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Friday, June 26, 2026

Koarse making sounds for the PolyPulse Wavetable update!


video upload by Lambda Synthetics and Koarse

"To celebrate the PolyPulse wavetable update I’ve asked sound design wizard Koarse to spend some time with the PolyPulse. She created 42 hard-hitting samples, 35 haunted presets and 30 crunchy wavetables!

The firmware update and the free presets/samples/wavetables created by Koarse can be downloaded on: https://forum.lambdasynthetics.com/"

Introducing PunchBox 2 by d16group


video uploads by d16group

Playlist:

1. PunchBox 2 - Bass Drum Synthesizer
2. PunchBox 2 - Preset Showcase
3. PunchBox 2 - Walkthrough

"Meet PunchBox 2 – a powerful hybrid kick drum design engine built for modern music production.

Combining legendary kick emulations, advanced synthesis, sampling, and a versatile wavetable engine, PunchBox 2 gives you everything you need to create punchy, modern, and mix-ready kicks from scratch. Four independent sound generators, a flexible effects rack, advanced modulation tools, and intelligent routing provide deep sound-design capabilities while maintaining a fast and streamlined workflow.

Explore a massive factory library packed with presets, samples, and wavetables, then take full control of every transient, tone, and tail with the integrated Advanced Editor. Whether you're producing EDM, Techno, House, Hard Dance, Trap, Hip-Hop, or cinematic music, PunchBox 2 is designed to help you craft kicks that cut through any mix.

PunchBox 2 was developed through a collaboration between D16 Group, CFA-Sound, and Sounds of Revolution.

Learn more: https://www.d16.pl/punchbox"

Redshift 6 - Firmware 1.7 Demo - Math Engines


video upload by Supercritical Synthesizers

"Redshift 6 Firmware 1.7 in action — no talking, just pure playing.

Firmware 1.7 brings a significant expansion to Redshift 6 through the introduction of Math Engines, unlocking powerful new ways to shape and transform modulation signals.

From essential processors like Slew and Sample & Hold to more experimental processors such as Curve and Fold & Clip, the new Math Engines provide a diverse set of modulation-shaping tools for both subtle refinement and radical modulation manipulation.

00:00 SLEW
01:15 CURVE
03:04 FOLD & CLIP
04:20 QUANTIZE
05:30 MULTI-VIA
06:28 SAMPLE & HOLD
07:27 TRACK & HOLD
08:50 SWITCH
10:10 CROSSFADE

With Firmware 1.7, Redshift 6 reaches a major milestone, completing the front panel feature set envisioned from the very beginning and opening a new chapter in reimagining what an analog synth can do."

DS-8 v0.4 OUT NOW


video upload by Intermynd Instruments

"Analog synth engine with scale-quantized melody generation. Per-track mute/solo. Pattern chaining. Sampler file browser with real-time WAV preview. 15-second samples. Tie & note picker for synth lanes.

#psvita #ds8 #drummachine #synth #musicproduction #dawless #musictech"

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Using a Zero to Rack Mount a 0-Ctrl, 0-Coast, or Strega


video upload by Sonoclast Music

"The Zero is a eurorack module made to assist rack mounting a Make Noise 0-Ctrl, 0-Coast, or Strega. It includes an attenuverter and a barrel jack breakout to power a Make Noise module with its original power supply."



Zero on the left.

via Sonoclast Music

"The Zero is a eurorack module made to assist rack mounting a Make Noise 0-Ctrl, 0-Coast, or Strega. It includes an attenuverter and a barrel jack breakout to power a Make Noise module with its original power supply.

Here is one next to a 0-Ctrl.

Specifications

The top part of the Zero is an attenuverter. From top to bottom:

The input jack is for the control voltage to be attenuverted.

LilaCRepeater from centrevillage Incoming


video upload by centrevillage

"The 4 Track Looper for live performance.

Comming soon..."

FMS 1.30 Walkthrough (less noise, new parameters)


video upload by Fors

"Get the update via itch.io – either log into your account or download from your original purchase email.

To update FMS, simply replace the FMS.gba file with the new one. Sav files (.sav) will automatically upgrade to the new version on startup.

