Curves & Membranes 1.5 - New filters, expanded orbital modulators + more for the Beizer-wave synth

video upload by Unusable Engineering

"Curves & Membranes 1.5.0 adds two new filter modes, new orbital modulation patterns and polyphonic glide to the 'everything is visual' bezier waveform synthesizer for macOS and Windows.

In the first part of this video, I run a simple sequence from the Arturia Keystep and play around with some of the new features, mainly the new filter modes on a patch with some twisted and eased orbital modulators.In the middle part I play it in 4 voice paraphonic mode to show off internal overdrive.

In the end I run the first sequence again.

Regarding the two new filter modes:
The new Filter Bank mode has 32 bands spaced in minor thirds, with per-band feedback and drive. All three filter points shape the bank, so you can move several resonant regions around at once. The new Pressure mode takes a different approach: each band opens in response to the signal going into it, with controls for sensitivity, recovery and drive. The original Membrane filter is still there too.

A bit on the orbs:
Every orbital modulator now has Easing and Twist. Easing speeds up and slows down different parts of the movement while keeping the overall cycle time. Twist turns the circular path into a horizontal or vertical figure-eight. Both work with ellipse, rotation and the envelope-style half-turns.

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Traveler 1.2.0 and the debut of Passage

video upload by KeySolutions Sounds

"Updated Time to 2:10pm Central.

Join Mike Martin for a look at Traveler 1.2 and the debut of our new plugin Passage."

STELLARIS - KAWAI K5000 VST IS FINALLY HERE, PADS MONSTER !

video upload by Sergio Frias

"UPDATE NEWS: only a few hours i saw this on audiosex by the dev: 'Hi guys, sorry for this fantastic community here at Audiosex but I've just retired the project. Already put offline the website and will be working for myself only from now on. I have been bashed by the IP police and AI purists in another forum, with vitriolic comments and I lost all the motivation to keep going. Sorry for the ones who are still interested in the plugins, however TUS will be covering the same ground (except the additive synth and the sampler) very soon from what I understand so you should be well covered.'

so lets hope the dev bring this project up.

files you need: DDS HUB
https://www.digitaldreamsynths.com/

https://gearspace.com/attachments/os-...
(extract that file with 7-zip)

https://www.kawai.co.uk/service/suppl..."

MFX -- (VST/AU) -- Modular Multi-FX Plugin with 33 Processors

video upload by MAP Audio

"Try out MFX in your browser right now! Go to https://map.audio/mfx to try our fully functional web-based demo.

MFX is a multi-effects plugin (VST/AU/AAX/CLAP/Standalone) that hosts up to 33 effects in each of four cells.

This video is an overview of the features you'll find in MFX in your DAW. Try it out in your browser first at https://map.audio/mfx"

Press release follows:

27th October - MAP Audio have announced the availability of MFX, a modular multi-effects plugin with 33 built-in effects, a patcher-style routing system, in-depth modulation capabilities and MAP’s signature randomization tools.

MFX is available now for macOS and Windows in VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP and Standalone formats, with an initial price of $80. A fully functional browser based version of the plugin is available to try on the MFX page on the MAP Audio website.

View one cell or all four at any time under the cell tab, where you can browse through 5 pages of effects including; EQ, Crusher, Delay, Flanger, Filter, FDN, Gate, EQ-8, Compressor, Wavefold, Resonator, Pan, Gain, Vocoder, Ring-Mod, Vinyl-Brake, Transient, Repeat, Pitch, Shimmer, Table-Filter, Chorus, Phaser, Freq-Shift, Drive, LPC, FM, Spectral-Delay, Squeeze Tape, Grain, Noise-Gate and Codec.

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Introducing Massive XL | Native Instruments

video upload by Native Instruments

Massive XL - What's new? | Native Instruments

video upload by Native Instruments

"Get an overview of Massive XL and explore new ways to create, shape, and perform with sound."

"Step into a synth that hits hard fast, then keeps opening up.

Massive XL builds on its iconic heritage to guide you to your own distinctive sound with grit, weight, and character.

