Forget the days of building complex templates with dozens of tracks to simulate a string ensemble. With SWAM String Sections, you can shape your entire section using a single, powerful plugin — no key switches, no layer juggling, no compromises. This is more than just a new tool — it’s…
HEDD Audio proudly announces the launch of TYPE 05 A-CORE EDITION X, a strictly limited anniversary edition of its acclaimed Type 05 A-Core studio monitor. Limited to just 100 pairs worldwide, EDITION X commemorates both HEDD’s 10th anniversary and founder Klaus Heinz’s 40 years of pioneering loudspeaker design. Handcrafted in Berlin, each pair…
Falcon is more than an instrument, it’s your sound design universe. Built on a semi-modular architecture of oscillators, effects, modulators, and event processors, it lets you create and shape sound in any direction. Whether you’re an experienced pro or just starting out, Falcon adapts to your workflow with a streamlined…
The next evolution of vocal control is here. It reimagines what a de-esser can be. It intelligently separates sibilance from tone, letting you shape vocals and dialogue with a level of precision and creativity no traditional tool could offer. Beyond the De-Esser Re-Esser does everything the best de-essers can…
IK Multimedia introduces ARC ON·EAR. This revolutionary portable hardware device instantly corrects a headphone’s response and replicates the soundstage of professional studio monitors in an ideal studio setting without compromise. For the first time, users can now mix, master, and produce with total confidence anywhere. Headphone Correction/Virtual Monitoring System…
After three years of research, Modartt releases PIANOTEQ 9, an ever more expressive and versatile suite of physically modelled instruments. Enhanced soundboard model PIANOTEQ 9 introduces a new audio engine based on an improved model of the soundboard vibration, enhancing stereo and spatial perception. Each note you play creates…
Chicago, IL – October 15, 2025 – Black Lion Audio is proud to introduce the Auteur Quad2, a four-channel rack-mount mic preamp that brings its celebrated Auteur sound into high-channel-count workflows without compromising on tone, build quality, or price. Hybrid design for versatile application The Auteur Quad2 is built around the same…
For producers and mixing engineers looking to refine their dynamics with precision and clarity, Bus TRANSIENT is the go-to transient shaper, offering intuitive attack and sustain shaping, multiband processing, and real-time visual feedback for fast, musical results. Perfect for percussive and plucked instruments, as well as full bus mixes it…
Originally developed as part of SWAM String Sections, Ambiente was designed to simulate the natural acoustics of different recording spaces for SWAM instruments. But we soon realized its potential went far beyond that. Now available as a standalone plugin, Ambiente lets you bring any instrument or audio track—not just SWAM—into…
MAYER EMI today announced the release of VibesConnect, a browser-based user interface that significantly expands the capabilities of the Vibes MD850 SynthStation. VibesConnect connects the device directly to a computer or tablet via Wi-Fi or Ethernet—no additional drivers, no USB cables needed. Furthermore, the user interface has been designed to…
SynthMaster 3 Player is a stripped down version of SynthMaster 3 tailored towards users who prefer tweaking existing presets over designing sounds from scratch. It comes with all factory presets of SynthMaster One, SynthMaster 2 and SynthMaster 3 software synthesizers. It is much more than a ROMpler though: Users can…
Winnipeg, Manitoba – October 8th, 2025 – Revv Amplification set the standard for clean lunchbox amplifiers in 2019 with the release of the D20: a portable all-tube amplifier & the world’s first with Two notes Torpedo-embedded direct XLR for zero-compromise tone & feel without a cabinet. 6 years later, Revv saw…
KATOWICE, POLAND: Thephonoloop is proud to announce that it has tweaked themkI — already available as a deeply-sampled, expressive VI (virtual instrument) for Native Instruments’ KONTAKT PLAYER platform housed in an MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) compatible engine built for discovery and experimentation, exploring the beautiful imperfections of a Seventies-vintage electromechanical keyboard classic —…
WASHINGTON, DC, USA: deep joy-encouraging Eurorack module-maker Ali Modular is proud to announce availability of Esu’s Trifecta — readily representing its inaugural entry into the ever-expanding Eurorack marketplace as a powerful multi-effects module, albeit one which stands out from the sound of the crowd courtesy of an ability to run three different serial…
EDINBURGH, UK: working with award-winning composers collective Bleeding Fingers, Edinburgh-based enterprise The Crow Hill Company is proud to present PREHISTORIC STRINGS as a truly unique string library — literally built from one-of-a-kind bespoke instruments incorporating horns and teeth with a few ancient bones thrown in for good measure, making for hybrid monstrosities to…
We released an update for Gladiator. The award-winning Gladiator is a popular synthesizer which is used for a large number of professional productions. It provides a groundbreaking approach to sound generation. It’s exclusive HCM-synthesis covers a new and unique aural territory. Gladiator synthesizer: https://www.tone2.com/gladiator.html Click here to download a free…
The Crow Hill Company is proud to announce availability of VAULTS – RHYTHM MACHINE as its latest VI (Virtual Instrument) release ready for all to download and make music with for free for the rest of their lives — literally preserving Roland’s 1978-vintage CR-78 CompuRhythm’s classic character as the Japanese giant of electronic…
Camelot 2.3 introduces Song and Setlist Racks for backing tracks—giving professionals global control, precise processing, and a streamlined live workflow. Song and Setlist Racks Group and control your audio tracks at the Song or Setlist level. Apply global EQ, reverb, and level adjustments across your entire show in seconds. Professional-Grade…
Novation today announces the release of Novation Play, a virtual instrument designed to spark inspiration with 80+ expertly-designed presets, all sampled from well-known Novation, Sequential, and Oberheim synthesisers. Play has one-to-one hardware integration with Launchkey’s encoders, pads, and buttons for an immediate, instrument-like workflow, and is available to download now…
IK Multimedia launches TONEX Bass Editions, which include a new TONEX Signature Bass Collection and two hardware additions to the TONEX Ecosystem specially for bass players: TONEX Pedal Bass Edition and TONEX ONE Bass Edition, both preloaded with gig-ready Tone Models and presets from the collection. TONEX Bass Overview A…