Eurorack modular continues to generate interesting pathways into sound and synthesis and is becoming more accessible all the time. Here's our choice of modules that stood out this year.
Nuxx is a multi-FX processor with 30 types of effects and dedicated effects parameter sequencer. Oh, and real-time effects parameter automation over 55 parameter sequencing lanes. Phew.
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Craft your own plane, train, rocket, bike, alien, chopper and automobile engine sounds with Igniter, a fascinating granular sampling and synthesizer sound design machine.
The update, which is currently in beta, contains an extensive list of workflow improvements and bug fixes. Perhaps more interestingly, there are new tools for making music as well...
Cheap yet stylish, Babylon is a graphic equaliser with six filters, eight fully automateable filter types and a high-res spectrum analyser with two user-selectable rendering styles.
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With dials that go all the way to 11 these three new guitar amp simulation plugins will keep you busy for a while and best of all they are all completely free!
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We first saw the Quad LFO at NAMM but didn't realise that you could record 16 steps of parameter automation. You can also distort the waveforms, change the phase and attenuate the output. It's full of ...
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This new Circuit MIDI Editor offers simple, immediate editing of the Novation Circuit within your DAW. Can it give Isotope's Circuit Pro Editor a run for its money?
This isn't another vintage EQ sim like the many flooding the market on a weekly basis. Rather, Waves' new F6 EQ is unabashedly digital and designed as a "surgical" tool for critical frequency correction.
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zenAud.io is gearing up to release ALK, a colourful sequencing and looping platform for Mac computers with a focus on performance capabilities that could appeal to the Ableton Live crowd...
There are plenty of apps and plug-ins built upon the concept of XY pad-controlled effects. But this one lets you record your movements on said pads in real-time for interesting modulation...
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Yamaha are showing a Reface CS being played and manipulated by a robot interface designed by Anno Labs. Is the Reface Robot science fiction or an exciting new direction?
Can this simple but effective idea get you to rethink automation in your DAW? ParamLink is a new tool that lets you use plug-in A to control plug-in B. Or C, X or Z, for that matter...
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Waveform is the latest evolution of Tracktion Corporation's DAW. With a new mixing console, multiple platform support and uncommonly creative tools it's worth a look.
R10 ten-slot 500 Series rack from Rupert Neve Designs anyone? Also previewing at NAMM from Rupert Neve is a new SwiftMix Master Control for the 5088.
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SSL's rack-mounted analogue summing mixer Sigma Delta was already an interesting product, but with the version 2.1 update, it's moved way ahead of the competition.
