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Larix Elektro Origami Duo is a dual analog complex oscillator module that is a synth voice, a stereo waveshaper, and more. Some products take longer to develop…

Schmidt Vi is out now: an emulation of the Schmidt Eightvoice Synthesizer as a plugin, plus the hardware, makes a final comeback. At Superbooth, hardware synthesizers generally take…

Universal Audio has introduced a room-modeling and reverb plug-in that recreates Capitol Studios A and B, including their microphones, consoles, outboard gear and underground echo chambers…

The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation has released Starpath Vol. 1, a collection of 200 patches for the KORG ARP2600, created by Scott McAuley Sounds and James Dyson…

Toontrack has released Neon Void EKX, an expansion for EZkeys 2 featuring sounds for darkwave, synth-driven industrial metal and cinematic sound design. The library includes 67 playable presets…

Body Synths Laboratory, announced at SB 2026, is now available: a new patchable hybrid dual-FX processor with four feedback paths that turns into a drone synth. Superbooth took…

Analog 11 has released Analog 11, a paraphonic virtual-analog synthesizer for macOS. Two continuously variable oscillators, a sub oscillator and noise meet in one ladder filter and amplifier…

Ableton Push 3 gets new workflow and performance features from Live 13, including the new step sequencer and more. Today, Ableton unveiled Live 13, featuring numerous new additions—including…

UVI has introduced a new instrument that brings a pristine concert grand and an iconic vintage electric piano together on a single keyboard. Players can blend the two…

Synthesist Rich Aucoin has released a new album, Classical Tonto, featuring 'switched on' style arrangements of classical music, played on one of the most famous synthesizers of all…

DJW Audio has introduced a free, open-source bass line synthesizer and step sequencer inspired by the TB-303 Bass Line synth from Roland. DW-303 models the oscillator, filter, envelopes…

Kaito Sato has updated IMFMSynth, the 8-operator FM/wavetable synthesizer, to version 1.1.10. It now runs on Linux as well as Windows and macOS. Linux support was requested…

Plugin Boutique has launched an exclusive sale on the Pripyat Pianos sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt, offering 93% off on the virtual instrument featuring the sounds…

SXP Plugins has updated Choir, a formant filtering synth, to v1.2. What's new: LFO tempo sync: right-click the LFO Speed knob and pick "sync" to lock the LFO…

Audioblast has announced the release of MBD4, a multiband distortion / compression effect plugin. MBD4 is intended for creative and radical sound design more than transparent compression /…

VST Alarm has announced a limited time promotion on Red Sounds’ Kontakt instrument library This Is Phat! 808 Engine, a library that is inspired by Hip Hop producers…

AudioDeluxe has announced a limited time Black Friday Sale on Leapwing Audio, offering a 50% discount on its range of unique processors for audio professionals. We love analog…

Toneveld has recently launched with a collection instruments and effects that run in the browser. The “Audio Machines” include a 4-head tape looper, infinite granulator, harmonic drone synth…

ADSR Sounds has released an update to its plugin that spreads beats evenly across steps to create Euclidean rhythms, then plays them as MIDI into any synth…

Plugin Boutique has launched an exclusive sale on the Emisynth by Strix Instruments, a unique collectible library of children’s synthesizers for Native Instruments Kontakt. The library includes 11…

Audio Damage Sandbender is a new modern 4-operator FM Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Linux, Windows, and iOS that puts playability first. Alongside additive synthesis, 2026 was also…

Embodme Erae 2 is an MPE touch controller with fully customizable layouts: firmware 2.1.0 turns it into an expressive multi-track sequencer. At the start of the year, Embodme…

The M-Vave FM-1 is evolving beyond its original design, as independent developers use custom firmware and AI-assisted coding to create entirely new instruments.…

Shik S32 is a new 32-high-resolution knob MIDI controller with MIDI effects and an optional MIDI-to-CV expansion – ready for pre-order Update: the first batch is shipping now…

quietformat has released Cernion, an advanced wavetable synthesizer designed to combine deep sound design with intuitive, hands-on control. Its tools support traditional synthesizer sounds as well as evolving…

GSilver Audio has released version 1.4.0 of cueMIDI, a lightweight MIDI browser and preview plugin for macOS and Windows. cueMIDI lets you browse your MIDI folders, preview files…

MusicDevelopments has released RapidComposer v6.3, a new update to the composition and arranging software for Windows and macOS. The highlight of v6.3 is a new Chords Play Mode…

Feedback Modules Cross Delay is a new hands-on FX module with two independent BBD delays and unique cross-feedback capabilities. You can implement delays in various ways. If you…

Vienna Symphonic Library has released Vienna Performer, a plug-in that takes the notes a composer has written and returns them as a performance. The parts are written as…

Aurally Sound’s Prism: Drums converts recorded drum performances into editable MIDI, recognizing nine drum components and providing built-in editing and sampling tools.…

Bram Bos MIDGAR is a multi-FX plugin for iOS/macOS with five distinct sections that add character, glitches, and space to your sounds. The Apple App Store is currently…

Analog Dessert has announced Oscillato, a polyphonic synthesizer for macOS and Windows that lets users mix hardware modeled waveforms, oscillators, six-operator FM, wavetables and samples within the same…

Force56 Audio Software has released Drumod4 Drums VST, a sample-based virtual drum instrument based on the sounds and workflow of the classic Alesis D4 drum module. Designed…

