David Ireland

1 month ago | magneticmag.com | Ben Lepper |David Ireland

It feels like that it’s getting harder and harder to find unique delay plugins. More often than not, when you open up a delay plugin, you know what you’re getting: a fairly simple plugin in which you can really only affect a delay’s rate and feedback, with an occasional change to adjust its tone. Luckily, if you’re in this boat, BLEASS has you covered: BLEASS Tides, their newest plugin focused on creating unique and creative delays, is out now.

1 month ago | magneticmag.com | David Ireland

If you’ve spent any time trying to find that sweet spot between great sound and fast workflow in an electric piano plug-in, Klevgrand’s new release might just stop your search cold. Elpiano, which literally means “electric piano” in Swedish, brings together the soul of vintage gear with the polish of modern software. It’s light on CPU, heavy on vibes, and tailor-made for players who want great tone fast.

1 month ago | magneticmag.com | David Ireland

SOMA Laboratory is its own thing; some might say avant-garde, others Drone, and Experimental, but one thing is for sure, they are strange in all the right ways. SOMA has never been one to play by the rules, and this is obvious with the machines they make and the customers they cater to. The Polish experimental synth company, known for its organic approach to electronic sound design (see the Lyra-8 and Pulsar-23), has once again delivered two new instruments true to their DNA: the LYRA-4 and FLUX.

1 month ago | magneticmag.com | Will Vance |David Ireland

There’s something about stepping away from the desk, grabbing your gear, and heading out into the wild that flips a switch in your brain. The kind of reset that brings fresh ideas when you get back into your groove—whether you’re sketching, editing, building, or writing. BOTE gets that, and their new Fischer Series hits that sweet spot where outdoor grit meets inspired design.

1 month ago | magneticmag.com | David Ireland |Ben Lepper

It feels like, as sound designers turn more and more to VSTs, modular synthesis has become a forgotten art. Think of modular synthesis like legos. You have a bunch of pieces in front of you, and you need to connect them in a certain way to build something. Now, replace the lego bricks themselves with “modules” such as physical reverbs, delays, compressors, and more, and replace the connectors with cables that plug into each of those modules.