Anukari: A 3D Physics-modeling synthesizer

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We take a deep dive into the world of 3D physics-modeling synthesis with Anukari, which we first discovered at #NAMM earlier this year. This instrument allows you to manipulate masses, springs, various excitation sources (including external audio) and pick up the vibrations of the objects with microphones. It's a very different way of creating sounds than the typical software synthesizer, and presents unique possibilities. This approach also has unique challenges, and takes a while to learn and longer to master. Fortunately, there are a lot of great presets and templates to get you started.

To find out more, please visit https://anukari.com

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00:00 Introduction
00:26 Overview
01:34 A demo with the Tuned Resonator Bank preset
03:00 Bodies and springs
04:46 Exciters
10:10 Microphones
12:18 Macros and modulators
17:41 Building systems with multiple bodies
26:35 Factory Presets
33:44 Audio input - using Anukari as an effects processor
34:35 The default effects preset
36:33 More effects presets
39:37 Conclusion"

UVI Vintage CASIO Legacy | Exclusive interview featuring Cosmo Synthesizer Prototype

video upload by UVI

"We sat down with Hiroshi Iwase, who spent over four decades shaping Casio’s approach to electronic instruments. In this exclusive interview, he shares insights into the vision behind Casio’s synthesizers, their role in making electronic music more accessible, and the legacy they continue to hold today.

Video credits : Anthony H. / Pauline B.
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Discover the new Vintage CASIO Legacy - Legends of Digital Instrument
https://www.uvi.net/vintage-casio-legacy

A premium collection built to honor a generation of iconic instruments, while unlocking their full potential in a modern workflow. With six classics, a Multi groove engine, deep editing, and a huge preset library, it’s a uniquely CASIO sound world for today’s producers, composers, and sound designers."

Ocean Swift Introduces Sound Creator Suite - tools for sound-design and instrument development

The Ultimate Sound Designer & Developer Toolkit: Sound Creator Suite Walkthrough | Ocean Swift video upload by Ocean Swift / Faxi Nadu

https://oceanswift.net/product/sound-creator-suite/

"Welcome to a complete walkthrough of the Ocean Swift - Sound Creator Suite. In this video, we take a high-level tour of the entire application, showing you not just what the tools do, but how they work in concert to provide a centralized host environment for virtual instrument developers, sample pack creators, and sound designers.

Whether you are automating hardware sampling, building custom UI components, or formatting vast preset libraries, this suite handles the heavy lifting so you can focus on the creative process.

What we cover in this walkthrough:
Global Settings & The Log Viewer: A look at the suite's foundation, including audio/MIDI routing, Kontakt developer integration , and the built-in, thread-safe Log Viewer capable of maintaining a 10,000-line history.
Audio Batch Processing & Sampling: How to recursively process thousands of audio files , mathematically align loops using MIR technology , and automate external hardware sampling via MIDI and threshold detection.
The Wavetable Ecosystem: A brief look at building wavetables from scratch with the Creator, extracting them from audio files, and converting formats across various software synthesizers.
MIDI & OSC Routing: Bridging the gap between your hardware, digital audio workstations, and modular environments like TouchDesigner.
UI Generation & NKS Workflow: From rendering 3D knobs into sprite sheets to batch-injecting metadata into Native Instruments NKS presets and standard audio samples."

Build Kontakt Instruments Faster: WYSIWYG UI Editor & Prefabs | Ocean Swift Sound Creator Suite

video upload by

"In this in-depth walkthrough, we dive into the Kontakt Performance View tool, a powerful standalone WYSIWYG editing environment within the Ocean Swift Sound Creator Suite. If you build instruments for Native Instruments Kontakt, this tool bridges the gap between technical JSON editing and intuitive visual design.We cover the entire workflow, from initial setup to complex UI layout, showing you how to design without writing a single line of layout code. What you will learn in this video:Integration & Setup: How to use the suite's settings to launch Kontakt as an isolated child process. Automated NKS Creation: Watch the tool automatically generate the strict NKS folder hierarchy and silently execute a Lua script to create your base .nki and .nkr container files. Live WYSIWYG Editing: Explore the hardware-accelerated preview canvas that provides a near 1:1 visual representation of your UI.Drag & Drop Design: See how to physically drag controls across the canvas , use grab handles for free-resizing , and utilize the alignment menu to perfectly center, top, or bottom-align multiple UI elements instantly.
Advanced Tree & Property Inspector: Learn how to manage the exact structural hierarchy of your UI. We show you how to use Alt+Click to instantly select a Panel and all nested child controls , and how to edit multiple parameters safely using the dynamic property inspector.
Instant UI Prefabs: Discover how to recursively scan your resources folder to drop complex, pre-configured .nckc UI elements directly into your project in seconds.