Oxo Music has released Oxo Synth2, a free, open-source recreation of Daichi Laboratory’s Synth1 that brings compatibility with its existing patches and banks to modern macOS and iPad…

Unusable Engineering has released Currents & Nostalgia, a six-voice virtual analogue synthesizer for macOS and Windows. Currents & Nostalgia uses two circuit-modelled oscillators based on a saw-core oscillator…

Nikolozi has updated Mela, a modular AUv3 plug-in for iOS and macOS, to version 8.0. Here's what's new: Adaptive Layout on iOS Improved the standalone iPhone layout, including…

Developed by Galaxy Instruments, Vertikal turns a 4.5-meter, custom-built instrument that most musicians will never touch into a playable library with pure and felt versions and an expanded…

discoDSP has released TED-8 1.5, a free update that gives the synth's sequencer a piano roll, along with updates to Discovery Pro and Retromulator. TED-8 1.5 The new…

NeuTune has announced the release of NeuSynth, an AI instrument-stem generator designed to create new layers from audio supplied within a DAW. Producers can use up to 60…

Morpheral Machines introduces The Swarm, a wavetable synthesizer that uses up to 24 independently moving oscillators per voice. The new instrument combines flocking behavior, extensive modulation, and evolving…

Tomasz Głuc has updated TOMiC Drum Synth to Version 0.7.0 (Build e42cb7cf). The update introduces Sound Match (offline audio-to-synthesizer patch resynthesis), Loop -> Kit (automated drum loop deconstruction…

OpenRB-338 is a free, open-source reimplementation of Propellerhead's ReBirth RB-338, bringing its combination of two TB-303 basslines and TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines to modern macOS, Windows…

AudioThingies has released firmware 3.0 for its MicroMonsta 2 synthesizer, adding polyphonic aftertouch, expanded scale and chord capabilities, a second modulation sequencer and additional modulation destinations.…

Splice has introduced Create, a new digital audio workstation that combines its extensive sample library, virtual instruments and effects with AI-assisted production tools and interactive tutorials.…

Rather than relying on filenames or manually assigned tags, Wavefinder analyzes audio files and ranks them by similarity to a text description or reference recording.…

Avid's new Pro Tools Extensions format allows developers to bring sound libraries, collaboration tools and other integrated workflows directly into the DAW, expanding its capabilities beyond traditional track-based…

iZotope's new Photon software uses locally processed AI models to separate finished audio into stems and clean up recordings, including dialogue and environmental noise.…

The Creator Lab will highlight inMusic's support for the new trend of empowering gear owners to customize their gear with alternate firmware. …

Stylophone's On-The-Fly is a hardware performance sequencer that lets musicians change pitch, rhythm, playback direction, and step behavior while sequences are running.…

Behringer's POLYEIGHT is an eight-voice analog synthesizer, based on the Korg Polysix, adding two voices, expanded modulation and a 49-key aftertouch keyboard.…

Abyzor has released Genesis 2.3.0, a major update to its free MIDI generator for electronic music production. The release introduces the integrated IZZY Synth engine, direct WAV export…

Collaya has launched its Black Friday offer: the first year of Collaya Pro Annual is $49, down from $79. It renews at $79 a year. Collaya is…

You may have seen Akai tease an “open-source” MPC keyboard running vibe-coded mods. But there’s more coming—a lot more. inMusic, parent of Moog, Akai, Numark, Alesis, Denon…

Buy some music on Bandcamp Friday, and you'll get credit – up to $12 – against Mutagene's Xoradora resynthesizing drum machine (now on release candidate 3). The offer…

Ueberschall released two new bundles, each containing four sample libraries: Disco Bundle and LoFi Bundle. They come at a discounted price compared to the individual titles and require…

Modartt has updated Pianoteq to v9.3 and announced the release of YFX Japanese Grand, a new physically modelled Grand Piano, available as an instrument pack for Pianoteq. Changes…

GForce Software has announced the release of Oberheim Matrix-12 for macOS and Windows, describing it as the only official software instrument of the Oberheim Matrix-12 and Xpander. Created…

TALK 915 – China (73:17 mins)

GForce Collection brings together GForce’s MAP and Prophet-5 plug-ins, pairing each of them with 250 presets that take full advantage of the MPE protocol.

It looks like it's super-simple to make it, too

The Tracker family's "biggest update yet" also adds new synth engines, generator plugins, SD card streaming and more

The CT-FS1 comes with Feel Sync technology

The Crema expands on the concept behind the Waldorf Streichfett, which captured the sound of the analogue ‘string machine’ synths from the 1970s, and introduces a range…

Built around a library of over 1000 classic drum machine samples, drumGRID supports patterns up to 128 steps long, and boasts Euclidean sequencing, per-step sound shaping…

It's been a busy week for Behringer

You can now play a keyboard and drum pads on your laptop display – but will you want to?

Kick – which is only in the development phase – is the latest hardware product to embrace an open-source approach. Is this the way all music gear is…

A 25-key counterpart to the MPC Sample, Sample Key's mod-friendly firmware lets users reimagine what the instrument does

Moog’s Model 112 and 210 amplifiers have been designed to preserve the distinctive qualities of electronic instruments, even at high volumes

20 years after Massive, NI unveils an extra-large update that turns samples into patches – and there's a free version

Mysteriously appearing on Amazon over the summer, Donner Music has now confirmed that its 32-voice sampler is landing soon

Go inside Daramola's studio sessions with Shakira, Marc Anthony, and others to see how Roland synths form the secret architecture of modern Latin hitmaking.