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FREE Music Software (Plugins, Apps...)

tucktuckg00se INTERSECT: a free, open-source sample slicer plugin

March 24, 2026 Synth Anatomy 0

tucktuckg00se INTERSECT is a new free, open-source sample slicer plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows with built-in time/pitch algorithms. Open-source seems to be the hot topic in the plugin world right now. There have never […]

Ultramaster KR-106
FREE Music Software (Plugins, Apps...)

Ultramaster KR-106: an open-source Roland Juno-106 Synthesizer emulation

March 19, 2026 Synth Anatomy 6

Ultramaster KR-106 is a new open-source free Roland Juno-106 Synthesizer emulation for macOS, Linux, and Windows. We are currently living in what is probably the best era for synthesizer plugins, especially considering the abundance of […]

Randomwaves Drumboy Pro
Drum Machines

Randomwaves Drumboy Pro: open-source groovebox with new hardware and software

January 22, 2026 Synth Anatomy 4

Randomwaves Drumboy Pro: the open-source portable Drumboy Mini groovebox grows up with new hardware and software. In 2024, the new company Randomwaves launched two new open-source music devices on Kickstarter: the Synthgirl wavetable synth and […]

Bastl Instruments Citadel Alchemist
Eurorack

Bastl Instruments Citadel Alchemist and Kastle 2 & Citadel now DIY and partially open-source

January 21, 2026 Synth Anatomy 0

Bastl Instruments has released the Citadel Alchemist, new DIY kits, and has partially open-sourced the Kastle 2 and Citadel products. Last October, Bastl Instruments did something many had been asking for with their Citadel modules: […]

Synthux Academy Touch 2
Hardware

Synthux Academy Touch 2, open-source tactile synth: now with Audrey II feedback synth

December 18, 2025 Synth Anatomy 2

Synthux Academy Touch 2, a Superbooth 24 release, is an open-source Daisy Seed-powered tactile Synthesizer with swappable firmware: now with Audrey II feedback synth. Last year at Superbooth 24, I reported on the Synthux Academy […]

AtoVproject Faderpunk
Audio & MIDI

AtoVproject Faderpunk, a hackable MIDI & CV controller and modulation hub: the evolution of the 16n

September 29, 2025 Synth Anatomy 9

AtoVproject Faderpunk, the evolution of the 16n, is a hackable 16-channel MIDI & CV controller that can control and serve as your modulation hub.  Many modular synth users are familiar with the 16n, an open-source […]

Making Sound Machines Plinky+
DIY

Making Sound Machines Plinky+, open-source 8-voice touch polysynth gets a bigger version – available now

September 5, 2025 Synth Anatomy 3

Superbooth 2025: Making Sound Machines Plinky+, the popular open-source 8-voice polyphonic touch Synthesizer gets a bigger version. Back at Superbooth 2025, Making Sound Machines introduced the Plinky+, a bigger version of the fascinating Plinky open-source […]

Erica Synths Pikocore XL
Hardware

Erica Synths Pikocore XL DIY, Infinite Digits’ Lo-Fi sample player with creative audio mangling in beautiful back in stock

August 1, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Superbooth 2025: Erica Synths Pikocore XL packs Infinite Digits’ fascinating Lo-Fi sampler player and audio mangler into beautiful clothes. Update: Back in stock! On the World Wide Web, you can find countless lovely open-source projects […]

Behringer Steps
Eurorack

Behringer Steps, a $119 clone of the Mutable Instruments Stages is available now

June 5, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Behringer Steps is a clone/replica of the open-source Mutable Instruments Stages segment-based function generator module for Eurorack. Update: Now available at Thomann and Gear4Music in Germany and the UK. For several years now, Behringer has […]

Winter Modular Eloquencer 1.4
Eurorack

Winter Modular modules go out of production plus new Eloquencer 1.4 open-source firmware

April 29, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Winter Modular announced the discontinuation of its modules with major price drops, including a new open-source Eloquencer 1.4 firmware. Superbooth 2025 is just around the corner. It’s supposed to be the perfect time for new […]