Grab it here: https://oceanswift.net/product/sound-..."

Press release follows:

"Sound Creator Suite is an all-in-one desktop environment for advanced sound-design and virtual instrument development workflows. Serving as a robust, centralized host, this suite equips producers and developers with an unparalleled arsenal of specialized Ocean Swift tools and utilities.

Learn more and grab it here for €60 instead of €100, 40% off until May 7 2026: https://oceanswift.net/product/sound-creator-suite/

Generate studio-grade UI components - from photo realistic brushed-metal knobs to glowing LED rings with the GUI Knob Maker, and export complex animations as perfectly stitched sprite sheets in seconds. Seamlessly pair this with the Kontakt Performance View tool, an advanced WYSIWYG editing environment that lets you construct complex Kontakt interfaces using a visual, drag-and-drop real-time workflow, entirely eliminating the need to write tedious layout code.

Process audio in bulk, utilize MIR algorithms to surgically align loops, automate your hardware sampling workflows, and generate algorithmic MIDI patterns. Whether you are building and converting custom wavetables, batch-injecting metadata with the NKS preset and sample taggers, monitoring OSC packets, or accessing instant music-calculation tools, the Sound Creator Suite brings an entire development ecosystem into one powerful interface.

Featuring
30+ sound design and instrument development tools
Growing toolkit with an exciting future roadmap – more tools, more assets!
Design, Build, Record, Process, Edit, Manipulate, Monitor
Automate processes and speed up workflows
Innovative, unique, performant and user minded approach"

Soundtoys Decapitator: A Quick-Start Guide & Sale

video upload by soundtoys

"In this quick tutorial, we’ll get you up and running with Decapitator, the secret weapon of top mix engineers. You’ll learn to how dial in this plug-in’s analog-style saturation to add detail, edge, warmth, or distortion to your music.

Learn more at https://www.soundtoys.com/product/dec..."

Note Soundtoys plugins are currently on sale including 50% Off the Soundtoys 5 Bundle.

AMALGAME 16 FREE Pressets

video upload by DATABROTH

"Grab them here: https://databroth.gumroad.com/l/wdikrb
Read my review of Amalgame here: https://www.databroth.com/blog/amalga..."

MetaModule Tutorials: Bird Song Patch

video upload by 4ms Company

"Go to our MetaModule forum for the patch notes: https://forum.4ms.info/t/bird-song-pa..."

Emergence1

video upload by DATABROTH

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

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

Affiliate links:
Plugin Boutique: http://pluginboutique.com/?a_aid=61c3...

if you're already planning on purchasing any software and want help support me,
purchasing any software via the above link helps me out with a %15 commission

00:00 Piano
01:07 Marimba
01:46 Drums
02:39 Guitar"

Features
- Real-time granulation of the incoming signal
- 4 grain generation streams with independent parameters
- Built-in preset manager with factory presets
- Modulation system with many modulation sources: LFOs, Macros, Audio Input/Output and parameter randomization
- ADSR controls for shaping grain envelopes
- High quality grain pitch transposition (+/- 24 semitones)
- Synchronize time based parameters to host tempo/beat
- Up to 600 grains (depending on your CPU)
- Freeze buffer contents
- Built-in help (hover over controls and see text at the bottom)
- Resizable UI
- Collapsible UI sections to save screen space
- Parameter randomization and locking
- Available in VST3 (windows and mac) and AU (mac only) formats
- Native support for ARM and Intel Macs

Passive Bandpass Filters Are GOATED | AudioThing Octaves

video upload by HAINBACH and AudioThing

"Passive bandpass filters are an obsession of mine, so it was just a question of time until AudioThing and me would make a plugin of the special subset called octave filters. Octaves is out on now: https://www.audiothing.net/effects/Oc...

My Music: http://hainbach.bandcamp.com"

"Hainbach’s Bandpass Filter

Octaves is our latest collaboration with Berlin-based composer and YouTuber Hainbach. It is a filter plugin designed to take apart the audio spectrum in spreads of octaves, allowing for unique and enchanting spectral sound design effects. Octaves gives you a retro-scientific approach to sound that echoes the timeless productions created in the BBC Radiophonic workshop or the WDR Studio für Elektronische Musik by the Avantgarde masters, and modern places like Willem Twee, Strøm, and Hainbach’s own laboratory.

