Modal COBALT8 VST? Someone Actually Emulated It

video upload by Autodafe

"Someone has recreated the Modal COBALT8 in software… and this thing is seriously promising.

This is an early look at a 1:1 software emulation of the original COBALT8, developed with the help of AI and vibe coding by someone on the web.

At the moment it’s still pretty heavy on the CPU, so there’s definitely room for optimization — but sound-wise? It already sounds very, very good.

In this quick NO TALKING video I’m just taking it for a spin and checking out a few sounds.

I can’t provide a direct download link publicly, but hey… if you’re curious, you might want to have a look around my website. There may be a bit more information there. 😉

As always: this is an unofficial project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Modal Electronics."

Retromulator 1.11 - CA-72 Moog Model D Core Demo

video upload by discoDSP

https://www.discodsp.com/retromulator/

"The Minimoog has the voice many of us first fell in love with: a fat bass that sits under everything, a lead that cuts through any mix, a filter you can play like a second instrument.

The CA-72 by Idle Foundry rebuilds a 1972 Model D from the inside. Every board was transcribed from the service documents into SPICE netlists, and the real-time model was derived from those simulations and calibrated against a real instrument, so the oscillators drift, the ladder filter sings and the mixer breaks up the way the original does.

Its front panel opens right below the Retromulator rack. LO, HI and ULTRA quality trade CPU for detail, and offline bounces always render with the 4x engine. DOUBLE, SPREAD and ENTROPY add a detuned twin, stereo width and the small differences between two real units. Presets are .fxp files in Factory and User banks with .fxb bank import and export, selected by MIDI Program Change, and every panel control answers a MIDI CC."

Gyro 1.2 Free Update - Global Key Lock, Chordset Generator & More - 10K Audio

video upload by 10K Audio

"Out now: Gyro 1.2 by 10K Audio
A free update for all existing Gyro users.

Limited-time launch offer: Save 30% on Gyro Pro and Play-to-Pro upgrades.
Get Gyro: https://10k.audio/gyro

0:00 Introduction to Gyro 1.2
0:14 Undo / Redo
0:32 Global Key Lock
1:15 Chordset Generator
2:02 Individual Chord Locks
2:31 NKS Support
2:47 ‘All Sounds’ Play Mode"

"What’s new in Gyro 1.2:

Global Key Lock: Keep presets and chord sets within a selected root note and scale.

Chordset Generator: Create complete chord sets from up to four user-selected chords. Available in Gyro Pro.

Undo / Redo: Move backward and forward through Gyro’s randomization history.

‘All Sounds’ Play Mode: Trigger all four sound engines together from a single MIDI note.

NKS Integration: Browse presets, control key parameters and use Light Guide integration with NKS 1 and NKS 2 hardware.

Expanded Preset Library: New full presets and subpresets for Gyro Play and Gyro Pro.

Reduced CPU Consumption: Muted sounds no longer consume unnecessary CPU resources."

Also see this previous post on v1.1.

Waveroom Synth | 10 Factory Presets | Sound Demo

video upload by Waveroom

"Get Waveroom Synth: https://waveroom.lemonsqueezy.com/che...
Windows x64: Standalone + VST3. A compatible VST3 host is required for the plugin. One-time price: KRW 39,000. Taxes may apply at checkout.

Ten factory presets from Waveroom Synth 0.12.1: moving arpeggios, bright leads, bass, plucks, keys, mallets, pads, wobble and atmospheric texture.

All sounds come directly from the full Windows VST3, played with original MIDI. Factory effects are retained. The genuine product interface is rendered offline alongside the same performance. Audio is level-matched per preset, with short seam fades and trailing near-silence trimmed. No backing music or external audio effects.

Presets in order: Lattice Current, Solar Lead, Furnace Bass, Nylon Spark, Sunday Organ, Plate Mallets, Amber Pad, Talking Alloy, Rain on Glass, Nebula Flare."

Undersong, a walkthrough: turn audio into tuned particles (Max for Live and iPad)

video upload by ijo audio

"In this video I walk through Undersong, my audio effect that acts more like an instrument. It's out now as a Max for Live device and for iPhone and iPad.

