Traveler version 1.1.0 Now Available

video upload by KeySolutions Sounds and Mike Martin

"Traveler 1.1.0 expands your sound-design options with a new wavetable browser, graphical envelope editing, deeper modulation, and improved DAW compatibility.

For more information on Traveler or to download the 14 day demo visit:

https://www.keysolutionssounds.com"

Waldorf Announce Iridium Core OS 4.1.0 Update

via Waldorf

"FREE UPDATE — 16 Voices Increased Polyphony

Good news for Iridium Core users! We have started the first public beta of Iridium Core OS 4.1.0, a free firmware update for all Iridium Core users that increases polyphony from 12 to 16 voices.

With this update, Iridium Core now offers the same polyphony as the other Iridium models.

The final update will be available soon, free of charge, to all Iridium Core users via your My Waldorf account."

osmose firmware update 2.3 - overview

video upload by Expressive E

"Osmose keeps evolving. Firmware 2.3 is a major free update for every Osmose owner, taking the instrument further with deep DAW Control and Ctrl-e.

In this overview, Chris shows how Osmose now brings together its unique internal sound engine, expressive MIDI control, deep DAW integration and a growing software ecosystem through Ctrl-e — all from the same multidimensional keyboard.

See DAW Control in action, explore the 900+ expressive presets included with Ctrl-e, discover the new bottom action bar and improved MIDI integration, learn how to install firmware 2.3 and get started with Ctrl-e."

⏱ Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:38 DAW Control
1:45 Ctrl-e
5:05 Get more sounds
5:28 External MIDI Mode
7:08 Other Improvements
8:57 How to Update
9:18 Outro

Akai S900 and S950 with custom Operating Systems

video upload by Mike Feedback

"I developed a custom operating system for the Akai S900 and Akai S950 samplers which turns them into real-time signal processors. You can run audio through them and have them add that 12-bit grit without having to worry about sample time.

If you have an s900 or s950, download it for free:

https://s900fx.com
https://s950fx.com

#akai #beatmaking #boombap #hiphop #akaimpc #hiphopbeats #12bit #lofi #sample #s900 #s950 #mpc #s900fx #s950fx"

This one is in via Ivan Trajkovic aka deejayiwan.

S900FX and S950FX Anti-Alias mod

video upload by Mike Feedback

"I corrected a sample rate bug and added the ability to turn off the anti-alias filter in the latest version of S900FX and S950FX.

S900FX and S950FX are custom operating systems for the Akai S900 and Akai S950 that turn the hardware into signal processors that allow you to apply their 12-bit grit to the audio signal in real-time. Pass the audio through them and record into your modern sampler.

Get them for free." [links above]

Update: new demo from Mikus Pilatus:

New Akai S950FX OS - monitoring thought converters and filter

video upload by Mikus Pilatus

"What a legend ! 2x new Akai S900 / S950 OS out and they are both dope."

New Maschine 3.7 update and Expansions | Native Instruments

video upload by Native Instruments

"Maschine is alive and evolving. The latest update packs in a host of fresh features. To celebrate, we’re launching three special Expansions, including Thirty – a Native Instruments 30th birthday addition.

Check it out: https://www.native-instruments.com/pa...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 New Paris Heat Expansion
00:55 Generate tab
02:45 Melody generation
04:21 Chord generation
05:43 Variation tab
07:33 New Rage Circuit Expansion
07:56 Euclidean generation
10:12 New Thirty Expansion
10:29 Note probability
11:53 Probability lock
12:25 Free update
12:47 Outro"

Update: press release follows:

A MAJOR UPDATE FOR MASCHINE 3

Maschine 3 is Native Instruments' beat-making and music production software, usable on its own or with Maschine hardware. It's built to keep musical ideas flowing at every step, letting producers lay down beats, sample, arrange, and perform with virtual instruments or their own sounds, solo or inside a DAW. Maschine 3.7 adds a set of creative sequencing tools designed to get producers out of a blank grid and into a groove faster than ever.

Key Update Features

RANDOM NOTE GENERATOR: Let Maschine write the notes. Set the odds and start from an idea instead of an empty grid.

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Synthskool Phosphor Renamed to Degauss

NEW VST PLUGIN: Full Breakdown video upload by kleemannbeats

https://synthskool.com/degauss/

0:00 – Why the Rename + What DEGAUSS Is
0:34 – Oscilloscope, Preset Browser & Macro Controls
1:28 – The Edit Page: Sample Engine Basics
2:04 – Pad Into Pluck, Pluck Into Pad
3:04 – Low Pass Filter Sweeps
3:24 – How Presets & Samples Work Together
3:57 – LFOs: Volume & Panning (DAW Sync)
5:26 – Chorus + Coming Update: Your Own Samples
5:55 – Filter LFO
6:12 – Stereo Delay: Decoupled Channels & Freeze
7:37 – Reverb & Reverb Freeze
8:10 – MIDI Mapping: Play It Like a Real Instrument
9:19 – Misc Page: UI Colors, 3D Mode & Grain

Gator Legio: Stereo supersaw PM oscillator on the Legio platform

video upload by Noise Engineering

"Gator Legio is a stereo supersaw oscillator inspired by the Manis Iteritas Alia core, with piles of detuned saws, phase modulation, and plenty of stereo movement.