Octaves is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux (VST2, VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP).
It’s also available on the App Store for iOS and iPadOS (AUv3 and Standalone).

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Rare Sound Design: Italian Alpha Syntauri Clone & Jen Musipack Restoration

video upload by Riccardo Pietroni

"In this video, we explore a fascinating piece of Italian musical heritage: a rare hardware clone of the Alpha Syntauri, likely part of the Jen Musipack project.

This specific setup features the (probably) cloned Mountain Computer cards. It’s a rare look at how this technology was adapted and distributed in Italy during the early 80s.

The Hardware Challenge:
I actually own the original Musipack keyboard, but due to its age, several keys are currently non-functional. To make this demonstration possible and play the system properly, I’ve paired the Italian hardware with an original Alpha Syntauri keyboard unit. It’s a perfect example of 80s cross-compatibility!

Same issue with the original Musipack Software which is no working correctly with the keyboard.

The Creative Process:

Sound Engine: Original Alphaplus software (Additive Synthesis).

Hardware: Music System digital oscillator cards (Jen Musipack clone of the original Mountain Computer).

Control: Original Alpha Syntauri Keyboard.

Recording & Sequencing: All sounds were captured and sequenced using the 1010music Blackbox (Bento).

The result is a unique blend of 8-bit grit and modern sequencing. The Alphaplus software allows for deep manipulation of harmonics, creating textures that range from cold, clinical digital tones to surprisingly lush, haunting pads."

Alphaplus made its first and only prior appearance on the site back in 2011 in a post fearturing Audio Damage's Phosphor.

According to Google AI: "AlphaPlus was a pioneering software package for the Apple II-based alphaSyntauri synthesizer system, enabling additive synthesis in the early 1980s. It allowed for polyphonic sound creation by stacking sine waves (harmonics), featuring 10 instruments, and providing deep manipulation of partials to produce distinct,, digital, or, lush, textures, as discussed on MATRIXSYNTH."

Hans Zimmer NEW UPDATE! The Legend HZ Synthesizer

video upload by Kevin Schroeder

"Available at: https://www.synapse-audio.com/thelege...
Out now! Here is 'THE LEGEND HZ' by Synapse Audio Software.com
A collaboration between Hans Zimmer, Kevin Schroeder and Synapse Audio.

We have updated The Legend HZ to version 2.1.

The main addition is a paragraphic equalizer on the back panel, giving more tonal shaping options directly within the instrument. The compressor section also receives an upgrade with a new saturation feature, adding warmth and character to the final output.

For users working with alternative tuning systems, the updated version introduces microtuning support via MTS-ESP, opening up The Legend HZ to a wider range of musical styles and experimental workflows.

Rounding out the update are 50 new factory presets crafted by professional sound designer Kevin Schroeder, ready to use straight out of the box"

INSTANT AMBIENT in Ableton Live 12 ft. Roto-Control & ROLI Seaboard 2

video upload by sonfx | infinite heights

"A quick video demonstrating the usability of modern control surfaces when used in tandem.

Gear used:
Roli Seaboard 2
Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control Bitwig Edition
Ableton Live 12
Focal Clear MG Pro
Iphone 15 Pro
OBS
Davinci Resolve
Macbook Pro M3 Pro
Rode Lavalier II
Zoom F6"

Inside the 505 String Machine with Dan Chmielinski & Troels Folmann

video upload by Soundpaint

"Get the 505 String Machine here: https://soundpaint.com/products/505-e...

Go inside the making of one of the most iconic string machines ever captured.

Troels Folmann and Dan “Chimy” Chmielinski break down the process behind 505 String Machine, from obsessive ultra-deep sampling to preserving the raw character of the legendary Roland RS-505 String Machine. This is more than a recreation. It is a deep dive into the philosophy, detail, and decisions that bring a classic instrument back to life.

Used by artists like Vangelis, The Police, Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Herbie Hancock, the RS-505 helped define the sound of an era. Often living in the shadow of the Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer, it was the evolving texture underneath. The movement, the depth, the feeling."