Break out of fixed signal chains. Route oscillators, noise, filters, inserts, phase modulation, and feedback into unexpected combinations and effects. Explore hundreds of wavetables, reshape them with ten oscillator modes, and build evolving sounds with expressive modulation, open routing, and powerful effects.

Massive XL intro pricing:
Update for Massive X customers: $49
Crossgrade from Massive: $79
New customers: $99"

Press release follows:

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS UNVEILS MASSIVE XL, A NEW FLAGSHIP SYNTH DESIGNED TO HELP PRODUCERS REACH ORIGINAL SOUNDS FASTER
Building on Massive’s Iconic Sound, Massive XL Combines Deep Sound Design, Faster Workflow, A New Preset Generator, And Powerful Tools in A Reimagined Synthesizer.

BERLIN, Germany (October 27, 2026) – Native Instruments today announced Massive XL, the latest generation of its flagship synthesizer platform and successor to Massive X. Designed for producers who demand both sonic depth and creative speed, Massive XL combines the character, flexibility, and modulation power that made Massive an industry standard with a redesigned workflow that helps users move from inspiration to original sounds faster.

New tools including Preset Generator, Mutator, Morpher, and Animator make it easier to discover, shape, and personalize sounds while preserving the deep synthesis engine and open routing architecture that Massive users have relied on for years.

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discoDSP TDminator 2 TB-303-style Analog Bassline and Acid Sequencer for iOS

video upload by discoDSP



"A 303-style analog bassline and acid sequencer. Program patterns on a piano-roll grid, generate acid lines in a tap and play them on the built-in 303-style analog model with Devil Fish-style controls. With a Behringer TD-3 connected (every color variant: TD-3-BK, RD, SR, AM, BU, WH…), TDminator also edits its patterns and sends them to the hardware.

Version 2.0 adds the bassline, MIDI pattern switching and a 64-pattern factory bank. Patterns can be edited while they play: notes, accents and slides change on the next pass."

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tdminat...

iPad version left, iPhone screens below.

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Discovery Pro 9.8 - What's New

video upload by discoDSP

"https://www.discodsp.com/discoverypro/ A walkthrough of Discovery Pro 9.8: the new Wide unison mode, plus the 9.7 Chorus / Phaser and Unison editors."

HOLODRIFT

video upload by DATABROTH

"Read my full review here: https://www.databroth.com/blog/holodr...

check out my wavetables and presets at https://gumroad.com/databroth
join my Patreon / databroth"

ambient synth live | OP-1, Kaleidoscope, Arturia Pigments, NI Reaktor

video upload by Mamotreco

"I played some extra layers of reverberating synth ambience on the Teenage Engineering OP-1, Kaleidoscope by Vadim Minkin processed through the Teenage Engineering EP-135 Sidekick Mixer as well as additional plate reverb and tape echo emulation in Ableton Live as I was recording in. Ableton Live was playing back a composition with Arturia Pigments, NI Reaktor ensembles (Razor, Steampipe 2), GForce Software OB-X synth plugins

Current channel music compilation: https://mamotreco.bandcamp.com
Previous music releases available here: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

Isla Electronics "Asyx" Andromeda A6 | Soundpack "DARKSIDE" - demo 1 | No talking

video upload by xu.sounddesign - dirk rohde

"This is the first demo of my new soundpack 'DARKSIDE" with 50 (!!!) new patches I have designed for Isla Electronics´ 'Asyx' Andromeda and for the original Alesis Andromeda A6.

No external effects were used in the demos. All effects are internal effects of the Asyx. No other hardware was used. No compressor, no limiter, no equalizer, nothing, but the pure Asyx.

All in all there are 50 (!!!) new patches in the package with all sounds of relaxation, grainy drones, organic textures and deep pads.I designed all the sounds myself.

If you´re interested in the soundpack "DARKSIDE", please send me an email (xu.sounddesign@gmx.net). Please check your spam-folder."

Toy leader - 'Cosmic Isle Pad' - Beijing Modular 26

video upload by sonicstate

This is the first post to feature Toyleader on the site.

