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PolyGAS is a very capable granular synth. It's easy to use, it has a good range of preset sounds and wave files, looks fabulous and works a treat. And it's free. That's very useful indeed.
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Soundless is a cool little VST synthesizer with a fierce amount of resonance and loudness. It's the first VSTi from TopSounds and they believe it's going to be the best thing ever!
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Sound Forge spent a long time at Sony without much development. New owners Magix have released their first update to the entry level version and it looks like they've done a decent job.
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Grabbed from an Instagram Story video posted in the middle of the night, could this be a Boutique Roland SH-101? Check out these images and tell us what you think.
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You can now rummage around inside the synthesizer guts of the MicroKorg XL and XL+ with this new standalone and VST plug-in editor and controller. If you own an XL, you should have this.
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Another classic synth from the vaults. This time it's the rarely seen Akai AX80 1984 8 voice polysynth reborn as the UVI UVX80. Relive all those sounds you thought were coming from a Juno.
With all the excitement of the SE-02 we missed the sneaky release of a vintage digital classic - the Roland D-50 Linear Arithmetic Synthesizer recreated as a plug-in.
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A brand new completely free emulation of a popular high-end overdrive pedal, the Greed Smasher plug by Mercuriall Audio is allegedly 'precisely modelled' - and won't cost you a penny!
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Cosmosf FX4 pulls micro events out of delay buffers, spins them in multi-dimensional granular space and builds meso and macro sonic delights - it's a delay plug-in like you've never seen.
The new Rollamp amp sim is based upon a couple of very nice classic Class-A Fender valve amps, and is available on Mac and Windows now - for no money!
Propellerheads just confirmed what many thought would never happen: Reason 9.5 is to get VST plug-in support. We've got a video and all the details.
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After a year travelling through space and time Zynaptiq's Wormhole effects processor re-emerges with some other-worldly sounds from the depths of the universe.
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If you own Reaktor Blocks then prepare to lose a couple of hours playing with Processorz, a free remix effects processor that's too much fun.
Generate some dramatic textures with Inear Display's randomising granular engine Litote.
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Bitwig Studio 2 is now available for download and brings modulators, new devices, CV/Gate and the dreaded subscription-style perpetual license.
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The Spark gets an emulation of the classic Boss SD-1 pedal, and new celebrity presets as well as a drop in price till 19th February. Will that be enough to tempt new users to the platform?
