MusicDevelopments has announced its Summer Sale until June 15 with a 40% discount on its products: RapidComposer – A versatile tool for music composition. Melodya – Advanced melody generator. MIDI Mutator – Transform your MIDI like never before. Syne – Innovative sound design with this modular synth. Fyler – Modern multi-tabbed file manager for media and metadata. Read More

Analog Obsession has released version 3.0 of LOVEND, the harmonic bass enhancer plugin. Changes: Fully rewritten DSP. AAX support. Read More

The first muted entries in VSL’s solo strings catalog, Synchron Solo Violin 1 (Sordino) and Synchron Solo Cello (Sordino) capture the full expressive range of bridge-muted string playing in dedicated libraries recorded on the large Stage A at Vienna Synchron Stage. Performed by Vienna Synchron Orchestra concertmaster Marina Dimitrova and first chair cellist Florian Eggner, both collections mirror the articulation depth of the original Synchron Solo Strings. Short notes include spiccato, staccato, détaché, ricochet, and saltando; long notes cover multiple attack and release variants with slides; legato options span normal, agile, slurred, portamento, and zigane. Sforzatos, tremolos, trills, harmonics, and pizzicatos complete the sets. Every note was recorded with the mute fitted at the bridge rather than processed from a dry signal, a distinction that shapes how performers approach bow pressure and phrasing. The libraries cover the same tonal territory as a composer would reach for in intimate film cues, chamber writing, and passages that call for a warmer, more recessed string character. Both collections load in the Vienna Synchron Player, which includes the Crossfade Editor for blending between articulations. They sit alongside existing Synchron Solo Strings sessions without session reconfiguration. Coinciding with the release, VSL has added sul tasto and sul ponticello articulations to the original Synchron Solo Violin 1 and Synchron Solo Cello libraries. Existing users receive these additions automatically at no charge. Synchron Solo Strings Bundle (Sordino) The two new libraries are also available as part of the Synchron Solo Strings Bundle (Sordino), which will cover all four string quartet voices: violin 1 (Marina Dimitrova), violin 2 (Damir Oraščanin), viola (Anna Firsanova), and cello (Florian Eggner). Synchron Solo Violin 2 (Sordino) and Synchron Solo Viola (Sordino) are scheduled for August 2026 and will appear automatically in Vienna Assistant for bundle purchasers upon release. An Early Bird Offer applies an additional 10% discount on top of current introductory bundle pricing through the early access period. Features Dedicated sordino libraries recorded on Stage A at Vienna Synchron Stage, performed by VSO concertmaster Marina Dimitrova and first chair cellist Florian Eggner. Short articulations: spiccato, staccato, détaché, ricochet, saltando. Long articulations: multiple attack and release variants with slides. Legato variants: normal, agile, slurred, portamento, zigane. Additional articulations: sforzatos, tremolos, trills, harmonics, pizzicatos. Crossfade Editor in Vienna Synchron Player for blending between articulations. Synchron Solo Strings Bundle (Sordino) Early Bird includes automatic delivery of violin 2 and viola upon August 2026 release. New sul tasto and sul ponticello articulations added free to existing Synchron Solo Violin 1 and Solo Cello owners. Pricing and Availability Synchron Solo Violin 1 (Sordino) and Synchron Solo Cello (Sordino) are available now. Standard Library: $144 (reg. $189); Full Library: $200 (reg. $267) per instrument. Synchron Solo Strings Bundle (Sordino) Early Bird: Standard Library $436; Full Library $592, with an additional 10% off the introductory prices during the early access period. All original Synchron Solo Strings collections are on sale through June 30, 2026. Read More

Ableton has launched the public beta of its new Extensions Software Development Kit (SDK) – an open JavaScript toolkit allowing anyone to create custom tools that expand the possibilities inside Ableton Live Suite. Available now as a free download from Ableton.com, the kit is the starting point for a collaborative development process, shaped by community feedback, experimentation and real-world use. What are Extensions? Extensions are optional add-on tools that run alongside Live and can be accessed with a right-click from anywhere in your Set. They can read and edit the structure of your Set – including tracks, clips, parameters, automation and more. Using the Extensions SDK, you can create tools that analyze, visualize, and reorganize your Live projects, automate the most repetitive parts of your process, spark or scramble ideas, and connect Live to entirely new services and systems. Some Extensions will help you move faster. Others might slow you down in just the right way. How you build them Creating an Extension with the SDK is easy. Using familiar web technologies and shared ideas, it’s possible to go from a rough concept to a working tool quickly. Like making music, the results don’t need to be perfect to be interesting. The Extensions SDK opens up more than just Ableton-approved creative tools. Any developer can build an Extension under the Ableton SDK license: tools that may surprise us, challenge us, and do things we never expected. Ableton is not responsible for unofficial Extensions. Please hack responsibly. Where can you can find them Ableton’s Discord Server welcomes community contributions, with a dedicated space for sharing, discussing and collaborating on Extensions. Take a look at the Explore section of the Extensions page for a few first examples to use as idea starters. Pricing & Availability The Extensions SDK is available for free via Ableton.com. Live 12 Suite users can join the beta program and download the Live 12.4.5 beta to get started. Read More

Ahangi has announced the release of Rangiin, a new mobile instrument application for iOS and Android that brings the rich, expressive sound of traditional South Asian string instruments to mobile devices using real-time physical modeling. Rather than relying on static sample libraries, Rangiin calculates every string vibration and sympathetic resonance on the fly. This procedural approach allows the instruments—including the Sitar, Sarod, Tanpura, and various Veenas—to respond dynamically to the user’s touch, capturing the iconic buzzing timbre created by the traditionally wide bridges of these instruments. On iOS, Rangiin fully supports AUv3, allowing producers to load the instruments as a plug-in directly inside mobile DAWs such as Logic Pro for iPad, AUM, Cubasis, and GarageBand. Key Highlights Physical Modeling: Real-time calculation of strings and acoustic resonance for a lively, highly responsive performance. Accurate emulation of the string-bridge interaction that define the distinctive, overtone-rich sound of South Asian instruments. Expressive Touch Controls: Pluck strings with varying intensity and shape tones through natural finger movements. AUv3 Plugin Support (iOS): Seamless integration into mobile production workflows and favorite DAWs. MIDI compatibility (iOS): Use MIDI to control the synthesizer or use the app to record MIDI events in your DAW. Pricing & Availability Rangiin is available now on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. The basic version is free to download and includes the Sitar and Tanpura (locked to the root pitch of C). All other instruments, as well as the ability to change the root pitch, can be unlocked via a one-time Pro Version In-App Purchase that costs around 10 EUR or 10 USD. Demo videos Check out these short videos to see Rangiin in action: Playing a short gat in raag Kirvani Rangiin as AUv3 plugin in GarageBand on iOS Tutorial on how to play Rangiin Read More

Ahangi has announced the release of Rangiin, a new mobile instrument application for iOS and Android that brings the rich, expressive sound of traditional South Asian string instruments to mobile devices using real-time physical modeling. Rather than relying on static sample libraries, Rangiin calculates every string vibration and sympathetic resonance on the fly. This procedural approach allows the instruments—including the Sitar, Sarod, Tanpura, and various Veenas—to respond dynamically to the user’s touch, capturing the iconic buzzing timbre created by the traditionally wide bridges of these instruments. On iOS, Rangiin fully supports AUv3, allowing producers to load the instruments as a plug-in directly inside mobile DAWs such as Logic Pro for iPad, AUM, Cubasis, and GarageBand. Key Highlights Physical Modeling: Real-time calculation of strings and acoustic resonance for a lively, highly responsive performance. Accurate emulation of the string-bridge interaction that define the distinctive, overtone-rich sound of South Asian instruments. Expressive Touch Controls: Pluck strings with varying intensity and shape tones through natural finger movements. AUv3 Plugin Support (iOS): Seamless integration into mobile production workflows and favorite DAWs. MIDI compatibility (iOS): Use MIDI to control the synthesizer or use the app to record MIDI events in your DAW. Pricing & Availability Rangiin is available now on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store. The basic version is free to download and includes the Sitar and Tanpura (locked to the root pitch of C). All other instruments, as well as the ability to change the root pitch, can be unlocked via a one-time Pro Version In-App Purchase that costs around 10 EUR or 10 USD. Demo videos Check out these short videos to see Rangiin in action: Playing a short gat in raag Kirvani Rangiin as AUv3 plugin in GarageBand on iOS Tutorial on how to play Rangiin Read More

