Record and sample sounds, play them across the keyboard, layer tape-style loops, and get weird with lo-fi saturation, wow and flutter, delay, reverb, and filters.… Read More Chompi Sampling Keyboard Lives On As Free Nibbi Plugin
While the Emax II offers improved specs across the board, it dropped the analog filters of the original. … Read More Vintage Synth Review: The E-Mu Emax II Sampling Synthesizer
Convolution Playground is a new browser-based application that lets you explore the sound design possibilities of impulse responses. … Read More New Convolution Play Application Lets You Explore The Sound Designs Possibilities Of Impulse Responses
Elektron may have banned discussion of firmware hacks and mods from its official forum, Elektronauts, but it the unofficial mods seem to be just be coming faster. … Read More Unofficial Mods For Elektron Digitakt Adds Metallic Percussion Synth Machine
Sampleson Backgrounds is a new soundscape creation tool that lets users combine words and ideas on a canvas to generate evolving cinematic atmospheres.… Read More Backgrounds Creates Evolving Soundscapes From Your Keyword Prompts
The Haas Zone Processor enables chorus, flange, phase cancellation, doubling, ADT, waveshaping and other effects.… Read More Verbos Intros Haas Zone Processor
The Roland D-50 Editor Librarian is available now as a free, browser-based application. … Read More Roland D-50 Gets Free Patch Editor
Kaona B.A.C.H. is a four-voice composition generator that creates melodic, harmonic and rhythmic structures in real time for Eurorack and MIDI systems.… Read More New Module Puts B.A.C.H. Into Your Modular Synthesizer
Audacity 4 is a major rebuild of the free, open-source audio editor, introducing a redesigned interface, new editing workflow, customizable workspaces, rebuilt effects and expanded plug-in support.… Read More Audacity 4 Brings New Tools, New Look To Free Audio Editor
At Knobcon 2026, Mike from SISKworks was showing the Cassettone, described as a “poor man’s Mellotron”, and the Modified Tape Player Prototype, a motor-controlled cassette instrument.