Get a Legio module and swap to this firmware today:
https://noiseengineering.us/products/...

Let's start with Detune. This spreads the saw voices apart in pitch, taking your sound from a tight unison to a huge, dense, swarm of saws.

Saw Mod changes the character of those waves, giving you another way to push the harmonics with that classic Noise Engineering sound.

Then there's Saw Count. This switch changes the number of saw waves in the swarm.

And since Gator is stereo, the Stereoness switch spreads those voices across the stereo field for an even wider sound.

The inputs are for phase modulation. Feed in another oscillator and you can take that supersaw into much stranger territory.

And send a gate to the 8vA input and Gator instantly jumps up an octave, giving you another fun way to animate a sequence.

Gator is one of several synth voices available for Legio. You'll also find AT, Plus, Unda, Reso, and plenty of completely different percussion voices and effects to swap in over USB.

23 Firmwares.One Legio.

Visit noiseengineering.us or your favorite retailer to get a Legio module in your case."

SOMA FLUX multi-bow algorithms demo

video upload by SOMA Laboratory

00:00 - Algorithm "Chromatic"
01:52 - Algorithm "Fifths"
04:28 - Algorithm "Overtones"

Download the new firmware: https://somasynths.com/flux_firmware/

V3.0
Release date 09.09.2026
Manual V1.0
Algorithms V2.0
---------------
Added experimental multi-bow algorithms FIFTH, CHROMATIC, OVERTONES.

Cirklon 2 - Euclidiator demo

video upload by sequentix

"Brief demo of the Euclidiator feature in v1.5 beta 2
In which I entirely forget to describe the function of the nreset value (limit the number of held notes played), and the other status options of off and bypass."

Ocean Swift releases DevOcean Modular 1.2

DevOcean Modular - What's new in 1.2 - Modules. instruments, content #modularsynth #sounddesign

video upload by Ocean Swift / Faxi Nadu

More info: https://oceanswift.net/product/devocean/

DevOcean Modular | MIDI Effects Chord Generator and Arpeggiator Chain #modularsynth #sounddesign

video upload by Ocean Swift / Faxi Nadu

Press release follows:

"Ocean Swift has released version 1.2 of DevOcean Modular, its modular synthesis and sound design platform. The update adds thirty-five modules, headed by a complete MIDI effects section - Chord Generator, Scale Enforcer, Strummer, Random Notes, MIDI Delay, Velocity Processor and Humanizer - which operate on note data rather than audio.

A second group unbundles functionality that previously lived inside larger multimode modules. Compressor and Limiter, Bracket EQ, RBJ Multimode Filter, the AD, AHD and ADSR envelopes and the Display family are now also available as single-purpose modules, carrying fewer controls to wire and to expose.

The Capsule Manager, which lets a builder give any patch a custom front panel and compile it into a shareable .osmodule file, gains sprite and font skinning, hyperlink labels, styled input and output labels, and exposable XY and sample views that can act as drop targets. The release also includes performance work across undo, the browser and canvas polling, plus new tutorials and factory content.

DevOcean Modular 1.2 is available now for 35% off at €129.99

The demo is the full instrument - every module and preset, no time limit, saving disabled."

https://oceanswift.net/product/devocean/

Retromulator 1.6 What's New

video upload by discoDSP

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retromu...
Desktop: https://www.discodsp.com/retromulator
"Version 1.6 adds a new 88emu core with Roland Sound Canvas emulation by Giulio Zausa"

Time to rick roll.

Acid Drip - Bassline Synth Upgrades!

video upload by Marcus Dunn

"There is a whole bunch of updates that I have added to this version which i have listed below:

additional synth engine called 'Drift'
Pattern chaining for the save slots
Mix edit to help balance each of the engines
Acid filter - to help you dial in the acid soundscape
Sync in & out
cleaned up a bunch of functions in all synth engines

The hardware is version 2

Check out the GitHub Repo if you are interested in building your own

GitHub - https://github.com/lonesoulsurfer/Aci...

Instructables - https://www.instructables.com/Acid-Dr..."