PureMIDI has launched PureMIDI, a browser-based audio-to-MIDI converter for musicians, producers and learners. The service turns MP3, WAV, video audio and recorded ideas into editable MIDI files online without installing a plug-in. The converter is designed for workflows such as extracting melodies from vocal or instrument recordings, turning guitar or piano ideas into MIDI drafts, and preparing DAW-ready MIDI for Logic Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio, MuseScore and other music tools. PureMIDI is available as a freemium web service. Read More

This month, Ueberschall is offering 60% off on four selected loop packs covering guitars, beats and basses aimed at Downtempo, Chill and LoFi styles: Upright Bass 2, Slow Beats, Concert Guitar and Downtempo Guitar. All Ueberschall products are optimized for the free Elastik loop player. You can download Elastik and a demo soundbank for free from: ueberschall.com/downloads Upright Bass 2 Upright Bass 2 provides a collection of authentic phrases, filled with musical details, that can easily be combined to create a totally realistic performance. The library contains over 800MB of samples, with nearly 450 different loops and phrases. ueberschall.com/product/345/Upright-Bass-2 Slow Beats If you are searching for smooth, laid-back, inspiration for your next HipHop, LoFi, Downbeat, Lounge or Chill project, Slow Beats is packed with perfect musical starting points. Featuring 45 of the coolest, most chilled, construction kits you could hope to find, this Elastik loop library is an absolute treasure trove of chord progressions just waiting to be discovered. ueberschall.com/product/367/Slow-Beats Concert Guitar With seriously cool playing and an ultra-smooth vibe, Concert Guitar can both inspire your next song idea and provide the classy instrumental hook needed to make that song stand out. The library is an ideal choice to bring something extra-special to your next RnB, HipHop, LoFi, Downtempo, Lounge or Chill project. ueberschall.com/product/356/Concert-Guitar Downtempo Guitar Downtempo Guitar brings a flexible collection of beautiful guitar performances to our Instrument Series for Elastik. While the performances are jazz inspired, they would work in a range of downtempo musical styles. Full of character, feel, and soulful expression, these phrases will add a touch of musical class to any project. ueberschall.com/product/347/Downtempo-Guitar Read More

discoDSP has updated Discovery Pro to v8.20, bringing full MPE support with per-voice pressure, pitch bend, and Y (CC74) expression, independent Poly Aftertouch and MPE Mode toggles, real-time aftertouch and Y visualization on the status LEDs, plus Favorites pinned to every Programs popup. Discovery Pro is a Nord Lead-style virtual analog you can put inside your DAW. Four layers, twelve oscillators, and 16 filter types including Nord Lead Zero Delay Feedback, Moog Ladder and Oberheim SEM. Full Nord Lead SysEx import/export keeps your existing patches working both ways. Version 8.20 turns Discovery Pro into a fully expressive MPE instrument. Per-voice pressure, pitch bend and Y (CC74) flow independently through the engine, so you can bend, slide and brighten one finger while the rest of the chord holds still. Toggle between MPE and Poly Aftertouch from the Config menu, or let LinnStrument’s RPN handshake switch MPE on automatically. Real-time aftertouch and Y feedback light up the status LEDs so you see what every finger is doing. What’s New MPE Mode: per-bank toggle (Config menu and Edit > Swap) that enables per-voice channel routing for pressure, pitch bend, and CC74 (Y / Slide). Mutually exclusive with Poly Aftertouch. Manager / Member Channel Split: pitch bend and channel pressure on the manager channel (MIDI ch 1) drive the global pitch wheel and global aftertouch, while member-channel traffic routes per-voice. Hybrid controllers like the Osmose CE work correctly out of the box. MPE Pitch Bend Range: global setting (2 / 3 / 12 / 24 / 48 semitones, MPE-default 48) persisted in Config/MPE.xml. MPE Configuration Message (RP-053) Auto-Detect: receiving the CC 100 / 101 / 6 handshake automatically enables MPE Mode without any menu work. MPE Y (CC74): drives the per-voice morph axis at full depth, so any knob with a sense delta responds independently per finger. Poly Aftertouch: per-bank toggle restored as an independent option (Config menu and Edit > Swap) that gates 0xA0 reception. Mutually exclusive with MPE Mode – each greys the other out – and old presets that had Poly AT enabled light back up automatically. Real-time Aftertouch Visualization: blue AT halo on the status LEDs follows live pressure, max across all active voices. Real-time MPE Y Visualization: green sense LEDs follow live Y position, max across all active voices. Bank Popup Menu: category submenus moved to the top for faster navigation. Favorites Folder: a Favorites folder placed under Presets/Programs is now pinned to the top of every Programs popup (Programs, Randomize > Program, Randomize > Program from Disk, Disk Bank, and File > Export Program to Folder) with a separator beneath it. Improved Aftertouch Edit: double-click in aftertouch edit mode now resets the AT depth back to zero (Cmd+double-click resets the knob’s main value instead). Right-click Parity: right-click is now accepted everywhere Shift+click is, so every alternate-click action works with either gesture – Assign LED, Panic, Layer ABCD, Split, Amp Limiter, Filter Distortion, Filter Type, Filter Model, Gate components, and Preset menu items. Bug Fixes: File > Export Program to Folder now writes the .fxp file to the chosen subfolder as expected. Morph Assign LED and knobs stay in sync after Reset Bank, program switch, or MIDI CC 14, so knobs no longer behave as if morph is off while the LED shows it on. This update is free for all 8.x customers. The Discovery Pro 7.x to 8.x upgrade offer ends today, June 1st, 2026. Discovery Pro is available for Windows, macOS (including Apple Silicon), and Linux in VST, VST3, AU, AAX, and standalone formats. Read More

Dystopian Waves has released Noesis, a Max for Live device for generating, exploring, and refining chord progressions inside Ableton Live. Noesis combines music theory, generative algorithms, and genre-specific generation modes to help songwriters, producers, and composers create harmonic progressions for a wide range of musical styles. Users can generate complete progressions, define harmonic starting points, or explore suggestions for substitutions, modulations, inversions, extensions, and alternative voicings. The device features two primary generation systems: Structural Mode: based on functional harmony and traditional music theory. Flavor Mode: genre-oriented generation with more than 25 styles, including Neo-Soul, Lofi, Dark Trap, Cinematic, Epic, and Synthwave. Additional generation options include five logic modes: Diatonic, Chromatic, Advanced, Flavor, and Axis, each offering different approaches to harmonic movement. Key Features: Over 100 chord formats and 20 scales. Eleven intelligent suggestion modes for substitutions, modulations, voicing changes, extensions, alterations, and more. Automatic transition detection with passing-chord generation. Integrated Circle of Fifths interface for key selection and progression development. Chord performance styles including Block, Strum, Gated, Chock, and more. Timing and velocity humanization controls. MIDI controller mapping for live chord triggering. MIDI export and chord import functionality. Global and per-chord editing tools including transposition, octave control, voicing adjustment, and chord-format selection. Pricing & Availability Noesis is available now at an introductory price of $14 (60% off) until June 30. Compatibility: Ableton Live 11.3.0 or later, including Live 12. Videos: YouTube/NKAYpXC-3oI YouTube/ZIiYB2zJmu4 Read More

