Plug-ins

Turn your iPhone into a realistic shaker instrument for free, with Klevgränd Rassel

Modeling what is surely the noblest of instruments, the developers at Klevgränd have taken their realistic shaker models and allowed...

Gong Amp by AudioThing and Hainbach simulates metallic resonator, chains, pillow

The plug-in recalls the 1930s experiments of Maurice Martenot - and it comes with buttons to add chains and a...

The best free tools for working with modular synthesis and music

Patching for the people - there's no reason cost or access has to keep you from the powers and fun...

VCV Rack 2 arrives – standalone is still free, $99 intro gets plug-ins with VST right away – details

The anticipated VCV Rack 2 is here and out of beta. What will it support? What does the release mean...

V Collection 8.2 – Apple M1, faster GUIs, tuning support, and it’s 50% off for Black Friday

It doesn’t cover everything Arturia makes, but the V Collection 8.2 update shows a ton of modernization for their software...

Bespoke, free modular – jamming – livecoding – production tool, looks serious at 1.1.0

If you need a break from big monolithic production environments, Bespoke wants to be your alternative - for free. Plenty...

1978’s synthesis-stuffed ARP Quadra gets a plug-in; here’s Nadia Struiwigh to show it to us

Few instruments have ever crammed as much tasty goodness into one bit of hardware as the rare ARP Quadra. And...