(note: sound improvement sections are quite technical and nerdy :-))

00:00 Intro
00:33 Track direction
06:00 Transpose toggle per step
07:37 Microtiming (Wait)
13:23 FM End Level
19:20 Sound palette (presets)
22:53 Unmute all
24:25 FM Fbk in Echo
26:56 Sound improvements
27:22 LESS NOISE
29:31 Improved quantization
30:11 Improved sine resolution
33:03 Feedback averaging"

Arturia Introduces Rev OCEAN - Tidal Reverb


video uploads by Arturia

"Submerge your sound with Rev OCEAN, an instantly rewarding reverb powered by a state-of-the-art delay-network engine, multi-stage diffusion and deep modulation. Its wave-like interface and three expressive modes let you move freely from smooth tails and subtle drift to vast subaquatic atmospheres, transforming any sound into a fluid, ever-shifting sonic space."

Rev OCEAN 💥 special price until July 14th → https://www.arturia.com/products/soft...

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Unusable Engineering Releases Partials & Discrepancies Additive Soft Synth & Effects


video uploads by Unusable Engineering

Playlist:

1. Partials & Discrepancies | Full Walkthrough of an Additive Synth
2. Partials & Discrepancies | Sound Examples
3. Geometry Delay | Full Walkthrough of a Multi-Tap Delay
4. Geometry Reverb | Walkthrough of a Geometry-Based Reverb
5. Binaural Modulator | Full Walkthrough of a Spatial Modulation Effect
6. Partials & Discrepancies | Extremely Long and Incredibly Offhand


via Unusable Engineering

Today marks the release of our second synth, a multi-tap delay, a reverb and a free spatial modulator for both Mac and Windows as AU/VST3.

Partials & Discrepancies is an 8 voice additive poly-synth. The goal was to make additive synthesis accessible through a much simpler abstraction model than what you usually get, and include lots of sonic motion capabilities within a simple interface without modulation matrixes or multi page layouts. As always, we want to build instruments and effects that makes it fun to make music and that won’t slow down the creativity. Partials & Discrepancies is available for 79 euros incl. VAT. Discounts and cross-grade offers may be available on the account page for earlier costumers.

PatchRig FX Music-effects app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac


PatchRig FX Demo: Build, Audition, and Play Guitar Effects Rigs video upload by codefarmerRob



"PatchRig FX is a free music-effects app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It lets musicians start from curated boards, describe a sound, type a song-title-inspired request, or import a local reference, then create an editable playable rig from built-in DSP blocks.

Free users get curated boards, built-in audition sounds, prompt-based board creation/preview, and basic reference analysis. PatchRig Pro is optional and unlocks the full 500-board and 500-pedal library, 60 super-pedal style designs, pedal/amp/preamp/DSP designers, MIDI and instrument voices, unlimited saved boards/pedals/amps, export, sharing, and community publishing.

Current U.S. Pro launch price is $39.99 through July 9, 2026, then scheduled to move to $59.99.

The app includes synth/electronic-friendly workflows such as MIDI and instrument voices, DSP block design, stereo effects, spectral/experimental design surfaces, A/B comparison, and export. It does not claim exact artist, song, amp, cabinet, IR, recording, or preset cloning."

App Store links:

- iPhone/iPad

- Mac

Ruin Everything in new Tape Fiasco 2 Update


video upload by Jonas Eriksson

"Tape Fiasco 2 VST/AU PLUGIN for your DAW just got four new effects, unlimited modulation, and a lot more ways to destroy your audio.
New FX: Clang (Creative Ring Mod). Aether (Shimmer Reverb). Orbit (Auto-Panner). Tremor (Tremelo).

Morph, wreck, or mangle — one controller does it all. L/R channel locking, free and clocked FX rate, new presets.

Already own Tape Fiasco 2?
The update is free. Find your original order confirmation email from Lemon Squeezy and hit the download link inside — it will always pull the latest version. Can't find the email? Check your spam folder or search for "Lemon Squeezy" in your inbox, or contact me by email and I'll send it to you.

If you don’t own Tape Fiasco 2, this is probably a good moment.
Available on https://www.erikssonjonas.com/tapefia..."

Grip! A legendary compressor redesigned by Izhar Ashdot and Claude AI


video upload by Izhar Ashdot Sound & Vision

"Grip! My take on the LevelLoc compressor. I designed it and let Claude Code handle the coding and debugging."

Additional details from Izhar:

"Here’s a new compressor I built with the amazing help of Claude Code.
It’s a modern and fine tuned homage to the legendary Levelloc.
It sounds like an analog beast but is actually hosted on a Pi Pico 2 microcontroller. "

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Voidcontrol MIDI Releases e7 Unofficial Editor: DAW Integration for the GS Music e7


e7 Unofficial Editor - VST3 Demo video upload by Voidcontrol MIDI

"VST3 editor for the GS e7. Real DAW automation, easily build multitimbral patches, patch library, A/B snapshots, morph, and resizable UI. Windows 10/11. Available at voidcontrolmidi.com."

