News • Interviews

2025

• #1 World Hard Techno DJ and Debating TikTok Techno with Sara Landry (Headshot/YouTube) - 2025

• KV331 Audio updates SynthMaster to v3.4 (KVR Audio - 2025)

• KV331 Audio updates SynthMaster 3 (Rekkerd - 2025)

• KV331 Audio Synthmaster 3, new update 3.4 (Synth Anatomy - 2025)

• Humanoid Turns One! (Baby Audio - 2025)

• Panel discussion: Redefining Creation: AI and the Artist’s Toolbox (SXSW 2025)

• _Pigments Sound Design (Arturia - 2025)

• Sara Landry Slams Accusations Of Being An ‘Industry Plant’ (Exron Music)

• Sara Landry Claps Back (EDM Identity)

  • Eventually, she did a sound design course with Francis Preve, who would mentor her and other friends she made in Austin.

2024

• Ableton Operator FM synth at 20 (Create Digital Music - 2024)

• The Rise of Sara Landry (TikTok - 2024)

• Interview: Francis Preve - The Man In The Synth (Apple Podcasts - 2024)

• Interview: Francis Preve - The Man In The Synth (Spotify - 2024)

• Turn Serum Into A Physical Modeling Synth (Sonic State - 2024)

• Xfer Release Serum Models Presets (The Beat Community - 2024)

• Transform Serum Into An Acoustic Modeling Synthesizer (ANR - 2024)

• Francis Preve Releases Serum Models Preset Expansion Library (Dirty Red Productions - 2024)

• Sounds and Presets – Life In The Old Dogs Yet! (Gearnews - 2024)

• Francis Preve Releases Serum Models Preset Expansion Library (Synthtopia - 2024)

• Sara Landry: hard techno’s high-frequency priestess (DJ Mag - 2024)

  • Following graduation, Landry returned to Austin where she took a synth class and private lessons with a sound designer and local professor named Francis Preve. “He was a very, very early mentor for me, and I learned the fundamentals of synthesis from spending time with him,” Landry explains.

• Tutorial: Sound Design: The Art of Layering with the Roland JD-800 (Roland - 2024)

2023

• Panel discussion: Beyond The Cloud: Mobile Integration for Producers (SXSW 2023)

• Tutorial: EDM Classics with the SYSTEM-8 (Roland Articles - 2023)

• Tutorial: JX-8P Bells and Mallets (Roland Articles - 2023)

• Tutorial: Legendary Leads with the SH-101 (Roland Articles - 2023)

• Tutorial: Jupiter-8 Model Expansion Poly Presets (Roland Articles - 2023)

2022

• Tutorial: Creating JUNO Basses (Roland Articles - 2022)

• Tutorial: Sequential Trigon-6: hands-on sounds and impressions (CDM - 2022)

• Mathematical Sounds For The Jupiter-4 by Francis Preve (Roland - 2022)

• JUPITER-8 Poly Key from sound designer Francis Preve (Roland - 2022)

• Anniversary marked with free presets by Francis Preve and a new Synth Vault Community (Sonic State - 2022)

• Synth Vault Celebrates Anniversary With SympleSound Collab (Synthtopia - 2022)

• Tom Wolfe celebrates Synth Vault anniversary with free Serum presets (Rekkerd - 2022)

• Tutorial: Hands-on tour of the Oberheim OB-X8 architecture (CDM - 2022)

• Panel: The Multi-Track Career (SXSW 2022)

• Find your inner sanctum with JD-800 Chill Keys by sound designer Francis Preve (Roland - 2022)

• Edgy sounds for the JX-8P (Roland - 2022)

• JD-800 Francis Preve Collection Now Available (Roland - 2022)

• Testimonial: Life & Work with Hunter J Pierce (VoyageAustin - 2022)

• Interview: Loop Shortcuts: Francis Prève – Translating sounds (Ableton - 2022)

2021

• Tutorial: KORG have recreated 1974’s MiniKorg-700 in software

• Review: Focus your distracted mind with Tonepaper (CDM - 2021)

• Symplesound’s Tonepaper – Ambient Album, Ringtones, Presets… (BPB - 2021)

• Symplesound Debuts Tonepaper, First ‘Universal Sound Design Product’ (Synthtopia - 2021)

• Inside KORG’s Modwave (CDM - 2021)

• Tutorial: Deep in Serum: six sound tricks to explore just by double-clicking, with maestro Francis Preve
  (CDM - 2021)

• Interview: Remembering Influential Producer Malcolm Cecil (NPR - 2021)

• Tutorial: Roland SYSTEM-8 synth tips/tricks (CDM - 2021)

• Urgent Tones for the SYSTEM-8 by Francis Preve (Roland - 2021)

• Free Book Offers A Deep Introduction To Synthesis (Synthtopia - 2021)

• SXSW Mentors and Film Round Tables Announced (SXSW2021)

• Foundational Sounds For The Juno-106 (Roland - 2021)

• Funky ’80s Sounds for the JUPITER-8 (Roland - 2021)

2020

• Interview: Quarantine Stories (Spotify - 2020)

• Interview: Quarantine Stories (iTunes - 2020)

• Download These Free Kraftwerk-Inspired Drum Samples (DJ Mag - 2020)

• Honoring Florian is a free library of Kraftwerk-inspired sounds… (CDM - 2020)

• Honoring Florian Is A Sonic Tribute… (Bedroom Producers Blog - 2020)