Universal Audio has announced their Summer Blackout Sale with offers of up to 85% off selected plugins. Available until June 30th at the KVR Audio Marketplace. Read More

FKFX Audio has released DawNote, a free mobile app that lets music producers record timestamped notes and send them back to their DAW through a dedicated VST3/AU plug-in. Users can transfer mixes to a phone via Wi-Fi, listen with fresh ears, record timestamped voice notes, then send the notes back to the DAW at the right position in the right project. DawNote includes a free version with the full mobile-to-plugin workflow, plus an advanced Pro version for larger projects. DawNote Pro is a one-time purchase and adds advanced features including Studio Stream, A/B Reference Tracks, Note Queue, larger project limits, unlimited track duration, and unlimited project sharing. The complete workflow is shown in the first 2 minutes of the tutorial video: Watch the DawNote workflow tutorial How DawNote Works Transfer your mixes from your computer to the DawNote mobile app over local Wi-Fi — no cables, no cloud. Listen on the go and record timestamped voice notes at the exact position in the track. Back in the studio, tap Send Notes to DAW. Notes are automatically sent back to the correct project inside the dedicated DawNote plug-in. Inside the DawNote plug-in, notes can be previewed with crossfades and timing indicators, or dragged into the DAW as a single synchronized WAV file, like a regular audio recording. Key Features Core Workflow Transfer mixes from DAW or computer to mobile via local Wi-Fi. Record timestamped voice notes while listening. Send Notes to DAW — your notes return to the right project automatically. In-plug-in preview with crossfades and timing indicators. Drag and drop notes from the plug-in as a synchronized WAV file onto any DAW track. Local workflow with no required cloud account. Mobile App — iOS and Android Record timestamped voice notes while listening. Hands-free recording with Bluetooth media controls. Preview and manage notes directly on mobile. Adjustable pre-roll time for reviewing notes with context. Scrubbing on long notes. Playback position saved per track between sessions. MIDI controller recording trigger. Load audio files directly on iOS/Android or from a computer via Wi-Fi sync. Supports MP3, WAV and AIF formats. Zipped WAV export with synced notes. Password-protected project sharing. Input level control. Color tag system. Full note and project management with auto-cleanup. Optional swipe navigation. Light mode. 22 languages supported. Interactive tutorial. Manual IP connection option. Sync on startup option. Desktop and Plug-in — macOS and Windows DawNote Studio (Free): lightweight desktop app acting as a local server for mobile connection. DawNote plug-in (Free) for receiving synced notes directly inside the DAW. Automatic filtering of synced notes to the correct project. In-plug-in note preview and timing indicators. Drag-and-drop export of notes as synchronized WAV files. VST3 and AU support. MacOS and Windows support. Pro Mobile Features Studio Stream: take timestamped notes on your phone while listening through your studio computer over Wi-Fi. A/B Reference Tracks: compare your mix against external references or previous versions on mobile. Note Queue: hold notes and send them to the DAW when you are ready. 10 projects. 25 tracks per project. Unlimited track duration. Unlimited project sharing. Free vs Pro Feature Free Pro Projects 2 10 Tracks per project 3 25 Max track duration 11 min Unlimited Mobile-to-plug-in workflow Included Included Studio Stream — Yes A/B Reference Tracks — Yes Note Queue — Yes Project sharing 3 / month Unlimited Availability and Platforms Mobile app: iOS and Android. Desktop app: macOS and Windows. Plug-in formats: VST3 and AU. Pricing DawNote: free, with the mobile-to-plug-in workflow included. DawNote Pro: $39 launch price. Regular price: $79. License: one-time purchase. Download Links DawNote Free Mobile App iOS: fkfxaudio.com/getdawnoteios Android: fkfxaudio.com/getdawnoteandroid DawNote Pro Mobile App iOS: fkfxaudio.com/getdawnoteproios Android: fkfxaudio.com/getdawnoteproandroid Read More

Thenatan has announced the release of MONO, an intelligent EDM MIDI generation plugin designed to accelerate modern music production workflows. Thenatan says: Not just a synth. MONO is an intelligent MIDI brain that generates pro-grade basslines, leads, sequences and melodic patterns — and drives any VST you own. Stop drawing notes and start commanding them. Drag & drop generated MIDI directly onto any track and fire it through any VST instrument you own. This is the end of blank screen syndrome. Forever. Key Features: Instant EDM Generation: Generate melodies, chords, basslines, and sequences instantly. Perfect for House, Techno, Trap, Future Bass, and more. Built for speed and inspiration. Smart Music Engine: Scale-aware system ensures everything stays in key. Explore endless variations with intelligent pattern generation. Create complex musical ideas with minimal effort. Built-in Sequencer: Fast and intuitive pattern creation. Shape rhythms, melodies, and grooves inside the plugin. Designed for modern EDM workflows. Full Creative Control: Customize generated content to match your style. Tweak notes, timing, and patterns easily. Turn ideas into polished productions. Starting Presets: Ready-to-use presets for instant inspiration. Covers melodies, chords, basslines, and sequences. Load, tweak, and create. Intro Price MONO is available in VST2, VST3, AU formats for macOS and Windows for the introductory price of $29.50 (63% off) until June 15 (Reg. $79.50). YouTube/DNOROMUtOjc YouTube.com/watch?v=GY72ky-iY9U Read More

Zillasound has announced the release of Tronimator, a free standalone cybernetic beat station application for Windows. Key features include: Dual cybernetic cores with independent Saw/Square oscillators (TK-303 based). Controls for Cutoff, Resonance, Envelope Modulation, and Decay. Integrated Cyber-Drive and delay effects. 16-step vector pattern sequencer with pattern save/load functionality. 20-pad performance scene launcher for instant recall of snapshots. Mastering chain including Punch, Heat, and Wide processing. Integrated Peak/RMS meters, visualizer, and 24-bit WAV studio recorder. Tronimator is available as a standalone Windows application. Read More

Zillasound has announced the release of Tronimator, a free standalone cybernetic beat station application for Windows. Key features include: Dual cybernetic cores with independent Saw/Square oscillators (TK-303 based). Controls for Cutoff, Resonance, Envelope Modulation, and Decay. Integrated Cyber-Drive and delay effects. 16-step vector pattern sequencer with pattern save/load functionality. 20-pad performance scene launcher for instant recall of snapshots. Mastering chain including Punch, Heat, and Wide processing. Integrated Peak/RMS meters, visualizer, and 24-bit WAV studio recorder. Tronimator is available as a standalone Windows application. Read More

Peter Semiletov has updated Rokerpack, the collection of free guitar-focused audio plugins for Linux and Windows, to 1.1. In this release, both tuners – for bass and six-string guitar – have been thoroughly redesigned. They should now work well with DAW session sample rates from 44.1 kHz up to 96 kHz and are optimized to reduce CPU load. Read More

