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.

← XLR MAG Archive

SynthtopiaSynths

Våld Labs TRESSE Combines Plaits-Inspired Engines With New Synthesis Tools

September 28

Våld Labs TRESSE is a two-layer software synthesizer with 39 sound engines, generative sequencing and extensive modulation.…

Synths

Read at Synthtopia ↗

One letter a week, in your inbox.

Latest

Våld Labs TRESSE Combines Plaits-Inspired Engines With New Synthesis Tools

Related

SynthsWarthog Promises Total Recall For Your Eurorack Modular Synth Patches Synthtopia

SynthsNew App, Phantom Sun, Brings Semi-Modular Synthesis To The iPad Synthtopia

SynthsVoidscan Introduces Parasite Experimental FM Synthesizer Synthtopia

SynthsSynthetic Sound Labs Wave Oracle Multi-Function Signal Visualization Module For MU Systems Synthtopia

SynthsBuchla Ziggy Synthesizer Now Expected To Ship In December 2026 Synthtopia

SynthsSynthSkool Intros Degauss Vintage Synth Sample Instrument Synthtopia