Audacity finds home along open-source MuseScore in new acquisition by growing Muse Group
Sure, it ain't pretty. But Audacity's extensive feature set and free status have made this audio editor an essential tool...
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Surge synthesizer updated with new oscillator types, effects & more in v1.9
The free and open source hybrid synthesizer Surge has been updated. Version 1.9 features 4 new oscillator types, 15 new...
Inside MTS-ESP, the new tuning tool from Oddsound and Aphex Twin
In a year that is finally bringing tuning into music tech headlines, here's a tool from ODDSound and Richard James...
Create musical rhythms with Music Pattern Generator
Wouter Hisschemöller has released an update to the Music Pattern Generator, an open source modular MIDI sequencer based on Euclidean...
Watch this entertaining how-to on hacking Mutable’s Plaits for just intonation
It's like esoteric music tech bingo: Mutable Instruments Eurorack meets just intonation meets open source meets virtualization meets microprocessor programming...
Surge, awesome free soft synth, gets major 1.8 update
This labor-of-love, free and open-source software synth has gotten a whole lot more love - with new filters, features, modulation,...
Surge open source hybrid synthesizer updated to v1.8
The Surge Synth Team has launched an update to the free, open source Surge software synthesizer instrument for Windows, Mac,...
An Introduction To Modular Synthesis With VCV Rack
Here's an introduction to modular synthesis using the free and open source VCV Rack software modular synthesizer.… Read More An...
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...
Polyend had a blissful 2020, but they’re not done yet – Tracker, Preset, Medusa updates
Polyend's beloved Tracker finishes out the year with a pitch-perfect update - and homebrew gaming. And there are updates for...
