There are a number of different purchase options, a new MuLab licence costs 69 Euros which includes an integrated MUX modular system. MuLab is available for purchase direct from the MuTools website. These are all listed on the change log page should you require any further information, I don’t feel like I’ve done them justice here. These act like a combination of midi note and sampler that can play any loop section of any sample in your project and time stretch it. Version 8 brought about an even larger number of changes – improved editors, improved samplers, improved workflow and audio sequences featuring creative time stretching.

The final version 7.7.4 saw a huge range of bug fixes, improvements, new oscillators, a resonator module, Chebyshev II audio filter, audio dispatcher module, frequency spectrum analyser module and rescalable GUI. There have been a myriad of updates and improvements since the review of version 7. As you’d expect it will run more efficiently and with a lower CPU load with a higher spec machine but many modern synths and effects have complex architecture using a lot of maths and calculations and so require multi-core processors and their performance will be limited by your system rather than MuLab.

A minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 and powerful multi-core are recommended but not necessary although it is an important point when considering how you will use MuLab. System requirements are not too demanding – Windows Vista and above, MacOS 10.6.8 and above a decent soundcard / driver. It is available for Windows (32 & 64 bit) and Mac (64 bit). Version 8 was released earlier this year in April, the latest version at the time of writing is 8.1.5. It’s hard to believe it’s been about four years since I reviewed MuLab 6 and over two years since I reviewed MuLab 7.

Mulab 7 pitch bend automation