01/01/2026
Happy new year! 🎇🎆 What an amazing way to start the new year! These are great news for all the late 90s / early 00s ravers and open source enthusiasts (I happen to be both of these things). Shall the supersaw be with us forever! 😍🥰 A big thumbs up and thank you to Giulio Zausa! You made my start into 2026 very happy!
39C3 - From Silicon to Darude Sand-storm: breaking famous synthesizer DSPs
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-from-silicon-to-darude-sand-storm-breaking-famous-synthesizer-dspsHave you ever wondered how the chips and algorithms that made a...
28/11/2025
This is quite impressive. Realistic synthesis of cymbal sounds with an absolutely *non-physical* model.
Synthesize Cymbals and Hi-Hats that sound REAL using the power of PARALLEL COMB FILTERS
Over the last 9 months, I've been developing a new method of synthesizing cymbals from only a short impulse, using bus feedback and free plugins. This synthe...
22/10/2025
Some good news for audio plugin developers from Steinberg. VST3 is now MIT licensed. 👍
KVR Forum: VST3 now open source under MIT license - DSP and Plugin Development Forum
KVR Audio Forum - VST3 now open source under MIT license - DSP and Plugin Development Forum
19/07/2025
A very well done video presentation of the dissonance theory that is laid out in the excellent book "Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale" by William Sethares.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl6ZcY9ag
When I first read this book more than a decade ago, I found it to be a revelation. Every music engineer needs to know this.
The Physics Of Dissonance
Thanks to the Acoustical Society of America for sponsoring this video! Start your career in acoustics today with the ASA career toolkit: https://exploresound...