Behringer D Mini: the €99 pocket Minimoog Model D finally ships
Announced in spring, the Behringer D Mini is now available. This three-voice paraphonic analogue synth, inspired by the Minimoog Model D, packs…
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Twisted Electrons vMEGAfm: the gritty FM synth that ruled the Mega Drive is now a plugin
Twisted Electrons brings its cult MEGAfm, the FM synth with a Sega-chip snarl, into a plugin that models the first-generation hardware down…
FM synthesis explained: operators, algorithms and why it sounds the way it does
Frequency modulation synthesis has a reputation for being obscure. Yet it rests on a handful of simple ideas: operators, frequency ratios and…
sonicLAB Creation v2: the gravity-driven granular synth now juggles 9,999 objects
sonicLAB has given Creation, its spatial granular instrument driven by a gravitational physics engine, a major version 2. It now handles up…
Behringer BCR32: the BCR2000 returns as a controller-sequencer with built-in Zaquencer and CV/Gate
Five years after it was announced, the BCR32 is up for pre-order at €169. The 32-encoder MIDI controller revives the legendary BCR2000,…
Suno Studio 2.0: MIDI, a wavetable synth and AI-built plugins push the browser DAW into serious territory
Suno beefs up its in-browser workstation: MIDI recording and editing on the timeline, a built-in wavetable synth, proper audio effects and a…
Ghost In Translation Drone: four independent voices and 16 algorithms in an open-source 8HP Eurorack module
Boutique maker Ghost In Translation revives its Drone as a 2.0: an 8HP Eurorack module stacking four independent voices, sixteen synthesis algorithms…
VAEMI Synterra: the generative synth that turns plants, light and touch into music
Boutique maker VAEMI has launched the Synterra, a standalone bio-interactive synthesizer that reads the shifting signals of a plant, a piece of…
Audio Damage AD-202: the cult Roland MC-202 becomes a plugin, now with eight voices, MPE and microtuning
Audio Damage drags the legendary 1983 Roland MC-202 into the plugin era. The AD-202 keeps the single oscillator and ladder filter of…
Dawesome Abyss II: the synth that turns sound into colour goes deeper
Dawesome sets Abyss II for 20 August 2026: the second generation of its visual synth deepens the engine, adds a mono mode,…