Cherry Audio Mercury-8 is a new, authentic Roland Jupiter-8 emulation that completes the Mercury plugin collection. Here is a review. The original vintage Roland Jupiter series consisted of four prominent synthesizers: the Jupiter-4, Jupiter-6, and […]
Review: AudioThing B00GA, the latest Hainbach collaboration, is a plugin that turns microsounds into beautiful, weird rhythms and drones. When you think of electronic rhythms, you immediately recall various XOX drum machines, such as the […]
Korg Collection 6 review: The 6th version adds high-quality emulations of the PS-3300 and Trinity, as well as the Kronos Piano engine SGX-2 Companies often bundle their software products to appeal to customers. Arturia offers […]
Cherry Audio Trident MkIII is an authentic souped-up emulation of the Korg Trident MkI/MkII multi-timbral Synthesizer from 1981 – review. The Japanese company has a long history of Synthesizer development. Many of their vintage synths […]
Arturia V Collection 11: synth bundle now packs an impressive set of 45 virtual instruments, including the new JUP-8000 V and Pure LoFI. Last April, Arturia released the V Collection 11, which, in my opinion, […]
Native Instruments Kontakt 8 just got a free update to version 8.6 with six new MIDI tools and other improvements. After an exciting first half-year update for Kontakt 8 with plenty of new features, there […]
Cherry Audio teams up with Crumar to revive Bob Moog’s designed Spirit Synthesizer as a plugin for your DAW: full review + sound demo. Robert Arthur Moog, known as Bob Moog, was an electronic music […]
Waldorf Microwave 1 is a new Synthesizer plugin (macOS, Windows, iPad) that revives the iconic rack-mount hybrid wavetable Synthesizer as a plugin with hardware editor functionality. Waldorf’s vintage hardware synthesizers have special stories. The microwave […]
Gforce Software Halogen FM: a new FM Synthesizer plugin that requires zero programming and knowledge of operator relationships: review + sound demo Starting with a classic FM Synthesizer isn’t advisable. This type of synthesis is […]
Cherry Audio ODC-2800 is an authentic polyphonic ARP Odyssey emulation for your DAW with extra features such as a third oscillator, multi-FX, and more. Alan R. Pearlman, founder of the ARP Instruments brand, was born […]
Universal Audio Anthem captures the sound of analog synths and puts it in an easy-to-use Synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows: review. When hunting for synthesizer plugins, Universal Audio (UAD, for short) isn’t the first […]
GForce Software Oberheim TVS Pro review: It’s an authentic emulation of the Two Voice Synthesizer from 2015, featuring all the original voice modes and other extras. One of Tom Oberheim’s most iconic synthesizers is the […]
Cherry Audio KR-55C is an authentic emulation of the Korg KR-55A & KR-55B drum machines (1979/1982) with unlocked programming and sequencing fun. In the continuing massive interest in the legendary Roland drum machines (808, 909…), […]
Klevgrand SyndtSphere 2.0 review: new update brings a redesign of its intuitive and fun morphable free Synthesizer plugin (macOS, Windows, iOS). I wrote a review of the Klevgrand SyndtSphere over seven years ago. It is […]
Arturia Pigments 6 review: the popular multi-engine Synthesizer plugin grows with multi-faceted modal synthesis, colorful new filters, a vocoder, and inspiring sounds. There have been some leaks around NAMM 2025 in music tech forums that […]
GForce Novation Bass Station review: authentic emulation of the original 1993 Bass Station Synthesizer with added polyphony, unison, and more The British music tech company Novation was founded in 1992. One year later, they launched […]
Cherry Audio pulls out the filter of its Polivoks Synthesizer emulation Atomika and puts it in Filtomika, a standalone FX plugin. At the beginning of October, Cherry Audio unveiled Atomika, an excellent-sounding emulation of the characterful […]
GForce Software IconDrum is a new drum instrument plugin for macOS and Windows that captures the sounds of the LinnDrum. In April, GForce Software released its first drum plugin. The Oberheim DMX is paying tribute […]
Cherry Audio P-10 is a new emulation of the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 and 10 analog polyphonic synthesizers for your DAW. The Sequential Prophet-5 is the Synthesizer most associated with the legendary designer Dave Smith. […]
Cherry Audio Chroma recreates the rare Rhodes Chroma analog polyphonic Synthesizer from 1982 and puts it in your DAW. Interesting news from Cherry Audio. They partnered with Rhodes and rebranded the excellent Chroma emulation plugin […]
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