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S1gns Of L1fe has announced an update to the Tranquility software synthesizer instrument. Version 1.3 comes with new ways to create your own sounds, shape evolving modulation, and build expressive sequences. The biggest addition is Wavetable Studio. Draw your own waveforms, edit harmonics and…
Plugin Boutique has announced an exclusive promotion on the HY-Slicer 2 plugin, offering 30% off on HY-Plugins’ versatile audio slicer instrument through the end of the month. This is a sampler type plugin. You can load 8 different audio samples. And they will be chopped into audio slices. You can…
Patrick Alavi has announced the release of PA.1, a patch matrix compressor effect that allows users to patch stages in any order. Every other compressor decides for you in which order detector, attack, release and colour work. In PA.1 I take it apart into five stages, COMP, ATTACK, RELEASE, LOFI…
“S omething about playing rock music on an acoustic guitar really got me,” Hudson Freeman affirms, enthusiastic yet brittle, over the chattering of crockery in a busy Hackney cafe. After immediately expressing his woe over the mean bout of flu that ruled him out of End of the Road festival – and…
Plugin Boutique has launched an exclusive promotion on Minimal Audio’s distortion effect that offers groundbreaking effects, extensive modulation, and an all-around musical mindset. Offered at 46% off regular, Rift 2 features a bi-polar processing engine, physical modeling feedback and advanced…
AcusMagic has introduced an audio effect that draws the sound passing through it in real time. Similar to its Sonicrama wavetable synthesizer, Figura shows one sound in three ways. In Sand, grains gather on a vibrating plate into Chladni figures: the plugin measures up to 32 partials in the audio…
Plugin Boutique has announced an exclusive limited time sale on the Orchestral Suite 2 by UVI, an extensive collection of classical instruments in a modern, uniform, and easy-to-use music production environment. Take complete control of your own orchestra including strings, brass, woodwinds…
Plugin Boutique has announced a limited time Halloween Sale on BeatSkillz, offering a selection of its audio effect plugins and virtual instruments at a discount. Save up to 84% on an incredible range of popular instruments and effect plugins by BeatSkillz in our limited-time sale! Featuring the…
Pitch Innovations has announced the launch of a limited time Halloween Sale with discounts of up to 60% off on its innovative music production tools focused on enhancing creativity and workflow inside the DAW. The offer includes the Groove Shaper one-of-a-kind creative sequencer, expansions for the…
As the sun sets on another CRSSD Festival, enjoy the best photos from a weekend of house and techno. Photo: @itskinderella Photo: @imkeiki Photo: @fixationphotography Photo: @itskinderella Photo: @philtaniphoto Photo: @itskinderella Photo: @itskinderella Photo: @imkeiki Photo: @itskinderella Photo…
The Neural Amp Modeler revolution has taken the guitar world by storm. Open-source, hundreds of thousands of free NAM captures,and a quickly growing number of pedals and plugins that support it: crazy times! Among those captures are many legendary Marshalls, Klons, or Mesa amps. But did you know…
This week’s collection of free plugins brings you an adaptive multiband compressor, a versatile delay, and a hard clipper that means business: Gluecomp-3B, Coalesce, and Hardstop! Free Plugins of the Week DYMAI Sound Gluecomp-3B: Free Adaptive Multiband Compressor Modulor Audio Coalesce: Free Delay…
I’ve been on a bit of a mission lately, doing lots of recording sessions and working with various musicians for the last few months. This has led me down the pathway of seeking out and using lots of affordable analog amps, mainly in the form of pedals. Contents – Affordable Analog Amp Solutions for…
In this edition of Deals of the Week, you can find offers on synths and recording gear from respected brands like Arturia, Zoom, and PreSonus. This Week’s Deals: Deals of the Week: Arturia MiniFreak (10% Off) Deals of the Week: Zoom LiveTrak L6 Deals of the Week: PreSonus Sceptre Studio Monitors…
AudioDeluxe has announced an exclusive promotion on UVI’s lush, expressive reverb that moves with your sound. Bloom is on offer at a 63% discount through the end of the month. Bloom is a vibrant, modern reverb designed to spark inspiration. Built on a custom diffusion architecture, Bloom shapes…
Audio Plugin Deals has launched a limited time sale on Ueberschall’s Elastik sound library 10 fully stocked construction kits created by yvat. Glitch Art is on sale for $9 USD for the next two weeks. Glitch Art from Ueberschall blends classic glitch, IDM and electronica with a commercial pop sense…
