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You can now sample via USB-C using your Ableton Move
By Matt Mullen published
Move's 1.3.0 firmware update also lets you send out polyphonic expression through the instrument's MIDI out port

UA is giving away its 1176 plugin as a Valentine's gift – here's how to get it and use it!
By Andy Jones published
Forget flowers, chocolates or champagne – give your loved one a free vintage compressor plugin instead! Better still, just get it for yourself…

"A painstaking facsimile of the original in software form": Waldorf Microwave 1 Plugin
By Roland Schmidt published
Described as the ‘return of a legend’ in software, we reheat some wavetables with Waldorf’s reincarnated classic

RePedal is a free ‘AI guitar pedal maker’ that creates a new stompbox every time you click it
By Ben Rogerson published
Now you can get that ‘new gear’ dopamine hit without spending any money

"It's probably closer to the real hardware than anything out there": 5 of the coolest free plugins we discovered this month
By Matt Mullen published
Our monthly round-up of free plugins continues with spherical synths, feline delays and a killer take on the Yamaha CS-80

"It's like recording sounds across time": How Yumi Matsutoya used AI to turn back the clock when crafting her new album
By Andy Price published
One of Japan's most celebrated singers harnessed Dreamtonics' vocal processing to create a new voice which transcends time and space

openDAW promises to open the door to music production for beginners, students and beatmakers on a budget
By Matt Mullen published
Though still in development, openDAW looks set to be a capable and accessible music-making platform with a few interesting quirks

Full Bucket Music takes on another rare vintage synth with Paralogy, its free plugin emulation of the Crumar Trilogy and Stratus
By Matt Mullen published
The generous German developer adds to its bucketload of free synth plugins with a recreation of two quirky Italian instruments from the '80s
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