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Tracktion Waveform Pro 13

Finally firing off clips with the DAW Waveform Pro 13

The next generation of the DAW Waveform Pro 13 from Tracktion presents itself with a wealth of innovations. These include the Clip Launcher, which can be used to record MIDI, step or audio clips direc...

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Waves Stream

Remote music production with Waves Stream

Convenient real-time production with other musicians over the Internet - that's what Waves wants to make possible with the new Stream plug-in. Share your DAW and collaborate remotely with your friends...

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Magix Sound Forge Pro 18

Editing and converting texts into voiceovers with Magix

With Sound Forge Pro 18, Magix delivers the latest version of its audio editor, which not only specializes in editing, but also in mastering and restoration. High-quality audio is also evident in the ...

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Ableton Live 12

Ableton Live 12 - these are the DAW highlights from Yan Cook...

Ableton recently released the new version of its professional DAW Ableton Live 12. In order to focus even more on creativity and to speed up the workflow, the new version of Ableton Live 12 has been e...

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Sale

Synths & FX at a bargain price: pearl diving at the Marc...

Want to quickly secure a few surprises for yourself so that your own Easter nest in the studio is well filled? Manufacturer Waves is making it possible with the "March Sale" and in a double sense: fro...

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iZotope Trash 3

60 distortions in one plug-in from iZotope

iZotope released the Trash effects plugin over 20 years ago. iZotope is now part of Native Instruments, but that doesn't change the creative potential - on the contrary. Trash 3 is the third, thorough...

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Happy Birthday!

303, 808, 909 ... everything 50% off! d16 celebrates its bir...

The guys from d16 are celebrating their 18th birthday and we wish them a very happy birthday! In addition to their successful TR-808, TR-909 and TB-303 emulations Nepheton, Drumazon and Phoscyon, the ...

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Get started

Modular: Your 10 minute entry + 2 AAS instruments for free |...

Modular gear is no longer a “fiddly topic for nerds”, but can now be found as hardware and software in most studios – with and without a rack. So it‘s time for the ultimate overview! In the ex...

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IK Multimedia ARC 4

Faster and safer mixing with ARC 4 from IK Multimedia

In order to achieve the best possible room acoustics in the studio and eliminate potential unfavorable acoustic properties, room correction is required, which is ideally carried out automatically. Wit...

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Beat goes on

Beat 03/24: Control Your Plugins Like Hardware – With Synt...

Programming sequences with a mouse or trackpad can be tedious, with the dull clicking of notes making the creation of catchy chord progressions and beats feel like a game of chance. Likewise, mixing w...

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Steinberg Wavelab 12

Audio editor with 6 new plug-ins from Steinberg

The latest generation of the audio editor Wavelab 12 from Steinberg includes almost 80 new features. Thanks to ARA compatibility, Wavelab can be used directly from well-known DAWs. For better visual c...

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No-Brainer

Exciting News: Grab Your FREE Mixbox Special Edition (SE) Pl...

For a limited time, you can snag the Mixbox Special Edition (SE) absolutely FREE, a plugin that typically costs $99. Mixbox SE is an impressive collection of 24 top-tier FX plugins, spanning dynamics,...

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AKAI Stems

A remixer's dream: MPC Stems from AKAI

AKAI has announced the new MPC Stems technology for its software and hardware MPCs. With the new era of sampling, complete mixes can be automatically extracted in up to four individual tracks (stems) ...

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MoMinstruments Elastic Melody

3-track synthesizer Elastic Melody available as an app

The developers at MoMinstruments have released their synthesizer and sequencer Elastic Melody as an app. As a sibling of Elasic Drums, the sound generator has three tracks, each of which can use an an...

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UVi Noctua

Free cinema sound sphere synthesizer from UVI

To create expansive soundscapes and vivid, cinematic universes, UVI has released the Noctua plug-in - and it's even free! The tool was developed by Venus Theory, a sound designer and YouTube creator. ...

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GForce Axxess

ARP clone now with sequencer from GForce

Many synthesizer fans will be familiar with the ARP Axxe from 1975, a slimmed-down but inexpensive synthesizer and little brother of the ARP Odyssey. With Axxess, the developers at GForce have created...

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Arturia Refract

Free multi-effect from Arturia

Merry Christmas! Arturia is giving you the new multi-effects plug-in Refract as a Christmas present. Refract allows you to send any audio source through an effects chain. First of all, you can widen y...

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elysia HUMAN BEAT PACK Volume 1

50 crisp drum grooves from elysia

Until now, elysia was mainly known for their high-quality analog studio processors. However, with the launch of the new HUMAN BEAT PACK Volume 1, they present their first collection of high-quality dr...

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Arturia V Collection x

Full power with sound generators

The new V Collection X bundle from Arturia includes a whopping 39 synthesizer emulations, including many legends. New additions include the clone of the Yamaha CP-70 V piano and the sample-based woodw...

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Exclusive discount campaign

The one and only decent Advent calendar for musicians

It‘s about time! Time for Christmas and a decent Advent calendar for musicians. And that‘s exactly what's behind the 24 doors: sensational discounts, exclusively for you as a Beat reader. And the ...

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Free for Beat readers: Korg MS-20 in God mode for ...

BEST NEW SYNTHS: 21 units in review | plus Advent Discount C...

Welcome to our ultimate synth special 2023! Whether you‘re looking for an affordable entry-level instrument or a high-end specialist for your synth collection – we‘ve got them all covered! Here ...

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Vengeance Sound Avenger 2

Synthesizer flagship with 1500 drum loops from Vengeance Sou...

Vengeance Sound is presenting its Avenger 2.0 software synthesizer in a significantly expanded and modernized version. The company's flagship product has not only been visually refreshed with a new us...

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Cherry Audio Pro Soloist

ARP clone with 450 presets from Cherry Audio

Experienced synthesizer enthusiasts may remember the ARP Pro Soloist analog synthesizer from 1972. Now Cherry Audio has created the Pro Soloist, a 16-voice virtual clone that exactly reproduces the 30...

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BPB Dirty VHS

Free tape sound effect plug-in with BPB Dirty VHS

Tomislav Zlatic is certainly known to many from his online platform Bedroom Producers Blog. He has now lovingly expanded his "Dirty" plug-in series with the BPB Dirty VHS. The idea for the plug-in was...

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Workshop

Mastering muddy mixes perfectly – in only 12 steps

Have you ever jammed live or delivered an incredible performance on stage and then been annoyed that everything the mixdown was horrible? Also everything was recording, but of course only as a stereo ...

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Ableton Live 12

Organic MIDI clips for the DAW Ableton Live 12

Ableton has released a major update to its DAW, Ableton Live 12, to inspire musicians' creativity with new generative MIDI tools, amazingly versatile sounds, surprising instruments and optimizations f...

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Acon Digital Acoustica 7.5

Audio editor with automatic speech recognition

The Norwegian developers at Acon Digital have modernized their audio editor with Acoustica 7.5. The highlight of the update is likely to be the automatic speech recognition. This should make it possib...

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Which plugin do you want for free in November?

Would you rather have the T-RackS Black 76 or an EQP-1A Pult...

The new Producer Secrets messenger channel teams up with IK Multimedia and gives away one full license per follower either for the T-RackS Black 76 Amplifier or the EQP-1A vintage EQ, worth 95 Euro ea...

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Review

Waves StudioVerse – Enhance your mixdowns with mixing chai...

StudioRack has been familiar to Waves users for a few years now. In the latest version, it has been given a new feature called StudioVerse, through which thousands of effects chains from top Mix Engin...

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Giveaway

Free Samples: 870 MB Acid Bass Electro loops from the Norand...

Want some crunchy sizzling basslines for your next Techno or Electro smasher? Check. With instruments on top and free of charge? Check. It's all here for you! We locked ourselves in the studio and onl...

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IK Multimedia Pianoverse

World-class pianos in one plug-in from IK Multimedia

Pianoverse is the latest piano instrument from IK Multimedia that combines premium concert-quality pianos. It not only includes the sound of classical piano concerts, but can also be used for movie so...

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Sick Noise Instruments Xenobyte

Free hybrid synthesizer - but only for a short time

Sick Noise Instruments is giving away its analog hybrid synthesizer Xenobyte for free - but only for a short time until October 6, 2023. Otherwise, the synthesizer costs $49. You can use it for dubste...

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AVID Pro Tools Sketch

Quickly develop song sketches with Pro Tools Sketch

To bring musical ideas to life instantly, Avid has introduced the Pro Tools Sketch extension for the latest update to its Pro Tools 2023.9 DAW. Pro Tools Sketch is designed to create clip-based sketch...

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IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik 2 CE

Free IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik 2 CE for a limited ...

In a surprise move, IK Multimedia announces that the Miroslav Philharmonik 2 CE classical instrument is now available for free download to all newsletter subscribers - but only for a short time until ...

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u-He Filterscape 1.5

9 neue analog filter with morphing EQ from u-he

The developer Urs Heckmann has modernized his Effek plug-in Filterscape to version 1.5 and extended its functionality. Visually, not only the user interface has been spruced up, but also the operation...

