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The Svensson 49 offers expressive sounds, a 4-channel looper, and a minimal mid-century modern style design. … Read More Auxy Intros Mid-Century Modern Styled Svensson 49 Looping Synth KeyboardView the full article

The synth's new Macro Oscillator Mode adds 45 synthesis waveform models from the MI Braids. … Read More Melbourne Instruments Nina v3.0 Adds 45 Synthesis Models From Mutable Instruments BraidsView the full article

Enigma features a new type of user interface, with the sound controlled by the position and movement of metallic objects placed on the instrument's surface.… Read More SOMA Enigma Synthesizer Debuting At Superbooth 2026 (Sneak Preview)View the full article

Erica Synths has announced Bullfrog Drums, a drum machine, sampler, and CV/gate sequencer. They say that it’s optimized for learning drum programming, sampling, working with samples and integrating into various performance setups. Features: 7 sample-based drum voices 7 banks of factory samples by Richie Hawtin and Erica Synths team Up to 16 banks for user… Read More Erica Synths Bullfrog Drums Now Available To Pre-OrderView the full article

Producer & instrument designer Tim Exile has announced Modular, a new modular system, based on Reaktor 6, for Mac & Windows. … Read More Tim Exile Intros New Modular System For Mac & WindowsView the full article

Tuva, the standalone sample and project manager we covered earlier this month, has just been updated to version 1.4. The update is focused on workflow customization, with new left bar views, tab-based navigation, and pinned items. As a quick recap, Tuva is a desktop app that helps you organize, classify, and search audio samples, MIDI [...] View post: Tuva 1.4 adds customizable views, tabs, and pinned items for faster sample browsing View the full article

Minimal Audio is giving away its Hybrid Filter plugin for free for a limited time. Hybrid Filter normally costs $49, and you can claim it by adding it to your cart and completing the checkout on the Minimal Audio website. It’s worth noting that this is the first time Hybrid Filter has been offered as [...] View post: Minimal Audio Hybrid Filter is FREE (regularly €49) for a limited time View the full article

Beat Gems offers an in-depth look at drum machines and their influence on modern music.… Read More New ‘Bjook’, Beat Gems, Explores Drum Machines in Modern MusicView the full article

The new book offers a personal take on the history of electronic music, from electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre. … Read More New Book, Machines, Offers Jean-Michel Jarre’s Personal Take On The History Of Electronic MusicView the full article

Plugin Boutique is running a 60% discount on Baby Audio Atoms, bringing the physical modeling synth down from $99 to $39 until May 13. Atoms is Baby Audio’s second virtual instrument, following the analog-flavored BA-1, and it’s a very different animal. Instead of oscillators, Atoms generates sound using a physical model of interconnected masses and [...] View post: Baby Audio Atoms is 60% OFF at Plugin Boutique until May 13 View the full article

Cosmic Suite by Cosmic Audio Lab is a collection of 26 one-knob plugins, available for free in AU and VST3 formats for macOS (11 or later) and Windows (11). Tejumoluwa Olarewaju, the founder of Cosmic Audio Lab, has had a busy start to what is sure to be a long career in the music industry. [...] View post: Cosmic Audio Lab releases Cosmic Suite: a FREE 26-plugin bundle for macOS and Windows View the full article

Indie iOS developer WasabiNoise has released Drop, a recording app that turns your iPhone into a field recorder for your DAW. I love the idea here. You basically tap record on your phone, the audio syncs through iCloud, and a Mac menu bar companion makes the file ready to drag straight into Ableton Live, Logic, [...] View post: WasabiNoise releases Drop, a free iOS app to drag audio from iPhone into your DAW View the full article

It features seamless DAW integration and performance tools, such as the expressive arpeggiator, Pressure Glide, per-note pitch bend, and polyphonic aftertouch.… Read More Expressive E Intros Next Generation Osmose CE MIDI ControllerView the full article

From developer Audio Fusion Bureau comes RoomDiY, a free acoustic room simulation plugin for macOS and Windows. RoomDiY offers advanced real-time acoustic modelling and room analysis. In short, the plugin allows you to design the ideal acoustic space for any given project. We’ve covered many convolution reverb plugins that offer impulse responses of real-world spaces, [...] View post: Audio Fusion Bureau releases RoomDiY, a FREE acoustic room simulation plugin View the full article

Wavelet Audio is no stranger to cinematic instruments and freebies, and now the developer has released The Deer, the Fox, and the Guitar – a free nylon guitar library for Kontakt Player. The developer behind the fantastic Ashen Scoring Cello has given away cinematic freebies before, such as Trailer Ambient Tools and Pulse Box. Now, [...] View post: Wavelet Audio releases a FREE nylon guitar library for Kontakt Player View the full article

Sentinel AV and UK drum-and-bass producer Bladerunner have released Folda, a 4-group morphing distortion plugin. Folda is available as VST3 for Windows and as VST3/AU for macOS (Universal Binary), with an intro price of $67 for the first seven days after launch (until May 2), regular price $99 thereafter. The main idea behind Folda is [...] View post: Sentinel AV and Bladerunner release Folda, a 4-group morphing distortion plugin View the full article