• Symplesound Pays Tribute to Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider (Synth and Software - 2020)

• System-100 Klang Patch Collection Now Available (Roland - 2020)

• Roland Launches Multimedia Editorial Platform (Sonicstate - 2020)

• Moog Foundation Announces Board of Advisors (Sonicstate - 2020)

• Free Sound Library A Tribute To Florian Schneider (Synthtopia - 2020)

• Sound Design in the 21st Century (NAMM - 2020)

2019

• Interview: Listening with Francis Preve (The Listening Podcast - 2019)

• Product review: Serum Toolkit Vol. 3 (Computer Music UK - 2019)

• Interview: Insider Tour: Voicing the Prophet X (KVR - 2019)

• Mini documentary: Capturing TONTO for MODULAR ICONS (Native Instruments - 2019)

• Francis Preve on The Listening Podcast (Synthtopia - 2019)

• The best MIDI keyboard controller for beginners (Engadget - 2019)

• D-50 "Beyond Fantasia" (Roland - 2019)

• Kilohearts Releases Phase Plant Synth (Sonic State - 2019)

• Free Patch Library For Xfer Serum (Synthtopia - 2019)

• Interview: Francis Preve Interview - Extended (Appetite for Production - 2019)

• Interview: A Bridge Too Far (podcast) (Appetite for Production - 2019)

• Roland Debuts Extensive Techno Pack For Producers (DJ Mag - 2019)

• Roland Cloud Debuts Techno Suite (Sonic State - 2019)

• Roland Cloud releases Techno Suite of Patches & Patterns by Francis Preve and Jim Stout (Rekkerd - 2019)

• Roland Debuts Cloud Techno Suite On 303 Day (Synthtopia - 2019)

• AudioKit Synth One released for iPhone + Free Bank by Francis Preve (KVR Audio - 2019)

• AudioKit's free, feature-loaded synth is available for iPhone (Engadget - 2019)

• Synth One is a free, no-strings-attached, iPad and iPhone synthesizer (CDM - 2019)

• Interview: Meet the Makers: Carma Studio and Symplesound (Roland - 2019)

• Interview: Francis Preve with the Volca Modular NAMM19 (Matrixsynth - 2019)

• Interview: Francis Preve Explains FM and Additive Synthesis (AfroDJMac - 2019)

• The Sound Test Room: Synth One - The Francis Preve Bank (Dischord - 2019)

2018

• Interview: Listening, the secret of sound design: Francis Preve at Loop (CDM - 2018)

• Interview: The Secret of Sound Design (Synthtopia - 2018)

• Synthwave For Roland System-8 (Synthtopia -2018)

• Expand your studio knowledge with Ableton Loop videos (Fact Mag - 2018)

• AAS Swatches FREE Sound Bank Series compilation updated, adding 8 patches from Francis Prève
  (Rekkerd - 2018)

• Applied Acoustics Systems Intros ‘Solids’ Sound Library (Synthtopia - 2018)

2017

• Loop Berlin 2017 In Review (Synthtopia - 2017)

• Listening: The Secret of Sound Design (Loop Conference - Nov 11, 2017)

• Free Environmental Soundscapes For Ableton Live ‘Like VR For Your Ears’ (Synthtopia - 2017)

• Ableton Loop: Five Reasons To Get Excited About This Year’s Summit (DJmag - 2017)

• Product review: Serum Toolkit Vol. 2 (Computer Music UK - 2017)

• What if you used synthesizers to emulate nature and reality? (CDM - 2017)

• Track review: “Heartbeat” remix (PIAECC - 2017)

• Interview: Behind The Scenes at Switched On Music (ADSR Sounds - 2017)

• Interview: Music Production Podcast w/AfroDJMac (2017)

• Interview: Tap Tempo podcast w/Matt Lange (iTunes - 2017)

2016

• Go full retrowave with a magical FM synth library for Ableton (CDM - 2016)

• Prince's Drum Samples: Now, at Your Fingertips (Vice - 2016)

• This free sample pack recreates Prince’s trademark drum machine sound (Fact Mag - 2016)

• Get a free pack that recreates Prince’s signature drum sounds (CDM - 2016)

• Review: Serum Toolkit Volume 1 – Official Pack by Xfer Records (Producer Spot - 2016)

• Xfer Records just released 100 new presets for its Serum plugin synth (musicradar - 2016)

• A different breed of analog sound library for Ableton Live (CDM - 2016)

2004-2015

• Download a free set of spooky Operator patches (Ableton - 2015)

• 12 EDM production tips for producing massive and original dance music (Discmakers - 2015)

• Academik’s Francis Preve Shares Label’s Music, Studio Advice, Samples for Live (CDM - 2012)

• Interview: Avid/M-Audio SXSW (2011)

• Interview: Avid/M-Audio NAMM (2011)

• Interview: Francis Preve (Notable Dance - 2007)

• Interview: Roll Over, Beethoven: An interview with Francis Preve (Austin Chronicle - 2004)

Awards

• The 35 Best Tech House Songs Ever (Billboard - 2016)

• Austin Music Awards: Best Electronic Dance Music Act (2014)

• Best of Austin: Best Remixing Renaissance Man (2008)

• BPI Silver Sales Award: Utah Saints “What Can You Do For Me” (Remix/Production, 1993)

• Buffalo Music Awards: Best Original Keyboardist (1990)

• Buffalo Music Awards: Best Original Keyboardist (1989)