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Overloud Dusty Racks Free

15 legendary reverbs in one library from Overloud - Free

For all registered users of Overloud's reverb plug-in Rematrix there is a surprise: You still have 5 days to download the expansion pack Dusty Racks Free plus the REmatrix Player for free. Dusty Racks...

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Acon Digital Remix

Real-Time Stem Separation with Acon Digital

Norwegian developer Acon Digital has created Remix, a plug-in that uses artificial intelligence to split instrument groups into so-called stems in real time. Up to five stems (vocals, piano, bass, dru...

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Linda Audio Stargazer

Free ambient reverb from Linda Audio

Stargazer is a new free Hyrid reverb and delay from Linda Audio. It gives your sound an ethereal shimmering soundscape or in organ-like ensemble. The effect plug-in shows off its strengths especially ...

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Sample library Loopcloud - integrate directly as a plug-in

The world's largest and most diverse online sample library Loopcloud Sounds is available as a plug-in for the first time. Until now, Loopcloud was only available as a desktop app with a sophisticated ...

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Focusrite Scarlett

Better preamps for Focusrite audio interfaces

Focusrite has modernized some models of its Scarlett audio interfaces with the 4th generation. This concerns the compact interfaces Solo, 2i2 and 4i4, which should be of particular interest for record...

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Baby Audio Transit

Clever transition effects with plug-in from Baby Audio

Musician Andrew Huang is best known for his tutorial videos on YouTube. Now he has released the multi-effect plug-in Transit together with the plug-in forge Baby Audio. His favorite application is the...

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Arturia Acid V

Experience the sound of the 303 with Acid V by Arturia

With the Acid V, Arturia resurrects the legendary TB-303. However, the synthesizer clone goes far beyond the functional spectrum of the original. The choice between sawtooth and square wave for the so...

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Platone Studio

3 effects for free for sound designers and DJs

The developers of Platone Studio have released three new effect plug-ins, Flex Reverb, Delay Eleven and DJ Filter. Flex Reverb is a plate reverb with an appealing and clear user interface. Both the Pr...

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FL Studio 21.1

Chorus effect with X/Y modulators in new FL Studio update

For producers using the DAW FL Studio, a major update has been announced with the release of FL Studio 21.1. This includes the new Hyper Chorus effect with three real-time X/Y modulators, as well as t...

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Ohmforce

8 Freeware Crackers for Sound Designers from Ohmforce

The plug-in forge Ohmforce has discontinued support for eight of its plug-ins and now makes them available for free. Sound designers in particular should find them appealing. The eight tools include S...

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Giveaway

Tape sound giveaway: T-RackS PORTA ONE free for TASCAM users

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DUB-Russell 2020 Beat-Machine

Semi-modular beat machine from DUB-Russell

With the semi-modular Beat-Machine 2020, a new dream for sound designers is about to come true. The developers of DUB-Russell have launched the standalone project via the crowdfunding platforms Kickst...

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Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 10

Isolate single tracks from the mix with Steinberg

For a decade, SpectraLayers from Steinberg has proven itself as a specialist for detailed audio restoration and post-production. Recently, version 10 was released, in which artificial intelligence pla...

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ZTEKNO Global Drums

31000 drum samples for free from ZTEKNO

A bulging package of drum samples has been released by ZTEKNO with the 7.6 GB one-shot collection Global Drums - and it's free! The samples cover a wide range of electronic music genres, be it techno,...

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Arturia MiniFreak V

Patches of the month - 10 fresh presets for Arturia MiniFrea...

It‘s always amazing what kind of sound power Arturia‘s MiniFreak compact hybrid synthesizer packs. The software version is in no way inferior to the flexibility of the hardware. The highlight here...

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D16 Group Lush2

Over 1600 presets in Roland synthesizer emulation by D16 Gro...

The Polish synthesizer experts from D16 Group have announced their successor to the Roland emulation LuSH-101 with the Lush 2. In addition to several new functions, Mac users with M1 and M2 processors...

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Ableton Live 11

DAW update with new synthesizer from Ableton

To coincide with the release of Push 3, Ableton has also announced the update for the DAW Ableton Live 11.3. The main focus of the innovations is the expansion of MPE support, from which the sound gen...

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Tracktion Waveform Pro 12.5

Tracktion expands DAW Waveform Pro with creative DJ tools

Tracktion has released Waveform Pro 12.5, a free update for its Waveform Pro DAW. Among the most important innovations are the DJ Mix Tools and the Pro Video functions. For video editing, it is possib...

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FabFilter Twin 3

Patches of the month - 10 fresh presets for FabFilter Twin 3

Twin 3 makes amazing virtual-analog sound power easy to use. Thanks to up to four powerful oscillators, four flexible filters and a powerful modulation section, it offers an amazing range between mode...

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Steinberg Nuendo Live 3

Flexible live performances with Nuendo Live 3 from Steinberg

Nuendo Live 3 is the latest version of Steinberg's intuitive live recording solution. The main goal is to make the recording process of live performances faster and more flexible with better audio qua...

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Deal for producer and sound designer

Big discounts - Save 40% now on Steinberg's Spring Sale

Upgrade your studio now and save big. Steinberg has launched its Spring Sale, a discount promotion where you can save up to 40%, but only for a short time until May 15, 2023. The discount promotion in...

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Moogerfooger Cluster Flux free with every purchase at Plugin...

Our colleagues at Pluginboutique always have cool deals in store, but this month they have a true killer: a MoogerfoogerMF-108S Cluster Flux for free with every purchase – no strings attached. So fo...

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Cordial ECOHEMP

Cordial ECOHEMP - Sustainable cables in short test

Cordial has made a name for itself with high-quality and durable cables, and now the manufacturer is putting another exclamation mark on sustainability with the new ECOHEMP series. Because the cables ...

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More modulation

Bitwig announces DAW update to version Bitwig Studio 5

Bitwig updates its eponymous DAW with an update to version 5, focusing mainly on modulation, which has been significantly upgraded. In the modulation system, the modulators were previously limited to ...

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For content creator

Free app for video and audio content from RØDE

RØDE Capture is a free iOS app that lets you edit video and audio content quickly and conveniently. The main focus is on video interviews, reports and clips for TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram Reels. T...

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Cascadia Intellijel

Semi-modular synthesizer from Intellijel

The developers of Intellijel have introduced their new semi-modular analog synthesizer Cascadia. The desktop synthesizer offers two VCOs for sound generation. While VCO1 focuses on Thru-Zero-FM and a ...

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Toontrack EZkeys 2

New Grand Piano and over 1400 MIDI files from Toontrack

Toontrack announces its EZkeys 2 virtual keyboard instrument will be refreshed soon. Among many new features, it is said to include a new Grand Piano recorded with a variety of microphones and ambienc...

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Deals, Deals, Deals

Easter Vibes at Thomann - Save now and win

The music retailer Thomann has started a special Easter promotion for you, in which you can not only save, but with a little luck you can also win something. Until April 11, you have the chance to sav...

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Vintage Compressor for free

Free Vintage Compressor worth 80 Euro from IK Multimedia

IK Multimedia gives all mixdown and mastering engineers their effects plug-in T-RackS Vintage Compressor Model 670 - but only for a short time. All registered users of a T-RackS Single/Bundle can part...

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Steinberg HALion 7

Test: HALion 7 - the best FM synth on the market?

Finally, HALion also gets an FM engine! And Yamaha, as the inventor of this sound synthesis type, offers unrivaled quality in this area and makes HALion7 from scratch the current best FM synthesizer o...

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Baby Audio Spaced Out

Patches of the month - 10 Fresh Presets for Baby Audio Space...

Since 2019, Baby Audio‘s plug-ins have been delighting audiences with equally modern and intuitive user interfaces, fresh ideas and great sound. The Spaced Out combines spatial reverb, delay ...

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W.A. Production KSHMR Reverb

Polyphonic reverberation with W.A. Production

After the success of his drum plug-in, DJ and producer KHSMR presents his latest effect plug-in KSHMR Reverb, developed together with W.A. Production. In addition to the usual controls such as diffusi...

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Beat the drum

Drumsampler to-go: Speedrum BE with 66 kits

In cooperation with Apisonic Labs we have programmed for you an exclusive BEAT version of the drum sampler Speedrum - Speedrum BE. The plug-in has 16 pads that can be conveniently filled with samples ...

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Pads, leads and basses for free

5 Oszillatoren in einem Synth von Ronan Fed – Gratis Downl...

Almost every week, the very active developer Ronan Fed presents new freeware plug-ins. His latest work is Essence Plus, a subtractive synthesiser for electronic music. Three oscillators with eight voi...

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Waves Magma Tube Channel Strip

Sound coloring with tube channel strip from Waves

Waves has developed the Magma Tube Channel Strip, a new effect plug-in that works as a channel strip. Sonically, the sound is supposed to be based on legendary analog mixers and other tube-based hardw...

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Special Music and Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence - How AI helps produce

Music and artificial intelligence - do they go together? Tools that help musicians with more or less clever algorithms have existed for a long time. But what if the AI creates its own melodies, takes ...

