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GBCAudio Releases Spectra Loudness Meter And Causa Parametric EQ

GBCAudio has announced two plugins aimed at loudness and EQ work: Spectra, a loudness and analysis meter, and Causa, a 24-band parametric EQ with four phase mod…

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Avid D-Command And D-Control Users - You Need To Read This

When Apple retires Rosetta, the ICON D-Control and D-Command consoles will lose their last bridge to Pro Tools, because the protocols were never ported to Apple…

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sonible smart:chain Intelligent Channel Strip Plugin Released

sonible has announced smart:chain, an intelligent channel strip plug-in that combines EQ, compression, de-harshing, gating, input riding, saturation, and auto-l…

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Why Make Great Recordings If Consumers Don't Care?

Most people stream on AirPods, not studio monitors. Here's why chasing recording quality still matters, and what it means for how your work survives.…

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Dreamtonics Releases Instrument X, A Sample-Free Orchestral Instrument Platform

Dreamtonics has announced Instrument X, a new instrument platform that replaces sample-based orchestral libraries with real-time neural acoustic modelling. Aime…

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How To Use Batch Clip Rename In Pro Tools 2026.4

Whether it’s a modest music production, or mega mix for picture, renaming clips is an everyday essential that can help mix engineers stay on top of their media.…

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Apple Updates Mac Studio And Mac Mini With New M6 And M5 Ultra Chips

Apple today announced refreshed Mac Studio and Mac mini lineups, adding two new chips: the M6 base model and the M5 Ultra. Both machines target anyone running d…

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Krotos Publishes Public Roadmap For Krotos Studio

Krotos has published a public roadmap for Krotos Studio, laying out in a colour-coded timeline what it's shipped, what's in active development, and what's commi…

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The Apple Refurb Store: How To Get The Best From It For Your Studio

Here at Production Expert we are always recommending the Apple Refurb Store as a source of a good, cost effective studio computer. In this article we explore ho…

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Using SpectraLayers Pro 13 To Fix Overlapping Voices In Pro Tools

When Steinberg released SpectraLayers Pro 13, they introduced a number of brand new features and workflow enhancements which aid in the processes of restoring, …

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HOFA's ThirdPartyPluginLoader Brings SYSTEM's Routing To Any VST Or AU Plugin

HOFA has announced the ThirdPartyPluginLoader, an add-on for its modular processing environment, HOFA SYSTEM, that lets you load your existing VST2, VST3 or AU …

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Vibe-Coded Plugins: A Developer's Take And The Risks Worth Knowing

Vibecoding, or AI-driven development, has become a staple for many in the software development industry. So what does that mean for the plugins and apps you buy…

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What Legislation Could Actually Protect Audio Professionals From Generative AI

David Barber's open letter proposes two legislative foundations: a statutory ban on copyrighting prompt-driven AI outputs, and mandatory disclosure across visua…

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Free Tube Saturation Plugins Worth Having In 2026

Saturation is one of the best-represented categories in our free plugin database, with 94 entries. Saturation covers a wide range of effects, from amp-sims to d…

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NUGEN Audio Launches Post And Producer Subscription Plans

NUGEN Audio has today announced two new subscription offerings, the Post Plan and the Producer Plan, launched at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam. Aimed at mixers, editors…

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Sync Audio Launches Mod Tools, Four Modulation Plug-Ins For Soundminer

Sync Audio has today announced Mod Tools, a suite of four plug-ins that add modulation capabilities to Soundminer, the sound library management platform widely …

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Mixing Music In Dolby Atmos - Everything You Need To Know in 2026

In this updated article, we look at what it takes to make your studio suitable for mixing in Dolby Atmos for music, whether you need certification, what hardwar…

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dBaton CUE: Stream Your DAW's Master Bus to Any Browser in Real Time for Remote Mix Approvals

dBaton has released CUE, a plugin that streams real-time stereo audio from any DAW's master bus to up to eight simultaneous browser listeners via a shareable li…

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What Makes Metric Halo MELD More Than A Channel Strip?

At a glance, Metric Halo's MELD can seem like just another channel strip: EQ, compression, limiting, saturation, and loudness maximisation in one plugin. But en…

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HARMONICO dsp Launches Four Plugins: Spectral Mass EQ, Fracture Distortion, Flock Reverb, and Free Stereo Widener

HARMONICO dsp, a new audio software company from Paris founded by sound engineer and acoustician Nicolas, has launched with four plugins: Airy, a free mono-safe…

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Panorama Audio Labs Panoramic: Mastering Stereo Field Processor With Parallel Side Compression, Hilbert Transform Steal, and Dynamic High-Frequency EQ

Panorama Audio Labs has released Panoramic, a mastering-grade stereo field processor developed by mastering engineer Nick Di Lorenzo. Built around a four-core p…

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Harrison Audio Flex-10: 10-In/12-Out USB Interface With Real Transformer Preamps and 32 Series Filters

Harrison Audio has launched the Flex-10, a 10-in/12-out desktop USB-C audio interface built around two of the company's H-DRIVE preamp circuits, each equipped w…

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Albums In A Week: Why Recording Got Slower, Not Faster