Virharmonic has opened pre-orders for their new Bohemian Clarinet. The Bohemian Series has been Virharmonic’s Flagship of solo string instruments for the past 11 years. Today Virharmonic announces their first woodwinds instrument, the Bohemian Clarinet. The new Clarinet is the fifth instrument in the expanding Bohemian Series. Bohemian Clarinet Includes: Longs: arc, mid arc, sustain, marcato and Diminuendo. Shorts: staccato, staccatissimo, slap tongue and breath. Legatos: 1/4, 1/2, whole legato and run/trill. Breath: Longer breath, 1st breath, 2nd breath and auto breath. Extended: sforzando, non vibrato, double tongue and triple tongue. Bohemian functions: Background Streaming (loads in under a second on SSD). Multiple instances of the same plugin share resources. The Virtual Performer enables easy live play, Auto selecting the breath types, legatos and bow positions based on your play style. Mood selection (Improv, Emotive, Assertive, classical & Sprightly) allowing you to change the behaviour of the clarinetist on the fly. Performer Mode: Solo, Second clarinet, Trio, Chamber, Divisi Trio & Divisi Chamber. Maestro – Performer Poly-Legato. Crafting – Blend any forced on breath type/Articulation with legatos. Convolution & Algorithmic Reverbs with spaces: Hall, Chamber and Studio. All captured with real breath control. Forceable non vibrato samples. Pricing & Availability The Bohemian Clarinet is available for the pre-order price of €119.00 (Reg. €199.00). Existing Virharmonic subscribed customers have been sent an additional pre-order discount code to get the Bohemian Clarinet for €99.00. Bohemian Clarinet will be released on the 26th of June 2026. Improvisation of the Clarinet out of the Box, no CC, no Ai, no key-switches or loops were used: YouTube/WWbkufFvlMQ Read More

Arturia has released Memory V, a software instrument modeled on the 1982 Memorymoog polyphonic synthesizer. Built using Arturia’s TAE analog modeling technology, it replicates the original hardware’s three-oscillator-per-voice architecture, ladder filter, and analog non-linearities, while adding modern features including MPE support, a multi-layer arpeggiator, and a 4-slot effects rack. The instrument operates in Poly 6 (matching the original hardware’s voice count) or an expanded Poly 12 mode. Unison stacks up to six triple-VCO voices with adjustable detune and stereo spread, producing a maximum of 18 oscillators on a single key press. Vintage and Dispersion controls introduce continuous analog drift across pitch, pulse width, levels, cutoff, emphasis, modulation, and envelope times independently. Each voice includes three free-running oscillators with Ramp, Triangle, and Square waveforms, oscillator sync (1↔2 and 1↔3), and pulse-width control. OSC 3 can be routed as an audio-rate modulator to pitch, pulse width, filter, volume, or pan per voice. The Filter Envelope can be chained into OSC 3 amount for FM-style movement. The 24 dB/oct low-pass ladder filter includes a switchable 12 dB mode, keyboard tracking, self-oscillation, and a Bass Compensation switch that maintains low-end at high resonance settings. A Drive section with clipping LED feeds signal into the filter pre-stage. {PRODUCT-HEADER-35770-memoryv}. Advanced Panel The Advanced panel includes: Multi-Arp with four independent stacked arpeggiator layers for polymetric and transposed pattern building. Three modulator slots (Envelope, Function, Random, Voice Mod, Mod Sequencer) with drag-and-drop routing. Keyboard and Macro modulators. 4-slot FX rack with 17+ effects. Oscilloscope views for Output, LFO, and Voice Mod signals. Additional Specs 300+ factory presets. MPE and MTS-ESP microtuning support. NKS and Arturia controller integration. Resizable interface. Formats: Standalone, VST3, AU, AAX (64-bit DAWs). Windows 10+ or macOS 11+; ARM not supported on Windows. Pricing & Availability Memory V is available now at an introductory price until June 14, 2026. It is also available as part of V Collection 11 Pro. See the Arturia website for current pricing. YouTube/X44JX9d6FgU Read More

Scaler Music has announced the release of Carbon Electra 2, a synthesizer plugin featuring wave terrain synthesis and musically meaningful controls. Switch on Scale Lock and select a scale, and certain parameters respond in a more musical way. Oscillator tuning is done in scale degrees, fitting in major, minor or diminished chords. Carbon Electra’s Filter 2 also locks to your scale, giving filter responses based on your scale, chord or a single interval. The onboard sequencer lets you program notes chromatically, as scale notes, or whole chords with programmed inversions and substitutions. Features Scale Lock and Musical Control Oscillators can lock to musical scale degrees instead of only traditional pitch values. Sequencer can lock to diatonic notes and chords within the selected scale. Musical filter can lock to scale notes, incoming chord tones or interval relationships. Designed to keep sound design, sequencing and modulation musically connected. Wave terrain Oscillators All-new Wave terrain oscillator mode based on topographic terrain-style sound generation. Upload your own terrain images in .png format to create custom oscillator behaviour. Control how the sound interacts with terrain edges in 3D aspect. Adjust terrain size and movement for different tonal results. A new alternative to wavetable synthesis, with its own movement, texture and character. Also includes classic analogue waveforms and wavetable oscillator modes. Four-Oscillator Synth Engine Four independent oscillators. Classic, wavetable and wave terrain oscillator options. Per-oscillator pitch, tune, width, cascading FM and position-style controls depending on oscillator type. Unison support across oscillators. Flexible oscillator blending through the central mixer. Note and Chord Sequencer Scale-based note and chord sequencer. Write freely in chromatic mode or stay locked to the chosen scale. Chord mode allows diatonic chord programming. Supports chord extensions and inversions. Ideal for musical riffs, basslines, arps, chord patterns and evolving harmonic sequences. Multi-Shape Step Sequencer Multi-shape modulation step sequencer. Assignable to multiple parameters. Can run independently from the note/chord sequencer. Timing can be divided or multiplied against the main sequencer rate. Useful for rhythmic movement, filter patterns, pitch modulation, wavetable movement and FX automation. Musical Filter System New musical filter modes including interval, chord and scale-based behaviour. Filter movement can follow musical relationships rather than only static cutoff values. Designed for harmonic filtering, resonant movement and scale-aware sound shaping. Includes traditional filter controls such as cutoff/offset, resonance, focus/window and keytracking. Flexible Mixer and Routing Four-channel oscillator mixer. Per-oscillator level and panning. Re-routable oscillator/filter paths. Optional gain boost mode. Designed for complex layering and movement between oscillator sources. Reorderable FX Stack Powerful onboard effects section. Includes delay, distortion, chorus, EQ and reverb. Effects can be reordered. FX parameters can be modulated. Designed for creating finished sounds directly inside the instrument. New Assignable Modulation System Flexible modulation assignment workflow. Assign modulation sources to multiple destinations. Clear visual destination lists per modulation source. Supports LFOs, envelopes, sequencer modulation and performance controls. Multiple LFOs and Envelopes Three dedicated LFOs. Amp envelope and modulation envelope. LFO sync, trigger and mono modes. Adjustable LFO waveforms and destinations. Velocity control for envelope behaviour. Performance and Voice Controls Main output section with level control. Mono, retrigger, legato and limiter options. Unison voice controls. Detune, width, tune, pitch bend range and glide controls. Mod wheel assignment support. Advanced Preset and Sequence System User sequence area with visual waveform/shape display. Save and recall musical sequences and arps. Designed for both sound design and musical phrase creation. Stronger link between preset design, harmony and performance. Includes 362 presets in total, with artist presets from producers including Carl Cox, Timo Garcia, Faze Action and Christian Laffitte. Pricing & Availability Carbon Electra 2 is available now in VST3, AU and AAX formats, for the introductory price of $79 (rising to $99 after July 13th). Carbon Electra 1 users can upgrade for $39 at the same vendor they bought their original license from. {PRODUCT-HEADER-35716-carbonelectra2}. Read More