Plughugger’s latest sound library revisits earlier Omnisphere libraries, rebuilt for Omnisphere 3 around sounds derived from high-voltage electricity and the Tesla Coil. Nearly a decade after the original release, the source material has been reworked using the new filters and effects in Omnisphere…
Plugin Boutique has announced an introductory promotion on the virtual instruments and effects from TAKUMI Audio Plugins, offering up to 50% off regular for the next few weeks. The following products are on sale: GEN lll SHAMISEN ($41.50 USD): SHAMISEN brings the iconic three-stringed Japanese lute…
GForce has updated their site, branding, and pricing (now with both lifetime licenses and subscription options). And there are two freebies, time-limited through the end of November: a Mellotron M400 instrument, and the one I suspect most readers will be into, GForce's take on the 1975 ARP Axxe…
You may have noticed there’s a huge influx of new music making tools lately, undoubtedly related to the rise of vibe-coding and AI-assisted development. Ideally I would check out every plugin or app to see if it’s worthwhile to cover on Rekkerd, but there’s literally dozens of new items in my inbox…
Erica Synths makes their LXR-02 digital drum machine open source and invites everyone to go crazy vibe-hacking it. Is this the new FM-1? All About Erica Synths LXR-02 LXR-02 Goes Open Source Updated With Video! LXR-02 More information LXR-02 Goes Open Source Recently, I was speaking with a…
Straight outta Katowice, our friends at D16 Audio Group are celebrating 20 years with an all-new stereo delay: Echolite. And don't let the "lite" in the name deceive you: this all-new giveaway has some power beneath its simple UI.
The Japanese genre of city pop blended smooth rhythms, jazzy chords and sumptuous vocals into a potent mix of urban cool. Have you ever wondered what keyboards the top session musicians were playing on all those hits? These are the synths of city pop. All About the Synths of City Pop Synths of City…
Summer may be over, but there’s no reason to feel so blue about it. In fact, Reverb ’s End of Summer Sales Event is here to tackle the Autumn chill, serving up some hot deals across plugins, synths, and keyboards. While the sale offers up a huge collection of deals from the likes of Qu-Bit…
The biggest guitar bends can be heard throughout rock history. They immediately signal the start of a great riff or solo. Here are 5 tough examples you should try. 5 Songs With Big Guitar Bends: Magic Man – Heart Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd Free Bird -Lynyrd Skynyrd Hotel California –…
Loopmasters has launched Loopcloud 8, the latest and most feature-packed version of its sample subscription and production platform. Heading up the new features are Inspire and Listen – described as “intelligent tools for idea generation and harmonic matching” – plus Advanced search functionality…
There were way fewer heads at Head Trip than I expected. All weekend, I only had to wait in line to get into the Sunflower Sound System twice, and both times were in the earlier part of the day. Despite it being the first time Floating Points’ custom-built hi-fi audio experience had ever landed in…
Ad feature with StewMac It’s something you’ve probably considered at some point – is it actually worth getting a cheap guitar and upgrading it? Affordable guitars can be pretty inviting, as is the idea of kitting one out with your own choice of electronics and hardware. But, when the hardware and…
As one of the founders of Ableton – and a successful solo artist in his own right under the moniker Monolake – German musician and pioneer Robert Henke has to be specific about where he spends his time and effort. Growing up in a family of engineers and raised in the iconic Berlin club scene, Henke…
Akai Professional has announced the next generation of its compact 37-key MIDI keyboard, designed for creators who want more performance and production control without moving to a full-size keyboard. MPK Mini Plus II combines an upgraded 37-key mini keybed, eight velocity- and pressure-sensitive…
The Crow Hill Company has recently released a new installment in the VAULTS series of free virtual instruments. 100 Year Old Piano brings the sounds of a characterful, out-of-tune and old sounding piano aimed at songs and scenes that need a little dilapidated wear and tear. A member of the Crow…
Klevgrand has introduced a new audio plugin in collaboration with Focusrite. Based on the previously released Altitude, the new plugin tunes your vocals and stacks up to three harmony voices above or below the lead. Altitude Harmony is designed to take your raw take to a finished vocal performance…
