macro Archives

We welcome Sugar Bytes Graindad to the family

05 Oct 2022 in Studio

We check out Sugar Bytes Graindad, a new granular multi-effects plugin with realtime controls and extensive modulation capabilities.

Minimal Audio Morph EQ is a morphing EQ that’ll make your head spin

27 Jul 2022 in Studio

Minimal Audio Morph EQ defies the boundaries of traditional equalization and filtering with custom morph paths, macro controls, and more.

Macro: Mutable Instrument Plaits reimagined for Reason

16 Feb 2022 in Synths

Plaits is the celebrated multi-engined Eurorack module from Mutable Instruments and Presteign Sound Labs has worked the open-source firmware into Macro for Reason for free.

Endorphin.es Two of Cups and Total Recall

Total Recall and Two of Cups: Present manager and Sample Player from Endorphin.es

24 Jun 2021 in Synths

Endorphin.es has two interesting new Eurorack modules: Total Recall will remember voltages and Two of Cups offers 8 banks of samples in two voices.

Output Thermal: Multi-band distortion that’ll make your head spin

25 Jun 2020 in Studio

Output has released Thermal. With a multi-band distortion stage and the modulation engine from the Output Portal granular effect, Thermal is all about modulated distortion and saturation.

UJAM Finisher Neo: three knobs for instant gratification?

28 Jan 2020 in Studio

With only three knobs, UJAM Finisher Neo doesn't look like a typical multi-effects plug-in. But the developer says that it produces a wide range of effects, while letting you focus on your creativity.

Sampleson gets playful and intuitive with THINGS: the synth for fun times

08 Oct 2019 in Synths

THINGS is a fun virtual instrument that gives you a great place to play while generating surprisingly cool sounds, modulating rhythms and weird noises.

Superbooth 2019: Future Sound Systems and Mute collaborate on 2 modules

09 May 2019 in Synths

Two new Eurorack modules from Future Sound Systems and Mute Record's Daniel Miller. The Makrow patch macro controller and Stumm click-less audio mute.

Output takes us to the Arcade for a coin-operated loop synthesizer

13 Jun 2018 in Synths

Arcade is subscription based, looks fabulous, sounds awesome and has a wonderfully intuitive synthesizer engine to manipulate loops. You'll get new content every day, forever provided you keep paying your $10.

Mutable Instruments restyles Braids into the Plaits Macro-Oscillator

02 Mar 2018 in Synths

The spiritual successor of Braids has arrived. Meet Plaits, the newly designed macro-oscillator with 8 melodic and 8 percussive models, no screen, simple controls and CV for everything. Every rack should have ...

TouchPad: groovy programmable shortcut and macro controller

12 Feb 2018 in Studio

Navigate your DAW like a boss with this palm-sized programmable keyboard shortcut and macro controller. TouchPad has 36 keys for up to 5 commands per key for super fast audio editing.

Ecosystem: Semi-modular environment for Max For Live

21 Nov 2017 in Studio, Synths

Ecosystem contains an organic, interconnected array of oscillating waveshapes, modulatable effects and automatable controllers. Patch it together into an evolving environment of sounds and discovery.

DIY dual 2HP Freez macro module with Look Mum No Computer

01 Jul 2017 in Synths

Look Mum No Computer takes two 2HP Freez modules and builds a macro voltage controlled locked looper in the coolest and zaniest hackable DIY project you'll see this week.

Kontrol Master – For real this time?

03 Feb 2017 in Studio

A good seven months late from the original release and four months since the last shipping announcement the innovative Kontrol Master knob controller might be ready this time.

Isotonik editor for Novation Circuit goes pro

18 Jan 2017 in Synths

The guts of the Novation Circuit gets fully revealed and randomised in Isotonik's new Circuit Editor Pro software

Slate Raven MTi2 now works on Pro Tools for Windows

14 Sep 2016 in Studio

After donkeys years in development Slate manages to pull out Windows support for Pro Tools on the Raven MTi2

BioTek Sound Designer Edition released

24 Aug 2016 in Synths

Tracktion reveal the inner workings of their organic synthesizer in this Sound Designers Edition of BioTek. Apparently it can create new life...

sonicLAB’s musical sci-trip Cosmosf Stochastic Synth attains version 3

18 Aug 2016 in Synths

Beauty, philosophy, randomly probable and para-dimensional sonic universes are distributed in timbre space in the mind-bending Cosmosf Stochastic Synthesizer.