50 posts tagged plugins.
Unfiltered Audio has launched Haze, a creative audio buffer manipulation plugin designed for real-time capture, repetition, freezing, and transformation of inco…
→ ContinueHD Instruments has launched Spectdrum 2.60, a free update to its multiband gate sequencer plugin for Windows and macOS. Spectdrum processes incoming audio by di…
→ ContinueMAP Audio has launched Rhino 3, a hybrid FM synthesizer developed in collaboration with Big Tick Audio. The instrument continues the Rhino line, which began wit…
→ ContinueUVI has launched Falcon 2027, an updated version of its flagship hybrid instrument, alongside three new Falcon expansions: Particular, Savage 2, and West Fold. …
→ ContinueEastWest has launched Hollywood Scoring Tools, an all-in-one scoring instrument collection for composers. The release combines composer-created Scores and Prese…
→ ContinueBaby Audio has launched HyperWarp, a granular multi-effect plugin designed to create rhythmic motion, time-based transformations and textural processing from in…
→ ContinueDelta Sound Labs has launched Stream Pro, a granular synthesis virtual instrument designed to transform user-supplied audio into playable instruments, evolving …
→ ContinueImaginando has launched COLAPSO, an additive synthesizer that uses spectral-line data from 22 elements to construct oscillator partials. The instrument translat…
→ Continue  idealism has launched hetki, a character piano plugin for macOS and Windows. The instrument is based on recordings of a 1908 Steinway Model O and is avai…
→ ContinueTeletone Audio has launched Lunaverb, an algorithmic modulation reverb plugin designed to create moving, extended reverberant spaces. The plugin was originally …
→ Continue  Soniccouture and Scanner have launched Scanner: Library, a sound-layering instrument for Kontakt 7.10 or later. Developed with artist Robin Rimbaud, also…
→ ContinueOdd Duck Audio has launched 9Volt, a fuzz plugin designed to model the behaviour of a pedal powered by a battery that is running down. The plugin uses a single …
→ ContinueOdd Duck Audio has launched Torn, a distortion plugin designed to model the behaviour of a damaged loudspeaker cone. The free plugin introduces a rattle effect …
→ Continue  Sound Particles has launched Energy Panner 2 and Brightness Panner 2, updated versions of its dynamic panning plugins. The plugins are designed to genera…
→ Continue  Cherry Audio has launched Pentaphonic, a virtual synthesizer based on the five-voice Pentaphonic hardware instrument produced by Gleeman Instruments in 1…
→ Continue  Soniccouture has launched Scanner: Library, a tape-fragment sampler instrument for Kontakt Player created in collaboration with artist Robin Rimbaud, als…
→ Continue  Bellweather Studios has launched Barometer, a metering and signal utility plugin for macOS, Windows and Linux. The plugin is designed to combine audio me…
→ ContinueTonal Matter AB has launched Säve River, an environmental sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt 8 and the free Kontakt Player. The instrument is the fir…
→ Continue  Six Walls has launched The NanoFlux, a free effects plugin modelled on the non-reverb programs of the original Alesis NanoVerb hardware unit. The release…
→ Continue  Hivetune has launched ENS-86, a free vintage chorus effect designed to emulate the modulation characteristics associated with analog bucket-brigade devic…
→ Continue  Leit Audio has launched UnClip, a free audio restoration plugin designed to reconstruct short peaks affected by hard digital clipping. The plugin is inte…
→ Continue  Mad House Audio has launched ACID-O, a monophonic bass synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows. The instrument is designed around the signal path and se…
→ ContinueAyaic Plugins has launched Dragon Fader, a LUFS leveler for macOS and Windows. The plugin is designed to create level adjustments based on loudness measurements…
→ ContinueApplied Acoustic Systems has launched AAS Player 2.0, a dedicated software instrument player for Windows and macOS. The free AAS Player provides access to more …
→ Continue  DAWJunkie has launched Convolute, a convolution reverb plugin for macOS and Windows. The plugin is designed to let users load their own impulse responses…
→ ContinueMultiband compression gets a reputation for being either overused or misunderstood, and I think a lot of that comes down […]…
→ ContinueBLEASS Multiband Compressor takes a straightforward approach to multiband dynamics: you get four frequency bands, a visual interface, and the […]…
→ ContinueIf you’re searching for the best plugins for synthwave music, this guide has you covered. It starts with simple choruses […]…
→ ContinueDevious Machines Multiband X6 takes a broader approach to multiband processing than a standard compressor. You get six bands with […]…
→ ContinueThe plugin market is enormous, but the best audio plugin brands are not always the companies with the biggest catalogs […]…
→ ContinueA rotary effect can sound convincing on a static organ chord and still fall apart as soon as you start […]…
→ ContinueArturia Bus TRANSIENT is a transient shaper designed for bus processing, rather than a general-purpose attack-and-sustain tool. At first glance, […]…
→ ContinueQuantum is a multiband transient shaper that lets each part of the frequency spectrum respond to its own transient activity. […]…
→ ContinueMinimal Audio RIFT is a multiband distortion and filtering plugin built around three independent frequency bands. At first glance, the […]…
→ ContinueIf you mix rock, punk, or anything that needs to sound big and forward, you know why API gear has […]…
→ ContinueVital launched in 2020 and immediately stood out because the free tier isn’t a stripped-down demo, it’s a fully functional […]…
→ ContinueA good vocal effect does not always need to make the singer sound bigger, brighter, or cleaner. Sometimes the more […]…
→ ContinueSequencer plugins do far more than tell notes when to play. They can trigger, time, repeat, randomize, and reshape musical […]…
→ ContinueNoise removal for vocals has been a genuinely difficult problem in mixing and post-production for a long time. Gate-based approaches […]…
→ ContinueFM synthesis is one of those techniques that can sound complicated on paper but becomes much more useful once you […]…
→ ContinueGuitar Rig 7 Pro has maintained its position in the amp simulation market through a combination of component count, routing […]…
→ ContinueWhen it comes to transitions, I usually find that the hard part is not adding a filter or throwing some […]…
→ ContinueSoftware synthesizers cover an enormous range of technology right now, from circuit-modeled recreations of decades-old hardware to granular and spectral [……
→ ContinueSome synths are built around predictable oscillators and familiar subtractive controls. NA Pendulate takes a different route with a chaotic […]…
→ ContinueSurge XT started as a commercial synthesizer, became open-source in 2018, and has since developed into one of the most […]…
→ ContinueI went through a pile of distortion plugins for this one, and these are the nine best distortion plugins I’d […]…
→ ContinueTen years ago, Pro-Q set the standard for what a modern EQ plugin should look like and feel like. Every […]…
→ ContinueAnalog EQ emulations tend to fall into two categories: technically accurate circuit models that prioritize precision, and character-first designs that […]…
→ ContinueTape plugins get lumped together as “warmth” tools, and I think that undersells what the good ones actually do. Real […]…
→ ContinueDrum plugins split into two fundamentally different approaches. Sample-based production studios like Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 and XLN Audio Addictive [̷…
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