Undersong is based on an idea I had for a live performance that ended up taking on a life of its own. Some of my past devices have been pretty immediate. You drop them on a track and they do the thing you're expecting. But this one really feels more like an environment that you have to get to know a little bit, kind of like a modular workstation full of ideas I like. They're often ambient leaning, but I think it's open to other types of music as well.

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Buzz Zone V3

video upload by DATABROTH

This video was sponsored by Toybox Audio: https://www.toyboxaudio.com/products/...
Read my full review here: https://www.databroth.com/blog/buzz-z...

Buzz Zone is a boutique performance-oriented synth with a rich set of features, cutting edge DSP and a streamlined modern interface for endless inspiration and experimentation

The synth has two engines that can be layered together for a range of complex sounds and textures. The 'Synth' engine is a great sounding wavetable oscillator with a unison function for buzzy, harmonically rich timbres, hence the name! The 'Sample' engine mixes in additional textures or attack samples over the sound.

Buzz Zone has 6 sequencers, built for messing around with phrases, riffs, and ideas before locking things down: grab a few bars on a controller and drop them into a slot, scrub the playhead to audition the result before committing it, or trigger and transpose sequences live from a keyboard or pad controller.

Version 3 Update

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Reflection 2.7 preview: draw a path, the sound flies along it

video upload by ReflectionDAW

"A first look at what's coming in Reflection 2.7. We're skipping a few version numbers: there's that much new in it.

Draw a path and the sound moves along it: doppler, air, early reflections, room size in metres. Then ShimVerb, a reverb whose tail climbs in pitch on every pass, a new 8-band EQ drawn over the live spectrum, and the Metasurface morphing between two snapshots.

0:00 MOTION: a path for the sound
0:16 Piano roll
0:35 EQ over the live spectrum
0:50 Metasurface morph

Try the free demo: https://reflection-daw.com/?ref=yt

#sounddesign #experimentalmusic #reflectiondaw"

Introducing COLAPSO | Atomic Synthesizer Plugin by Imaginando

video uploads by Imaginando

Playlist:

1. Introducing COLAPSO | Atomic Synthesizer Plugin by Imaginando
2. Imaginando COLAPSO Demo - No Talking

"20 minutes of COLAPSO factory presets, played straight from the synth. Every sound you hear is built from the measured emission lines of real atoms.

🎹 Try it free, no time limit: https://www.imaginando.pt/products/co...

COLAPSO is an additive synthesizer where you don't choose the partials. You pick one of 22 elements from the periodic table, and its emission spectrum becomes the timbre. Each spectral line becomes a partial with its own level and its own decay, cross-checked against the NIST Atomic Spectra Database. The main control, Observation, trades time against pitch like the uncertainty principle: a broadband click at one end, a pure, stable tone at the other.

0:00 Breathing Cathedral 1:02 Aerosol 1:50 Drawbars 2:56 Adrift 3:39 Aardvark 4:38 Aeolus 5:29 Glass Taps 6:54 Longwave 8:07 Icicles 9:06 Ion Engine 9:57 Lyre 10:52 Nicolitious 11:38 Afar 12:31 Acrobat 13:12 Strobe 14:15 Tongue Drum 15:12 Tremolo Room 16:03 Trench Resonator 17:17 Violet Hour

💶 Launch price: €69 instead of €89 until 1 November 2026, or rent-to-own at €8.90/month.
Also in the Synth Bundle with DRC and FRMS for €189."

"What does an atom sound like? Meet COLAPSO, the new atomic synthesizer from Imaginando.

Pick an element from the periodic table and its measured emission spectrum becomes the timbre. Every partial is a real spectral line, cross-checked against the NIST Atomic Spectra Database and transposed down into hearing range, with its own level and its own decay. One control, Observation, trades time against pitch like the uncertainty principle: a broadband click at one end, a pure, stable tone at the other, and a whole territory in between.

