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Audio Damage AD-202 Brings The Sound Of A Roland MC-202 To Your DAW

Audio Damage has introduced AD-202, a single-oscillator monosynth inspired by the Roland MC-202 from 1983. … Read More Audio Damage AD-202 Brings The Sound Of A Roland MC-202 To Your DAW

August 17, 2026August 17, 202610 Comments

Melbourne Instruments Products Now Have 10-Year Warranty On Their Motorized Rotary Controls

Every motorized rotary control that Melbourne Instruments builds is now covered by a 10-year warranty.… Read More Melbourne Instruments Products Now Have 10-Year Warranty On Their Motorized Rotary Controls

August 17, 20263 Comments

Free Browser-Based Application, gesture.live, Turns Your Webcam Into An Instrument

Developer Robin van Soelen let us know about gesture.live, a free, browser-based application that turns your webcam into an instrument. … Read More Free Browser-Based Application, gesture.live, Turns Your Webcam Into An Instrument

August 17, 2026August 17, 20262 Comments

Spectdrum Rhythmic Spectral Gate Turns Any Sound Into A Groove

Spectdrum is a rhythmic spectral gate that splits incoming audio into four frequency bands and uses independent rhythmic patterns to turn each band into a separate rhythmic voice.… Read More Spectdrum Rhythmic Spectral Gate Turns Any Sound Into A Groove

August 17, 20262 Comments

Live Modular On The Spot Performance, ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’

This video captures a live modular performance at Modular On The Spot Munich.… Read More Live Modular On The Spot Performance, ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’

August 16, 2026August 17, 20261 Comment

Free Tool Lets You Customize The Mutable Instruments Plaits Macro Oscillator

Plaits Palette is a free, browser-based tool that lets you easily create your own custom firmware for the Mutable Instruments Plaits.… Read More Free Tool Lets You Customize The Mutable Instruments Plaits Macro Oscillator

August 15, 2026August 17, 20269 Comments

Liljeholmen DSP Intros TRUMSYNT-16 Drum Synth For Mac & Windows

Liljeholmen DSP’s TRUMSYNT-16 is a single-voice drum synthesizer and percussion sequencer featuring two oscillators, noise and click layers, filters, drive, six decay envelopes, and four independent sequencing lanes.… Read More Liljeholmen DSP Intros TRUMSYNT-16 Drum Synth For Mac & Windows

August 15, 2026August 17, 2026Leave a comment

Third-Party Integra-7 Editor Provides Native Control For Roland’s Rack Synth

Integra-7 Editor is a native cross-platform editor for Roland’s Integra-7 sound module, providing direct hardware control over MIDI and SysEx.… Read More Third-Party Integra-7 Editor Provides Native Control For Roland’s Rack Synth

August 14, 2026August 13, 20262 Comments

Dusk Audio Releases Free Tape Echo 2 Plugin For Linux, Mac & Windows

Dusk Audio Tape Echo 2 is a free three-head tape delay and spring reverb plugin that models the tape transport, record and playback chain, tape aging, regeneration, and mechanical behavior of a tape echo.… Read More Dusk Audio Releases Free Tape Echo 2 Plugin For Linux, Mac & Windows

August 13, 20265 Comments

Roland TR-808 Gets New Firmware After Over 45 Years, Adding Ratcheting, Probability & More

The classic Roland TR-808 Computer-Controlled Rhythm Composer is getting a new lease on life, after 46 years, with a third-party, open source firmware update. … Read More Roland TR-808 Gets New Firmware After Over 45 Years, Adding Ratcheting, Probability & More

August 13, 2026August 13, 20265 Comments

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