"We spoke to Mr Wu from Toyleader about Cosmic Isle Pad a visual instrument developed with students from the Conservatory of Xinhai in Guangzhou. He explained that the group focused on software synthesizer design, and that the project formed part of an education programme covering instruments, effects and complete product development.

He said the course was new, and described a set of student-built tools. Cosmic Isle Pad focuses on pad sounds and contains 10 instruments. Its main synth page uses FM synthesis with three FM sections: two operators for modulation and one carrier. Each section offers selectable waveforms, including sine, and includes automation-style ball controls for effects.

A second page adds a sequencer. Sounds created on the first page can be inserted into the sequence and played step by step. A modulation page gives control over different FM oscillators, while another section handles levels, EQ and effects.

He also showed a bass synthesizer, a vocal effect that adds air-style sound, and a control system that uses a joystick to move stereo material into a surround field."

Build a Generative Drone Patch From Scratch | Orrery Walkthrough

video upload by RedtailWorks

Follow-up to this post.

"Orrery is a free generative modular DAW that runs in your browser. This video is a full technical tour: the interface, what a module is and does, and the Event Horizon patch (D minor, 44 BPM) built from an empty canvas, one module at a time, with the music playing the whole way.

Try Orrery free: https://rustypawz.github.io/orrery/
Open the app directly: https://rustypawz.github.io/orrery/play/
Desktop app: coming soon

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:07 Interface: canvas, transport, songs
0:37 The Rack
0:48 The Clock and what a module is
1:20 Gravity well: sub drone
2:02 Ports: event, audio and modulation
2:15 Event horizon: drone, LFO, Orbits, Cloud
2:45 Aboard: breath, hum, resonator
3:14 Distant signal: Marbles melody
3:49 Void: reverb, tape, output
4:19 Dreams: Rain and String
4:42 Tides: LFOs, Function, Random
5:11 Seasons: Phrase, Dividers, Scenes
5:40 Gravity: macros
5:57 The complete patch
6:09 Editing values and modulation depth
6:29 Scenes
6:41 Mixing with Speakers
6:53 Settings and songs
7:10 Full patch playback

Orrery is open source (GPL-3.0).
Source: https://github.com/RustyPawz/orrery
FM-1 firmwares and OPEN-1: https://rustypawz.github.io/fm1-HYP1/
Support on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/redtailworks

#generativemusic #modularsynth #ambient #daw #webaudio"

Now Available! The Official OPTIGAN Desktop Plugin!

"If you’re a fan of iOptigan, we’ve again partnered with Stefan Stenzel, this time to bring you the official Optigan Plugin for your desktop DAW environment!"

Features

Contains all 40 original discs and three prototype discs
Fifteen discs include multiple revisions
Can sync perfectly to DAW
Flex option for setting pitch independent from tempo
Chord detection to trigger chord buttons
Computer keyboard modes for chord and effect buttons
MIDI in and out for scale tones, chord and effect buttons
Panoptigon compatible
Upside-down disc loading
Spring reverb emulation
Optical metronome

The Optigan Plugin is now available! Click here to go grab it!"

Side note: some of you might remember Stefan Stenzel from Waldorf.

Speak and Key Speak by Max for Cats

video upload by max forcats

Speak
Speak is a polyphonic Max for Live instrument that turns typed words into speech in the style of a 1980s Speak & Spell. It encodes each word into coarse chip-style LPC frames and decodes them live in eight voices. MIDI notes set the pitch, so any word can be played as a melody or a chord. It speaks six languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese), and it can freeze a vowel, stutter at any point in a word and apply a 10-point modulation curve. Vibrato has several shapes and a fade-in, and there are controls for tract size, tilt and intonation.

