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Steinberg has announced a celebration marking 30 years of Virtual Studio Technology (VST) and 25 years of its HALion synth and sampler platform. The milestone b…
→ ContinueSound Radix has announced Radical1 Solo, a free monophonic additive synthesizer built on the complete Radical1 synthesis engine. It gives producers and sound de…
→ ContinueThe super-powers of vocal layers and harmony stacks to elevate productions are well known, but are we ruining what made them special in the first place? Here we…
→ ContinueLearn how to add and edit samples in Logic Pro's Drum Machine Designer to create your own custom kit.…
→ ContinueFrom enhanced customisation, new headphone emulations and two new rooms, the update comes as a direct response to user feedback. The post LEWITT’s Space R…
→ ContinueDeveloper Nathaniel Wing’s N-Stereo for macOS, Windows, and Linux is now available for free for a limited time. Stereo enhancers and effects plugins have …
→ ContinueI spent almost two years building VATRA, my first premium plugin for Flame Sound. Then, roughly two days after the public launch on July 29, a pirated copy was …
→ ContinueLine 6 has launched Helix Stadium Native Intro, a free amp and effects plugin for macOS and Windows. Helix Stadium Native launched on August 4th, 2026, and the …
→ ContinuenoshigeSound is offering noshige76, a new FET-style compressor plugin for macOS and Windows, as a free download until August 19th, 2026. The plugin launched on …
→ ContinueUniversal Audio has today announced the native release of its UAD EMT 140 Classic Plate Reverberator and UAD EMT 250 Classic Electronic Reverb plugins, bringing…
→ ContinueKush has today announced Omega 2: Model A, a new version of its harmonic saturator. Aimed at mix engineers who want fast access to saturation with a small contr…
→ ContinueChoosing a DAW is a weirdly personal thing. Most of us end up with one of the familiar names, learn its shortcuts, build our templates, complain about it often,…
→ ContinueNaked Productions' Eloise Whitmore and Tony Churnside explain why Descript-led editing is eroding the pacing and silence that make dialogue sound human.…
→ ContinueMyAudioFactory has released DialogueExtractor 2.0, a significant update to its AI-powered dialogue separation plugin for post-production. The headline addition …
→ ContinueSkydance, Teenage Engineering, and Image-Line are actively seeking tech-savvy candidates The post Job openings in music tech this month: In-house production, hi…
→ ContinueJoin us for an exclusive studio tour from Toronto-based producer and multi-instrumentalist The Kount (BROCKHAMPTON, Logic).…
→ ContinueArturia has released Pigments Play, a free software synthesizer powered by its flagship Pigments instrument. Pigments Play is not the full version of Pigments, …
→ ContinueWith the release of PEEL STEMS 2, magic plugin purveyors Zplane claim to have delivered something that is not only quicker, but also crucially better sounding t…
→ ContinueHALion 7.5 has arrived, alongside the return of a bunch of classic VST instruments. The post Steinberg is celebrating 30 years of VST and 25 years of HALion wit…
→ ContinueWe take a look at some simple rules and workflow using Mastering The Mix plugins to help you create polished masters at home. The post A quick guide to masterin…
→ ContinueFollowing their debut at the NAMM show, Fender's Motion controllers are finally here, bringing a built-in chord mode and specially made FATAR pads. The post Fen…
→ ContinueAnalog Obsession has released THEDI, a free coloration plugin inspired by a famous colored DI box. The developer describes THEDI as a “colored DI box in t…
→ ContinueJesus Oyola has released The Bass Particle, a free bass saturation and sub-resonator plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is a cool little plugin for satu…
→ ContinueSteinberg has re-released five of its classic VST plugins in the free Steinberg Classic Collection, available now at Plugin Boutique. The bundle includes Neon, …
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