Sketch Audio has released Lil’ Doc, a new compressor plugin. Lil’ Doc is a compressor effect based on the muscular vinyl simulation made famous by a workhorse sampler of the early 00s. It’s a powerful effect that’s found a cult following among lo-fi heads, and rightly so. The plug-in features the exact same algorithms as Sketch Audio’s paid plug-in, Doctor Vibe, stripped down to four essential controls: Slam – amount of compression. Noise – vinyl noise and crackle. Drive – converter input clipping. Grade – four selectable sample grades. Lil’ Doc is available in the AAX, AUv2, AUv3, CLAP, and VST3 formats for macOS, Windows, and iOS, and is free to download at sketchaudio.com. Desktop installers require a free Sketch Audio account; the iOS version is available on the App Store. Users that want to dig in further can step up to Doctor Vibe at sketchaudio.com, which includes complete Vinyl, ADC/DAC, and Mix Slammer sections. Lil’ Doc is the first in a series of free plug-ins from Sketch Audio, with new entries rolling out every month. Join their newsletter to stay informed. Read More

Sound Magic has released Harmonia Grand, a new virtual piano instrument featuring two distinct piano characters—Italian F308 and Pop Grand—powered by the latest Neo Piano Yosemite Engine. Sound Magic Says: At the heart of Harmonia Grand is the Italian F308, a Virtuoso Grade Fazioli F308 concert grand selected as one of only four Virtuoso Grade pianos from Supreme Piano 5. The piano offers a balanced and refined tone with exceptional continuity across the keyboard, making it especially suitable for melodic and atmospheric music. The second instrument, Pop Grand, is a transparent-sounding baby grand piano designed for modern music production. Its clear and focused sound helps it sit naturally in mixes, making it particularly well suited for pop and contemporary styles. Despite its compact ~860MB size, Harmonia Grand uses hybrid sampling and modeling to deliver a level of realism comparable to 354GB piano libraries, featuring dynamic sound behavior and rich string interaction. Pricing & Availability Harmonia Grand is available for macOS and Windows, VST3 and AU, for the introductory price of $169 (Reg. $299) until August 28th, 2026. Read More

Phase Plant has turned seven years old. To celebrate, Kilohearts are taking $100 off Phase Plant for a limited time, allowing you to pick it up for $99. First-time buyers will also get a $30 to spend on any other Kilohearts products except the Kilohearts Subscription. Additionally, all Content Banks are half-price for the duration of the sale. Read More

FeelYourSound has released version 1.3.0 of its free MIDI generator plug-in SongEngine (VST + AU). SongEngine automatically turns any chord progression into new arpeggios, basslines, and complex piano phrases. If you don’t have your own chord progressions yet, you can use one of the included chord progression generators. You can also explore chords by ear with the built-in chord progression builder. SongEngine is suitable for all genres, and it comes with a big list of presets for all occasions. New in SongEngine 1.3.0: Chords View: Undo/Redo per Song Part. Chords View: Pad Source selector window contains a new button to open the Chord Pad Collections folder in Finder/Explorer. Chords View: Right-click a chord on the timeline for the following new actions: “Transpose Chord Progression to other root”, “Transpose all notes one octave up”, “Transpose all notes one octave down”. This video shows some of the new features in action: YouTube/gVyYypgetTk Read More

FeelYourSound has released version 1.3.0 of its free MIDI generator plug-in SongEngine (VST + AU). SongEngine automatically turns any chord progression into new arpeggios, basslines, and complex piano phrases. If you don’t have your own chord progressions yet, you can use one of the included chord progression generators. You can also explore chords by ear with the built-in chord progression builder. SongEngine is suitable for all genres, and it comes with a big list of presets for all occasions. New in SongEngine 1.3.0: Chords View: Undo/Redo per Song Part. Chords View: Pad Source selector window contains a new button to open the Chord Pad Collections folder in Finder/Explorer. Chords View: Right-click a chord on the timeline for the following new actions: “Transpose Chord Progression to other root”, “Transpose all notes one octave up”, “Transpose all notes one octave down”. This video shows some of the new features in action: YouTube/gVyYypgetTk Read More

Force56 Audio Software has released LAR-32 Synth VST, a sample-based virtual instrument inspired by the classic Roland MT-32 sound module and its iconic late-80s / early-90s game music aesthetic. Designed for retro game music enthusiasts, DOS game composers, synth collectors and nostalgic producers, LAR-32 Synth VST recreates the recognizable character of classic LA synthesis hardware directly inside modern DAWs on Windows and macOS. The instrument focuses on the melodic sounds commonly associated with classic DOS adventures, Sierra-style soundtracks, retro RPGs and vintage MIDI composition workflows from the MT-32 era. Unlike more technical MT-32 recreation workflows that require external ROM files and emulator configuration, LAR-32 Synth VST is designed as a straightforward plug-and-play instrument focused on immediate music production inside modern DAWs, offering instant access to classic MT-32 sounds. LAR-32 Synth VST was built for musicians who miss the sound of classic PC game music, and for composers who grew up with the sound of DOS gaming. LAR-32 Synth VST includes: Sample-based recreation workflow inspired by the Roland MT-32 sound character. VST3, Audio Unit and standalone versions. Windows and macOS support. Fast preset browsing workflow. Built-in bank management system. Curated palette inspired by classic DOS game soundtracks. Two editions are available: LAR-32 Synth VST Lite Edition: 40 curated melodic banks. Intended as an affordable entry point focused on the most iconic sounds. Includes permanent access to Lite bank downloads. Free lifetime updates included. Price: $59. LAR-32 Synth VST Pro Edition: Full melodic bank collection (118 melodic banks). Intended for the complete LAR-32 experience. Includes permanent access to Pro bank downloads. Free lifetime updates included. Price: $89. Sound demos, screenshots, feature lists and downloadable demo versions for Windows and macOS are available on the official product page. The demo version offers a 2-day unrestricted evaluation period featuring four fully playable melodic banks with no audio interruptions or feature crippling. Read More

Excite Audio has announced the release of Evolve Nest Acoustics, the first collaboration release in their Evolve series, created with sound designer and music maker: Nest Acoustics. Combining foley, nature, and field recordings with analogue synthesis, the sample-based instrument forms a modern “botanica” sound palette to work with. Under the hood, Evolve Nest Acoustics contains four distinct sound layers that can be blended in real-time with the Evolve XY Pad, intuitive modulation capabilities, and four organic inspired-macro effects – Holo, Crust, Breeze, and Erode. Designed for synthwave composition and contemporary sound design, Evolve Nest Acoustics provides a hybrid of organic-synthetic textures, glowing pads, and vivid atmospheres that feel alive and textural. Key Features: Blend four layers of samples or synths using the powerful quad-engine. Morph sounds in real time with the expressive XY Pad. Get instant creative sparks with one-click randomisation. Import your own samples and build entirely custom patches. Modulate anything with drag-and-drop envelopes, LFOs, and XY controls. Shape and polish your sound with botanica-inspired macro effects. Tweak your tone with dual filters and a rearrangeable 3-slot FX chain. Explore 250 genre-spanning presets or create from scratch. Information & Pricing: Introductory sale runs until 30th June (23:59 PST): Up to 50% off. Prices start from: £19 / $19. Includes: Bundles, Upgrades and Loyalty Crossgrades. Available on Rent-to-Own. MSRP Prices start from £29 / €29 / $29. Read More

