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Fender acquires Presonus: the music tech company carousel turns again

November 2, 2021 Synth Anatomy 2

Fender acquires Presonus, makers of the Studio One DAW, and more: a giant step for Presonus or not, the future will tell us. Guitars are actually not a topic on Synth Anatomy. However, there was […]

Deals

Black Friday 2023, the best deals on hardware synths, Eurorack, and more

Summary of all Black Friday 2023 deals on music tech hardware synths, drum machines, Eurorack modules, studio equipment, and more. Finally, it’s Black Friday week. The week with the best deals of the year. That’s [...]
Hardware

Xena, Michigan Synth Works remakes MI 6-voice hybrid poly synth Ambika

Xena is a remake of Mutable Instruments’ open-source 6-voice hybrid polyphonic Synthesizer Ambika with updates by Michigan Synth Works. In 2022, Emilie Gillet, better known as Mutable Instruments, left the Synthesizer market. Most people know [...]

Free Plugins (VST/VST3/AU/AAX)

Full Bucket’s free DW-6000/8000 Synthesizer emulation now features tape dump import

Full Bucket Music FB-7999 is a free plugin that emulates the Korg DW-6000/8000 hybrid synthesizers plugins from the 80s with SysEx import/export support. Full Bucket’s FB-7999 was released two years ago. I thought it was [...]
DIY

Nyström Crum Drum, a fun DIY 4-voice drum Synthesizer with random sequencing

Nyström Crum Drum is a fun, portable 4-voice drum Synthesizer powered by a random sequencer and a hands-on interface. The YouTube algorithm often annoys me and many others, too. Often it doesn’t spread the news [...]