This is the tenth in a regular feature in which we will highlight some of the excellent news, articles, tutorials and competitions we have on our sister site Synth Expert. This week we feature the new, free Little Plate from Soundtoys, the DX7, a new and comprehensively equipped envelope generator and a roundup of this week's new gear releases.

Friday Free Plug-In - SoundToys Little Plate

This Friday's free plug-in is the fantastic Little Plate reverb from SoundToys. It's an emulation of classic plate reverb, in which the dry signal is amplified by an electro-magnetic transducer, which then vibrates a large metal sheet (about 2x3 meters), resulting in the reverberated signal. Plate units were large and heavy, but before digital reverb, they were the only means to simulate reverberation as opposed to actually recording in a room that had the desired acoustic qualities. 

You can get Little Plate absolutely free through November 22, 2017. 

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Synderella Stories - Yamaha DX7

In the latest of his Synderella Stories, highlighting vintage synths which, while not regarded by all as classics, shouldn't be overlooked. This week he considers the (in)famous Yamaha DX7.

Head over to Synth Expert to find out more.

World's Most Advanced ADSR from STG Soundlabs

STG Soundlabs, the modular manufacturing business of Knobcon founder "Suit &Tie Guy," is now taking orders for their envelope generator, billed as "the world's most advanced ASDR," in both 5U and Eurorack formats. 

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The Week in Gear - November 2017 Week 1

Here's our latest synth and studio gear recap, looking back at week 1, November 2017, including the 1010music Toolbox, the Electro-Harmonix Synth9, Sample Logic Expeditions and the DS Audio Thorn.

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More About Synth Expert

Our new Synth Expert website is where you will find news, reviews, and how-tos about all things synthesizer. the editor is Stephen Fortner who is a lifelong keyboard player and synth enthusiast and got his start in music technology journalism when Keyboard magazine published a writing sample he had sent them in the late 1990s. He became the technical editor at the beginning of 2006 and the magazine's editor in chief in 2009 through to 2015. Stephen , what are your aims for Synth Expert?

SF: It's my intention that Synth Expert becomes a "big tent." Analog and digital. Hardware and software. Mono and poly. Keyboard synths and modular gear and the musicians who prefer one or the other. 

That's not to say we want to be, or can be, all things to all people. DJ technology and culture, for example, will not be a main focus, digital pianos meant for the living room? Well, once in a while, maybe a few of the more synthy ones. 

We will maintain a permanent and ever-growing list of free synth plug-ins from third parties. Like the other sites in the Production Expert family, Synth Expert also has Facebook and Twitter feeds to help you keep up to date. Thanks for joining me on this journey, and I hope we have a lot of fun together.