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SL Tymra: sampled instruments and a synth layer

video upload by Sfoor Labs

"Hear SL Tymra sounds and see the actual instrument in use. Blend sampled instruments with a second synth layer, then shape the sound with the filter and effects."

"448 sounds for keys, bass, pads, leads and organs. Play a sound as it is, or blend sampled instruments with a second synth layer.

Sample + synth.
Blend sampled instruments with nine synthesis models. Shape each sound with filter, envelopes, modulation, delay, space and chorus.

448 sounds
Two layers
Mono / Legato / Glide
Local AI Match
9 synthesis models
Delay / Space / Chorus"

https://sfoorlabs.com/plugins/sl-tymra/

You will find addtional soft synths and audio tools there as well.

Astra Creative Audio releases Tesseracto 4D MPE Software Synth

Press release follows:

"Astra Creative Audio, the plugin brand of Barcelona producers BLIKO and Phonkid Prod, releases Tesseracto 4D, a wavetable synthesizer for macOS that can be played in the air. Its companion app, Tesseracto CAM, reads both hands through the Mac's camera or an iPhone (Continuity Camera) and turns height, tilt and an open or closed hand into per-note MPE expression, the way an MPE controller would.

Tesseracto 4D

- Wavetable oscillator that travels the table in four dimensions (X, Y, Z and W), shown rotating at the centre of the panel.

- Full MPE: every finger carries its own pitch, pressure and slide; also playable from any MPE controller or a regular keyboard.

- 4D modulation matrix with 3D LFOs and chaos; filter, envelopes, unison and glide; arpeggiator and 4D path.

- Hyper-FX rack: Quantum Folder, Phase Flanger, Chrono Delay, Void Shimmer, Hyper-Stereo Displacer, Hyper-Compressor and Vintage Reverb 70s, in series, in parallel or in a feedback loop.

- 80 presets in 10 categories.

- Version 1.0.0. macOS: VST3 and Audio Unit, universal binary (Intel and Apple Silicon). Licence for life on two computers.

- Tesseracto CAM: macOS 13 or later. Hand tracking runs on the computer: the camera image never leaves it, and the internet is only needed once, to activate the licence.

- Price: €99, taxes included. Tesseracto CAM is included.

One bundle, one payment

- Astra Color Pack: the four compressors (A-2A optical, A-3A leveller, A-2Bus bus compressor, A-76 FET limiter) and the four EQs (A-Pre EQ, A-Channel EQ, A-Program EQ, A-500): €199, taxes included, against €338.80 bought one by one. One licence key activates all eight; macOS (VST3/AU, universal) and Windows (64-bit VST3).

Also coming: from 19 October the A-Vocal FX vocal chain joins the Astra subscription (€9.99 a month or €99 a year, taxes included) with version 1.2.3.

Product pages: astracreativeaudio.com/en/tesseracto · astracreativeaudio.com/en/pack"

Fun with OTOO

video upload by timfromtheborder

"Otoo is a brilliant little 'groove box for beginners' by BeepStreet."

Otoo is a fun, one-screen music maker designed to get you creating right away. Sketch melodies freely on the grid (no more rigid rows) and remix your beats live with hands-on Performance Mode effects. It’s intuitive enough to play without a manual, but deep enough to keep you growing.

Beautifully simple workflow

• Free-form step sequencer with instruments not tied to fixed rows
• Single-screen workflow with sequence, song structure, and mixer always visible
• Tap or drag notes onto the grid to build beats and melodies
• Stack notes to create chords
• Per-step control of length, subdivision, and velocity
• 4 rows on iPhone and 5 on iPad, with multiple instruments available in each row at different steps
• 2-octave keyboard for playing and learning real notes
• Multi-gesture mixer for switching instruments, muting, soloing, and adjusting volume

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MASAMUNE, MURAMASA & The Pursuit of Happiness

video uploads by timfromtheborder

Playlist:

1. MASAMUNE Granular Chopper for Drambo

The MASAMUNE effect uses granular synthesis to chop live audio and turn it into percussive rhythm. It uses Drambo’s Code module and you can grab it here:

https://patchstorage.com/masamune/

2. MURAMASA Transient Slice Looper for Drambo

Create rhythmic loops out of any audio material. Available at https://patchstorage.com/muramasa/

3. The Pursuit of Happiness… a Drambo tape delay module

I cooked up a micro-looper/tape delay Code module in Drambo. This is a little demo. You can grab it here:

https://patchstorage.com/pursuit-of-h...