Pataki Audio, a one-person workshop based in Budapest, has released four new VST3 plugins. Janus Janus is a linear-phase Linkwitz-Riley crossover VST3 plugin for Windows and macOS. Janus combines a high-pass and a low-pass filter on a single instance, with a symmetric FIR design. Two instances tuned to the same cutoff frequency sum mathematically flat, making it suited for multi-way active loudspeakers where phase coherence between bands and minimized audible pre-ringing are both critical. Janus offers Linkwitz-Riley slopes from 1 to 48 dB/oct in decimal steps — not just the conventional 12 / 24 / 48 — letting you tune the crossover region precisely without committing to a fixed Butterworth order. Three latency modes (Eco / Normal / High-Res) let you trade pre-ringing against processing latency depending on the source material. Janus is donationware. Pay what you want, including nothing. No ads, no telemetry, no nag screens. MetaHost MetaHost is a VST3 plugin host that you load inside another VST3 host, for Windows and macOS. MetaHost offers 8 stereo channel-pair columns with 3 plugin slot rows per column, letting you drop a different plugin chain on each stereo pair of a multichannel bus. It’s designed for active speaker rigs running per-driver DSP, surround / Atmos mixers needing per-channel processing, stereo workflows with parallel effect chains, and any setup where the host DAW won’t let you route inserts the way you actually need to. Each hosted plugin’s UI opens in its own floating, resizable editor window — no nested frames or clipping. Full host state, including each hosted plugin’s preset, can be saved to disk or inlined into the parent project for exact-recall sessions. Per-slot bypass is implemented with atomic flags for click-free, thread-safe switching during playback. MetaHost is donationware. Pay what you want, including nothing. Voicing Voicing is a three-band tone control VST3 plugin for Windows and macOS, built on Baxandall-style musical curves. Unlike a surgical measurement EQ, Voicing is designed to tilt rather than carve: its shelves are gentle, broad, and intentionally reciprocal, so cut and boost behave as mirrored halves of the same adjustment. The shelves taper toward an asymptote at the extremes, keeping even bold settings musical, while the parametric bell spans wide tonal lean to focused presence shaping. Voicing offers a low shelf and high shelf with adjustable slopes — from a gentle first-order 6 dB/oct upward — a parametric bell with adjustable Q, and per-band enable for instant A/B comparison. It’s positioned as the listener-end companion to Pataki Audio’s linear-phase crossover, Janus. Voicing is donationware. Pay what you want, including nothing. No ads, no telemetry. Bitscope Bitscope is a bit-depth and true-peak analyzer VST3 plugin for Windows and macOS. Bitscope measures the effective bit-depth of audio in real time — the bits actually doing useful work, not just the claimed format — displayed as a per-channel histogram up to 64-bit. It tracks true-peak level in dBTP and keeps separate counters for sample clips and intersample peaks, catching the inter-sample overs that standard sample-peak meters miss. The plugin is multichannel-aware: its L/R source selectors pick any two channels from the host bus for monitoring, with a readout showing the host-bus channel count and layout. Bitscope is analysis-only — it measures the signal without altering it. Bitscope is donationware. Pay what you want, including nothing. No ads, no telemetry. Read More

Windows-G has announced the release of E-BitCrusher500, a free JSFX bitcrusher plugin for REAPER that can be used to introduce quantization noise and aliasing to any audio material through bit reduction (4-bit to 16-bit) with adjustable noise gain (-30 dB to +30 dB), and downsampling (1 to 200 factor). E-BitCrusher500 also features Stereo, Mid, and Side processing modes for targeting specific parts of the input signal’s stereo image. Boost or attenuate the audio level with Input Gain (-30 dB to +30 dB), and blend between the dry and bit-crushed signals with Dry/Wet (0% to 100%). Shape the signal with 12dB/oct high-pass (1 Hz – 20 kHz) and low-pass (20 Hz to 21 kHz) filters, and control the final level with Output Gain (-30 dB to +30 dB). Pricing and Availability E-BitCrusher500 is available for free. This JSFX plugin can also be used in other DAWs through the open-source YSFX plugin. YSFX is available in VST3, AU, and CLAP formats for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Download YSFX here (Click on “Assets” for the downloads to appear): github.com/JoepVanlier/ysfx/releases Read More