Big things are happening in John Mayer World; after recently announcing a massive residency at the Las Vegas Sphere for 2027 , the guitar legend has just released a brand-new single, Tom and Jerry . The track marks Mayer’s first solo release since 2021, when he released his eighth studio album, Sob…
€299/£269/$359, crazytubecircuits.com A triptych is a painting with three panels, so you might assume the Crazy Tube Circuits Triptychon is some kind of three-in-one pedal . And it is, in a sense – but it’s also a seven-in-one, or possibly a nine-in-one… or even, at times, a nine-in-two. Yes, those…
With D16 Group Echolite, you get a free delay plugin for your DAW, capable of producing modern and classic echo sounds for any style of music. Not every DAW comes with a great delay plugin, and even the best stock plugins don’t always sound as good as D16 Group’s algorithms. The Polish developer…
ASYX is Isla Electronics first foray into the world of synth plugins, and they’ve chosen something special to get the ball rolling. Isla Electronics, as they are now known since their relocation back to the U.K., are known for the rather brilliant S2400 , their homage to the mighty E-MU SP1200 that…
As the leaves shift from shades of green to warm, orange-y browns, it’s a nice reminder of how much can change with every season. And that goes for your guitar rig, too – because why should the trees be the only ones enjoying a fresh, seasonal makeover? Luckily, Reverb ’s End of Summer Sales Event…
UVI has announced the launch of its annual Halloween Sale, offering discounts of up to 79% off on a selection of virtual instruments and audio plugins. We are gathered here to celebrate the spookiest day of the year! Summon your creative soul and get inspired by our selection of 31 products, from…
You might have heard quite a bit of buzz about the new Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) architecture – NAM A2. It’s been touted as a revolutionarily upgrade to amp capture technology, with marked improvements in efficiency and sound, letting you squeeze tones on par with fully-fledged Neural DSP out of far…
Akai Professional has launched the MPK Mini Plus II, the next generation of its acclaimed 37-key MIDI keyboard. The next-gen MPK Mini Plus brings a number of new creative tools “designed to help producers develop ideas and explore variations directly from the controller”. But what are they? First…
noiseworks_audio_complete_bundle.jpg Combining four plug-ins aimed at vocal and dialogue work The collection combines vocal processing, loudness control and transient shaping in a single purchase, offering good value compared with buying each of the plug-ins separately.
Loopmasters has released a major update to its sample subscription and production platform used by producers worldwide. Headline additions include Inspire and Listen, intelligent tools for idea generation and harmonic matching, as well as Advanced Search and Loopcloud’s first iOS app. The update…
SoundMorph is offering its newsletter subscribers a free collection of cinematic sound effects to explore, reshape and make your own. First Contact contains previously unreleased SoundMorph material, alongside handpicked selections from its established libraries. We started SoundMorph because we…
Every week, we round up the most exciting new plugin releases — from virtual instruments and creative effects to mixing tools and workflow upgrades. There are tons of plugins released every week, both free and paid, so be sure to check back here every week to find out which software is worth adding…
Daft Punk have partnered with the LEGO Group in an unexpected new partnership spanning “product, content and brand experiences”, starting with a new film which presents the robots – Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – as LEGO figures. Not for the first time, though, as they appeared…
Waves Audio has announced the launch of its annual Halloween Sale, offering discounts on its plugins from $24.99 USD for the next few days. Get spooky-good deals on plugins for production, mixing & mastering—from sampling to creative reverbs & delays, headphone monitoring, channel strips, low-end…
Manifest Audio has recently launched a suite of tools that turns real-world data into music. Version 3 of Sonification Tools brings the company’s sonification tools, previously available only as Max for Live devices, to VST3, Audio Unit, and CLAP for the first time, so they run in hosts such as…
Musica Studio has recently released a free and open source software reconstruction of the Yamaha FS1R, the sound synthesizer module manufactured by the Yamaha Corporation from 1998 to 2000. FSVR includes all 88 FM algorithms, 1408 factory voices, 384 performances and 90 formant sequences read out…
ujam_detunicorn.jpg A FREE hypersaw synth in time for Halloween UJAM's limited-time plug-in focuses on detuned hypersaw chords and stabs, with six controls for shaping its sound.