"Drambo is an innovative modular groovebox and audio processing environment. Modular components are used to build synthesized and sample-based instruments and audio effects using high-quality DSP and audio-rate modulation. Tied to a powerful sequencer, it’s an optimal music creation tool for sound design, composition, performance, and experimentation."

"MASAMUNE Granular Chopper

Named after the legendary samurai sword, MASAMUNE will slice your sound into live beats.

An audio-chopping effect: turn any source audio into rhythmic percussion.

Made with the Code module. This is a RACK preset."

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Dagger X Celestine

video upload by timfromtheborder

"Feeding some raw Dagger synth into the new granular plugin for ios, Celestine. Hosted in Loopy Pro."

Retromulator 1.10 - Hammond Open B3 Demo

video upload by discoDSP

https://www.discodsp.com/retromulator/

Bent505 Circuit-bent 80s Drum Machine VST/AU

video uploads by atnr

Playlist:

1. Bent505 Circuit-bent 80s Drum Machine VST/AU
2. Experimental Beat w/ Bent 505, OP-1 field, and Modular Synth | Renew 2026-09-10 by atnr
3. Circuit-Bent Drum VST, OP-1 field, YAMAHA CS01 Electronica | Rest and Drop 2026-09-09 by atnr [previously posted]

"Bent 505 is a 16-part rhythm sampler featuring sounds reminiscent of 80s drum machines.

Control pitch, bit depth, sample rate, comb filter, and delay for each part to design everything from classic drum sounds to raw lo-fi and metallic tones.

Unpredictable sonic variations via Random, Jitter, and Destroy, plus MIDI note reassignment and 16 individual outputs.

Bent 505 Product Website
https://store.atnr.net/bent-505/?lang=en"

"Bent 505 is a 16-part rhythm sampler featuring sounds reminiscent of 80s drum machines. Control pitch, bit depth, sample rate, comb filter, and delay for each part to design everything from classic drum sounds to raw lo-fi and metallic tones. Unpredictable sonic variations via Random, Jitter, and Destroy, plus MIDI note reassignment and 16 individual outputs.

Key Features

Editable 80s Sound Samples

16 sounds reminiscent of 80s drum machines
Detailed editing of each of the 16 parts
Flexible MIDI note assignment
Lo-Fi Effects

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TWV2000(Beta) 21 Factory Presets Demo with MWiC

video uploads by mkirino01

Playlist:

1. TWV2000(Beta) 21 Factory Presets Demo with MWiC
2. TWV2000(Beta) 21 Factory Presets Demo with NuRAD

"TWV2000 Ver 1.0.35(beta) - 21 wind synth sounds from Factory Presets

・Wind MIDI Controller: Teefonics MWiC (角形標準soft-MP type/Swing-mode) [1st video]
・Wind MIDI Controller: Berglund Instruments NuRAD [2nd video]
・Software Synthesizer: STUDIO-R TWV2000 for Mac Standalone (Beta 1.0.35)
https://studio-r.tokyo/

・Computer: Apple MacBook Air (M1, 2020) macOS 14.7.8

STUDIO-Rが開発中のウィンドシンセサイザー用バーチャルアナログソフトシンセサイザー「TWV2000」のファクトリープリセットの一部（21音色）をMWiCで吹いてみました。
エフェクトは全てTWV2000内蔵のものです。
全てのプリセットは、最初からウィンドMIDIコントローラーおよびブレスコントローラーでの使用を想定して作られています。スムーズかつ繊細かつ高レスポンスな演奏か可能です。

【MWiC MIDI出力設定】
・Breath = CC2
・Glide = CC5
・Pitch bend(VIB) = Pitch bend"

NDF - New Digital Frame Synthesizer by Max for Cats

video upload by max forcats

"Available via https://maxforcats.gumroad.com/l/kojut

Max for Cats crafts Software Instruments, Effects, MIDI devices, Sound Design and Samples for Ableton Live."

