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  • Kensuke Okumura (AudioBrain) has released MixBrain v2.5, a macOS mix assistant plugin system that analyzes the relationship between tracks in a session and suggests corrective and tonal moves. The update separates the system's two processing modes more clearly and adds a free edition. MixBrain runs as two plugins working together. MixBrain Node is inserted on […]
  • DSPTone has announced a number of updates to their plugins: ExoDelay ExoDelay is a Modulation delay, inspired by Ibanez digital delay pedals with own character Update 1.0.8 includes: Performance improvements (Improved CPU usage). Add DRIFT control (Spread modulation depth with positive/negative polarity). Presets updated for backward compatibility with DRIFT parameter. Price of plugin (VST3, AU, […]
  • Sonimus has released S-Console, a console emulation plugin that models the channel preamp and summing busses of a British solid-state desk. It is positioned as the successor to Satson, the company's earlier console plugin, and combines channel and buss processing in a single instance. S-Console is built around what Sonimus describes as an evolution of […]
  • Parish Audio has released Vocal Smoother, a new vocal processing plugin designed to reduce harshness, sharp sibilance, and distracting resonances while helping vocals retain their clarity, presence, and natural tone. Vocal Smoother analyzes the incoming signal and responds dynamically as problem areas appear. Rather than applying a fixed tonal cut across the entire performance, it […]
  • quanta has updated gen, the MIDI arpeggiator plugin for macOS, to v1.2. What's New: Range Rand settable by note parameter (note, velocity, duration and octave). Rest Threshold Knob – notes generated with a velocity bellow rest threshold will be muted. UI – Each note toggle button blinks as note is triggered to play. Selected notes […]
  • FX-Mechanics has released MechanOdd, a polyphonic physical-modelling synthesizer plugin (VST3/AU) built with JUCE. It synthesizes sound by exciting simulated mechanical resonators (strings, plates, membranes, and beams) and routing the results through a feedback matrix, effects chains, and a modulation engine. Concept MechanOdd is built around the idea that interesting timbres arise from the interaction between […]
  • Noisebud has released Hiss, a spectral processor for targeting resonant and noise-like parts of a signal independently. Hiss began with a mastering problem: a great mix with vocal sibilance that was too sharp, where conventional de-essers, dynamic EQs, and existing spectral processors either did not catch the right part of the sound or changed too […]
  • Waldorf has released Version 2 of its Microwave 1 Plugin, the software recreation of the company's first hardware synthesizer from 1989. The update raises the instrument's polyphony from eight voices to 32 by emulating additional voice cards, and adds two arpeggiators, new voice-allocation modes, and a multi-effect delay. The original Microwave was a rackmount wavetable […]
  • Arturia has released Rev OCEAN, a reverb plugin built around a feedback delay network (FDN) reverberator with multi-stage diffusion and three selectable modulation modes. The plugin shares its FDN engine with Arturia's Efx AMBIENT but pairs it with finer parameter control and a more focused interface aimed at fluid tails and evolving atmospheres rather than […]
  • Jun Murakami has released Synth-80, a software synthesizer inspired by the Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter (Rev.4). According to the developer, the instrument was modeled using more than 100 automated measurement programs covering every circuit and parameter of the original hardware, with DSP tuning carried out alongside a long-term analysis of an MKS-80 Rev.4 unit. The […]
  • D16 Group has announced the release of PunchBox 2, the next generation of its bass drum synthesizer plug-in. The new version features an improved processing engine, a more accessible and streamlined user interface, and a wide range of new features designed to enhance workflow and sound design capabilities: New Wavetable engine for Kick generator. Advanced […]
  • Plughugger has released J60 Heatwave, a soundset for Omnisphere 3 inspired by one of the defining synthesizers of the 1980s: the Roland Juno-60. Built using both the newly added Juno waveforms in Omnisphere 3 and the classic soundsources included in earlier versions, this collection dives into everything that made the instrument popular — warm chorus-drenched […]
  • AudioKit has released Viral Synth 2 for iPhone, iPad, and mobile AUv3. Inspired by a classic Virtual Analog Synthesizer, Viral Synth 2 features new oscillators, filters, microtonality, scales and many more enhancements. Viral Synth 2 New: 2x Oversampled Oscillators. Saw, Sine, Triangle, Square, and PWM oscillators are now 2x oversampled for bigger lows, cleaner highs, […]
  • Evolve Dark Matter is a sample-based synthesizer from Excite Audio built around dense, low-frequency sound sources, and the latest addition to the company's Evolve instrument series. The concept ties the sound design to the heavy, gravitational qualities of dark matter, with a library leaning toward sub-rumbling drones, tectonic low-end textures, and ominous soundscapes. The instrument […]
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