Disclaimer: MusicTech was invited as a guest to Düsseldorf’s Merkur Spiel-Arena by L-Acoustics. The Backstreet Boys have me surrounded. No matter which way I turn, an expanse of white singlets, pants, and jackets spread out like some Arctic tundra. “ I want it that way… ” echoes across the…
Excite Audio has introduced a new installment in the Bloom series of virtual instruments. Bring the ringing melody of tuned percussion, Bloom Ensemble Mallets turns loops, one-shots and phrases into a mallet instrument that’s ready to play. Explore the bright, sonorous character of tuned percussion…
Roland has one more announcement -- a 1.5 update for its flagship TR-1000 drum machine. That includes note sequencing, a must-requested keyboard mode for playing bass and melodic parts on the gear, the ability to swap patterns and kits with effects on without a hitch, and a lot of tweaks and UI…
Fender has announced a new limited-edition signature bass for Blink-182 bassist and co-lead vocalist Mark Hoppus , celebrating his 25-year relationship with the brand. And when we say limited-edition, we mean really limited-edition… So limited, in fact, that the Mark Hoppus Stone Fruit Jaguar Bass…
UJAM has launched a limited time promotion on a selection of its plugins for the Halloween season. Haunt your tracks with creative FX, cyberpunk beats, and heavy guitars. Get select plugins for just $6.66 each, plus a free mystical synth as a special treat. The sale includes: Virtual Guitarist…
With System Collapse out now on Dax J’s Monnom Black, Berlin’s Lars Huismann shows us around the attic studio where it was made. The eight-track release follows his 2024 Monnom Black debut, Mechanized, and the Sounds From The Past trilogy on Mutual Rytm. A trained drummer who has run his own LHR…
Tantrum Audio has announced NEXUS, which offers room correction in a neat little hardware DSP unit. The company, which is based in the UK, explains that the unit routes a DAW, an artist’s laptop and an external playback device into a single time-aligned monitoring system. Room correction, EQ…
Ad feature with Focusrite “When I was a kid, I had a dream that I was in a studio ,” recalls TIEKS , real name Mark Anthony Tieku. “Whitney Houston was in the vocal booth, while I adjusted some gear. I’m not even sure how I knew what a studio was at that age, but I remember waking up with a…
Though mostly known for his pivotal guitar work in The Smiths and throughout his solo career, Johnny Marr has made no secret his opinion that the clothes you wear are pretty much as important as the instrument you play. After recently parting with a number of his most iconic Smiths-era guitars – in…
Bonnie Fraser was bored with the music she was hearing. “I just feel like so many things have the same samples and the same everything, like everything is perfect into the grid,” the Stand Atlantic vocalist and guitarist says. “I just felt like I personally was missing that natural and more organic…
sample_logic_quadra.jpg Creative morphing multi-effects with XY control Four independent effect chains meet on an XY morph pad, with automated movement, 22 effects and more than 630 inspirational factory presets.
akai_mpc_mini_plus_ii_angle.jpg New creative tools and colour display Akai's 37-key MIDI controller gains expanded performance features, deeper MPC integration and CV/Gate connectivity for hardware and modular setups.
feddsp_eco_delay_plug-in.jpg Creative and versatile echo effect The new delay effect from fedDSP combines 12 delay modes with modulation, saturation, ducking and five integrated reverb options.
yamaha_ck76.jpg New 76-key model joins the CK61 and CK88 The new CK76 fills out Yamaha's budget‑friendly stage piano range, while a free CK OS V2.0 update brings new sounds and performance options to the whole series.
roland_boutique_jupiter-08_and_n_vision.jpg The JUPITER-08 polysynth and n/vision wavetable New compact instruments celebrate the JUPITER-8’s 45th anniversary and bring dual-layer wavetable synthesis to the Roland Boutique range.
