Free Surge XT 1.3 adds OSC, command line, new effects, more features
If you weren't already in love with the free synthesis powerhouse that is Surge XT, here's a big 1.3.0 release...
polysynths
3rd Wave, wavetable synth beast, does MPE and is now in desktop form
Groove Synthesis, the instrument maker founded by veterans of Sequential and Oberheim, has taken their massive 24-voice wavetable synth and...
Arturia’s PolyBrute flagship just got a massive 3.0 firmware update
Arturia has a big update for their flagship polysynth, the PolyBrute. V3 adds 7 types of distortion, expanded effects routing...
Oberheim is shipping the OB-X8 desktop and Tom is posing in the factory to prove it
What would your splurge synth be? It's tough to top the OB-X8 for that, now in desktop form with the...
1977’s Bell Labs Alles synth demo came pre-Crumar, features Laurie Spiegel cameo
In 1977, the marriage of motion pictures and telephones somehow birthed Hal Alles' Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer - an experimental...
Arturia now lets you choose hardware, software, or both for its synth: MiniFreak V tested
First, there was the hardware keyboard. Then, MiniFreak owners got the MiniFreak V plug-in as an exclusive software companion. Now,...
Expressive E’s Osmose gestural keyboard instrument arrives, with artist backing
It's a keyboard, with elements of a hammer-style action. But it's also gestural, with per-note articulations. And now, it's more...
Cherry Audio added an ultra-rare Yamaha organ to their CS-80 – let’s still Doctor Who this s***
CS-80 emulations have come and gone, but Cherry Audio dug into the ultra-rare "theatre model" Electone GX-707 organ (GX-1) -...
Sequential Trigon-6: hands-on sounds and impressions of the new polysynth
Sequential finishes out 2022 with something new: a deep polysynth with an architecture that draws on the legacy of the...
Arturia Rendez-vous: all the announcements, all the new stuff
Arturia is dropping four products in one day: MiniLab 3 keyboard, Augmented GRAND PIANO plug-in, MiniFuse 4 audio interface, and...
