Nembrini Audio offers a nice distortion effect plugin free for a limited time. It has two stages of distortion: - Distortion - This is a fine tuned clip algorithm designed to limit...

A new module for VCV rack - Floats is a Make Noise Maths emulation. Unlike most of VCV modules this module is not free and costs $35 Floats is a module that...

Parallels is a new dual-source synth featuring pre-recorded waveforms from classic analog and digital synths. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EirXJqDP9HE Each waveform has a progression of some kind in its 15 second duration – a filter sweep,...

Softube Modular Softube Modular is the only official software that emulate modules by Doepfer, Intellijel, Buchla, 4ms and Mutable Instuments. I have compared several times Softube with real Eurorack modules and it is...

Noise is often the missing ingredient used by many professional producers and sound designers to enhance and flavour their tracks and sound effects. Noise can be used in many ways, for...

On the surface it seems like Kontakt 6 isn’t much different from its predecessor, Kontakt 5. However, a closer look will reveal some very welcome additions for library builders/creators and users. New...

Back in the day the music was composed, created, and produced in specialized music studios full of heavy analog equipment. Nowadays we are not so limited and we can do a...

Taking its name from the most famous drum machine, the 808 is a colloquial term for the recognizable booming bass sound heard in trap, hip-hop, drum and bass and other electronic...

Synth guru, professional sound designer and DJ Francis Prève explains how listening is the most important part of his work. In conversation with Create Digital Music's Peter Kirn, Prève also demonstrates...

Patterning is one of the best music apps that you can find on the iPads of top music performers. It definitely feels and looks like a modern 21st century drum machine. Today...