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Virtual modular system

Synthesizer Surge XT - now also as free module collection

The free synthesizer plug-in Surge XT has been one of the most popular open source synthesizers for years. Through the collaboration of the Surge community with the Rack community of VCV Rack, it was ...

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Synapse Audio The Legend

Patches of the month - 10 fresh Presets for Synapse Audio Th...

To answer the question of what is the most legendary analog synthesizer, you certainly don‘t even have to ask the public. The answer clearly the Minimoog. Synapse Audio‘sThe Legend is one of ...

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FabFilter Twin 3

More effects and oscillators for synthesizers from FabFilter

With the Twin 3, FabFilter ports its flagship synthesizer to the latest state. For the sound generation, not only the sound quality of the oscillators and filters has been improved, a fourth oscillato...

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Free

Over 4000 samples and MIDI files for free - only for a short...

With the Baker's Dozen Bundle you can now get over 4000 soundfiles for free. The sample archive is specialized in lo-fi sounds and has a size of over 10 GB! The free offer from VSTAlarm is only valid ...

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Cordial giveaway

Play and win cables worth over 200 euros - at Cordial Blackl...

The cable experts from Cordial have come up with a very special competition for you: You have the chance to win one of three cable bundles, each worth over 200 euros, and all you have to do is gamble....

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Phase 3: Mix & mastering - Make your mix bang

Artificial Intelligence - What can mastering by AI do?

The AI can take over unpleasant tasks and help out here and there with know-how. After all, not everyone has to be able to do everything. Mixdown and mastering in particular can be hurdles when you‘...

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For streaming

Condenser microphone for streaming with IK Multimedia

For all musicians who like to stream, IK Multimedia has launched the iRig Stream Mic Pro condenser microphone. An electret condenser capsule works inside. The directional characteristic can be switche...

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Kilohearts kHs One

Free synthesizer from Kilohearts - download now

Kilohearts is not only known for its numerous effect modules, but also for the synthesizer kHs One. Because this is no longer being developed further, it is now offered for download free of charge. Th...

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For sounddesign

Free stereo delay with distortion from 2B Played

The developers of 2B Played donate with the Stereo-Delay 2B Delayed Classic a small effect tool for mixdown and sound design FOR FREE! The focus is on the creative manipulation possibilities of the fi...

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Better studio acoustics with Room EQ Wizard from G...

Optimize studio acoustics

Optimizing the acoustics in the studio is one of the most demanding tasks. The Room EQ Wizard software from GIK Acoustics is a great help in this regard. The manufacturer has published an instructive ...

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Free presets

Patches Of The Month - 10 essential Settings for u-he Bazill...

u-he Bazille is a dream synth for sound tweaks that leaves almost nothing to be desired. The classic sound repertoire of analog modular systems is made possible by flexible digital oscillators an...

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Sound giant with 100 solo instruments from Best Se...

Giant of sounddesign

Chris Hein - OCTA is a comprehensive sample-based collection of 100 instruments. These are categorized into 64 acoustic instruments, 32 synthesizers and four percussion sets with 1,500 samples. Up to ...

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Creative sounddesign

Morph and discover new sounds with Sonic Charge

The developers of Sonic Charge release BeatSpace, a creative add-on script for their drum plug-in Microtonic. Using data from nearly 30000 Patternarium presets, we trained a neural network to create b...

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For free A1 Audio A1TriggerGate - finally VST3

Chop sequences for free with A1Audio

Developer Alex Hilton offers his popular free gating plug-in A1TriggerGate in VST3 format for the first time. Even though the plug-in has been around for quite a few years, there is hardly any other f...

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For sounddesigner

KULT FM Synthesizer as filter giant by Dawesome

After his successful plug-ins like the Abyss synthesizer or the Kickdrum generator, developer Peter Vorländer from Dawesome has introduced his new FM synthesizer KULT. The sound is generated by two o...

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Bitwig Studio control via app control for iOS

Bitwig Studio with iOS controller

All users of the DAW Bitwig Studio can look forward to their own iOS controller. Thanks to the new app R-KONTROL Bitwig Studio should now be controllable on the iPad or even on the iPhone comfortably ...

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Christmas gift

Compressor and distortion free from Acustica Audio

Like every year, Acustica Audio is giving away a plug-in for Christmas. This year it is the effect plug-in Arctic, a combination tool of compressor, limiter and distortion. With Arctic you can create ...

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Dynamics processing in Ableton

Power Producer: Ableton Live - Compressing vocals properly

Vocals are particularly dynamic and require some post-processing to make them stand out in the mix. Using compressors requires a little flair. You can control the dynamics, give your mix more bite, or...

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Filter like the synth legend

Dust off Korg filters for free from Arturia

Ho Ho Ho! Arturia offers a Christmas present for all sound wizards and producers with the effect plug-in Filter MS-20. In the past decades, there were only a few filters that inspired as much as the f...

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Hello echo

Analogsound durch Tape-Delay von Black Rooster Audio

Since the 70s, Roland's Tape Delay has been delighting audiences with its unmistakable analog sound. Black Rooster Audio has now taken on the classic and recreated it as a plug-in under the name TD-20...

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Gigantic modulations

Finally also as plug-in - KORG modwave native

As a combination of wavetable synthesis with samples, KAOSS Physics and Wave Sequencing 2. the synthesizer modwave from Korg has proven itself. Finally, the manufacturer also offers a suitable plug-in...

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Flat Eric says Hi!

Test: Arturia Pigments 4 - now with MS-20 filter (+free down...

Arturia does not limit itself to recreating legendary hardware, but also has an interesting in-house development at the start with Pigments, which has become better and better over the years thanks to...

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Free presets

Patches Of The Month - 10 essential Settings for u-he Repro-...

Repro-1 and Repro-5 are faithful replicas of Sequential Circuits‘ most legendary synthesizers. Users of the monophonic Pro One and the five-fold polyphonic flagship Prophet 5 range from Kraftwe...

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Better Mixdowns

15 tips for successful mixdowns

How do you balance kick drum with bass track? Or bring the bass right to the front? How do you give vocals a silky sheen? And how to keep dynamics under control? Here’s your collection of 15 mixdown...

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Synthesizer symbiosis

Sound like Yamaha synth legends with Cherry Audio

The developers of Cherry Audio pursue an unusual concept with the new synthesizer plug-in GX-80 by combining the two synthesizer classics CS-80 and GX-1 from Yamaha in just one plug-in. There is a dua...

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For Mixing und Mastering

Better monitoring with the sonible Metering Bundle

For analysis and mastering sonible provides the appropriate metering bundle, which consists of the two plug-ins true:balance and true:level. The true:balance tool is helpful for monitoring the spectra...

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Synth plug-in for free

New free synthesizer with multi samples from UJAM

UJAM donates its brand new synthesizer DRIVE as part of the Usynth series. The plug-ins are known for their user-friendly operation with only a few parameters, so that even beginners can quickly get t...

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Produce on the road

Musical sketches in an app with Ableton Note for iOS

For anyone who can think of a catchy hookline on the go or who wants to drum out a fat rhythm sequence, Ableton offers the Note producing app for the iPad or iPhone. The goal is to create musical sket...

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Modulation deluxe

660 presets for modulation with multi-effects from Cableguys

Cableguys is considered a universal solution for versatile sound design with ShaperBox, which has now been released in version 3. The bundle, which has now grown to new effect modules, promises magica...

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Drum-Plug-in for free

Legendary 80s Drum Machine - Download now for free from UVI

In the style of a very iconic drum machine, UVI has created the Prime 8 software emulation, which is offered for free until November 15, 2022. There are over 140 hand-crafted preset kits and 1000 MID...

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Synth apps under test

Complete studio for under 100 euros - What are synth apps fo...

Synthesizers - a great invention, but there are so many that can do something particularly well and why you just have to have them. The purchases add up in no time and the bank account suffers. Howeve...

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Free presets

Patches Of The Month - 10 essential Settings for Arturia Pig...

If any synth deserves the title of „Sound Flagship“, it‘s Arturia Pigments. Thanks to the powerful combination of four sound engines (Analog, Wavetable, Sample / Granular und Additiv), there is ...

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Filter for Sounddesign

Cinematic soundscapes through filter modulation with Polyver...

Although only available as a beta version at the moment, Polyverse launches Supermodal, a promising and nicely designed filter plug-in. The plug-in is supposed to emulate the sound characteristics of ...

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Limiter for free

Saturate and compress for free with Bedroom Producers Blog

The development team of Tomislav Zlatic has released for its Bedroom Producers Blog readers the sleekly designed vintage limiter plug-in BPB Dirty LA. The virtual effects unit is inspired by the vibe ...

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Sounddesign expert

Creative granular effect from Sugar-Bytes

Sugar Bytes veröffentlicht mit Graindad einen vielversprechenden Granulareffekt. Das Plug-in dürfte vor allem für experimentelle und kreative Sounddesigner interessant sein. Es können maximal 64 A...

