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Digital Nomad, Fluent in Graphic/Web & Multimedia Design. Able to Paint or Sculpt, Sonic Landscapes on Vintage or Software Synthesizers, on Hardware or Software Sequencers or DAWs. With Das”SYNthPit” - It’s a SYNth Thing! “DownUnder” in the Land of Aus.
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sixem @sixem.bsky.social · Jan 1
Best Software Synths of 2024: Synth Plugins That Floated Our Boat This Year www.gearnews.com/best-softwar...

TAL Software – TAL-Pha
GForce Software – impOSCar 3
Arturia – MiniBrute V
Synapse Audio – The Legend HZ
Cherry Audio – P-10

Zebralette 3, Blofeld, Microwave 1, Anyma V, SY-4X, Sumu & Thing
Best Software Synths of 2024: Five Synth Plugins That Floated Our Boat This Year - gearnews.com
With 2024 delivering a bumper crop of software synths, it's been tough to pick the cream of the crop, but here are my choices for Best Software Synths of 2024, along with others worthy of a mention.
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Virtual Pianist GRIT | UJAM
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Virtual Pianist GRIT | The Electric Rebel | UJAM
Instantly create electrifying rhythm keys with GRIT. It’s ready for soul, funk, indie, and modern pop productions.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Inside Final Cut Pro — How Apple abandoned Hollywood
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Final Cut Pro -- superb software and a huge mistake
Final Cut Pro for the Mac became a favorite video editing app of Hollywood about 20 years ago, but then Apple made a radical update that lost it filmmakers forever. Here's where it started, and what h...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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What Are Good Christmas Songs? 5 Festive Favourites Compared
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What Are Good Christmas Songs? 5 Festive Favourites Compared
What makes good Christmas songs? So many artists have rallied together to have their shot at the Christmas No.1, but are they any good?
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December 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Tape Delay: What it Is and How to Get the Sound
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Tape Delay: What it Is and How to Get the Sound - gearnews.com
Tape Delay is one of the oldest audio effects, and yet has a character of its own that's still in demand today.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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4 creative trends for 2026, according to Adobe
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Adobe's creative trends report embraces the silliness of AI
Plus the other trends to watch out for in 2026.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Rob Papen SubBoomBass 2: free update 1.0.4 adds new filters, effects, sounds, and more
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Rob Papen SubBoomBass 2: free update 1.0.4 adds new filters, effects, sounds, and more
Rob Papen SubBoomBass 2: the new free update 1.0.4 adds plenty of new filters, effects, sounds, and more to the bass Synthesizer plugin.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Acustica Audio Squid-3: “Built to Make Raw Synthesis Sound Like a Mastered Record”
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Acustica Audio Squid-3: “Built to Make Raw Synthesis Sound Like a Mastered Record” - gearnews.com
Acustica Audio’s latest modeling/convolution soft synth Squid-3 promises to “sound finished, even before the FX.”
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December 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Retrograde Presets - A Free Gift for Mercury-8 Owners!
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Retrograde Presets - A Free Gift for Mercury-8 Owners!
In the spirit of the "Giftmas" season, Cherry Audio is excited to offer a FREE collection of new Mercury-8 presets!
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December 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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KV331 Synthmaster One as Freeware: Free Wavetable Synth for Fat Sounds!
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KV331 Synthmaster One as Freeware: Free Wavetable Synth for Fat Sounds!
The powerful Synthmaster One wavetable synth from KV331 Audio is currently available for free - but only for a limited time.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Arturia Pigments 7 – Magnificent and Deadly: Review
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Arturia Pigments 7 - Magnificent and Deadly: Review - gearnews.com
Arturia's flagship software synth gets yet another major update. Can Pigments 7 deliver noteworthy improvements?
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December 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Soundtoys Holiday giveaway: grab Little MicroShift for FREE for the next two days
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Soundtoys Holiday giveaway: grab Little MicroShift for FREE for the next two days
Soundtoys has launched its Holiday giveaway event, offering six free plugins over the next 12 days: for the next 2 days get Little Radiator for free.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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FL Studio is coming to your browser as FL Studio Web
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FL Studio is coming to your browser as FL Studio Web
Image-Line CEO Constantin Koenche has announced FL Studio Web, a browser-based version of the beloved DAW, FL Studio — better known to many as FruityLoops.
musictech.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
Dictionary codifies the term that took hold in 2024 for low-quality AI-generated content.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”
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Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”
Disney demands that Google immediately block its copyrighted content from appearing in AI outputs.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Time’s Person of the Year cover feels like a desecration of history
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Time’s Person of the Year has forced me to accept an uncomfortable truth
AI is here to stay.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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U-he Zebra 3, the long-awaited modular Synthesizer plugin is now in public beta
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U-he Zebra 3, the long-awaited modular Synthesizer plugin is now in public beta
U-he Zebra 3, the long-awaited successor of the Zebra 2 modular Synthesizer plugin is now ready for test in public beta
synthanatomy.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Elon Musk destroyed Twitter — now Operation Bluebird has revealed a shock plan to bring it back in 2026
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Operation Bluebird wants to revive Twitter outside of X — I worry it's way too late
Elon Musk destroyed Twitter — now Operation Bluebird has revealed a shock plan to bring it back in 2026
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December 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Audulus 4: iOS and macOS modular synth is now FREE, iPhone support, and ditches subscriptions
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Audulus 4: iOS and macOS modular synth is now FREE, iPhone support, and ditches subscriptions
Audulus 4, the multi-touch iOS and macOS modular Synthesizer, is now FREE of charge and the latest update adds iPhone support and ditches subscriptions
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December 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Dawesome SOL, a free granular reverb plugin in collaboration with S1gns Of L1fe
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Dawesome SOL, a free granular reverb plugin in collaboration with S1gns Of L1fe
Dawesome SOL is a new free granular reverb plugin for macOS and Windows made in collaboration with musician and YouTuber S1gns Of L1fe.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Everything you need to know about Absynth 6 by Native Instruments
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Everything you need to know about Absynth 6 by Native Instruments
Learn about Native Instruments Absynth 6 and its impactful return, enhancing music production with groundbreaking sound options.
musictech.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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u-he Zebralette 3 Is Almost Here: New Release Candidate Available Now
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u-he Zebralette 3 Is Almost Here: New Release Candidate Available Now
After extensive beta testing, u-he has published a new release candidate of Zebralette 3. You can already try the free software synth today!
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December 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Pantone’s new Colour of the Year is giving me existential dread
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What creatives really think of Pantone’s ‘bleak' Colour of the Year
It’s giving dread, not dreamy.
www.creativebloq.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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ujam UFX Distort and UFX Lofi: easy-to-use yet powerful distortion and degradation plugins
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ujam UFX Distort and UFX Lofi, new easy-to-use distortion and degradation plugins
ujam UFX Distort and UFX Lofi are new, easy-to-use yet powerful multimode distortion and degradation plugins for macOS and Windows.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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MusicTech’s favourite music gear of the decade…so far
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MusicTech’s favourite music gear of the decade…so far
Five years into the 2020s and gear brands have
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December 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM