Transfigure by Sugar Bytes – Sound design with spectral and resynthesis mechanics

Transfigure is a bold and characterful entry into the crowded world of spectral sound manipulation, and it feels unmistakably Sugar Bytes in both spirit and execution. Rather than chasing a…

LOW by BEATSURFING – A bass synth with full range and depth

LOW is a bass synth with vibrant sound engines and deep editing options. It's not as immediate as their other bass capable plugin Random, but it can go deeper into…

B00GA by Audiothing – Sequenced micro samples and noise for days

B00GA is a percussive sequencer at the core, presenting noise and sample snippets for easy rhythm generation and variation. But it can do more than that. It’s true to the…

Chipcrusher 2 by Plogue – A crush on sounds from before year 2000

Chipcrusher by Plogue is one of the very best bitcrushers out there. It's also a sound design tool full of electronics history, simulating old game systems, speakers, monitors and electronics…

JUNE by Audiothing – A JUNO-60 remake celebrating the synth vibe of the 1980s

Audiothing is back with another great plugin, JUNE replicates the iconic Juno-60, one of Roland’s best selling hardware synths to date. You’ve probably heard it in songs across a wealth…

Lo-Fi sound design techniques – Top VST plugins and Ableton stock effects for that good old sound

Low fidelity, in short Lo-Fi or lofi, is a big, even if fragmented, movement in music production today. During decades of mainstream music aiming for a sound image as clear,…

Kontrast by Dawesome – A wavetable synth on its own twisted path to fame

KONTRAST takes the familiar world of wavetable synthesis and flips it sideways. Instead of scanning through a table in a straight line like a tape head along the length of…

Tinge by Daedelus and Rainbow Circuit –  A lively arpeggiator with a spin

Tinge blurs the boundary between performance tool and compositional engine. It’s an arpeggiator unlike any other, revolving around the motion of three interacting colored wheels. It wasn’t made for predictable…

An interview with Daedelus – On channeling musical wonder and transcending the grid

Some artists bend genres; Daedelus seems to bend sound itself. For more than two decades, Alfred Darlington has navigated electronic music like a trickster figure - slipping between hip-hop, jazz,…

Win a copy of Visco and Topos by Forever 89 – Use the demo versions of the plugin and submit

After reviewing these two fantastic little plugins by Forever 89, the developers offered to give out a copy of each for a competition. So get your groove on and create…

Transfigure by Sugar Bytes – Sound design with spectral and resynthesis mechanics

4.5 out of 5Spectracular

Transfigure is a bold and characterful entry into the crowded world of spectral sound manipulation, and it feels unmistakably Sugar Bytes in both spirit and execution. Rather than chasing a…

LOW by BEATSURFING – A bass synth with full range and depth

4.2 out of 5Heavy duty

LOW is a bass synth with vibrant sound engines and deep editing options. It's not as immediate as their other bass capable plugin Random, but it can go deeper into…

B00GA by Audiothing – Sequenced micro samples and noise for days

4.1 out of 5Well done

B00GA is a percussive sequencer at the core, presenting noise and sample snippets for easy rhythm generation and variation. But it can do more than that. It’s true to the…

Chipcrusher 2 by Plogue – A crush on sounds from before year 2000

4.8 out of 5Amazing

Chipcrusher by Plogue is one of the very best bitcrushers out there. It's also a sound design tool full of electronics history, simulating old game systems, speakers, monitors and electronics…

JUNE by Audiothing – A JUNO-60 remake celebrating the synth vibe of the 1980s

4.7 out of 5JUNO it!

Audiothing is back with another great plugin, JUNE replicates the iconic Juno-60, one of Roland’s best selling hardware synths to date. You’ve probably heard it in songs across a wealth…

Lo-Fi sound design techniques – Top VST plugins and Ableton stock effects for that good old sound

Low fidelity, in short Lo-Fi or lofi, is a big, even if fragmented, movement in music production today. During decades of mainstream music aiming for a sound image as clear,…

Transfigure by Sugar Bytes – Sound design with spectral and resynthesis mechanics

4.5 out of 5Spectracular

Transfigure is a bold and characterful entry into the crowded world of spectral sound manipulation, and it feels unmistakably Sugar Bytes in both spirit and execution. Rather than chasing a…

LOW by BEATSURFING – A bass synth with full range and depth

4.2 out of 5Heavy duty

LOW is a bass synth with vibrant sound engines and deep editing options. It's not as immediate as their other bass capable plugin Random, but it can go deeper into…

B00GA by Audiothing – Sequenced micro samples and noise for days

4.1 out of 5Well done

B00GA is a percussive sequencer at the core, presenting noise and sample snippets for easy rhythm generation and variation. But it can do more than that. It’s true to the…

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