This is a discussion with Mark Ethier, who currently serves as Executive Director the Berklee Emerging Artistic Technology Lab (BEATL) at Berklee College of Music. Mark is also well-known in the music technology industry as the co-founder and former CEO of iZotope. He’s been working with machine-learning since his days at MIT and those techniques have found their way into many of iZotope’s products. Berklee has been out in front of music technology changes since its inception. Berklee graduates have not just gone onto be Grammy winning artists, but also educators, entrepreneurs and product builders in many fields in and outside of music Bringing in a leader with Mark’s background help design a curriculum around artificial intelligence is yet another example of the institution’s commitment. Here’s an interview we did with Mark several years ago. The opportunity to have another chat with Mark came after an announcement of Berklee College of Music’s upcoming AI and Music Summit (AIM) June 3-5 in Boston. Although tickets may be available for the companion concert featuring Jordan Rudess and L’Rain, the actual summit has already sold out, another illustration of the effect AI is having on all aspects of music making. The interview explores how AI is already reshaping music education, from students experimenting with generative coding tools to assistive AI technologies that restore creative capabilities for disabled artists. Mark stresses the importance of human performance and artistic communication. He describes Berklee’s AI summit as an attempt to bring musicians, educators, developers, lawyers, and entrepreneurs into the same conversation, so artists can have a stronger voice in shaping the future of AI in music. Is there a Moore’s Law or something equivalent for the growth of AI? Because it is improving at an exponential rate. A semi-log plot of transistor counts for microprocessors against dates of introduction, nearly doubling every two years I will admit I was led down a little research project about this. You go back to Moore’s Law, which is that compute would double every two years at half the cost. These days, it’s actually gone more to three years because we’re now at the level where there are physical barriers to our ability to keep that same trajectory. What I discovered is that currently, the speed of AI capability processing has been doubling every three and a half months. Wow! So, that’s like an order of magnitude every year. It’s both the compute growing, there’s more compute, and better algorithmic efficiency, sometimes driven by the AIs themselves improving efficiency, which is still kind of mind-blowing. Then the data scaling, both real data and synthetic data scaling, and all of these things are sort of combining together. Investors are pouring money into AI start-ups. I’m wondering about a bubble. Do think this could affect the music industry in any way? I think in some ways, by definition, we’re in a bubble. We are at a time where there are a lot of people competing for the same market, a “winner takes all” sort of approach. You end up with a dozen players investing huge amounts of resources to go after the same prize, knowing that nine out of ten of those are not going to make it. When that’s happened before, often there is infrastructure left behind that people still find value in. It’s funny to talk about the dot-com bubble because I remember I was an undergrad at MIT and there was a service where you could get anything delivered within an hour at the same cost it was at the store. You stop and think, “This shouldn’t be possible.” Turns out it wasn’t; it was just an inflated service that existed for a moment. I don’t know if there’s a bubble in music as much as there is in parts of music tech. I think a lot of it in the music products industry is certainly related—and I’m talking hardware here. During the pandemic online retailers were growing incredibly fast, and then people could get out again, so they weren’t home playing music as much. That’s right. I heard a good description that in the hardware and software side, it was almost a double problem because you had all these people who leaned into their hobby, and now they’re going back to their regular day job and throwing their hardware or software up on eBay. Now these companies are competing against the equipment they sold two years ago. That’s just rough. In the research you’ve done so far, what’s the most surprising thing you’ve learned and what is the scariest? iZotope Ozone The speed and the breadth of the change that is happening. I can look back and say there was a creation revolution that happened when the digital audio workstation (DAW) became affordable. That was a pretty big shift in the democratization of music. Then you had Napster and LimeWire catalyzing the changes that led to Apple’s new music business model and Spotify. That was monumental in the way the economics of music happened. It seems like this is the moment where both of those things are happening at the same time, but in the period of months, not years. Even a year ago, I would have said, “Oh, but it can’t do this yet.” And I’ve been proven wrong so many times. I want to pull apart the distinction between Generative AI (trained on licensed material vs. scraped data) and Assistive AI. iZotope was using assistive AI more than a decade ago for things like RX, which among other things, removes “mic rustle” (the sound when a lavalier mic scratches against clothing). That was AI, but it wasn’t scary. We had virtual instruments that were pretty darn good, and now there are generative tools that will render as a virtual instrument using generative AI. It’s enhancing a workflow that had already been changed. What effect do you see AI already having on enrolled Berklee students? Are you seeing new students coming in who could teach classes? Berklee’s a very diverse place. There are students that are very engrossed in generative AI, and sometimes I have to tell them, “Hold on, slow down. Do you know how it’s trained? Do you own the output? Is the output copyrightable?” And there are students who came to Berklee because they’re passionate about guitar and jazz and haven’t really engaged with technology in that way. We have seniors graduating this year who started at Berklee when generative music was not really a thing. At the same time I’ve spoken to a couple of high school music teachers who are starting to use some generative music tools in their classes because otherwise they didn’t have access to music making. We may see more students show up who have made it part of their creative process, but I still think this is still very, very new. Is the value of all this going to be musicians adding to their music, or building tools that can possibly make their music better or more unique? We are in the very beginning of figuring this out. You have people like Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater, who has been collaborating with MIT to train his own personal model that can do live improvisation with him on stage. That’s additive; that’s not replacement. Berklee just hosted a conference called ABLE Assembly, and there are examples of people using generative AI to regain the ability to make music that they’ve lost. If they’ve lost their voice for some reason, they’re actually able to train these models on their own previously recorded voice. They can still bend the character and the emotion. I want to get beyond the place where there are tools where you type in a couple of words to get a song out. I think that’s a novelty. At some point people will want to see somebody play those arrangements. Having the skills to learn a song or a set quickly and perform consistently… maybe there’s more work for a Berklee-trained musician…? A machine can run faster than a human, but we still go to track meets to watch who can run the 100-meter dash fastest. It’s deeper than that with music and performance. Even though you can get a machine to produce an audio output, it doesn’t mean that it’s a real human communication. Let’s talk about the Berklee AI summit. It’s in Boston June 3rd through 5th? June 3rd through 5th is the summit, and then on the 6th and the 7th, we’re having a hackathon that’s being put on by Music Hackspace. The summit is sold out, but there may still be tickets available for the concert, which will feature Jordan Rudess and L’Rain. What are the most important things you want people to know about the summit beforehand, and what are the most important things you would like attendees to know afterwards? We see a hole in the public discourse around music and AI, the artist’s perspective is often missing. The summit is a chance to bring together musicians, educators, developers, lawyers, and ethicists. We’re going to have people who are very skeptical and very against the integration of AI, and we are going to have companies where the integration of AI is their business model. We want artists and educators to leave with a sense of agency. I feel a lot of places where people feel somewhat hopeless, like “this thing is all happening and we can’t stop it.” We want to show people that it’s possible for us to go to these companies and researchers and have a voice in this conversation. Berklee has always embraced change… David Mash teaching music software at Berklee in the 1980s That’s right. It’s shocking how many people in the music tech world are Berklee grads. One other interesting story about the advent of generative coding at Berklee. Last semester, a faculty member taught a class on building business plans, and they decided to see if they could build a product using agentic coding tools. By the end of the semester, students with zero coding experience had built four or five fully functioning applications. It really changes the calculus for what a student at Berklee can do in the world. And I just want to say thank you again for the opportunity to talk about the AIMS event.  We’ll need a little more time to prepare the banner. You can just use generative AI for the image… (laughs) I know! Well, you know what’s funny? The first draft they sent me was AI generated and it came up with a URL that didn’t exist and the dimensions were totally wrong. You do have to pay attention. It’s not like generative AI can do everything for you. Exactly. I mean that’s a good reminder in all of this. We haven’t really talked about the music education side. We’re also having to educate people about the language models too because they’re using them in classes and maybe they don’t realize the bias that is encoded in them. The same questions come up around how these were trained and are you okay with this and you know do you own the output and how you’re using this and, does it align with the policy of the class or of Berklee as an institution… AI can be sycophantic… Is it a sycophant? Yeah exactly. If the product is free, you’re the product, right? When people use it they need to keep in mind that it’s free and it’s taking all your data, you should be thinking about “am I getting sold things or advertised things or influenced in ways”? You know all these things that maybe aren’t obvious. You touched on some good points about intellectual property, because laws are changing so quickly. One must know what is copyrighted and what isn’t. In other words, where did the user get the data? That’s right. You know there’s one other story that I think you’ll find really interesting – that the advent of generative coding was part of a Berklee Music Business class. A faculty member asked the class to build a business plan for some service or product for the music industry using one of these agentic coding vibe coding tools and see if they can build it. And at the end of the semester I sat through demos of four or five fully functioning applications that students had built with zero coding experience at the beginning of the semester. As a musician you start to think, “All right I have this new newfound power where I can build things without needing to bring in other people.” But, there are downsides to missing a collaborator and everything else. I don’t think it’s foolproof yet because there are still things like if you hit a bug and the AI doesn’t do anything you don’t know the code to go in, figure it out and fix it yourself. But it definitely is switching I can see in these musicians when they’ve thought, “Oh I have this idea I need to go and find a co-founder before I can even begin” and they can actually prototype, put things out in market, learn what the product should be so when they go to find a co-founder or technical co-founder they actually know okay I need someone who knows this stuff because they’ve already sort of validated enough down the path. It really changes the calculus for what a student at Berklee can do out in the world, which is pretty amazing. Any other details that you share about the event? There’s special pricing for students and faculty, or if you are a member of some organization. AES and the MIDI Association are two examples and we have others we’re adding. We want to make sure we have great representation here. Are you expecting an international audience? It’s hard to travel these days, but…? As it’s the first show we have done it will be more US focused, but we have people who are coming in from around the world certainly from the speaker side and then people who are coming specifically to see them.   Read More

DAWJunkie has announced the release of Everything Bundle, a collection that packages the company’s entire catalog of synths and effects into one all-in-one production suite for macOS and Windows. The bundle includes a wide range of instruments and processors spanning bass synths, pad generators, pluck-focused instruments, saturation tools, modulation effects, delays, reverbs, and more. Included titles feature synths such as Menace, Big Butter, Big Bottom, Padness, Slurpy, and the Sonic Synth series, alongside effects collections like EffectsNow and EffectsOne. According to DAWJunkie: The Everything Bundle is designed around simplicity and speed, focusing on musical results without overwhelming users with overly complex interfaces. Many of the included plugins feature streamlined controls intended to help producers dial in usable sounds quickly while still offering enough flexibility for modern production workflows. The collection supports major plugin formats including VST, VST3, AU, and AAX, with compatibility for both Mac and PC systems. The Everything Bundle is currently available for the sale price of $99 for a limited time. Read More

Donuts Delivery has released Arbit in open beta for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Arbit is a piano-roll-first composition workstation and MIDI plugin where notes can be linked by harmonic ratios. Instead of treating every note as a fixed equal-tempered grid position, Arbit lets composers define relationships such as 3/2, 5/4, 7/4, and other harmonic intervals directly between notes. Linked notes retune automatically as the composition changes. Pricing & Availability Arbit runs as a standalone app and as a VST3/CLAP plugin for macOS, Windows and Linux. The free tier includes the harmonic piano roll, per-note microtuning output through VST3 note expressions, CLAP note expressions, and MPE, SF2/SFZ instrument support, VST3 hosting, Airwindows effects, core DAW functionality, MIDI import/export, Lua Scripting and in-depth chord/composition tools. Arbit Pro adds sampling, drag-and-drop sample-to-note workflows, monophonic audio pitch correction, World vocoder / harmonic audio transformation, DiffSinger singing voice synthesis, and UTAU support. Read More