MiniFreak | New firmware 5.0 | ARTURIA

video upload by Arturia

"Introducing MiniFreak Update 5.0 Your own material, Freak-ified. Import your own samples and wavetables, then reshape them with the Freak engines in software or on hardware. Explore even more with Factory Bank v5.0, featuring 23 new presets built from exclusive sample and wavetable content. Available now for #FREE to MiniFreak hardware and MiniFreak V users.

_UPDATE → https://bit.ly/4AcYBLN"

What's new | MiniFreak 5.0 Update | ARTURIA

video upload by Arturia

"Join Leona for a walkthrough of MiniFreak Update 5.0. Discover the new sound bank, learn how to update MiniFreak V and your hardware firmware and explore the new Imported content workflow for bringing your own samples and wavetables into MiniFreak - plus creative tips to get the most from your new custom library."

_CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:05 Update Process
01:25 New Sound Bank
02:51 Importing your samples & wavetables
03:55 Audio Requirements
04:16 Content Management
05:41 Reload Factory & Workflow

Neutral Labs Scrooge firmware update v1.3

video upload by Neutral Labs

00:00 It begins...
00:08 Extended BPM range
00:54 MIDI pattern change
01:04 MIDI playable voices (also chromatically)
01:25 Drumkit mode

Reliq - Rlx 1.9.0: Build Your Own Hybrid Instrument

video upload by Reliq Instruments

"A single Reliq track can now play four Eurorack oscillators and an FM synth at the same time. Rlx 1.9 adds Custom Track Outputs: each of a track's eight voices can go to a different MIDI output, CV output or gate, so one track becomes an instrument you build out of the gear you already have. It also brings a redesigned Clip page, Sheet navigation, Clip Loops, freely assignable CV modulation and a Scale Detector.

Chapters
0:00 Intro, what's new in Rlx 1.9.0
0:27 Custom Track Outputs
1:10 Routing voices to CV, four Eurorack oscillators
1:55 Adding MIDI voices, an 8 voice hybrid polysynth
3:23 Drum Mode, a hybrid drum machine
5:12 Freely assignable CV for LFOs and Envelopes
6:18 The new Clip page
7:39 Scenes and scene follow-ups
8:09 Sheet navigation
9:08 Clip Loops
10:25 Scale Detector
10:56 Changelog, manual & Discord

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4 Op FM on Microkorg 2 Synthesizer Custom Osc FM4OSC by Frostmod Audio

video upload by James Dyson

"4 Op FM on Microkorg 2 Synthesizer Custom Osc FM4OSC by Frostmod Audio 1st load up of the Osc lets see how it goes :)

New FM oscillator with 4 operators, 32 algorithms, individual feedback for each operator.
Support for microKORG2's patch/modulation matrix with destinations for:
operator 1, 2, 3, 4 feedback
operator 2, 3, 4 modulation amount to their targets
https://payhip.com/b/0VJ82"

disting NT - Transient Detector

video upload by Expert Sleepers

"A demo of the Transient Detector algorithm, added in disting NT firmware v1.15."

Metropolix: New Mod Gate + Mod Trig Options | 1.6.2.3 Beta Firmware Update

video upload by Intellijel

"Get the latest firmware here: https://intellijel.github.io/firmware/
(Don't forget to check the 'Show Betas' box to access this update)

Metropolix 1.6.2.3 beta firmware update allows you to derive triggers or gates from the 8 Mod Lanes - adding some extra sequencing power to this already jam packed sequencer. These can be output from the A & B Mod Outputs, the Gx (or Qx) Expander Module, or via MIDI.

In this video, we explain how to set this up, followed by a patching demo of how you might want to use those extra trigs or gates.

Chapters
00:00 - New Firmware Features Explained
01:21 - Patch Demo Setup
02:54 - FX Chain (Sealegs, Swells & X-Fade 1U)
04:24 - Atlantix - Beefy Kick
05:06 - Plonk - Switching percussion sounds
07:18 - Flurry - Morphing Noise
09:52 - Multigrain - GATE & NEXT sequencing
11:25 - Bifold - Wavefolding Bass
15:20 - The final patch
16:28 - Outro Jam"

disting NT - Slope Detector

video upload by Expert Sleepers

"A demo of the Slope Detector algorithm, added in disting NT firmware v1.15."

The M8 Tracker Continues To Blow His Mind // OS 6.6 Release

video upload by EZBOT

"Today I wanted to take a bit of time to explain my deep love for the Dirtywave M8 Tracker while going over the patch notes for the new OS that was released last week. The new OS brings a slew of upgrades to the device in both sound and presentation. Let's check it out and make some tunes."

EZBOT resources: https://www.patreon.com/ezbot, https://ko-fi.com/ezbot/, https://www.modbang.com

M8 Changelog on github

Makes for an intersting look back on the development history of the M8:

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