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Web overhaul! As you can see, we put some paint on our web site. Long overdue! How do you like it? Review @ANR! Check out the review of Portatron 2.0 over at Audio News Room! “Portatron has always occupied a specific lane: lo-fi producers, ambient sound designers,… Portatron 2.0 is here! After over a year of building and tweaking, we are proud to present Portatron 2.0! This major update brings some exciting features to our… Interview on Portatron Allen at SonalSystem asked us some questions on the story behind Portatron, check it out! Discover AetherFlow: Evolving Chords for Portatron If you’re into ambient textures, modular synths, or just chasing that magical, shifting chordal sound — then you’ll want to meet AetherFlow – Evolving… Portatron 1.5 Released – Meet Auto Fade and FADE Portapack We just dropped Portatron 1.5, a free update for all users. The big news? Auto Fade, your new secret weapon for hands-on mixing. With… New Portapack: Experimental West Coast Ready to push the boundaries of your sound design? Introducing Experimental West Coast, the latest Portapack for the PORTATRON Tape Synthesizer. Crafted from authentic… Portatron Cassette Collective launched! At Robotic Bean, we’re constantly inspired by the creativity of our community. That’s why we’re so excited to announce the release of the Portatron… Portatron Cassette Collective Hello Portatron Creators! We have exciting news for all you creative souls: it’s time for the Portatron Cassette Collective! 🎛️✨ We invite you to… Portatron review by Digiphex A really nice and thorough review of Portatron from Digiphex Electronics, you should check it out! I think he made it sound more “tapey”… Portatron 1.4 released! Portatron 1.4 released! 5 new Portapacks! We’re excited to unveil 5 new Portapacks from our friends at SonalSystem! Each expansion pack is crafted to inspire and enhance your musical creations, offering… Free SonalSampler Portapack! Dive into the world of vintage audio with the newly released SonalSampler, a complimentary demo collection from the SonalSystem‘s Portapack series, specially designed for… Hand Clap Studio 1.4 released! We just released Hand Clap Studio 1.4 which has a brand new popup menu with two much requested features: HCS 1.4 is a free… New feature: Portapacks! Today, Friday September 22nd, we release Portapacks, expansion packs for our popular Portatron Tape Synthesizer plugin. Portatron has already made waves in the music… Track pitch in Portatron 1.3 We have released Portatron 1.3 where you can pitch individual tracks/samples. This makes it easy to tune samples to each other, and also make… Portatron on SonicState Nick and friends over at SonicState talked about Portatron, and were especially impressed with the preset library and samples that it ships with. Check… Portatron live stream Last night Doug from The Sound Test Room took Portatron out for a spin, check it out! Portatron 1.2 released We are excited to announce the release of Portatron 1.2! This update brings a number of important fixes and improvements to the plugin, ensuring… Hand Clap Studio 1.3 released We are happy to announce that Hand Clap Studio 1.3 is released and uploaded to our shop. This update includes three improvements: Native Apple… Portatron 1.0.1 released First of all, thanks for all the feedback on Portatron! We have put a lot of work into it, and it’s so much fun… MIDI Export in HCS Hand Clap Studio has its own pattern sequencer called Rhythm Xpander. This pretty much has you covered, but once in a while you start… Accent shortcuts in HCS Most of the controls in Hand Clap Studio are pretty straight forward: tweak them and you will instantly hear the effect. But there are… Hand Clap Studio now as AAX! When we released Hand Clap Studio a couple of months ago, we soon got feedback from Pro Tools users that they wanted an AAX… Musikprodd-podden tests HCS There is a great podcast in Swedish about music production called Musikprodd-podden. While we were developing Hand Clap Studio, the podcast’s Joakim Jarl (producer… AC-1 to HCS crossgrade How to crossgrade from AC-1 rack extension to Hand Clap Studio VST/AU. Sampling hand claps at Atlantis How the samples in Hand Clap Studio were recorded at Atlantis Studio. Reason 11 announced Reason 11 has been announced by Propellerhead, and the main feature is that you soon will be able to run Reason as a plugin… Euclidean Rhythms update New version fixes an obscure bug. Connecting Reason to VCV Rack with Soundflower A comprehensive tutorial on how to send CV signals between Reason and VCV Rack. Sending notes to track in Reason 9 How to get notes from Step and Euclid into a track in Reason's sequencer. Creating a Drum Beat in Euclid A video tutorial on the basics of how to use Euclid.