This month, Absynth got two updates that refine its UI and editing navigation, freeing you up to shape your sound. Product designer Hannah Lockwood and Absynth creator Brian Clevinger join us to talk about the work they did on that. I already knew Hannah and Brian were really passionate about their craft, so let’s get our tour from the source — and dive into more Absynth sonic frontiers.

What’s new

We had two updates: Absynth 6.2 and, late last week, 6.2.1.

Focus Mode is the big change: you get an expanded editor just by clicking on a channel, with Wave, Envelope, LFO, Macro, and Keyboard Editors. There’s also Patch Focus , which links items in an editor to the destination in a patch.…