Press release follows:


Voidcontrol MIDI has released the e7 Unofficial Editor, a Windows VST3 plugin that lets you control and automate the GS Music e7 from within a DAW, just like a software instrument.

The e7 is a remarkable analog polysynth with a passionate community and a genuinely unique sound, but editing it properly from a DAW has often meant menu diving on the hardware. This editor was designed to make that seamless. All 88 of the e7's parameters are on screen, laid out to mirror the front panel, with real DAW automation on every control rather than just MIDI learn.

Features include:

Full parameter control: every one of the e7's 88 parameters on one screen, with authentic readouts for oscillator tune, tempo-synced LFO rates, and waveform shapes.

Real DAW automation lanes for every parameter.

A patch librarian: browse, audition, load, rename, import and export single presets, whole banks, or full instrument backups as standard .syx files.

Multi-mode support: edit 4-part multitimbral patches with per-part level, MIDI channel, voice allocation, and key/velocity zones.

A/B snapshots with an automatable morph slider.

Two-way hardware sync: pull the synth's current edit buffer into the editor in one click, with the editor recalling its state on project load.

Init and a musical randomizer for fresh starting points.

A resizable interface with onboard help.

A standalone version is also included for use without a DAW, working as a pure hardware controller that needs no audio interface.

The editor has been tested in Ableton Live, Bitwig, Cubase, Reaper, and Studio One, with USB and 5-pin DIN MIDI, MPE support, and a one-click All Notes Off panic.

"The e7 sounds incredible. I just wanted to see all of it at once, especially the multitimbral side," said Dave of Voidcontrol MIDI.

Voidcontrol MIDI is a small US-based developer making editors for boutique and classic hardware synths. The e7 Unofficial Editor is its third release, after editors for the Roland SE-02 and Oberheim OB-6. A macOS version is under consideration.

The e7 Unofficial Editor is available now at voidcontrolmidi.com for an introductory $30 USD through July 7, 2026, after which it returns to its regular price of $40 USD.

The e7 Unofficial Editor is a third-party tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by GS Music. "e7" is a trademark of its respective owner.

NOISFERATU - Generative texture synthesizer


video upload by scaepe


via scaepe

"NOISFERATU is a compact handheld generative texture synthesizer. 45 algorithms across 5 banks produce crackling textures, noisy scapes, evolving drones, harmonic blips and digital chaos. Shaped but never fully controlled by four knobs.

They generate endlessly evolving textures, tones and rhythmic patterns. Designed to surprise, resist repetition and never quite settle. Dial in a crackling drone, a stuttering melody, or pure digital chaos.

The front and back panel can be flipped.

It uses and abuses creative approaches like generative wavetables, BitBend address manipulation, probability gates, bitwise logic operations and wild combinations of these.

Powered via USB-C.

Firmware and schematics are released open source."

beetlecrab.audio TEMPERA v2.3 Firmware update


video uploads by beetlecrab

Playlist: 1. Quad Macro 2. Envelope Follower 3. Grain Sparkles 4. Grain Shape

Press release follows:


Prague, Czech Republic, June 23, 2026: Beetlecrab Audio announces Tempera Firmware v2.3, a firmware update introducing cross-modulation, audio envelope follower, quad-macro control, per-emitter pitch sequencing, and numerous community-driven workflow enhancements.

Tempera is a hardware granular synthesizer built around a simple idea: eight samples laid out on a surface, with grains roaming across. At its core is a granular engine with a global pool of 4096 grains, shared across voices, and any single voice can claim the entire pool if needed. Tempera is just as happy chopping breaks and sequencing tight rhythmic patterns as it is building massive drifting clouds. Since launch it has found its way to musicians in over 60 countries, growing steadily through firmware updates shaped and steered by a community that has lived with the instrument long enough to know it inside out.

New v2.3 features:

The most powerful performance MUTE modules for Eurorack: NO BPM Mute Performer Demo


video upload by mylarmelodies

"The great NO BPM hired me to make a demo to explain their Mute Performer system - Mute Performer is arguably the most feature-complete muting system in Eurorack, as it can mute AND mix triggers, audio (clicklessly) and CV, and it can send MIDI to mute external devices too. And you can have up to 72 channels, and you can CLOCK the mutes, so they happen on the beat (or at the start of bars...). And it has scenes, so you can prepare and recall mute groups. And it has several ways of muting and cueing mutes. It's quite a thing."

