Article Type: Review
Xfer Serum Review: Does the Studio Standard Still Earn Its Slot in 2026?
Serum has been sitting in my default template since 2014. It’s the synth I reach…
Granular Plugins We Actually Reach For: A Roundup After Two EPs of Abuse
Two EPs in, and the granular plugins that survived aren’t the ones with the biggest…
The 8 Software Synths That Never Leave Our Session Template
Every session template we build ends up looking the same way: a short list of…
How We Tame Resonant Peaks Without Killing the Character of a Patch
Resonant peaks are not a flaw. That is the first thing to internalize if you…
Best Plugins for Techno: The Rack Behind Our Last Three 12-Inches
We finished three 12-inches this year, all cut from the same project folder, and the…
Box Of Rules drops Box Of Synths, a free prompt-driven synth beta for editing patches
Box Of Rules just put out Box Of Synths as a free beta, and the…
Vital Review: The Free Synth That Quietly Runs Half Our Patches
I keep a running joke with the people I work with: if you open a…
How We Build a Techno Kick That Lands on a Big Rig Without Turning to Mud
The kick is the one element in a techno track that has to survive everything:…
Thenatan GRRR turns flat 808s and loops into beat-reactive growl bass
Most 808 tools are obsessed with pitch and length. Thenatan’s GRRR cares about movement. It’s…
Dust, Wow and Flutter: Making a Clean Beat Sound Beautifully Broken
A moment in a session that most producers know: the beat is technically finished. Everything…