, a lightweight but surprisingly robust audio editor.
Rick Wade Launches Harmonie Keys, a Sound & Idea Generating App
The Harmonie Keys app generates ideas and deep, luscious chords, melodies, harmonies and sounds - something of the essence of the Rick Wade aesthetic - from right inside your browser.
Pioneer DJ Warns of Major Security Threat to Rekordbox & Every CDJ
Action Required: Rekordbox, CDJs and many other other Pioneer DJ products have a severe security flaw that could give an attacker access to your laptop.
Getting Started with Vital, the Outsized But Totally Free Soft Synth
One of the most robust VST synths on the market, Vital is making serious inroads among EDM producers, with a price tag of $0.
TapeLite adds a warm magnetic vibe to your music
Free from HoRNet, TapeLite emulates the subtle effects of recordings made on the Otari MX-80 tape machine.
Make dense, dreamy sound design with Lunacy’s free Haze
Lunacy makes "sonic playgrounds for music makers," with several popular plugins like granular synth engine Grains and the Beam effects rack. This year they dropped a couple freebies, the best of which is Haze.
Random Acts of Acid with Sting 2
Click the eyes for a big surprise! From the maker of the popular Max for Live device Sting comes a device akin to an acid randomizer built on top of an emulated TB-303.
Emulating the classic Rhodes sound with Magic Tines
If you don't already have a favorite plugin (or a real Rhodes), GSi has a unique take on the timeless sound of the electric piano.
Granular synthesis made beautiful with Motion: Fractal
Add motion to your music productions via granular synthesis and an amazing rhythmic toolbox with Excite Audio’s dreamy new plugin.
Synth Strings: AudioThing RES-09 emulates the warm strings of the Roland RS-09
An innovative new plugin recreates the sound of Roland's classic analog string and organ synth from the early 1980s.
Hands-on looping with Audio Damage’s Circa
The six-track Circa is a gnarly pedal looper plugin with an open environment that inspires creativity.
Download ReCycle and sample like it’s 1994 again
The app that refuses to die, Propellerhead's sample-flipping tool ReCycle is back and available for free.
Lo-Fi & downtempo by design: adventures with Orange Dreams
ZAK Sound's revised plugin packs a bundle of creative power inside a small package.
Adding space, texture and ambiance to your music with Airspace
Mode Audio's first VST is a reverb & delay plug-in that creates huge sounds out of very ordinary source material.
Funding Yourself To Death: The Strange Story of Aodyo
After several successful crowdsourcing campaigns, French synth maker Aodyo crashed into bankruptcy. What went wrong?
Waldorf compacts the classic Blofeld synth into a plugin
Hot on the heals of the Microwave, Waldorf offers a bit-by-bit emulation of another classic synth: the Waldorf Blofeld.
Introducing Flite, a powerful and (mostly) free new creation tool from Wavea
Flite is a multi-sampler and synth workstation aimed at music producers from Sharooz Raoofi aka Principleasure's new company.
Waldorf takes the Microwave into the DAW
Waldorf steps up with their own deluxe "bit-by-bit" plugin emulation of the famed Microwave synth, the first unit created by German manufacturer.
Generating dreamy delta waves with ZAK Sound’s Skyridge plugin
Ed Martinez generates gorgeous, sculptured atmospheres with vocal samples with ZAK Sound's latest plugin.
Syncussion Mania: For the Love of Synth Drums
A brief history of the once-unloved Syncussion, a drum synth designed for actual drummers that became a mainstay of modern electronic music production.
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Dedication: To Juan Atkins
There was never a moment before today that Juan Atkins was not a vital part of the American electronic music scene.