It's the size of a standard guitar pedal. It needs no power It's... covered in jacks. It's Mulch Box, the first hardware from Go Outside, and it's a stunningly simple idea for signal routing any of your gear, minijack and full-sized jack alike.
Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian says touring with Pantera in the late 1990s was where he truly learned to drink and that Dimebag Darrell was his teacher in the trade… Ian, 62, recalls the tour in a new interview with Metal Hammer , describing the 1997-98 run as “fucking chaos”. His clearest memory is…
UJAM has introduced a free synthesizer plugin that produces large, detuned hypersaw sounds associated with hyperpop, digicore, and dance pop. Launching as a limited-time Halloween drop, DETUNICORN will be available to download and activate for 666 hours only. Once activated, users can use the…
Gibson has released a limited run of 250 Flying V guitars honouring the 50th anniversary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, alongside a lifestyle collection of apparel, accessories and collectibles developed with the Tom Petty Estate. The guitars, dubbed the “Flying Five,” come in five gloss…
arturia_minifreak_49.jpg Full-size keys, more controls and XYZ touch matrix. Arturia's hybrid synthesizer gains full-size keys, expanded controls and a pressure-sensitive XYZ touch matrix.
Plugin Boutique has introduced a new value bundle featuring 5 powerful processors built to slice, mutate, distort, destroy, enhance, and completely transform your sounds. Offered at at a 91% savings, the Beast Mode Halloween Bundle contains W.A. Production’s Noizzer, NanoBeast, ChopBeast 2, Make Me…
Amazing Noises has introduced a free granular effect that allows users to freeze a moment of any sound and turn it into a granular texture. Grain Freezer captures a short fragment of incoming audio and sustains it as a granular texture. Grain Freezer listens to the audio on its track. Press Freeze…
The Drum Broker has introduced a value bundle comprising 9 drum sample packs from Brooklyn drummer-producer Daniel Blonde. Offered at 50% off regular, the DB Samples Bundle features 2,700+ unique sounds across 3,600+ files: 690+ drum breaks (most in dry and wet versions), 1,000+ drum one-shots…
Inlet Audio has introduced a new Kontakt Player-powered instrument library built from from extended aleatoric double-bass improvisations. The intensity-driven horror textures and gestures of SEVER allow composers to move from subtle psychological tension to visceral, aggressive material, while…
TerminalVST has released a major update to its distortion engine for Windows and macOS (VST3/AU). Version 2.0 of Terminal comes with a redesigned interface and a new modulation section with two LFOs. Click a knob or slider to assign it, then set the amount, positive or negative, with a small bar…
Zplane has released a major update to its real-time key and scale analysis plugin. With an expanded chord workflow, overhauled keyboard and improved MIDI-in and MIDI-out capabilities, TONIC 2 makes it easier to move from identifying a track’s key and scale to writing melodies and chords that fit…
Sound Overflow has announced the release of three premium effect plugins for Windows and macOS (VST3/AU and standalone). A saturator with memory, a dual filter that moves with your track and a pre-mastering chain that lands you on the right loudness. One design, built to work together, from the raw…
Plugin Boutique has announced an exclusive limited time sale on Universal Audio’s native dbx 160 Compressor / Limiter plugin, offering an 80% discount on the easy to use, versatile VCA compressor effect as part of its “Analogue Emualtions” promotion. The dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter plug-in is a…
Plugin Boutique has launched a limited time Halloween Sale on plugins by Venomode, offering discounts of up to 55% off for a few days only. Unleash your creative potential with these excellent tools from Venomode, including their top-rated Complexer 2 multi-stage dynamics processor! Prices from £7…
Arturia brings its 6-voice hybrid synthesizer into a larger format built for hands-on sound design and expressive performance. 49 full-size semi-weighted keys, expanded panel controls, and a pressure-sensitive XYZ touch matrix bring a new physical dimension to the Freak architecture, while…
The Vienna Symphonic Library has announced the release of an all-new addition to its Big Bang Orchestra series. Recorded on the large Stage A of Vienna Synchron Stage, BBO Harps features an ensemble of three harps playing together, delivering shimmering glissandos, lush chords, ethereal textures…
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