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Perfect surround sound

Calibrate speakers for free with IK Multimedia

For the adjustment of the recently released iLoud Precision speaker series, the manufacturer IK Multimedia donates the associated software X-Monitor. On the one hand, this allows the iLoud Precision 5...

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Sound design effects included

Spectral Suite from Bitwig now free with DAW

Following insistent community requests, Bitwig has decided to include the recently released Spectral Suite sound design bundle in the Bitwig Studio 4.4 DAW free of charge. The four included effects, T...

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Get Freaky

Compact Hybrid synthesizer with 22 waveforms from Arturia (+...

Arturia proudly launches four new products on the market at the same time. With the MiniFreak, the focus is on a synthesizer with 37 keys. The six-voice instrument can control two sound engines per vo...

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Free presets

Patches Of The Month - 10 essential Settings for bx_console ...

The bx_console Focusrite SC plug-in replicates the exquisite Focusrite Studio Console, of which there are only 10 examples in existence. The Channel Strip proves to be an excellent mix helper and soun...

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Update by PreSonus

Favorite DAW of Nicky Romero, ATB & van Buuren in review...

Studio One has always been one of the most customizable digital audio workstations, from song templates to complex macro commands at the touch of a button. Version 6 takes this even further. With the ...

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Four effects

Better sound design with add-on from Bitwig

Bitwig developers announce Spectral Suite, their first expansion module for the regular music production DAW Bitwig Studio. The add-on is equipped with four audio effect devices and should be used mai...

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DAW Flagship

Produce faster with PreSonus Studio One 6? (+ Free Download)

With a wealth of enhancements, the new Studio One 6 version of PreSonus' flagship DAW aims to wow. The complete virtual studio for recording, production, mixing, mastering and live use not only offers...

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Free presets

Patches of the month - 10 fresh presets for DUNE 3

Synapse Audio DUNE 3 is not only one of the most powerful software synthesizers, but it also sounds excellent. We are giving you 10 fresh sounds we‘ve created for DUNE 3, which cover a wide spectrum...

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Pure Moog sound

App Minimoog Model D finally also for desktop computers

Many iPad owners will be familiar with the Minimoog Model D iOS app. Finally, users with Mac computers can also benefit from the legendary Moogsound aud of the app. This is thanks to the Auv3 interfac...

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More saturation

From soft to hard - Skillfully distort with Arturia

If more saturation or even brutal distortion is needed during mixdown, then Arturia's new Dist Coldfire distortion plug-in could provide relief. The user can choose from 11 different distortion types,...

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Optimize sound quality

Better audio restoration with iZotope RX10

iZotope presents RX10, the latest version of their restoration suite. As usual, there are the three editions Elements, Standard and Advanced. However, Apple users with M1 processors can now also use R...

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How it works

Beat 10/22: Modular Total - Be inspired with and without ra...

Modular gear can now be found as hardware or software in most studios. Synth manufacturers have joined the trend and are equipping more and more sound generators with CV interfaces. So it‘s time for...

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DAW for Linux, macOS and Windows

Free DAW for all - Tracktion Waveform Free 2022

Waveform Free 2022 is the next generation of Tracktion's unlimited DAW. The user interface shines in new splendor and also technically the video-compatible DAW with unlimited number of audio tracks ha...

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Mega Giveaway

Win plug-ins and soundware with Resonance Sound

With the Giveaway 2022 Resonance Sound has again this year a fat raffle on the legs, in which prizes worth over 1350 euros are raffled. This time the focus is on the "Yum Audio Special", in which the ...

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We call it Acid!

D16 upgrades legendary bassline synthesizer

D16 presents the bassline expert Phoscyon 2 in a completely modernized form with a fresh look. Due to the increased range of functions, the synthesizer is much more than a clone of a Roland TB-303. Th...

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DJ software with add-on

Native Instruments launches subscription model for Traktor

For DJs who work with the DJ software Traktor, Native Instruments has launched the new subscription model TRAKTOR PRO Plus. Starting with the current Traktor version 3.6, new features can then be used...

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Full amp power

Replicate any amplifier and speaker with IK Multimedia

As a combination of modeling and artificial intelligence, IK Multimedia presents the new technology AI Machine Modeling. With this software, guitarists will be able to simulate the sound of any amplif...

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Morph me please

More dynamics with morphing tone control from Minimal Audio

The Morph EQ plug-in from Minimal Audio is an innovative and creative form of sound control. Different filter curves can be freely drawn in as paths that invite morphing and thus introduce dynamics in...

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Innovative music playback

Play digital vinyl on your smartphone with Yamaha

Under the name "Stepping out of the Slate," Yamaha has unveiled a collection of unconventional music-related prototypes. The goal is to develop music devices that work symbiotically with smartphone ap...

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For free

Get it now for free - T-RackS Comprexxor Plug-in

In a special promotion, IK Multimedia is giving away the T-RackS Comprexxor compressor plug-in worth 130 Euros for free! The promotion is limited in time and only runs until September 20, 2022. You ca...

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Hello echo

Simple operation of complex delays for mixing and sound desi...

UVI announces its effect plug-in Dual Delay X as a new universal delay that aims to impress with spatiality and rotation and reflection matrices. Ease of use is the main focus. Instead of multi-tap ap...

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Top DAW

Test: Steinberg Cubase Pro 12

After Steinberg skipped Cubase version 11.5, it's finally here, the long-awaited major update to version 12. A mandatory update? We take a closer look at the Pro Edition.

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Full pack of sounds

Over 13,000 presets for effects and instruments in the bundl...

Just recently, Arturia had attracted attention with the FX Collection 3 effects collection, as well as the V Collection 9 instrument bundle. These two components, along with the Pigments synthesizer a...

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Standalone synthesizer

Synthesizer with tape recorder for live performer by Giorgio...

Giorgio Sancristoforo is the developer of the new synthesizer Bento, which should be especially suitable for live performances. Even if the user interface takes some getting used to and a good knowled...

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Free Plugin

Tape-Wärme im Mix – jetzt gratis von Apogee

Since 1991 and the existence of the first Apogee AD-500 converter, the Soft Limit has been an integral part of the in-house converters. From the AD-8000 to Symphony I/ O to the current Duet 3, people ...

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Drum expert

Replace transients for fatter drums with multieffect from Yu...

Slap is a new multi-effects plug-in developed by composer and music producer Mr. Bill together with Yum Audio, focusing mainly on drum processing with waveform display. There are six effect modules th...

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Samples for HALion

Ethnic and hypnotic sounds for ambient & trap with the T...

Developed in collaboration between MeinHomestudio.de and zamplersounds, the instrument plug-in Traveller literally wants to invite you on a journey to exotic sound worlds. Traveller is prepared for St...

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Monitoring and Restauration

Spectral audio editing with AI from Steinberg

Spectralayers 9 is the latest generation from Steinberg for spectral processing and repair of audio signals. With the help of artificial intelligence, the audio material is supposed to be touched, sha...

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DAW-Update

More effects and sounds for Bitwig modular DAW

Berlin software gurus Bitwig modernize their DAW Bitwig Studio with the update to version 4.3. Especially the effects section has been upgraded. Highlights include the Convolution reverb effect, which...

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Analog effect

Tape-Sättigung, nur ohne Bandsalat - jetzt kostenlos mit de...

Together with PreSonus we have a special offer for you, where you can download the effect plug-in Analog Delay worth 22 Euros as a free download until June 30, 2022. Analog Delay is a replica of the B...

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Presets Presets Presets

Over 2000 free presets for Serum Synthesizer to download

You can never have enough sounds and presets. To expand the sound archive of Xfer's Serum software synthesizer, we looked around for worthwhile presets and wavetables for you and discovered over 2000 ...

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More transparency

Reduce overlapping frequencies with iZotope

To prevent overlapping effects between tracks during mixdown, iZoTope's new Neutron 4 plug-in offers a specially created module - Unmask. To do this, the plug-in must be loaded in both channels, which...

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Vocal expert

Better vocals with pitch detection in Antares equalizer

Antares has been known for creative auto-tuning for years. With the Auto-Tune Vocal EQ, the manufacturer now dedicates itself to specific tone control for vocals with additional pitch detection. The p...

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Granular chorus generator

Sound Particles Density - More than just a chorus

Innovative and with granular support, Sound Particles introduces the effect plugin Density, which is supposed to be able to fabricate a complete ensemble choir from a vocal track. The technology behin...

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Edgy post-production

Edit and restore vocals in Dolby Atmos with Acon Digital

Acoustica is an audio editor specialized in post-production and restoration, modernized to version 7.4 in both the slimmed-down Standard and Premium versions. Acoustica can also be used for podcasting...

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Multieffect for vocals

Three vocal characters in the channel strip from IK Multimed...

Renowned producer Joe Chiccarelli, who has created the perfect vocal sound for U2, Alanis Morisette, The White Stripes and Morrisey, among others, has released the T-RackS Joe Chiccarelli Vocal Strip ...

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Mobile recording

Free sampling and music production in one app from Roland

For music producers who like to work from their smartphone or tablet, Roland has upgraded and modernized its Zenbeats app to version 3. The most important innovation of the update is the ZR1 Drum Samp...