Saint Mike DSP has released PitchCure, a free vocal pitch correction plugin for macOS and Windows. It’s a solid free autotune alternative, and while it doesn’t reinvent the category, it gives you a bit more hands-on control than some of the more minimal free options out there. Honestly, there’s already a decent crop of free [...] View post: Saint Mike DSP releases PitchCure, a FREE vocal pitch correction plugin View the full article

Westwood Instruments has released Tempest Brass, the fourth installment in their Roots series of free Kontakt Player libraries. Tempest Brass is built from a collection of solo brass samples that have been time-stretched and overdriven into something you wouldn’t normally expect from a brass library. I love how they did it, honestly, and I think [...] View post: Westwood Instruments releases Tempest Brass, a FREE cinematic brass library for Kontakt Player View the full article

Claude – the AI assistant and chatbot from Anthropic – can now be directly plugged into Ableton, as well as a raft of other creative platforms, including Blender and Photoshop. The move follows the launch of Claude Design, a new product by Anthropic Labs that lets you collaborate with Claude to create “polished visual work” like designs, one-pagers and more... The post Claude can now be plugged into Ableton to assist with your music projects appeared first on MusicTech. View the full article

The video offers an intro to FM synthesis, an overview of the DX7 and a look at its role in music history. … Read More Vintage Synth Review: The Yamaha DX7View the full article

From @synthandsoftware - It’s been 16 years since Absynth 5 launched. Was it worth the wait? Absynth is the brainchild of Brian Clevinger, a musician and self-taught programmer who started his own company, Rhizomatic Software, and released Absynth version 1 for both the Mac and Windows way back in 2000. It quickly earned attention as one the most […] The post Native Instruments Absynth 6: the Synth and Software Review appeared first on Synth and Software. View the full article

From @synthandsoftware - UJAM introduces symphonic elements CHOOIR: Orchestral Plugin for cinematic choral sounds created from Hans Zimmer’s personal library. PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT UJAM introduces Symphonic Elements CHOOIR, a dedicated choir instrument built using samples from the orchestral library of film composer Hans Zimmer. CHOOIR is now available for preorder ahead of its full release on May 13, 2026. The […] The post Sounds Created from Hans Zimmer’s Personal Library appeared first on Synth and Software. View the full article

From @synthandsoftware - ParaDyn EQ plugin pushes the production envelope with each of the sections featuring a parametric EQ derived from its BIG FrEQ™ plug-in. PRESS ANNOUCEMENT (ELI) announces its four-section ParaDyn™ plug-in — pushing the production envelope with each of those sections featuring a parametric EQ derived from its BIG FrEQ™ plug-in (including support for distinctive flat-top […] The post ELI Announces Four-Section ParaDyn™ Parametric EQ Plug-in appeared first on Synth and Software. View the full article

Chaos Tones has released Deviant Drums FREE II, a free acoustic drum instrument for Kontakt Player 8.1 and up. It’s the sequel to the Deviant Drums FREE Edition we covered last July, and it builds on the same concept. You get one kit pulled from the paid version, served in a 2GB download. The thing [...] View post: Chaos Tones releases Deviant Drums FREE II, a FREE acoustic drum kit for Kontakt Player View the full article

You can now get HoRNet Plugins’ Graffio multi-band distortion for free for a limited time. You might get a strong sense of déjà vu from this offer because we’ve seen it before, and more than once. But it’s always worth sharing a freebie, no matter how many times it’s been available, because there are always [...] View post: Get HoRNet Plugins Graffio multi-band distortion FREE for a limited time View the full article

The software features three main components: a four track portastudio-like cassette recorder with effects; and two modular synths, inspired by classic modular instruments of the 70s.… Read More Giorgio Sancristoforo Intros Homework Experimental Modular Workstation For macOSView the full article

The HUM 2 features six built-in sensors: Distance, Light, Tilt X/Y and Touch 1/2, which are mappable to any knob for interactive modulation.… Read More Nyström HUM 2 Sensory Synth Sneak PreviewView the full article

Seattle free rock group Hound Dog Taylor’s Hand and MIT modular synthesizer pioneer Joe Paradiso have released a new album, The Structure And Dynamics Of Disordered Systems. … Read More ound Dog Taylor’s Hand & Joe Paradiso – The Structure And Dynamics Of Disordered SystemsView the full article

The Layrnx features a unique vocal sound architecture, a premium 37-key keybed and deep analog modulation options.… Read More AnalogFX Intros Larynx Semi-Modular Keyboard SynthesizerView the full article

The Music Thing Modular Workshop Computer, a multi-function module which can be instantly changed with hot-swappable program cards, is available as a DIY kit via Thonk.… Read More Music Thing Modular Workshop Computer Available As A DIY ProjectView the full article