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Apps based on existing software are far from unusual, but Wolfgang Palm has chosen to go the other way.
Korg already have an enviable track record for making high-quality apps, but in Gadget they've made their most serious step yet towards full music production.
Rhythmic Robot’s Shortwave is a Kontakt instrument crammed with ghostly voices, radio tuning sweeps, morse code bleeps and an assortment of hisses, crackles and pulses.
Native Instruments take their hybrid groove machine to another level with new hardware and a big software update.
Waldorf have followed up their '90s blockbuster with a sequel — the Pulse 2.
The tiny 8 Step Program is capable of all sorts of creative CV control.
Virtual ANS is a software simulation of a remarkable Russian synthesizer created by engineer Evgeny Murzin over a 20-year period from the late 1930s.
Check out Arturia's take on this Oberheim classic dual-VCO synthesizer module with oscillator sync, pulse-width modulation and two-pole multi-mode filter.
It's clear where its inspiration lies, but is MFB's 'Analoger Drumcomputer' equal to fabled Roland machines of yore?