SpeakKeys
SpeakKeys uses the same voice engine, but each of 48 MIDI keys has its own word and its own pitch instead of speaking one word chromatically. You type a word and a semitone pitch for each key, and a note shows the note that plays it and the note that sounds, so you can program little songs and play them from a keyboard or a clip. The keys are laid out in four banks of 12 and are saved with presets. A pair of mappable Select Key and Select Pitch controls lets you edit all 48 pitches from a few Push encoders. It shares the language, vibrato, global pitch and tone controls with Speak. Max for Cats crafts Software Instruments, Effects, MIDI devices, Sound Design and Samples for Ableton Live.

https://maxforcats.gumroad.com/l/zjvtye

Malfunction v3 circuit-bent filter – a serious menace to your drum beats 😈

video upload by Sinevibes

Silver-K - NOVATION K STATION AND KS SERIES VST

NOVATION K STATION AND KS SERIES FREE VST IS FINALLY HERE! video upload by Sergio Frias

Note Novation released the V-Station and B-Station for free back in 2022. You can find a demo of the V-Station here. Also see G-Force's B-Station here.

"K-Station and KS firmware emulation for desktop hosts and Standalone use.

Based on the open-source code of Gearmulator. Plugins appear under NK Stuff in host lists."

"vst project:
https://github.com/temaniak/Silver-K/

Novation os roms and sounds:
https://downloads.novationmusic.com/n..."

Additional Gearmulator posts.

New G-Storm Sound Patches for Isla ASYX Virtual Synthesizer Demo 01

video upload by gstormelectro

"Audio + Video by G-Storm Electro c. 2026

Today I am auditioning some of the presets I made with the ASYX virtual instrument plugin from Isla Instruments. ASYX is an emulation of the Andromeda A6 synthesizer. All of my previously released patches made for the Andromeda have been ported over to ASYX, and are included in ASYX with my expressed permission. This video exhibits previously unreleased new patches made on the ASYX during beta testing. It's been a dream to once again lose myself programming sounds - often times forgetting that it is a virtual instrument. As usual audio is recorded direct, no post FX except normalization, listen w/ quality monitors or headphones recommended, watch your levels - some sections have harsh noise and high-frequency content. In full disclosure no money has been paid to me for promotion, product placement nor sponsorship to this video content."

0:00 Headroom Eater 0:18 Glittering C-Beams 0:36 EVH Xa Stack 0:49 CYGNUS 1:02 Tremble Pad MW 1:26 Bell Tree in C 1:42 Tuned Metal 1:48 Space Time Discontinuity 2:04 H00V Lane 2:13 Ring Bass + HP 2:23 Runner 2:41 Final Boss 2:52 Gorgeous Pad 3:14 Deep SH Bass 3:23 Coeds 3:40 Think Tank + Brush 3:53 Amongst Yourselves Talk 4:03 70s Stringer 4:21 Soft Jam Stab 4:31 Phasey Pad 4:50 Slippy Stab 5:03 SEM BP Bass MW 5:16 Psycho Bass 5:27 ReXpander 5:50 Pulse Damaged 6:07 BP Groover 6:18 Bounce House 6:25 Chillout 6:43 Arc de Triomphe

BLOG https://gstormelectronica.blogspot.com/
LISTEN/DOWNLOAD / gstormelectro

ORRERY Generative Modular by RedtailWorks, ORRERY - by Recluse Studios, and ORRERY by Kepler

video upload by RedtailWorks

Three different apps based on celestial mechanics. Above is RedtailWorks ORRERY Generative Modular posted just today. No additional details are provided.

Directly below is Recluse Studios' Orrery from about two months ago. You can find Kepler's Orrery in previous posts here dating back to 2007. As always, dig and explore.

Orrery by Recluse Studios First Look

video uploads by Recluse Studios

https://reclusestudios.net/orrery.html

"Orrery is a generative music environment where wires carry theory, not audio. You don't write every note — you set the rules, and the machine obeys them forever. Gravity becomes a tonal center. A wormhole becomes a canon machine. A supernova becomes structure.

This is the celestial canvas playing a real piece: three minutes born from a single brief — start in A minor, move to E phrygian, end in D lydian. Bells, soft pads, percussion. No supernovas. One wormhole. All sounds generated in-engine.

Orrery is deterministic by contract: the same file, the same seeds, the same performance — every time, on your machine, offline. No black box, no cloud, no subscription. The composer stays the composer. The machine does the paperwork.

Built by Recluse Studios.