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For sounddesigner

Understanding synthesis with Learning Synths from Ableton

Aspiring sound designers who have always wanted to learn the background of sound generation and various forms of synthesis have been able to educate themselves for some time now via Ableton's Learning...

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Boing Bumm Tschak

The perfect groove on 16 pads with ADSR sounds?

So far, ADSR Sounds has made a name for itself with high-quality tutorials and attractive sales. Now follows with ADSR Drum Machine an own drum sampler, which has 16 pads on which samples can be loade...

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Tone control for mastering

Equalizer rarity with tube - now as plug-in from Acustica Au...

Acustica Audio has once again set out to find rare effects units and then authentically recreate them. The latest achievement is Maize, an equalizer whose hardware role model Markbass never left the p...

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Für Podcast, Livestreams und Fieldrecording

Mobile recording on 4 channels with IK Multimedia

For the production of mobile recordings, whether for field recording, podcasts or live streams, IK Multimedia offers the compact recorder iRig Pro Quattro I/O. The compact audio and MIDI interface has...

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Synthesizer plug-in

Wave sequencing and FM synthesis virtual with Korg

The synthesizer wavestate, appreciated for its wave sequencing engine, is also available from Korg in virtual form. This also applies to the FM expert opsix, which has been recreated as a software cou...

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Moving Sounds

Synthesizer app with gesture control for free from Artiphon

Orbasynth is a free synthesizer from Artiphon, preferably developed for MPE-enabled MIDI controller Orba, but now also compatible with macOS and Windows as a standalone application. Orba is synth cont...

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Better mixdowns

Free dynamics processing in the mix with United plugins

United Plugins gives all mixdown engineers the dynamics tool Autoformer worth 99 Euro for free. However, the promotion is limited until May 1, 2022. Autoformer is an effect that is used to automatical...

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Vintage dynamic processor

Sound like a compressor of the 50s with Acustica Audio

Acustica Audio is known for emulating legendary sound characteristics of past decades. The latest dynamics tool Smoke, which consists of three elements, is designed to reproduce the radio sounds of th...

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Drum roll

New grooves and drum kits in Toontrack's drum sampler

Toontrack launches EZdrummer 3, the next generation of their drum sampler for songwriters. Despite extensive optimizations, the concept of professional sounding drums easy, fast and intuitive for your...

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Never distortions again

Mixdown Sweepstakes from Sonimus - Win now

Sonimus has initiated a social media competition for all mixdown engineers. Interested participants have the chance to take part in the competition until April 15, 2022. The prize is the Britson &...

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Sound supply

More sounds for UNO Synth and UNO Drum from IK Multimedia

Registered owners and users of a sound generator UNO Synth Pro, UNO Synth or a drum machine UNO Drum can stock up their archive of sounds at the new one-stop-shop UNO Sounds from IK Multimedia - for f...

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Synthesizer en masse

Versatile synthesis in 7 instruments from AIR Music

Seven new instruments are being released by Air Music as individual plug-ins, previously reserved for users of AKAI's MPC software and Avid's Pro Tools. These include the monophonic bass synthesizer B...

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Boing Bumm Tschak

Affordable drum sampler and slicer from TAL Software

The TAL software guru Patrick Kunz should cause quite a stir in the plug-in folder with the inexpensive drum sampler TAL Drum. A fast workflow is promised by comfortable sample mapping via drag and dr...

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Cross-platform studio hub

New browser and bass synthesizer with DAW update from Trackt...

Tracktion presents its DAW Waveform Pro 12 visually and technically modernized. The revised CPU-saving audio engine is joined by a user interface with day and night mode. For better organization of pl...

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Interference vacuum cleaner

Automatically clean vocals with Waves

Optimal voice recordings are promised by the two effect plug-ins of Clarity Vx and Clarity Vx Pro from Waves, which should be in particular demand in post-production. The artificially intelligent algo...

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Vintage Sampler

12 bit sampling as on EMU with Low Hiss Systems

After more than 30 years, EMU's sampling legend SP-1200 returns to the studio, albeit in two virtual editions as eSPI from Low Hiss Systems. The SP-1200 from 1987 was considered a milestone in house a...

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Full Tube

Aggressive amplifier for free from IK Multimedia

Until March 28th, IK Multimedia gives all registered users of AmpliTube 5 and AmpliTube 5 CS the fat aggressive amplifier MESA/Boogie Triple Rectifier Head for free. Included in the free AmpliTube 5 C...

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More Drums

Dancing with expansion pack from Toontrack for House and Tra...

Focused on electronic dance music is the new expansion pack Dance EZX from Toontrack for the in-house EZ Drummer sampler. The selected styles include Afro House, Bass House, Progressive House, Trance,...

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Robo vocals made easy

Klingen wie Daft Punk und The Weeknd mit Softube

The vocoder was once developed by the military during World War II to encode voice messages. In the meantime, it has also become a tried and tested sound design tool as a software plug-in, as is the c...

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Smart patching

Massive modulation with synthesizer from Behringer

Modernized and refreshed, Behringer reveals the secret of the new semi-modular synthesizer Proton, which succeeds Neutron. Its strength is only the pure analog signal flow with its patch field, rather...

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Mixing und mastering

Compressing with pressure and high resolution with PSP Audio...

PSP Audioware's Impressor, which replaces the previous compressor plug-in Mixpressor, offers more functions and a new look. The compression technology is based on a quad-sampling engine that processes...

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Trance sequences

Creative sound design tutorial with Dune 3 by Synapse Audio

Synapse Audio has initiated a video tutorial page together with sound designer Demis Hellen for the synthesizer plug-in Dune 3. The episode describes how to generate a polyphonic trance-oriented Layer...

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Synthese and sampling

Free synthesizer with field recording from Kia

The car manufacturer Kia has launched an unusual project together with Arthur Joly from Reco Synth using the free synthesiser move.ment. According to the manufacturer, the plug-in was used for the sou...

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Hello echo

Free echo plug-ins from McDSP

As a limited time offer, McDSP is currently offering the EC-300 Echo Collection worth $79 for free. The collection consists of three delay types, Digital, Analog and Magnetic, which can be used to cre...

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Sequencing and modulation expert

Sequencing plug-in with Ableton support from Devicemeister

With StepicVST, Devicemeister has created an extensive polyphonic step sequencer that combines the components modulation and sequencing. In addition to the step sequencer there are eight tracks that s...

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Vintage synthesizer

More sound variation with synthesizer update from Synapse Au...

Synapse Audio announces an update for their synthesiser plugin Obsession. In version 1.2, a patch browser has been added. In addition, the Genetics function was adapted from Dune 3.5. This allows new ...

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Effective

33 effect plug-ins in one bundle from Eventide

Quality and experience from 50 years, bundled in a plug-in collection Eventide offers with the effects bundle Anthology XII to the market. From sound spaces with the iconic Blackhole and SP2016 Reverb...

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All free of charge

Studio-Knaller: 33 Plug-ins gratis von Audio Damage

Audio Damage provides all the plug-ins of the Legacy catalog for free. Due to limited resources, the developer has decided to make the collection of 33 plug-ins available to everyone without registrat...

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Hitmaker Expansion

Synths and effects worth over €1,000 free at Focusrite

Anyone who owns a Scarlett or Clarett audio interface from Focusrite will certainly appreciate the included software package. But if you don't have one yet and are planning to buy one, you should defi...

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Analog bolide

Portabler VA-Synthesizer von Modal Electronics

As the newest member of the popular COBALT series, Modal Electronics has introduced the COBALT5S portable VA synthesizer in a compact housing. Its sound generation makes use of 40 algorithms. This is ...

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Hello delay lay ay

Retro-Delay ganz modern mit Solid State Logic

Inspired by iconic hardware delay effects of the 80s, Solid State Logic (SSL) has released the new plug-in X-Delay in an appealing design. As a complement to the analogue X-Echo, X-Delay is said to fe...

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Mixing and mastering

Bessere Mixdowns mit Expansionpacks von Toontrack

Who doesn't know it? You are working on an extensive production with many tracks that all have to be balanced individually. To speed up and simplify the mixdown process, grouping and creating busses i...

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We call it Acid

Mehr als nur ein 303-Klon von Xhun Audio

Zerobox is the latest software synthesizer from Xhun Audio that wants to be more than just a simulation of the acid legend Roland TB-303. The monophonic analog bassline synth is based on physical mode...

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Nice find!

Free for Live & Reason: The Sound of Mutable Instrument ...

There are super-comprehensive sound generators with many controls, complex structures and endless possibilities. And there are small, space-saving modules with few controls and yet incredibly flexible...

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Be invited to: The Beat Community

Get the best deals, hidden gems & instant support for mu...

Finding the hidden gems for music production can be quite a tough task, as there’s so many VST plugins, AudioUnits or iOS apps released ever single day. And when adding sample packs, it’s getting ...

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Get more with BEAT: the Waves CR8 Sample Pack from...

Kostenloser Download: 3,8 GB Instrumente, Vocals, Drums & Lo...

