C25, from Nonlinear Labs and Stephan Schmitt, is all about performance
It's not lost on me that the same week InMusic announced its acquisition of Native Instruments, NI's original founder, Stephan Schmitt was busy showing off new ideas about what a digital instrument can...
View ArticleBastl Instruments Kalimba, acoustic-digital hybrid, is already a megahit
The best of show at Superbooth 2026 is an easy pick. Bastl Kalimba, with its combination of acoustic and physical interaction with fluid digital synthesis and sensing, is a triumph of instrument...
View ArticleMake Noise and Tom Erbe have made a mighty morphing spatial Plexiphon
Soundhack creations endure years and decades, and now we get a new one. Think mighty morphing modeless modulation. Plexiphon is neither reverb or echo. It's both, simultaneously, for spatial textural...
View ArticleBuchla Ziggy: the complex oscillator gets a friendly standalone synth
It's been decades in coming: what if you took the best parts of the classic Buchla complex oscillator with its, well, ziggy waveshapes, and built a friendly compact synth around it? It's all that...
View ArticleCasio’s SXC-1 handheld sampler is packed with fun, coming to Japan
Memory may be vanishing, phones and laptops may be getting downgraded specs. But we're enjoying an unexpected renaissance of mobile samplers. And of all of these, Casio might pack the most fun into a...
View ArticleZebra 3 is here, a sprawling semi-modular plug-in that runs deep
What if an integrated plug-in instrument could rival even full-blown modulars? That’s the question posed by u-he’s Zebra 3, out now at long last for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It’s unlikely any other...
View ArticleBastl’s new Déjà vu is the 4HP module for when you need to fader stuff
This looks like a good case of what happens when a simple idea does a ton of stuff -- the opposite of a unitasker. Two faders, but there's attenuator, attenuverter, crossfader, preamp, line level...
View ArticleReason 14 beta: new Track Panel, reverb, Dark Mode, more
Reason 14 probably won't cross off every item on Reason users' wish lists. But it sure tackles a lot: a new Track Panel and workflow, tons of improvements to the sequencer, Dark Mode, automatic import...
View ArticleThe developer of Tweakbench wants to remake the DAW without linear time
The Digital Audio Workstation can never quite escape the timeline and its roots in multitrack tape. Tweakbench's new Noemi, which entered alpha last month, starts from scratch. What if music in the DAW...
View ArticleCR-78, more BOSS pedals: Roland adds more software for this Mad World
More vintage Roland gear is bound for official plug-in versions. Here's the surprise: the CR-78 gets the nicest, most detailed software rendition yet. We also round out those nice BOSS pedals. It could...
View ArticleYep, Akai has a honkin’ huge new flagship MPC XL — gallery
It leaked, you saw it -- it’s real, it’s huge. In addition to its recent MPC Live III, Akai has a big mama standalone called the MPC XL with more dedicated controls and a big 10.1” display -- but...
View ArticleStylophone Voice, AA-powered sound-bending sampler + sequencer + FX
Oh yeah, somebody remembered to make stuff that's just fun. Stylophone (Dubreq) is adding to its Pocket Range with an AA battery-powered device that samples, sequences, and adds effects. That puts your...
View ArticleApple now has one creative sub for iPad, Mac — but keeps Mac app purchases
Let's skip to the part you care about: Apple Creator Studio now adds Pixelmator Pro and puts every major Mac and iPad creative app under one subscription, and it's not too expensive. But just as...
View ArticleAlien resurrection: Absynth 6 delivers a powerful update to a futuristic classic
Back in green: three years after Native Instruments announced its demise, Absynth 6 makes an unexpected return from the dead. What we get is not just a rerelease, but the biggest update for the...
View ArticleTwo by two: microKORG2 2.0 splits, slices, rewards — and does Sinevibes
The microKORG2 had the immediacy and cute factor of the microKORG, but even at its still-economical price, we needed more. And wow, did we get it. The logue SDK means this is an adorable synth that can...
View ArticleWhat to know about the Roland TR-1000, from voices to slicing to samples
Roland's new flagship drum machine leaked everywhere. But we've got details on what's new under the hood, including specifics on analog voices, expanded ACB modeling and other digital features, and new...
View ArticleCDJ-3000X: first CDJ to go online; expanded usability, sound quality
AlphaTheta, the company that DJs will probably never stop calling "Pioneer," has a major update for their flagship deck. It starts to make the CDJ-3000 seem more like a foundation for this: expanded...
View ArticleAbleton Live 12.3: Stems, Splice, more Bounce, Auto Pan-Tremolo, and more
Ableton Live 12.3 hits public beta today, with stem separation and Splice integration, the ability to bounce groups as well as paste bounced audio, there's a redesigned Auto Pan-Tremolo effect, and you...
View ArticleBitwig Studio 6 details revealed, and editing gets a big boost
We get it. After years of DAWs leapfrogging in similar directions, the new generation of music tools made it easier to start projects, get inspiration, and improvise. But sometimes they played catchup...
View ArticleNew in Bitwig land: Brazilian beats, controller tips, v6 beta this month
Bitwig is having a hot, packed summer. And there's one big teaser: we don't know anything about it yet, but Bitwig Studio 6 beta is coming on August 27, as revealed briefly on Bitwig's socials. In the...
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