Jeff Mills’ ‘The Bells, Part 1’

We recently explored the arrangement of Jeff Mills’ seminal track The Bells in an issue of Deconstructed, but what’s an arrangement without the instruments? In the next two instalments of Synth Secrets, we will use Hive, u-he’s workhorse softsynth, to rapidly build these classic techno timbres. We love Hive for its ultra-streamlined workflow and its…

Antelope Audio Announces A4-1B Opto-tube Compressor

Antelope Audio has announced their A4-1B, a digitally-controlled analog opto-tube compressor. The A4-1B is a recreation of a classic Danish tube compressor design, combined with modern… Read More Read the full story

FSK Audio announces ModPlay MIDI Plugin

FSK Audio has announced ModPlay, a “revolutionary MIDI plug-in designed to inspire creativity and streamline music production workflows”, coming out in Spring 2025 (pricing TBA). … Read More Read the full story

Heritage Audio releases HA1200 TapeSat Native Plugin

Heritage Audio has announced the release of a native plugin version of of HA1200 TapeSat, formerly only available as a DSP plug-in for i73 Pro family products. HA 1200 TapeSat is… Read More Read the full story

Roland announces Galaxias v1.5

Roland has announced the imminent release of version 1.5 of Galaxias, the latest update to the Super Instrument. Galaxias combines over 23,000 iconic sounds and dozens of legendary… Read More Read the full story

Novation and GForce release GForce Bass Station

Novation and GForce have announced the release of the GForce Bass Station, a brand-new software version of the original analogue synthesiser. Bass Station is an iconic mono-synth,… Read More Read the full story