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Expert Sleepers framework disting EX
Eurorack

Expert Sleepers releases framework opening the disting EX to other developers

March 22, 2023 Synth Anatomy 4

Expert Sleepers has released a new framework opening the disting EX module platform to third-party developers. Expert Sleepers disting and disting EX are fascinating Eurorack modules. These are multi-function modules that are packed with features. […]

Xenos free synthesizer plugin
News

Xenos is a free Synthesizer plugin using novel dynamic stochastic synthesis

February 9, 2023 Synth Anatomy 2

Xenos is a new free Synthesizer plugin (Raphael Radna) using a novel dynamic stochastic synthesis (DSS) that makes wild sounds possible. The core of every Synthesizer plugin, whether free or commercial, uses one or multiple […]

MicroDexed Touch
DIY

MicroDexed Touch, portable open-source multi-engine groovebox

September 5, 2022 Synth Anatomy 8

MicroDexed Touch is a new fascinating open-source DIY project giving you a multi-engine groovebox incl. 2xDexed FM synths, MI Braids, and more. Dexed is a fascinating open-source Synthesizer plugin that gives you the 6-operator FM […]

Surge XT 1.1
News

Surge XT 1.1 update brings CLAP support, undo-redo, new effects, and more

August 4, 2022 Synth Anatomy 1

Surge XT 1.1 update is out now with new undo-redo functionality, CLAP plugin format support, new effects processors, and engine improvements. Surge XT is a free, open-source Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Windows and Linux. It’s […]

Puremagnetik Lore 1.0.2
News

Puremagnetik Lore 1.0.2 with new creative effects and new album Small Winters plus plugin

June 15, 2022 Synth Anatomy 0

Puremagnetik updates its sound design environment Lore to version 1.0.2 with new creative effects and new music + looper plugin Small Winters. The developers from Puremagnetik have been working on a new project called Lore […]

Bitwig U-he CLAP
News

Bitwig and U-he CLAP, new open-source standard for audio plugins and hosts now in beta

June 15, 2022 Synth Anatomy 2

CLAP by Bitwig & U-he is a new open standard for audio plugins & hosts promising better performances, new features, and no bureaucracy. Musicians buy a plugin, download it, install it and work with it. […]

Befaco AC/DC
Eurorack

Superbooth 22: Befaco AC/DC, an open-source 4×4 audio interface for Eurorack

May 11, 2022 Synth Anatomy 1

Superbooth 22: Befaco AC/DC is a compact open-source 4×4 USB audio interface for your Eurorack modular Synthesizer. Many Eurorack musicians not only work in the studio but also travel a lot with their cases. To […]

PikoPiko Factory Profree-4
Eurorack

PikoPiko Factory’s open-source Prophet analog poly synth Profree-4 is now on Kickstarter

April 28, 2022 Synth Anatomy 10

PikoPiko Factory’s super cute, battery-powered mini Prophet-5 open-source clone Profree-4 with 4 analog voices is now on Kickstarter. A year and a half ago I wrote about the adorable mini Sequential Prophet clone/replica from the […]

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

OctaSine, Free FM Synth Plugin Inspired By FM8 & Elektron Monomachine

June 12, 2021 Synth Anatomy 0

OctaSine is a new free, open-source FM Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux that is inspired by the NI FM8 & Elektron Monomachine. Free, free, free. There have never been so many high-quality free […]

Edisyn
Hardware

Edisyn, Open-Source Cross-Platform Synthesizer Editor Is Out Now

April 1, 2021 Synth Anatomy 6

Simplify the operation of new and vintage hardware synthesizers with Edisyn, an open-source editor for Linux, macOS & Windows. We love hardware synthesizers because they offer hands-on control over many parameters. Many musicians and sound […]

Surge 1.8
Free Plugins (VST/VST3/AU/AAX)

Surge Free Synthesizer 1.8 Adds Tons Of New Features (Filters, Modulators, Effects…)

January 24, 2021 Synth Anatomy 4

Surge 1.8 free Synthesizer is here and the plugin has got a huge, community-based update with tons of new features including new vintage filters, modulators & more. One of the most exciting open-source Synthesizer projects […]

Polyend Preset
Eurorack

Polyend Preset, Now Open-Source & First Firmware Adds Euclidean Sequencing

December 24, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

Polyend Preset, the module that brought us recallable CV values to Eurorack is now open-source and the first alternative firmware adds euclidean sequencing.   Polyend is not only giving its tracker a new big firmware. The […]

Befaco Lich
Eurorack

Befaco Lich, Comeback Of Rebel Technology’s Owl Module With New Hardware

November 23, 2020 Synth Anatomy 2

Befaco Lich is the future-proof version of the open-souce Rebel Technology Owl module with new hardware, more control, and options. Analog designs initially dominated the Eurorack market. It is now drifting more and more into […]

Electro Technique TSynth
DIY

Electro Technique TSYNTH, A $99 Teensy-Based Open Source Polyphonic Synthesizer

October 2, 2020 Synth Anatomy 7

Electro Technique TSYNTH is Teensy-based polyphonic Synthesizer that is open-source, powerful, and cost less than a plugin on average In the summer I reported about the Electro Technique TSYNTH, a Teensy-powered digital polyphonic Synthesizer that you […]

Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio
Eurorack

Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio, Scary Eurorack Reverb With A Built-In Open DSP Platform

August 1, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio, a new stereo Eurorack reverb that can create lush atmospheric textures but also scary, nightmarish atmospheres in no time, plus it’s an open DSP platform. There are various excellent sounding reverb […]

Zynthian v4
DIY

Zynthian V4 Open Synth Platform Adds More CPU Power, Control Options & More

July 21, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

Zynthian is upgrading its open synth platform to v4 with more CPU power & control options that make super smooth performances possible. Synth Anatomy already reported in 2019 about the open-source Synthesizer project Zynthian. The […]

Pittsburgh Modular Richard Nicol
DIY

Interview With Richard Nicol Of Pittsburgh Modular (History, Products, Designs & Open-Source Modules)

April 19, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

I talked to Richard Nicol, the chief developer of Pittsburgh Modular about the company’s history, new modules & first open-source modules. At NAMM 2020 Pittsburgh Modular showed the Lifeforms Cascading Delay Network, a powerful four-channel […]

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

Vital, New Open-Source Wavetable Synthesizer Plugin Is Coming Soon

January 25, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

Matt Tytel, the brain behind the free Helm Synth, is working on a new open-source wavetable Synthesizer plugin called Vital that will come out this year. A new open-source Synthesizer plugin was already presented at […]

DIY

Zynthian Kit V3, A DIY Open-Source Synthesizer Project Is Now Available For Everyone

August 3, 2019 Synth Anatomy 0

With the Zynthian Kit v3, more musicians get the opportunity to discover the community-based hardware synthesis project.  In 2016 debuted the first version of the open-source project Zynthian, with which you could build your own […]

Eurorack

Mutable Instruments, The Eurorack Icon Stopped The Development Until Further Notice

July 30, 2019 Synth Anatomy 6

Émilie Gillet, the developer of Mutable Instruments has today announced the stop of the development of new modules until further notice. During a conversation about a possible Cloud successor in the official MI Forum, she announced […]

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