Synth Anatomy

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Synth AnatomySynthsLove Synthesizers First Love: the multi-timbral synth with its playful FM concept is available now Love Synthesizers First Love, unveiled at SB 2024, is available now: it’s a hardware multi-timbral Synthesizer that tries to make FM fun and engaging At Superbooth 2024, Icelandic company Love…

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Synth AnatomySynthsFabFilter Twin 3: update 3.10 brings MPE support to the subtractive synth FabFilter has published Twin 3, a major feature and visual upgrade for its all-time classic subtractive virtual analog Synthesizer plugin.

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Synth AnatomySynthsDawesome Myth 1.81: free update adds 13 new effects to the machine-learning resynthesizer plugin Dawesome Myth is a new Synthesizer plugin (macOS/Windows) with a modular-style engine that takes you on a machine learning-supported resynthesis journey.

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Synth AnatomySynthsBehringer Polykeys 61: an open-source MIDI keyboard controller with polyphonic aftertouch The Behringer Polykeys 61 is a new open-source MIDI keyboard controller with a 61-key polyphonic aftertouch keybed, priced at $199 (target price).

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Synth AnatomySynthsAirwindows Consolidated by Sveinbjorn Palsson brings 500+ audio effects to iOS as a free app Sveinbjorn Palsson has released a free iOS port of the Airwindows Consolidated plugin, featuring over 500 FXs by Chris Johnson. AirWindows is a fascinating project by Chris Johnson.

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Synth AnatomySynthsLiquid Sky XEN FX LAB: feature-richer sequel to ZEN Delay, free upgrade & soon for iPadOS Liquid Sky XEN FX Lab is a free upgrade and is the sequel to the Zen Delay plugin with new features, and it’s coming soon to iPadOS.

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Synth AnatomySynthsDeal: Native Instruments Maschine+ standalone groovebox for $499 + Komplete 26 for free Deal: get the Native Instruments Maschine+ standalone groovebox box for $499 at Sweetwater + Komplete 26 Standard for free as a bonus.

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Synth AnatomySynthsBehringer RD-765: Roland-inspired hybrid sampling drum machine: ready for pre-order The Behringer RD-765 is a new hybrid drum machine inspired by four legendary Roland rhythm machines (707, 727, 626, and 505), with sampling and analog filtering.

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Synth AnatomySynthsFingerlab BloopMachine: the TB-303’s glitchy, generative sibling for iOS/macOS Fingerlab BloopMachine is a new TB-303-style Synthesizer for iOS and macOS that lets you explore the glitch and generative side of baselines.

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Synth AnatomySynthsROLI in financial difficulties: now officially in administration for the second time According to a “The Times” article, ROLI is facing serious financial difficulties for the second time and fighting to avoid a second collapse.

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.