CHAPTERS:
00:00 What it is and can do
02:21 Clocked Mutes!
03:10 Cueing Mutes
05:00 Mixing Signals
07:10 Mute Scenes
10:13 Solo Mutes



The Mute Performer takes the humble mute function into new and exciting territory.

8 channels of Mutes can be cued, locked, inverted, switched, mixed, stereo-paired, expanded, and arranged into scenes. Scenes can be saved, loaded, banked, clocked, triggered and modulated.

The Mute Performer also supports MIDI, which can be transmitted using a provided 5-pin MIDI Type A to 3.5mm cable.

This allows you to connect external MIDI devices to the Mute Performer, enabling performative control of mutes both inside and out your case.

The Mute Performer alone has 8 channels, but can be expanded up to 72 channels with the Mute Expanders.

6HP of Voltage & Trigger FUN!!! // Ozark from Nekyia Circuits


video upload by DivKid

"Meet Ozark a new 6HP 5 step sequencer, clock generator, dual clock dividers and X/OR logic module from Nekyia Circuits. It's a load of fun for sequencing voltages and trigger rhythms, perfectly placed (for me at least) next to other more complex sequencers for some hands on "extras" for your patches.

https://nekyiacircuits.com

SUPPORT
If you'd like to support work like this and the wider range of what I do, considering heading over to Patreon at / divkid and supporting for as little as $1 a month to gain access to the DivKid Discord community, plus lots of exclusives such as PDF patchbooks, videos and more."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Hello & previews
00:46 What we’re doing & feature run down
03:56 Fun with melodic patterns
07:27 Playful & powerful percussion rhythms
11:26 Odd time rhythms & modulation sequencing
14:29 BONUS PATCH HACK - stalling the step motion

Sunday, June 21, 2026

DETACH (Brixeq)


video upload by Fedir Tkachov Music

"Don't be sad, I know you will."

BRIXEQ by boorch, a beat before bed

video upload by Fedir Tkachov Music

"Some people do lovemaking in their beds, I do beatmaking.
I bet they envy me a lot."

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This appears to be the first post to feature BRIXEQ. Boorch also brought us TANELER.

Saturday, June 20, 2026

DS8 v0.3 Update! New: Sampler Slicing, Resampling, Step FX, Presets and more.


video upload by Intermynd Instruments

"DS-8 v0.3 Release Notes

Sampler (SP track) — Record from mic/line input or resample the engine output back into a sampler track. Waveform editor with trim/crop, slice editor with transient detection and grid mode, per-slice ADSR and reverse, tone controls (bass/mid/treble boost and low-pass/high-pass filter), one-shot mode.

4 new percussion engines — Tom 808, Tom 909, Zap, FM Hi-Hat.

Step FX — Per-step play conditions (every 1st/2nd/3rd/4th pass), ratchets with flat/fade/rise velocity shapes, and microtiming nudge (±6 ticks).

Preset browser — Save/load/preview/rename/delete presets (.ds8s format). Preview voice lets you audition without changing the track.

Resample recording — Bounce sequenced patterns into audio. Beat-sync arm on the downbeat, feedback prevention by excluding the armed track from the capture.

Rec monitor — Hear the mic through the main output while recording.

Track mute fades — Smooth fade-out when muting instead of abrupt cuts.

New and improved keyboard interface for saving Projects and Presets.

=====

DS8 Drumstream is still in active development. This is v0.2, so expect bugs, rough edges, and frequent changes.

Download:
https://intermynd-instruments.itch.io...

Feedback / bugs:
https://itch.io/t/6450352/feedback-bu...

#PSVita #Homebrew #DrumMachine #Groovebox #Synthesizer #FMDrums #DS8 #ElectronicMusic #Chiptune #MusicProduction #groovebox #drummachine #synthesizer #psvita"

Friday, June 19, 2026

DMT STRIA - Paraphonic FM Voice for Voltage Modular - Out Now!


video upload by DMT Audio

"The DMT FM-Voice is a compact, 4-voice paraphonic, 2-operator FM Oscillator voice - great for a wide array of sounds, from retro 80s to futuristic, from percussive kicks, hats and snares, to lush chords, deep basses, and all sorts of weird sound effects in between!

Out now for Cherry Audio’s Voltage Modular!

https://store.cherryaudio.com/modules..."
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