The newcomers Cosmos and CR8 Creative Sampler from Waves come with a 2 GB library of samples by default. The BEAT staff has added another 3.8 GB of must-have loops, drums, synths and vocals for slicin...

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Great deal!

Waves präsentiert seinen ersten Sampler, die BEAT gratis Sa...

With the CR8 Creative Sampler, Waves has created an affordable sampler. The CR8 also comes with the free Cosmos sample finder, which is also available separately and uses artificial intelligence to pr...

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Digital synthesizer

Review: Tone2 Nemesis 2

Uncompromisingly digital and proud of it - the flexible Nemesis digital synthesizer benefits from improved operation and additional waveforms and effects in Version 2.

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FM expert

FM synthesis made easy with synthesizer from Blaess

Only recently Blaess surprised us with the synthesizer Alpha. Now follows with Omega a user-friendly FM synthesizer that wants to take away the complexity of synthesis to provide easier access especia...

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DAW update

Ableton Live now also for Apple M1 processors

Ableton has released a free update to version 11.1 for its flagship DAW Ableton Live. The most important innovation might be the compatibility with Apple's M1 chips. In addition, the shifter effect ha...

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DAW Update

Better mastering with PreSonus Studio One 5.5

The DAW Studio One gets a new update from PreSonus in version 5.5 with many new features. Especially for the mastering was upgraded. For the Project Page and Song Page, Track Transform was created to ...

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Special Better Vocals

Recording Workshop: 6 AutoTune Tipps à la Post Malone

The so-called Auto-Tune effect has become an integral part of many music genres. In this workshop, we will work with Waves Tune Real-Time and Auto-Tune, both paid versions. However, you can also use...

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Special Better Vocals

Recording Workshop: Mitreißende Vocoder-Harmonien à la Leo...

Whether synthetic choirs à la Kraftwerk and Air, futuristic robot voices à la Daft Punk or futuristic vocal harmonies as in Imogen Heap‘s „Hide And Seak“ are required: The vocoder is the tool ...

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Free Eqing

Get a free equalizer plug-in from IK Multimedia

IK Multimedia versüßt allen Mixing- und Mastering-Engineers den Start ins neue Jahr mit dem Plug-in T-RackS EQ 81, das an alle Newsletter-Abonnenten des Herstellers verschenkt wird. Die Aktion ist a...

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Special Better Vocals

Recording Workshop: Vocal-Chops à la Felix Jaehn & Robin Sc...

Creative vocal effects are a staple of genres like EDM, House, and Trap, but they‘ve also been used to create stirring accents in Pop music. One of the most popular techniques is chopping, that is, ...

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Special Better vocals

Recording Workshop: Wie mixe ich Vocals richtig ab?

You want to enhance your songs with vocals, but don‘t want to pick up the microphone yourself? In this case, you need to find suitable singers or samples. But where can you find vocalists or samples...

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Special Better vocals

Recording Workshop: Wie mixe ich Vocals richtig ab?

You want to enhance your songs with vocals, but don‘t want to pick up the microphone yourself? In this case, you need to find suitable singers or samples. But where can you find vocalists or samples...

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Special Better Vocals

Recording Workshop: Create robot vocals for free

With the Alter/Ego plug-in, you can create interesting vocoder and robot songs and artificial-sounding voices in the style of Daft Punk & the like without much effort. With this voice synthesis so...

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BIG ROOM SYNTHS - 3.2 GB Best-of-patches for Techn...

BIG ROOM SYNTHS - 3.2 GB Best-of-patches for Techno, Trance ...

When it comes to Techno, Trance and EDM, one thing is clear: you need huge sounds! But not only that, they should also be individual. That's why we didn't hesitate to marry our modular studio rack wit...

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Playful coding

Innovative audio coding in the browser with SOUL

The browser-based platform SOUL wants to offer itself as a future model for the development of new audio processors. The project intends to achieve improvements in latency, performance, portability an...

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92 minutes of Moog DFAM for free: The Motherdrumme...

92 minutes of Moog DFAM for free: The Motherdrummer by Drum ...

Drum Depot just released a new sample pack called The Motherdrummer. The pack features 92 minutes of evolving patterns and sequences recorded from the Moog DFAM, which is an awesome percussion- and Te...

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More vintage

Tape effect for free from Arturia - only for a short time

As a Christmas present Arturia gives its fans the lo-fi effect plug-in Tape Mello-Fi. It specializes in authentically emulating a classic Mellotron. From analog circuits and tape reels, it aims to rep...

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Crisp vocals like Capital Bra

Power Producer: Apple Logic Pro X

Capital Bra is not only one of the most successful German rappers of all time, he is also the artist with the most number one hits in Germany, a whole 22 by now. We‘ve created a vocal chain using on...

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Creative sessions

Jamming together with Endlesss Studio - now for free

The once paid project Endlesss, launched via the crowdfunding platform, is now offered free of charge. In real time, (solo) musicians can jam and produce together as a community and this even independ...

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Synthesizer bundle

User-friendly synthesizer trio from UJAM

Who doesn't know them, the overflowing plug-ins with hundreds of knobs and submenus? UJAM wants to stand out with a drastically simplified operating concept with its synthpack Usynth, which is compose...

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Attention recording!

Versatile multi-track recorder from Zoom

As the latest achievement among mobile multitrack recorders, Zoom has introduced the R20. The recorder is equipped with 6 XLR inputs and 2 XLR/jack combo inputs for microphone, line or Hi-Z instrument...

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Review: Akai MPC Studio & OS 2.10

Akai‘s recently released OS update 2.10 for the MPC series has already caused applause, the MPC Studio is now a brand-new controller for the software. The perfect combination to find out what the ne...

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Design your own kick drums with plug-in from Sinee...

Gimme the kick

Sinee's kick drum designer Chop Suey is designed to help you create your own kick drum. The plug-in is a sample editor with which unique kick and bass grooves can be created. The kick drums are made u...

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Akai MPC Studio & OS-Update 2.10

From boring to killer beat!

Turn on the MPC, load the drum kit, build the beat ... that‘s how many sessions start. But what if, despite legendary Akai timing, the beat doesn‘t want to groove and simply sounds thin? We have...

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Synthesizer with Motion Sequencer

Polyphonic synthesizer from Blaess finally also as plug-in

In an attractive modern design, Blaess now introduces the polyphonic synthesizer Alpha for Windows and Mac computers, which was previously mobile only under iOS executable. The MPE-capable plug-in is ...

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Synthesizer galore

More synthesizer legends in Syntronik 2 from IK Multimedia

The Italian software company from IK Multimedia has expanded the range of virtual synthesizer emulations in their new collection Syntronik 2 by eleven pieces in the Max version to a total of 33. A com...

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Completely modular

VCV Modular System now also as plug-in

Fans of modular systems take note! Expanding the popular virtual Eurorack concept, VCV has introduced the cross-platform VCV Rack 2 in Free and Pro editions. Most noticeable is the redesigned user int...

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Vintage-Filter

More vintage character with Volcano 3 from FabFilter

With a refreshed look, improved workflow and some new technical enhancements, FabFilter presents the updated Volcano3 effects plug-in. Among the most important innovations are the four analog-modeled,...

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Software bundle

Jetzt über 1.000 Euro sparen mit Focusrite

After last year's huge success, Focusrite has once again put together a Hitmaker Expansion Pack software bundle that delivers over £1,000 in added value to all Focusrite customers of a Scarlett 3rd G...

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Effect cube

Gratis Modulationseffekt im Würfel-Design von BABY Audio

You can never have enough effects, especially if they are free and sound good. This includes the new Magic Dice modulation effect from BABY Audio. The plug-in is said to have the same sonic capabiliti...

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Vintage Vibe

Rare dynamics processors plug-in from United Plugins

UniChannel is the name of the latest emulation achievement from United Plugins, a plug-in in which rare dynamics processors are to be reproduced authentically. It includes preamps, equalizers and comp...

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More features

Kreatives DAW Update von Bitwig jetzt mit Note FX

With version 4.1 the DAW Bitwig Studio gets a new update. The Berlin developers of Bitwig have worked out various functions, one of the highlights of which is the Note FX. While Humanize varies the ac...

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Wavetable expert

Synthesizer update from Arturia - now with wavetable import

With the firmware update version 4.0 Arturia provides the users of the synthesizer Microfreak, whose focus is mainly the new WaveUser engine. Using the MIDI Control Center you can now import your own ...

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Virtual robot sound

Creative Vocoder effects and additive synthesis with Rob Pap...

An innovative concept of classic vocoder effects, additive synthesis and noise synthesis is pursued by Rob Papen's effect plug-in RoCoder. The core functions include the 32-band vocoder, which generat...

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Hello Delay lay ay

Emulate tape machine echo with SSL plug-in

Native X-Echo is the latest effect plug-in from Solid State Logic (SSL) that takes you back in time to the sound of tape echo devices from the 1960s. The visually appealing and modernly designed delay...

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For sounddesigners

Granular grenade in a plugin from accSone

A granular expert as a synthesizer and effect in one, combines the plugin crusher-X 9 from accSone from Munich. The sound generator engine is owed to the grain-controlled oscillators GCOs. Significant...

