We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/vintage-synth-plugin-economy-v10f-decade Two vintage-synth plugins, two ways to sell the past: Audio Blast's V10F and Ebbandflow's deCADE https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/vintage-synth-plugin-economy-v10f-decade Audio Blast's V10F takes its cue from the Kawai 100F, the monosynth Vince Clarke had in early Depeche Mode, and launched at €77. Ebbandflow's deCADE packs 127 captured sounds from a dozen unnamed '80s synths into one sample-based instrument. One sells a synth's history and the other sells its sound, and buyers should know which one they're paying for. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techsynthspluginsvintage-emulationsample-librariesworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/behringer-jn-80-juno-60-clone-569 Behringer's JN-80 is shipping: an eight-voice Juno-60 clone with a full keyboard https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/behringer-jn-80-juno-60-clone-569 Behringer's JN-80, an analog Juno-60 recreation with eight voices, 49 keys and a BBD chorus, is now reaching buyers at about \$569 outside the US. It undercuts Roland's own Juno revivals on keys and voices, but Behringer's own spec sheet contradicts itself on memory and is vague about aftertouch. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers releaseshardwaresynthsbehringerrolandworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/roland-jupiter-08-n-vision-boutique Roland JUPITER-08 and n/vision: a 32-voice Jupiter tribute and the first wavetable Boutique https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/roland-jupiter-08-n-vision-boutique Roland has added two Boutique synths, a JUPITER-08 that can run up to 32 voices and n/vision, the line's first wavetable synth, both with batteries, a speaker and a bundled K-25m keyboard. The JUPITER-08 is the polyphony fix the old JP-08 needed; n/vision is the more interesting buy. Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers releaseshardwaresynthsroland https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/arturia-astrolab-2-free-update-front-panel-editing Arturia AstroLab 2.0: a free update that makes a stage keyboard better after you bought it https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/arturia-astrolab-2-free-update-front-panel-editing Arturia's free AstroLab 2.0 firmware adds front-panel sound editing and 60+ new sounds to a keyboard line that first appeared in April 2024. It's a good example of hardware getting better after purchase, and it shows that the real product is Arturia's software catalogue. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers releaseshardwarearturiafirmwaresynths