CFA-Sound has announced the release of a free instrument rack for Ableton Live 11. The WARP Acid Bass Rack includes 16 macro controls, 25 rack presets and 30 additional MIDI files, suitable for music genres like Acid House, Techno and similar. Features: WARP Instrument Rack. 25 Rack Presets. 30 additional MIDI files. Suitable for house, techno and trance. Including a 60% discount voucher. The instrument rack can be downloaded for free. Ableton Live Suite 11 is required (v11.3.43 or later). Read More

Aly James Lab has updated “VProm” Variable Sample Rate Drum Plugin to v3.0.2. Change in version 3.0.2 Fix – EPROM read pointers now use fixed-point 32.32 math. (Floating-point rounding could occasionally shift the read position by one sample depending on the compiler. This could slightly smear transients and behave like a tiny low-pass effect. Fixed-point math ensures consistent sample timing across platforms). Fix – MIDI Custom Map: Extra2 / Cabasa trigger mismatch corrected. Fix – Offline render/bounce: very first MIDI trigger if at sample 0 now correctly processed on Mac AudioUnit (AU). Fix – Removed some C++ dependencies in order to support older Mac OS versions. (see compatibility). (VProm 3 previously required Mac OS 15 (Catalina) minimum; it should now run on Mojave). Change – Hi-hat envelope generator response reverted to the VProm 2.0.4 response (slightly more snappy). Change – Legacy CEM envelope generator CV: biased by a few mV of gain (slightly more open filter). (Legacy Mode for the Filter EG reproduces the VProm 2.0.4 default envelope response; it is now closer to the original behavior). Fix – Mixer response: now correctly applied, with improved logarithmic taper curve. Fix – Possible DC hang in the oversampler. Fix – Improved cross-platform file paths handling. New – Improved UI functionality and vector graphics for volume sliders. New – Skin & CEM filters mode (legacy/expert) settings now saved with a .vpromKit file. (VProm Library example kits (LinnDrum and DMX) are updated to this new format. Do the same for your own .vpromKit file: load your kit, set the Skin, set CEM modes to expert or legacy as needed, save kit – Done). VProm Factory Library updated with .vpromKit files (using 3.0.2 format): DMX_2, DX_2 and Linndrum_2. Fix – Imported v2 presets will turn off Hihat loop if a custom hat was set. Fix – minor bugs like SETS button off state could be entered with another click even though SETS was already engaged. Read More

AudioBrain has released MixBrain version 2.0.0, a macOS VST3/AU multi-track auto-mix preparation system. MixBrain is built around a Master + Node workflow. Users insert MixBrainNode on individual tracks and MixBrainMaster on the mix bus. The system is designed to help identify masking, crowding, and track relationship issues before detailed manual mixing. Version 2.0.0 introduces a cleaner two-plug-in structure. The Adviser is now integrated directly inside MixBrainNode as a dedicated tab, so there is no separate Adviser plug-in to load. MixBrain v2.0.0 is available in four editions: Free, Lite, Standard, and Pro. The Pro edition now supports up to 128 Node slots for large sessions, cinematic productions, orchestral templates, and dense arrangements. Highlights: MixBrainMaster + MixBrainNode workflow. Multi-track mix preparation. Masking and crowding focused analysis. Adviser integrated into MixBrainNode. MacOS Universal Binary. VST3 and AU formats. Free, Lite, Standard, and Pro editions. Pro supports up to 128 Node slots. Pricing starts at free for the small-session test edition (for non-commercial use) rising to $249 for the full Pro edition. Read More

ANWIDA Soft is offering Stereoid Light for free for a limited time. Stereoid Light is a stereo upmixer, imager and enhancer that distills the essence of Stereoid into a compact, easy‑to‑use plugin while preserving professional sound quality. It converts mono or narrow‑stereo tracks into a thicker, more dimensional stereo image using a decorrelation algorithm, a microtonal detuner and a calibrated delay, and is engineered to remain mono compatible. Stereoid Light carries the same sonic DNA as Stereoid, presented in a simplified interface for faster workflow. Stereoid Light is a VST3/AU plugin and comes with a signed installer for Windows and signed/notarized installer for OS X/macOS. It loads natively in macOS running on Apple Silicon. Price: Free (Reg. $29). Read More

Push and Groove has updated Filtronix to version 1.1. This update introduces a new Analog knob, designed to add analog-style movement, thickness, subtle circuit variation, cutoff drift, resonance movement, crosstalk, and gentle input-sensitive saturation. The existing filter models have also been refined for smoother cutoff movement, improved resonance response, and more natural overall behavior. What’s new: macOS support. New Analog knob. Refined existing filter models. Smoother cutoff movement and resonance response. Read More

sonicLAB has updated Fundamental to version 4.1 adding MCP (Model Context Protocol) support. Fundamental 4.1 now exposes its sound engine through the Model Context Protocol, so any MCP-compatible LLM client can drive synthesis directly. Features: Describe sweeps, modulation, sonic progressions, or physics-inspired processes in plain English — the LLM generates the preset and Fundamental4.1 loads it instantly. Works with Claude Desktop and Gemini CLI. By using your existing subscription on Claude or Gemini, the MCP server does not cost extra fees beyond your existing LLM plan. It provides persistent memory such as the conversations stay in context; so you can iterate: shift a chord up 50 Hz, add Cauchy modulation, sweep it down to sub-bass — each instruction builds on the last. Fundamental 4.1 is a free update for Fundamental 4 users. sonicLAB Fundamental 4.1 comes as a standalone app, and in VST3 and AU plugin formats for OS X (universal) and Windows. A new license of Fundamental 4.1 costs £99 GBP and can be purchased on sonicLAB webshop. YouTube/YLYGVYwO9Ps Read More

Teletone Audio has released Hype, their first standalone virtual drum instrument, featuring Darren King and recorded at Blackbird Studio. Built from the ground up for VST, AU, and AAX, Hype brings together rare drums from Darren’s personal collection and Blackbird Studio’s vault, captured through legendary microphones and vintage signal paths. Shape the sound with three distinct mic perspectives: Punch, Grit, and Bloom. Then build ideas fast with 100 beats performed by Darren King, built directly into the instrument. Pricing & Availability Hype is available for $129.00 for macOS and Windows in standalone and VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats. YouTube.com/watch?v=bRA7pMP_CnU YouTube.com/watch?v=5tiYRbMHEV8 Read More

accentize has announced the release of dxLevel, a free audio plugin for professional speech and dialogue post production. Automatically match loudness across clips, balance different speakers on a single microphone, or smooth out level fluctuations from moving voices and inconsistent recordings. Preserve Ambience mode keeps the original background ambience untouched while adjusting only the dialogue to your target loudness. Features: Automatic LUFS-Based Voice Leveling. Balances Multiple Speakers on a Single Mic. Preserve Ambience Mode for Natural Backgrounds. Suitable for Live and Post Production Workflows. Availability dxLevel is available for free for macOS and Windows in VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats. YouTube.com/watch?v=qKuurMF3rN8 Read More

Bjt2 has updated the free Crescendo plugin to version 1.0.199 with various enhancements and bug fixes. Changes in 1.0.199 from 1.0.196: Soundfont import: bugfixes and performance enhancements. Re-import all your files. Changed default font weight. Performance enhancements and tweaks on the NLM filter: up to 20% on old CPUs. Compiled with the latest Visual Studio (2026, v18.5.1) and SDK (10.0.26100.7705). Additional info can be found in the KVR Forum here, here and here. Read More