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Sounddesign granat

Frischer Look und fetter Sound mit Hybrid-Synthesizer von Ro...

With a completely revised user interface and new functions, Rob Papen surprises with his modernized hybrid synthesizer Predator-3. With a combination of analog sound and wavetables, the third generati...

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More Sound

Sonic enhancements for Omnisphere from Spectrasonics

Spectrasonics announces to expand the sound giant Omnisphere with Sonic Extensions. To start with, there are the four instruments Undercurrent, Nylon Sky, Unclean Machine and Seismic Shock, which are ...

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Cleaner Sound

The new genius of audio restoration from iZotope?

For professional audio restoration and post-production, iZotope helps out with the modernized RX 9 restoration suite. Both the Standard and the full-featured Advanced versions are offered. In the Adva...

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Make some noise!

More noise with new Lo-Fi specialist from Cableguys

Cableguys sends with NoiseShaper a new Lo-Fi effect plug-in into the studios of this world. The central element are the typical for Cableguys, freely drawable or synchronizable LFOs. This also makes e...

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Totally plug-ins

The ultimate plug-in bundle from MeldaProduction?

A handsome package of 112 plug-ins is included in the new V15 update of MeldaProduction. Since the previous version, 90 improvements and enhancements are said to have been made to the plug-in bundle, ...

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Modular system as a PC game

Learn Modular System with The Iterative Collective

When a new future begins after the end of apocalysis and it's time to build a new existence, it's time for The Signal State by The Iterative Collective. This scenario is the basis of the computer game...

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More than Auto-Tune

Creative vocal slicing with Antares sampler plug-in

Extending the Unlimited product line, Antares presents its new special sampler Slice. Its primary task is to slice vocal elements. Using the drag-n-drop method, the samples are dragged onto the user i...

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Professional restoration

The perfect solution for audio restoration from Accusonus ?

ERA 6 is the latest update to Accusonus' restoration suite, which has now grown to a total of 15 tools with 1-button functionality. Voice Deepener, Voice AutoEQ and Voice Leveler can be used to optimi...

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Workstation deluxe

Big deal: 30 percent discount + free expansions from UVI

UVI has a great deal for all tinkerers, fricklers, nerds and sound designers. Until October 18, 2021, the manufacturer offers its hybrid synthesizer Falcon 2.5 with a discount of 30%. And that's not a...

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Reverb specialist

Professional reverberation processing with Acon Digital

To effectively reduce or amplify the reverberation of an existing recording, Acon Digital has released and enhanced DeVerberate 3, the latest generation. The algorithm of the mixing plug-in is based o...

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For sound creators

Free modular DAW from Bespoke Synth

Bespoke is a project by developer Ryan Challinor that works like a modular DAW platform on which various audio elements can be linked. Hit-ready sounds are less to be expected here, rather the constru...

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Effect for special cases

Hall specialist for small spaces from Klevgränd

Swedish plug-in developers Klevgränd are known for their unconventional studio tools. No exception is made by the new plain but modern designed reverb plug-in Rum. Its specialty is recreating acousti...

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Back to the 70's

Powerful synthesizer clone from Cherry Audio

Cherry Audio presents the Mercury-4 as a visually and technically precise replica of Roland's Jupiter 4 from 1978. Instead of the four-voice hardware role model, the software synthesizer has been expa...

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Vintage modulation

Freeware banger with modulation effect from Overloud

As part of the GEM Modula effects unit, Overloud has released the Dimension module, worth 99 Euros, for free download - albeit for a short time. The legendary hardware example of Dimension was charact...

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Totally analog

Filter mit Verzerrer für lau von Eplex7

To give a production that fat, analog sound character, a suitable filter must not be lacking during mixdown, which ideally provides the necessary warmth and coloration with a saturation unit. This is ...

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Back to the 80s

Fat retro synthesizer with 400 waveforms from Arturia

Arturia emulates the classic SQ80 from Ensoniq with the new SQ-80 V digital synthesizer. Three digital oscillators serve as generators, plus four analog DCA's and over 400 waveforms from four banks. A...

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More Groove

New drum legends in the cloud from Roland

The TR-707 and TR-727 are two legendary drum machines of the 80s that have now been virtually recreated by Roland as the TR-707 and TR-727 Software Rhythm Composer, adding new plugins to the already e...

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Sounddesign galore

Modular system miRack now also for VST format

Attention sound wizards! The virtual miRack from mifki Limited or Vitaly Pronkin is composed of over 600 modules with synthesizers, drum elements, sequencers, mixers and various effects from different...

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You never have enough vocals

38% off: VOX BOX - 7 GB of Voices, Robot-Adlibs, Mantras, Pa...

ZamplerSounds just compiled the VOX BOX, a collection of four sound banks that feature extravagant vocals, robot phrases, mantras, atmospheric formant pads, electronic monks, real and synthetic choirs...

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Analog deluxe

Over 1000 presets in Tone2 analog synthesizer

With Saurus 3 Tone2 sends the third guard of the analog synthesizer into the studios, which wants to prove itself not only with new features, but also with many improvements. The latter include the ne...

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Vintage alert

Back to the 80s with EMU samplers from UVI

UVI expands its emulation sound libraries of the legendary samplers of the 80s with the Emulation II collection, which has a size of over 11 GB. Plenty of material to browse through should be provide...

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Fix it in the mix

Never make mixing mistakes again with Mastering The Mix?

With Expose 2, the developers of Mastering The Mix claim to have found the patent remedy against mistakes in mixing. Too many tracks are mixed with a bad EQ balance, overdriving, overcompression or ph...

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Instruments full

The ultimate software studio of instruments from Steinberg?

A gigantic 130 GB of instruments and over 7500 presets make up Steinberg's Absolute Collection 5, which can be used for all kinds of music production. The instruments include the sampler workstations ...

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Rock 'n' Roll

Brutally good? UJAM virtual drummer

Loud, edgy and piercing, that's how UJAM's latest drum extension Virtual Drummer BRUTE can be described, miked with three sets of microphones, each with its own sonic character. Sonically, it covers h...

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Plugin update

Powerful plug-in performance boost with Apple Silicon CPUs f...

The team of Urs Heckmann's software forge u-He presents updated plug-in versions of their instruments. The goal is to achieve the best possible overall cross-platform performance for all plug-ins. Thi...

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Well noted

Compose like a pro on the iPad with AVID

Writing simple scores or composing complete new songs on the go is possible with AVID's Sibelius for Mobile music notation software. The addition to the desktop app not only appeals to younger audienc...

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Boing bumm tschak

Virtual sampler racket in the style of an MPC from Apisonic ...

The Speedrum tool from Apisonic Labs is a drum and percussion sampler that has strong associations with the AKAI MPC. The main focus is on the 16 pads, which can be expanded to 32 pads via A/B switchi...

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The legends are back

Three new synthesizer classics from Korg

With the Korg Collection 3 Korg puts together a new bundle of software synthesizers and expands it with three classics. In addition to the previous legends Wavestation, M1, Polysix MS-20, ARP Odyssey ...

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Remixing with Garageband

Free Garageband remix sessions with Dua Lipa and Lady Gaga f...

If you want to produce music on the go with iOS and iPadOS, you can create first-class remix sessions of the top stars Dua Lipa and Lady Gaga with the new Garageband update. Videos demonstrate how to ...

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Back to the future

Review: Softube Model 84 - This synth sets new standards

Model 84 is the most convincing emulation of a Roland Juno-106 to date and sets new standards in the field of virtual polyphonic analog synthesizers. There are already some virtual replicas of the Jun...

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Freeware synthesizer

Free plugins from Noise Engineering makes sound designers dr...

With a three-dimensional user interface, Noise Engineering delivers three free plugins that are currently in a beta phase, but should make the hearts of sound designers beat faster. Sinc Vereor, Virt ...

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DAW for beginner

Free DAW Upgrade for Ableton Live 11 Lite

Following the successful launch of the professional DAW Ableton Live to version 11, the entry-level version Ableton Live Lite has now also been updated and expanded with new functions and sounds. For ...

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Effect quartet

USB effect pedals for guitarists from IK Multimedia

With X-Gear, IK Multimedia ventures into the digital effects pedal market, which is supposed to give guitarists the Amplitube sound. While X-Space includes a reverb effect, the pedal X-Time provides a...

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Studio dream

Powerful DAW Upgrade: The 4th Generation of Bitwig-Studio

After a beta test phase, Bitwig finally announces the official release of the studio DAW Bitwig Studio 4. The upgrade comes with a host of new features, including significant comping, so that the best...

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Future Retro!

Over 90 sounds for Synthwave & Chillwave for Zampler &am...

Born 40 years ago and still hot: with their synth-heavy sound, the Eighties already made themselves a legend back then and are experiencing their renewed flight of fancy. No surprise, the mixture of r...

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All for free!

The best plugin freeware 2021 at KVR Audio

As part of the "KVR Developer Challenge 2021" competition, the plug-in developer scene at the online portal KVR Audio has published their latest sound generators, effects and sound libraries. The comp...

