The RIPPLES Journal

Notes from the studio.

Writing on the craft, the mind, and the art of sound - from the people who make the records.

The Best Chiptune VST Plugins in 2026 (Free and Paid)

Two free plugins that do 8-bit honestly, and the chip instruments we built for when you want the sound to be yours.

How XY morphing works, where it came from, and the pads worth putting under your fingers in 2026.

How a restless imagination turned a bedroom studio and a parents’ basement into a stage - and the seed of RIPPLES.

Are you telling your story, or following someone else’s script? On choosing, dictating, and the moment a tower melts.

What the studio reveals about a creator - humility versus masks, expression versus deficit, and the heart’s true formula.