'NDF (New Digital Frame) is an eight-voice Max for Live synthesizer built on 16 sine partials stored across 8 timbre frames. Each partial has its own amplitude, ratio, FM depth, pan, shape, detune, decay and onset delay, and a frame-morph envelope blends smoothly between the frames over the life of a note."

MANNER - Algorithmic Sequencer (VST / Standalone)

video upload by Laboratory 0

"MANNER is a MIDI sequencer that picks its own notes. As on a step sequencer, you set each part's rhythm; instead of placing pitches, you give it a key, a style and, if you like, the chords. It chooses the notes by the rules of harmony, voice leading and form, and plays them with a player's phrasing.

• Human manner. Timing drifts as a player's does; phrases slow down, speed up, and land back on the bar line; loudness follows the phrase.

• Song form. Sections of four phrases: an idea, its answer, a contrast and the return (A A′ B A″). Variation sets how far each section strays, from an 8-bar loop to a new variation every section; each part's Improv sets how often that part changes.

• Chords that go somewhere, toward a cadence and home. Pin the ones you want, or play it your chords: it follows what you hold, bass note included, and plays the rest.

• 4 parts (Bass, Chords, Arpeggio, Melody), each with its own rhythm and one of 27 styles, from Alberti to walking bass.

• A take is the seed for its random choices, not a stored piece: change any setting and the notes change; change nothing and it plays exactly the same notes, so a bounce matches what you heard.

• Drag the last 16 bars into your DAW as a MIDI clip.

MIDI only: use any instrument. VST3, AU and a Logic MIDI FX on macOS; VST3 on Windows; a standalone app on both.

https://laboratory0.gumroad.com/"

MICROPHONIC: put the tube voltage back in your synths!

video upload by manmade madman

"MICROPHONIC: in the early days of electronics, analog devices were made with vacuum tubes and performed everything from logic to output amplification. The first Theremins were made with vacuum tube technology-- it was all that was available. Vacuum tubes were everywhere and in everything. But they had a flaw: they were inconsistent to manufacture, expensive to maintain, took time to warm up, generated heat, and could burn out like a lightbulb. Eventually, the world went solid state. It was cheaper, easy to maintain, and lasted longer.

But something got lost. Inside of tube mechanics were red hot voltages. As it turned out, these voltages were also somehow musical to our ears. Once the world transitioned to solid state, people started to miss the "tube sound" which was simply imperfect in a perfect way.

Meet MICROPHONIC.

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UVI Falcon 2027 | What's new

video uploads by UVI

Playlist:

1. UVI Falcon 2027 | What's new
2. UVI West Fold | Preset Showcase
3. UVI Particular | Preset Showcase
4. UVI Savage 2 | Preset Showcase

"UVI Falcon 2027 | What's new?

FALCON - Creative hybrid instrument
https://www.uvi.net/falcon

Version 2027 introduces new and inspiring ways to explore, shape, and perform sound with precision and character. Discover 4 new oscillators, 10 new effects, 1 new modulator, numerous UI and workflow refinements, and 140 new exclusive presets showcasing all the new features.

New online manual ➡️ https://manual.uvi.net/falcon

Also included in SonicBundle ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicbundle
Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass
Video credits: Venus Theory
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0:00 - Intro 0:59 - New Oscillators 1:08 - West Folder 5:30 - FM Explorer 9:11 - Multisample 11:02 - Spectral Stretch 13:46 - New Effects 13:56 - Lowpass Gate 14:37 - Wavefolder 16:09 - FET Compressor 17:15 - FF Compressor 18:40 - Steiner Filter 20:11 - Passive EQ 22:11 - BBD Chorus 23:00 - BBD Delay 24:12 - Spectrogram & Loudness Meter 25:31 - Data Envelope 28:09 - UI Updates 29:23 - New Factory Presets 35:56 - Outro"