Plug-ins

Arturia’s Pigments 3 synth plug-in just got packed with a ton of new features

Pigments, the monster synth plug-in, is still growing at full speed - now with a deep "harmonic" additive engine, more...

Roland SYSTEM-8 synth is free to try in April – here’s why it’s a sound designer’s friend

Want that new synth feeling, but for free? That's the hybrid-vintage-modeled-new synth SYSTEM-8 this month from Roland - and we've...

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...

Miller Puckette, creator of Max and Pd, on how he’s patching his way to remote collaboration

Miller Puckette, the original creator of Max and Pure Data, has been working on keeping connected remotely, too. In this...

Native Instruments and iZotope now sister companies, with backing from Francisco Partners

Make no mistake - music production is attracting investors. Just weeks after announcing it was acquiring a majority stake in...