Freebie watch: Diablo Lite is built to make drums punch, slap, and hit harder
It really sounds like we want our drums to beat us up. Anyway, Diablo Lite, a new free plug-in from...
MacOS
LIRA-8 reimagines the LYRA-8 organismic drone synth in Pd, VST, AU free – donationware
The wonderfully mysterious analog LYRA-8 synthesizer world now has an unofficial digital cousin - and it's free-or-pay-what-you-can for Pure Data...
Texture is a free, rich granular reverb plug-in with mid/side for Mac, Windows
You deserve some instant ambience - ready to pour over your sounds like so much maple syrup. Hell, yeah -...
Arturia’s Juno-6 chorus recreation is free this week as a plug-in
It's one of the all-time great chorus effects - and now you can bite off just the chorus of the...
Free Eurorack holiday – all these Instruo modules are now on VCV Rack; here’s a guide
Modular Santa Claus is here, just in the Nick of time. Boutique Scottish Eurorack maker Instruo is dropping a big...
OP-Z VJ: app from Teenage Engineering adds video powers
The OP-Z's ultra-minimalist, candybar form factor hides some serious synthesis, sampling, and audiovisual powers - and now new live visual/VJ...
Bitwig adds a free 808 – multisampled and 808 bass and Grid patch ready
Bitwig's new 808 freebie is massively multisampled and uniquely integrated with Bitwig Studio - which opens up the possibility of...
New M1 Mac Mini Runs 444 Voices, 555 Plugin Instances
In the video, host Nick Batt takes a look at the cheapest of the M1 Macs, a Mac Mini with...
New Apple music apps do Apple silicon, more; Novation Launchpad supports new Logic
What's new in the new Logic (and GarageBand)? Well, they'll natively use the performance potential of the new macOS and...
Big Sur and the new Macs look promising – but you’ll want to wait
No, you should not update to Big Sur right now. And yes, it is too early to judge M1 Apple...
