VCV Rack users can now get hold of virtual versions of the Erica Synths Black Wavetable VCO and Black Octasource LFO completely free of charge for the Eurorack emulating platform.
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U-He has brought HIVE bang up to date with a fresh new look, new sounds, better workflow and a whole West Coast function generator modulation section, "Shape Sequencing" and a ruddy great big scope.
Ableton Live 10.1 has officially landed, bringing aboard a fair bit of useful functionality such as VST3 support, user-generated wavetables, enhanced automation and other goodies.
Noise Engineering brings two more modules to bring to the chunky, high-end modular party in the shape of Cursus Iteritas Magnus and Ataraxic Iteritas Magnus oscillators.
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Building on its reveal last year Vladimir Pantelic brings his QD - Quad Drum Voice digital drum sound source refined and ready for release to this years Superbooth.
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Dove Audio has brought the Waveplane Oscillator to Kickstarter with 6 dimensions of wavetable manipulation via XY waveplane coordinates and 4 morphable wavetables.
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Just when you thought it had disappeared into myth and legend it pops up again with a release date and some demo clips. This could be the year of the Spherical Wavetable Navigator.
Sinc Bucina, Terci Ruina, and Cursus Iteritas Percido are being released April 18th and Noise Engineering has started taken orders. What are these things? We'll try to explain.
In what is surely one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of a software synth ever, Native Instruments is finally telling us more about what the upcoming Massive X will be capable of.
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Twisted Electrons is bringing us Deton8, a little drum machine that uses a mix of 8-bit samples and wavetable synthesis - and it packs quite a punch as well as some clever ideas.
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Flame Maander looks like an impressive desktop synthesizer featuring 4-voice wavetable synthesis, a sequencer and a fabulous 12 band analog filter bank. UPDATED WITH VIDEO!
U-He gives us a sneak preview of the new Hive 2 due to arrive in the 2nd Quarter of 2019. A new interface, new modulations and NKS support and the key features as well as backwards compatibility.
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Kilohearts has expanded their Snapin system of effect chain modules into a completely modular hybrid virtual synthesizer. Use sound sources as Generators, add Modulators and load on the Snapin modules
We all thought MASSIVE X was just a couple of weeks away but sadly it's been bumped to a June release. But now we know it's a dual wavetable modulating monster it should be worth the wait.
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Arturia has dropped Pigments, a visually enticing mega-synth that takes modulation, randomisation and probability to some very interesting places. Get your first in-depth look here!
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More voices and oscillators in unison than you could possibly use, doubling up on filters and arpeggiators and a complete wavetable editor make this one decent upgrade.