UVI Introduces Vintage Vault 5 & Vintage Casio Legacy

video uploads by UVI



Playlist:
1. UVI Vintage Vault 5 | Trailer
2. UVI Vintage Vault 5 | Showcase
3. UVI Vintage Casio Legacy | Showcase
4. UVI Vintage Casio Legacy | Overview

"Vintage Vault 5 - The Ultimate Vintage Synth Collection
https://www.uvi.net/vintage-vault-5

Discover a living collection of synthesis drawn exclusively from real hardware bringing together 43 UVI instruments spanning five decades of electronic sound, from the warm, evolving textures of early polyphonic analog synths, to the crisp digital voices that defined the '80s and '90s, to the obscure prototypes and cult machines that quietly shaped entire genres, this collection captures the true sound of the hardware that defined modern music.

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music credits: Harel Tsemah"

"Vintage CASIO Legacy - Legends of Digital Instrument
https://www.uvi.net/vintage-casio-legacy

A premium collection built to honor a generation of iconic instruments, while unlocking their full potential in a modern workflow. With six classics, a Multi groove engine, deep editing, and a huge preset library, it’s a uniquely CASIO sound world for today’s producers, composers, and sound designers.

Also included in the new Vintage Vault 5 ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/vintage-vault-5
Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass"

UVI Vintage Vault 5 - FIRST LOOK and Synth Demo!

video upload by MATTHS

"Massive demo of several of the new synths inside of UVI's Vintage Vault 5."

https://www.matthsmatthsmatths.com

UVI Vintage Vault 5 | No Talking | ‪@UVIofficial‬

video upload by DKS SYNTH LAB

"Welcome to DKS Synth Lab! In this video, we explore UVI Vintage Vault 5 with some of the new instruments included in the collection!

Video recorded in collaboration with ‪@UVIofficial‬"

AIR Music Tech & Akai Professional Introduce Fabric Vintage Synths Vol. 1

video upload by AIR Music Tech

"Three legendary analog synths. One modern synthesis environment. https://inmusic.to/2p977r6r

From lush pads to punchy basses and soaring leads, Fabric Vintage Synths, Vol 1 channels the sonic character of three iconic hardware synthesizers, bringing new creative inspiration to your MPC or DAW-based workflow.

Inspired by three of the most influential analog polysynths ever created, this collection includes the Fabric Vintage Pro, Fabric Vintage Jup, and Fabric Vintage Memorymoog. Each instrument in this collection captures the sonic DNA of cherished 1970s and 1980s polyphonic synthesizers and places it inside a powerful, modern instrument designed for how producers, composers, and synthesists work today.

These instruments have been reimagined through the AIR Advanced Multi-Sample Synthesis Fabric Engine for flexible, intuitive music-making. This shared engine allows each synth to retain its unique identity while benefiting from a common, modern workflow across MPC hardware and desktop DAWs."

Soundpaint 505 String Machine Walkthrough - The Secret Weapon of Vangelis

video upload by Soundpaint

"Grab the 505 String Machine here: https://soundpaint.com/products/505-e...

505 String Machine is the definitive ultra-deep sampled (UDS™) string machine. The most detailed sampling of the legendary RS-505 Paraphonic ever done.

The secret weapon of Vangelis. While the CS-80 became the icon, the RS-505 was the warmth underneath, equally present across his most celebrated work. Essential on records by The Police, Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Herbie Hancock. The string machine that shaped the sound of an entire era.

505 String Machine includes expertly crafted programs built from extensively UDS™ sampled parts, capturing every nuance of the original hardware’s divide-down oscillators and analog ensemble chorus. That constantly shifting, organic phase movement that makes the RS-505 impossible to replicate with synthesis is preserved in full detail. Expanded with our custom 505 C.A.F™ modeled filter for deeper sound design while staying true to its analog soul. The result is instant tone and deep creative flexibility.

- - - - -
0:00 Intro
1:55 Famous Programs
4:16 Pads
6:50 Strings
8:59 Keys
11:30 Brass
13:48 Leads
15:06 Plucks
16:26 Ambient
18:21 Arps
20:18 Bass"

Coming to Soundpaint: 505 String Machine

video upload by Soundpaint

"Vangeli's Secret Weapon, the other half of Blade Runner, the warmth machines can’t fake. The 505 String Machine brings the legendary RS-505 back with ultra-deep sampling and unmistakable analog motion.

Coming soon to Soundpaint with a custom 505 C.A.F™ modeled filter.
Soundpaint™ is a new analog-style sampling technology.

