Arturia turns the MiniFreak into a standalone soft synthOriginally only available to those who bought the hardware instrument, now MiniFreak V is available to all.By T. O'Brien, 01.17.2023
Arturia's Pigments 4 adds new effects and a simplified interfaceShimmer reverb, drag and drop UI elements and 'light mode' are the latest free updates to the super synth.By T. O'Brien, 12.13.2022
East Beast and West Pest review: Affordable intros to the addictive world of modular synthsCre8Audio's first self contained synths are loads of fun and an incredible value at just $250. By T. O'Brien, 12.01.2022
The best Black Friday deals on music gearA couple of the best bang-for-your-buck synths get even cheaper, and a rare Moog discount.By T. O'Brien, 11.25.2022
Eventide’s H90 Harmonizer is an insanely powerful and insanely expensive guitar pedalAfter eight years, the legendary H9 is finally getting a sequel. By T. O'Brien, 11.10.2022
Moog resurrects Moogerfooger effects as a collection of digital pluginsThe iconic pedals were discontinued in 2018.By T. O'Brien, 10.20.2022
Arturia MiniLab 3 hands-on: A big upgrade for a budget MIDI controllerThe latest version adds a full-size MIDI Out port, an arpeggiator and improved DAW integration.By T. O'Brien, 10.18.2022
Arturia’s MiniFreak is a weird-but-powerful digital synth at a great priceIt's basically two MicroFreaks bolted together with some effects and a traditional keyboard.By T. O'Brien, 10.18.2022
Erica Synths Pērkons review: A uniquely thunderous drum machineAt $2,059 you need to be dedicated to its aggressive sound palette, but there's nothing else like it.By T. O'Brien, 10.07.2022
Native Instruments pads out its Komplete 14 suite with some welcome new toysThe new bundle includes an updated version of Kontakt, plus new tools from Izotope and Plugin Alliance.By T. O'Brien, 09.29.2022
Arturia's Dist Coldfire might be the only distortion plugin you needThe company threw everything and the kitchen sink in this one-stop dirt shop.By T. O'Brien, 08.30.2022
LANDR Studio has everything you need to make and release music (except a DAW)A monthly subscription gets you samples, instruments, mastering services and distribution. By T. O'Brien, 08.23.2022
Arturia’s FX Collection 3 adds classic distortions, plus granular and lo-fi effectsNow with 26 plug-ins the FX Collection is an even better deal. By T. O'Brien, 06.16.2022
Launchkey 88 brings a luxurious keybed to a budget MIDI controllerNovation's latest addition to its Ableton Live controllers has an expansive semi-weighted keybed.By T. O'Brien, 05.26.2022
AIAIAI Studio Wireless+: Finally, low-latency headphones for music producersI underestimated just how freeing it would be to ditch wired headphones in my studio. By T. O'Brien, 05.19.2022
Polyend's Play is an elegantly designed sample-based grooveboxPlay builds on the Tracker's gorgeous hardware with a more conventional workflow.By T. O'Brien, 05.12.2022
Novation's first keyboard for FL Studio offers a lot of utility for $200The FLKey 37 and FLKey Mini put FL Studio's most important features at your fingertips.By T. O'Brien, 04.13.2022
Arturia's Augmented Strings is a cinematic combo of orchestra and synthThis first entry in the Augmented line of instruments is free until April 30th.By T. O'Brien, 04.12.2022
Native Instruments’ Maschine devices are up to $200 offYou'll also get some free software expansions if you pick one up by May 5th.By K. Holt, 04.04.2022
Arturia Efx Fragments makes granular approachableGranular effects and synthesis are trendy, but often intimidating.By T. O'Brien, 03.01.2022