Greybox Audio SG-323
News

Greybox Audio SG-323: an open-source emulation of the Ursa Major Stargate 323 reverb

February 28, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Greybox Audio SG-323 is a new open-source, authentic emulation of the Ursa Major Stargate 323 reverb for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Reverbs are popular effects in hardware and software (plugin) form. There are countless different […]

Korg NTS-3
Effects

Korg NTS-3 is available now: build your own KAOSS pad with the power of the logueSDK engine

September 23, 2024 Synth Anatomy 10

NAMM 2024: Korg NTS-3 brings the power and flexibility of the open-source logueSDK engine to the KAOSS world in a new dedicated DIY effects unit.  It took longer but the new Korg NTS-3 Kaos Pad […]

DAW

WaveTracker is a free and open-source wave-based chiptune tracker software

September 4, 2024 Synth Anatomy 5

WaveTracker is a free and open-source wave-based chiptune tracker software powered by wavetable synthesis and sampling. In recent years, trackers have made a comeback in hardware form. See the XOR NerdSEQ module, the Polyend Tracker, […]

gRainbow
Free Plugins (VST/VST3/AU/AAX)

gRainbow 1.0, free, open-source, cross-platform granular Synthesizer plugin gets a major update

July 15, 2024 Synth Anatomy 6

gRainbow is a new free, open-source, cross-platform Synthesizer that uses pitch detection to choose candidates for granular synthesis or sampling. A year ago in May, I reported on the free granular sampler/synthesizer gRainbow. Unfortunately, it […]

Korg NTS-1 Mk2
Hardware

Korg NTS-1 Mk2, SDK-powered mini synth is available now

June 12, 2024 Synth Anatomy 13

NAMM 2024: Korg NTS-1 Mk2 takes the programmable mini synth to a new level with a new core, sequencer, more connectivity, and more. It took a while. Korg took almost half a year to get […]

polyUAnalog
DIY

polyUAnalog, a DIY open-source polyphonic analog Synthesizer from the University of Angers

April 25, 2024 Synth Anatomy 5

SynthFest France 2024: polyUAnalog is a new DIY open-source polyphonic analog Synthesizer designed by scientists from the University of Angers  Yesterday, I showed you the SYNTHR10, a new boutique polyphonic analog Synthesizer. If this is […]

Deluge open-source community firmware
Grooveboxes

Deluge groovebox just got a first open-source community firmware update

December 5, 2023 Synth Anatomy 1

The Deluge groovebox, sampler, and synth open-source since SB 23, now got a first community firmware update with tons of new features. New products are published. Depending on success and budget, developers will provide updates […]

Brummer10 ToneTwistPlugs
Free Plugins (VST/VST3/AU/AAX)

Brummer10 ToneTwistPlugs, new open-source free distortion plguins (mac, linux, win)

October 4, 2023 Synth Anatomy 0

Brummer10 ToneTwistPlugs is a new set of open-source free distortion plugins for mac, linux, win modeled on famous guitar pedals. Distortion effects are popular with guitarists, mainly to achieve rock and metal sounds. Synths with […]

gm Lab X1000 Pico Synth
Hardware

GM Lab X1000 and Pico Synth, new affordable mono synths are now available

April 19, 2023 Synth Anatomy 1

At SoundMIT 2022, GM Lab showcased two new affordable digital synthesizers, the X1000, and Pico Synth. UPDATE: Not only the Rondo string machine is available, but also the two other synthesizers that were presented at […]

Surge XT 1.2
Free Plugins (VST/VST3/AU/AAX)

Surge XT 1.2, free synth plugin now has clever utilities and MTS-ESP provider

April 11, 2023 Synth Anatomy 0

Surge XT 1.2, a free update, adds clever utilities (oscilloscope, spectrograph…), MTS-ESP provider, and more to the mighty free synth plugin Vital and Surge XT usually come up if I am asked about free Synthesizer […]

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