Soundpaint renders all instruments in real-time in 127 dynamic velocity layers. It shortens the distance from idea to realization. Instantly morph a waterdrop with a violin. Play the most iconic instruments of all time in exquisite realism and fidelity. True analog-modeled effects. Advanced and organic arpeggiator. A deep matrix for those who desire.

Welcome to the dawn of Real-Time Sampling™

Soundpaint is available at www.soundpaint.com"

Free Synth1 Save The Robots

video upload by steve webb

via Wikipedia:

"Synth1 is a software synthesizer designed by KVR user Daichi (Real name: Ichiro Toda 戸田一郎 [1]). It was originally designed as an emulation of the Nord Lead 2 synthesizer, and has since become a unique Virtual Studio Technology instrument and one of the most downloaded VST plug-ins of all time. The software used to be a DirectX instrument plugin, but became solely VSTi from version 1.08 on. Version 1.13 was the first version to introduce a native 64-bit version of the plugin."

"Synth1 was first released as a DXi plug-in on October 9, 2002. It was updated to support the VSTi format six days later, on October 15, 2002."

The Crow Hill Company Introduces the THE SH*T SYNTH

The Sh*t Synth - Walkthrough video upload by CROW HILL XTRAS

Press release follows:


The Crow Hill Company turns to extensive and rare collection to turn out THE SH*T SYNTH as compendium of 48 circuit-, wave- and sample-bent instruments

EDINBURGH, UK: The Crow Hill Company is proud to turn to its own extensive and rare collection of hardware to turn out THE SH*T SYNTH — available as a compendium of 48 circuit-, wave- and sample-bent instruments inspired by some of the Edinburgh-based enterprise’s eclectic musical favourites (spanning the likes of Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Joe Maus, Jon Brion, Laurie Spiegel, Radiohead, Throbbing Gristle, and Yazoo) to create something that they collectively ask: is it just shit or ‘the shit’? — as of April 7…

Whatever way anyone chooses to read into the titling of THE SH*T SYNTH as the latest entry into The Crow Hill’s ongoing ORIGINS series of sample-based virtual instrument plug-ins, one thing is for sure: it readily represents a broad selection of three categories of 16 workhorse instruments each, effectively wrapped up into a single plug-in designed to bring a cohesive approach to making music more edgy, lo-fi, retro, and — swimming against the technological tide of so-called progress — decidedly AI (Artificial Intelligence) slop-free. From pianos to strings, plucks, beeps, bass, and pads, the compendium that is THE SH*T SYNTH has been lovingly sculpted by the Edinburgh-based enterprise’s media composer and ‘samplist-in-residence’ Christian Henson to take the hassle out of making existing sounds less refined, catering to those looking for an entirely new bank of Mellotron-style sounds as well as synths that have been long forgotten — for good reason, too!

CLICK FOR MORE »

Ensoniq SD-1 Emulation - "Between Worlds" Soundset 54 Presets

video upload by LFOstore

"LFO.store presents a soundset for Ensoniq SD-1 VST Emulation synthesizer – 'Between Worlds' Soundset.

BUY: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/ensoniq-sd...

Great developers from Sojusrecords giving us this treassure for free:
https://github.com/sojusrecords/Enson...

SD-1 is a real deep,versatile & powerfull synthesizer, one of the really first wavetable ones.

'Between Worlds' Soundset crossing 2 worlds – digital & analog timbres and contains 54 organic presets:

Big & massive strings
Various unearthly drones
Silky and evolving pads
Plucks & Bells
Various hybrid basses
Polyphonic & Modular sounds
Cutting Leads

As with USUAL SUSPECTS products we are giving full instructions of how to install plugin, how to load OS & how to import our sounds.

This soundset also working with real SD-1 hardware.

Soul of Ensoniq SD-1 sounds really cosmic & cinematic + its a great machine for synthwave music.

Made by Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of “Organica” for Waldorf Blofeld & “WS Universe” for Korg Wavestation.

Enjoy & may music be with you!"

Coming soon! The legends of digital instruments

video upload by UVI

"First look to Vintage Casio Legacy, a 6-instrument suite preserving Casio’s pioneering digital synthesizers.

Developed in close collaboration with Casio and officially approved
by CASIO Computer Co., Ltd., the collection represents one of the most thorough efforts ever undertaken to document these instruments in software form.

Available April 9th, 2026 at uvi.net

Video credits : Anthony Hak"