#GenerativeMusic #Orrery #MusicTech #RecluseStudios #CompositionTools" Playlist:

1. Orrery - First Look
2. Orrery - Ouroboros

This is the celestial canvas playing ouroboros — the first demo, and the one that shows what the clock really is. A single voice walks D, F, A, C, E while the tempo itself orbits: 40 bpm, up to 280, and back down, forever. Because the clock's own rate is fed back into the clock. The snake eats its tail.

3. Orrery - Canon in Em

This is Orrery's celestial canvas playing Canon in Em — a strict three-voice canon in E minor, doing exactly what the docs always promised. One theme, eight bars, an original line. It enters, and two wormholes swallow every two-bar phrase and return it unchanged, on time: the same melody at +2 bars, and at +4 bars, forever. Pachelbel's ground, translated — i, v, VI, III, iv, i, iv, v — in natural minor, where the dominant stays minor and the cadence stays modal. 80 bpm. Four minutes. No scenes, no supernovas, no shortcuts: the form is the canon.

4. Orrery - Undertow

One static texture, three rhythms braiding against a bar.
The piece: a Glass-style additive ladder climbs D5→D6, a tresillo thumps on the grid, and a 2-in-7 euclid pattern laps at the beat but never quite lands — the one voice that refuses the bar. The polyrhythm is the entire form. In the middle section the ladder learns to breathe — ties, rests, an accented held apex — before the machine returns, unchanged.

GRAVITY IS A CHORD.
WORMHOLES ARE CANON MACHINES.

You drop bodies into a sky and wire their ports together. A clock keeps time. A key holds the tonality. A progression walks the changes, a voice-leader smooths them, and a gravity well bends everything nearby toward its centre. Wire a body's output into another's input and the second one starts listening.

Beads sit on the wires and do the arithmetic — scale, offset, clamp, curve, lag — so a die roll can drive a filter sweep and a slow contour can nudge a whole section. The machine has no opinions. It has a clock.

See https://reclusestudios.net/orrery.html for additional details.

OCTAL: sequencable effects by DenverSynthLabs

video upload by manmade madman

"Imagine being able to sequence different effects blocks as you wish. Imagine being able to send to a delay only on steps 5 and 9. Imagine being able to slew between effects slowly. Imagine if these effects blocks had LFO's for parameters to modulate them automatically. Imagine if you could choose from 34 effects blocks of different types. Imagine if you could quickly randomize everything to spit out a new sound. Imagine if you could change opamps, diodes, capacitors, and component age without a screwdriver and popping open something vintage.

Imagine no more!

Here's OCTAL. An 8-block sequence-able effects rack that lets you lightly touch or completely mangle your audio input into something fresh. An effects playground, if you will. Chain things in any order, then re-order them freely, just to hear how it sounds. Cascade blocks into each other, stacking sounds that build and grow. Or simply hit the EZ button and let it choose for you. Then sequence all that for certain steps only. Assign LFO's to automatically swell, dip, crunch, or delay sounds so that its just how you like it. Or, do that all at once, times 8.

Available now: https://store.denversynth.com/octal.html"

"Imagine sending audio to a delay only on steps 5 and 9. Imagine slewing a filter between steps. OCTAL is eight effect boxes in series with a 16-step sequencer underneath: pick what's in each box, then program which boxes switch on at each step and where their knobs sit. Every box is its own little pedal, with its own paint, lettering, and wear.

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Cinematic Ambient with Prophet-10, reface CS, and OP-1 field | Invisible Frost 2026-10-22 by atnr

video upload by atnr

"Cinematic ambient created with the Prophet-10, reface CS, OP-1 field, and CP-88.

On the OP-1 field, detailed glitch beats and sustained synth pad sounds are recorded in advance. The MOTHER effect is used as the master effect to add gated reverb.

On the reface CS, the oscillator is set to FM while synth pads are performed. The output is processed through the MICROCOSM with deep reverb.

The Prophet-10 is connected to the blueSky and used to perform slow-attack synth pads.

The CP-88 is processed in the DAW with reverb from Native Instruments Raum.

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