Classic records were made at a speed most modern sessions could not match. Three studio memoirs on why the tools that promised to save time did not…

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Foley's Finest Audio Animator: Immersive Panner That Uses Spatial Position to Modulate Effects in Real Time

Foley's Finest Audio has released Animator, an immersive panner and modulator that ties spatial position directly to a configurable effects chain. Rather than t…

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Harrison Audio 32Classic Channel Strip V2: Native UC1 Integration, Parallel Compression, External Sidechain, and SSL 360° Support

Harrison Audio has released 32Classic Channel Strip V2, a major update to its channel strip plugin that draws on the character of the Harrison 3232 and 32Classi…

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MeterPlugs Launches DeliveryQC.com: Free In-Browser Loudness Compliance Checker for Broadcast and Streaming

MeterPlugs has launched DeliveryQC.com, a free browser-based loudness compliance tool that checks a mix against broadcast and streaming delivery specifications …

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How To Remove Mouth Clicks From Dialogue With Noiseworks VoiceAssist

NoiseWorks recently added an additional module to VoiceAssist called Mouth Noise which, you’ve guessed it, deals with mouth clicks. This is designed to automati…

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HYBE Announces Transfer Of Ownership Of Some Supertone Products Including Clear To Antinode Audio Inc.

After a month of uncertainty, we now know that Antinode Audio Inc. will be taking over ownership of three Supertone products, Shift, Clear, and Air, after an an…

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Kraxton Labs CompDX: Automated AAF Dialogue Conforming

Kraxton Labs has released CompDX, a standalone desktop application for automated AAF dialogue conforming and processing. Built by post-production engineer Santi…

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RevAudio Launches Two New Plugins: RevLimiter Mastering Chain and Radio Roulette Chaos Effects Engine

RevAudio has released two new plugins: RevLimiter, a mastering limiter with a multi-stage processing chain and a tachometer-style gain reduction display, and Ra…

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There’s No Plugin That Tells You When You’ve Got The Take

The best take is not always the cleanest or most technically perfect. Tom Fox explains why trust, instinct and experience are essential for recognising and capt…

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Neyrinck D-Control Basic Brings Avid D-Control Consoles Back To Pro Tools On Apple Silicon

Neyrinck has today announced D-Control Basic, a new feature in V-Control Pro that lets studios keep using their Avid D-Control consoles to control Pro Tools on …

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Buy A New Mac Now Or Wait? A 2026 Guide for Audio Pros

Should you buy a current Mac model now or wait for the new models expected during 2026 or early 2027? With M5 Mac minis and Mac Studios expected mid-year, RAM c…

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FabFilter Pro-L 2 Styles For Music Mastering Explained

Whether you’re a seasoned pro dedicated to mastering audio, or a multitasking engineering musician, creating the final product needs high quality tools to finis…

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Tunary Instruments THALM: Place Music in Another Room Using Geometry, Now With AAX Support

Tunary Instruments has released THALM, a spatial placement plugin that puts music in another room by modelling the geometry between the source and the listener,…

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ONRI Audio REISEI - Mastering Processor For macOS With Harmonic Tracking EQ, Dynamics, and Loudness Metering

ONRI Audio has released REISEI, a one-screen mastering processor that keeps spectrum analysis, EQ, dynamics, saturation, stereo imaging and limiting in a single…

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Beatport Expands Partnership With Beatdapp To Detect And Reject AI-Generated Music

Beatport has announced an expanded partnership with Beatdapp, a music fraud detection company, to identify AI-generated tracks uploaded to its platform. The mov…

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Why Your USB Hub Could Be Corrupting Your Studio Drives

Unpowered hubs can't power multiple hard drives reliably, causing dropouts and corruption. Here's what a powered hub needs to handle a real studio load.…

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The Virtual Watercooler: How To Beat Studio Isolation

Modern studio work is a solitary business compared with twenty years ago. Most producers, writers, and engineers spend most of their time alone - good for focus…

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Free Plugins For Mastering In 2026

At first glance, it might appear that mastering and free plugins would be an oxymoron. After searching our free plugin database, Mike is pleased to say that is …

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Insert Order Survey: How 172 Engineers Place Their Plugins

Recently we discussed the intricacies of how insert processing order can affect your mix. Most understand the implications, but what we really wanted to know wa…

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Plugin Station: 5 Features To Simplify Audio Plugin Admin

Does anyone love studio admin? We on the site certainly don’t, but luckily there is one tool in 2026 that has made our plugin lives more manageable. Here we rou…

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Triton Audio Launches Tilt EQ, A One-Knob Inline Mic Booster And EQ

Triton Audio has announced Tilt EQ, a phantom-powered inline tone-shaping tool and microphone booster built around a single control knob. It's aimed at anyone w…

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Can AI Replace Sound Design? What The Craft Still Requires

A recent commercial project and a trip to the beach reminded Russ Hughes why sound design is a craft that needs to be protected - most of all for the sake of ma…

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Beyond Restoration: Mastering With Acon Digital Acoustica

Acoustica Premium Edition is known for restoration, but its metering tools and six-plugin Mix & Mastering Suite make it a serious mastering ecosystem too. In th…

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