Backgrounds Creates Evolving Soundscapes From Your Keyword Prompts

Sampleson Backgrounds is a new soundscape creation tool that lets users combine words and ideas on a canvas to generate evolving cinematic atmospheres.

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Verbos Intros Haas Zone Processor

The Haas Zone Processor enables chorus, flange, phase cancellation, doubling, ADT, waveshaping and other effects.

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Roland D-50 Gets Free Patch Editor

The Roland D-50 Editor Librarian is available now as a free, browser-based application. 

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New Module Puts B.A.C.H. Into Your Modular Synthesizer

Kaona B.A.C.H. is a four-voice composition generator that creates melodic, harmonic and rhythmic structures in real time for Eurorack and MIDI systems.

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Audacity 4 Brings New Tools, New Look To Free Audio Editor

Audacity 4 is a major rebuild of the free, open-source audio editor, introducing a redesigned interface, new editing workflow, customizable workspaces, rebuilt effects and expanded plug-in support.

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Cassettone, “The Poor Man’s Mellotron”, At Knobcon 2026

At Knobcon 2026, Mike from SISKworks was showing the Cassettone, described as a “poor man’s Mellotron”, and the Modified Tape Player Prototype, a motor-controlled cassette instrum…

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Free Mods Bring New Features To Akai MPC 2000, 2000XL

The explosion of unofficial firmware mods for classic hardware continues, with free mods for the Akai MPC 2000 & 2000XL. 

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Fluxophone Turns Anything Into a Haunted Musical Instrument

The Fluxophone turns anything into “a haunted musical instrument.”

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North American Electronic Sound Expo (NAESE) Coming To Cleveland April 2027

The event is designed to bring hardware and software makers, musicians and the wider electronic-sound community together.

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

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

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Warthog Promises Total Recall For Your Eurorack Modular Synth Patches

At Roma Modulare 2026, Adam Miski, founder of Adamsynths and designer of the innovative Warthog Eurorack system shared an intro to the Warthog Total Recall system.

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

Phantom Sun is a semi-modular iPad synthesizer designed for generative patches, experimental sound design and expressive touch performance.

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Osmose Firmware Update 2.3 Now Available, But Some Users Suggest Caution

While Osmose 2.3 offers a lot of new features, we’ve seen some owners express frustration with the upgrade process. 

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Voidscan Introduces Parasite Experimental FM Synthesizer

Voidscan Parasite is an experimental FM synthesizer plugin built around three-operator synthesis, extensive modulation and deliberately degraded sound processing.

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

Wave Oracle combines oscilloscope, XY, spectrum analysis, tuning, metering, audio-responsive visualization and integrated learning functions in a single module.

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Buchla Ziggy Synthesizer Now Expected To Ship In December 2026

Buchla Ziggy is a compact analog desktop instrument built around a complex oscillator, low-pass gate and flexible digital modulation system.

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SynthSkool Intros Degauss Vintage Synth Sample Instrument

Degauss is designed to provide access to sounds from rare vintage hardware in a software format, without requiring the original instruments.

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Overtonium Is A Free, Open-Source Additive Synthesizer For Mac, Windows And Linux

Overtonium is a free, open-source 32-partial additive synthesizer that gives each harmonic its own channel-style controls for tuning, envelopes, modulation, stereo placement and level.

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Ocean Swift Intros Wave Editor For Mac & Windows

Ocean Swift Wave Editor is a standalone audio editor for Windows and Apple Silicon Macs, combining sample editing, looping and offline DSP processing.

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Woovebox Packs A Synth, Sampler And Sequencer Into A Pocket-Sized Box

Woovebox is a pocket-sized music workstation combining synthesis, sequencing, sampling, effects and mastering in a highly portable hardware device.

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Free Emulator Brings Waldorf Wave Sound To Your DAW

Wave Emulation is a software recreation of the classic Waldorf Wave, a hybrid wavetable synthesizer known for hybrid synth engine, featuring gritty digital oscillators paired with analog filters.

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Polyend Intros Loop 8-Track Performance Looper

Polyend Loop combines four independent audio loop tracks, four sample-based drum tracks, a hardware sequencer and more than 100 effects in a standalone instrument.

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Elektron Bans Discussion Of Firmware Mods From Its Forum, Elektronauts

Elektron has announced that it is banning discussion of firmware mods from its official forum, Elektronauts, because of concerns over protecting its intellectual rights and the potential for &#8216…

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Minimal Instruments Nagi Offers A No-Code Route To Building Native Audio Plugins

Nagi’s workflow combines a visual node editor, Faust DSP code and an interface designer in a single application, with an integrated audio preview that lets users hear a patch before compiling…

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Befaco ARK Combines 16-Track Sequencing, Synthesis, Sampling And CV In Eurorack

Befaco ARK is a 40HP Eurorack workstation developed with Tesseract that combines a 16-track sequencer with synthesis, sampling, CV generation, MIDI, harmony tools and internal mixing.

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New Project Brings Elektron Monomachine, Machinedrum To Your DAW

The software essentially creates a virtual machine that can run the official firmware, and handle the input and output needed to be used on your computer.

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Can A Modern Polysynth Beat The Classic Roland Jupiter 8?

In his latest video, synthesist Starsky Carr pits a vintage legend against a modern contender in an 8-voice analog polysynth matchup. 

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Arturia MiniFreak Gets Sample Import, User Wavetables & More

Arturia has release v5 firmware for the MiniFreak, adding user sample and wavetable import, plus a new Factory Bank v5.0 with 23 new presets.

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Open-Source Project Brings New Features To Elektron Octatrack

If you’re an Octatrack owners, Octabam promises to give you new effects, expanded MIDI functionality, additional sound-design options and bug fixes that aren’t available in the stock fi…

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Patch Base 4 For Mac Now Available

Patch Base is a collection of editors and librarians for 85 hardware synthesizers.

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