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DAW-Update

Extensive update for studio DAW from MOTU

MOTU launches Digital Performer 11, the next generation of its all-in-one studio, which is now also supported by macOS Big Sur. With the modernized Nanosampler 2.0, samples can not only be played in t...

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Zampler & MPC Expansion: Model 1978

Klingen wie The Prodigy in 15 Schritten: Mit Zampler Model 1...

Bass monster, hammerhead, synth powerhouse ... the Korg MS-20 from 1978 is a born rock star, because with the roaring sound of its two filters, it can cut through every mix. No wonder that artists lik...

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New effect plug-ins

Review: Sonimus SonEQ 2

Equalizers are a common species and what they do is relatively clear. Or? At least in broad terms, but there are always specialists that offer either exceptional features or special sound. Or both ......

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From groove to a finished track: 5 eBooks bundle f...

From groove to a finished track: 5 eBooks bundle for produce...

Whether Techno, EDM, Hip-Hop or Chillout, tracks have to sound crisp and above all: they have to groove. But what do you have to look out for when searching for sounds, how can you combine ready-made ...

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Vintage for the studio

LoFi delays at their best with Softube Tape Echoes

Swedish emulation experts Softube have released Tape Echoes, a new, easy-to-use effects plugin for old-school tape sounds. The aim is supposed to be to reproduce realistic tape effects with crushing f...

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Review

Test: Arturia Pigments3 - Must-have für Sounddesign

In version 3, Arturia brings additive synthesis, along with several other synthesis features. This makes Pigments 3 better, flexible and more productive for sound and music design.

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Spin it!

DJ dream: combine Traktor DJ software with Pioneer DJ

The specialists from Native Instruments announce that the new update of their DJ software Traktor Pro 3.5, is now supported by the media player flagship CDJ-3000 from Pioneer DJ. This allows for conte...

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Well roared

The ultimate amp and cab solution from United Plugins?

Attention guitarists! United Plugins offers with Electrum a comprehensive collection of emulated amps and cabinets in one plugin - and currently at an absolute bargain price! From 16 types of cabinet ...

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Turn up the volume

Gratis Clipper mit Mastering-Plug-in von IK Multimedia

Happy news for all newsletter subscribers of IK Multimedia: For a limited time only, you have the chance to use the Classic Clipper effects plugin as a mastering tool in your mixes for free. Save 59 E...

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Totally vintage

Retro effects full of character from PreSonus

PreSonus Retro Mix Legends is a new trio of effects plug-ins from the house of PreSonus. Alpine Desk emulates the character of American mix consoles of the 70s, while BritConsole focuses on the Britis...

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Vocals for sounddesigners

Creative vocal alienation with Accusonus

Accusonus expands its portfolio of effects with the Voice Changer plugin presented, which is suitable for creative alienation of speech and vocals. The mixing and sound design tool is divided into thr...

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Novation Deal

Get Moog clone from GForce for free

As part of the Novation Sound Collective, Gforce is offering its Minimoog emulation synth Minimosta for free until August 5, 2021, worth £99. Instead of the hardware role model, the plugin is eight-v...

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FM expert

Synthesizer giant for FM synthesis from Tone2

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Solid features, neutral sound and affordable price...

M-Audio M-Track Solo/Duo

A bout two decades ago, M-Audio launched the Duo, one of the first small and affordable USB audio interfaces for the home studio. Now, the great-grandchildren M-Track Duo and Solo are on our test desk...

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Next DAW-Generation

Comping and more with Bitwig's DAW update

A wealth of exciting new features is promised by the DAW update Bitwig Studio 4 from the Berlin developers. The core feature should be the comping to combine the best parts from different recording ru...

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Applied Acoustics Systems update the well-known Ch...

Test: AAS Chromaphone 3 - Physical Modeling Drums & Percussi...

The Chromaphone 3 comes as an „Acoustic Object Synthesizer“. Physical modeling serves as the basis for the sound generation; therefore, this virtual synth follows the same concept as its predecess...

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Back to oldschool

Rare vintage sampler from IK Multimedia

In the 60s and 70s, sound loops on tape formed the early age of today's digital samplers. With more than eight GB of vintage and tape-based samples, IK Multimedia's SampleTron 2 instrument emulates th...

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Creative Echo

Delay effect for ambitious sound designers from FabFilter

Timeless 3 is a feedback specialist from FabFilter, which not only wants to make an appearance with a new design, exciting functions have also been improved or added. The effect plugin is not intended...

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Warlock has no classic synthesizer as its model, b...

Review: Tone2 Warlock

At first glance, Warlock looks like just another virtual analog synthesizer with two oscillators, filter, ADSR envelopes and LFO, but under the hood it has some special features to offer. The sound ge...

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Synthesizer legend

Update for Oberheim clone by Synapse Audio - now also for Bi...

The OX-1 synthesizer is one of the most important sound generators in history. Once developed by Oberheim, it enjoys great popularity from Synapse Audio as a low-cost plug-in emulation Obsession. The ...

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Must-have

Voices From The Dark: 3.2 GB dark spheres and whispering voc...

Spherical pads, rumbling textures, whispered mantras... our current sound bank is all about atmosphere. Whether you want to give your Techno or Ambient tracks more musical depth with intimate voices a...

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Groove it, Baby!

Essenziell: 16 Tipps für viel mehr Groove im Beat

The groove is one of those things: Either it‘s there or it‘s not. But there are lots of tricks for it, 16 of which we list here. Finger drumming workshop included. 1 Groove is not only beat When...

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Ultimate compressor for mixing by IK Multimedia?

Professional mixing

T-RackS Comprexxor is the name of IK Multimedia's latest mixing utensil, which evokes associations with Empirical Labs' Distressor compressor. The aim is to combine the analog sound of the classic wit...

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Editing and restauration

Audio Editor from Acon Digital - now combatible with Apple S...

Acon Digital updates its popular audio editor Acoustica to version 7.3, oth for the Standard Edition and the Premium Edition as well. Mac users now have the advantage that the software runs natively o...

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Intelligent Eqing

More transparency in the mix with Multitrack EQ from Sonible

Filigree work on the equalization during mixdown can be a tedious undertaking. But with Sonible's innovative smart:EQ3 multitrack equalizer, troublesome resonances, difficult frequency ranges and spec...

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How does the latest version of the DAW perform in ...

Review: Steinberg Cubase Pro 11

Since its first version in 1989, Cubase has evolved into one of the most powerful programs for composing, recording, editing and mixing. So we were very eager to see what new features version 11 woul...

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An eight-voice Oberheim that delivers much more th...

Review: GForce Software OB-E

An eight-voice Oberheim that delivers much more than the familiar jump sound? With the OB-E, GForce Software revitalizes the vintage sector. The unique concept and the individual analog sounds define ...

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Arturia continues to expand its collection of effe...

Review: Arturia 3 Modulation FX

We start with an emulation of an analog chorus called Dimension D. The obvious role model Roland Dimension D is a true effect classic. That‘s because this bucket brigade circuit-based chorus adds wi...

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Comparison test

Duel: NI Guitar Rig 6 Pro. IK Multimedia Amplitube 5 MAX

The new versions of the virtual guitar and bass studios AmpliTube and Guitar Rig have been released just a few weeks apart. That’s reason enough to let the two plug-ins compete against each other in...

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The qualitative upper class?

Review: Arturia V-Collection 8 - 28 instruments in one bundl...

In addition to the two analog classics OB-Xa (review in BEAT 08-2020) and Juno-6, Arturia‘s V Collection 8 features another sampler in the form of the E-mu Emulator II, as well as a 16-channel voco...

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Power Producer: Studio One 5

The Melodic Techno Template

With its latest update to version 5, Studio One not only becomes a full fledged live performance machine (more on this in the next issue), but also brings out new plug-ins and sounds in addition to r...

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Power Producer: Cubase

Stealing Grooves from any Loop

You have a rhythmically exciting drumloop as an audio file, but the sounds are just not right? No problem. In this workshop, you will learn how to filter out individual drum elements from a complex dr...

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Evil sounds!

Basses à la Nero & Zomboy

Most evil sounds and screaming basses rule, don‘t they? Skrillex did not invent glitches, hypergrowls and neuro basses, but he made them marketable - even beyond the boundaries of Dubstep. Today, th...

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Does the world need yet another Minimoog emulation...

Review: Softube Model 72

The name „Model 72“ is already a good hint - a look at the lovingly designed user interface of the plug-in removes any last doubts: This is a reproduction of a Minimoog Model D from 1972. As there...

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Live 11 is ready to start and should be available ...

Review: Ableton Live 11

Live 11 is ready to start and should be available in spring 2021. Anticipation is fueled by the announcement of numerous new features. On board are comping, MPE support, new instruments and effects, r...

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User-friendly lead synthesizer

Review: Softube Statement Lead

Statement Lead is a kind of supplement to Monoment, another synthesizer plug-in by the Swedes. Monoment is specialized on basses and can, therefore, only be played monophonically in the lower part of...

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Feature: Instant Mastering

Song Fine-Tuning – Online and Automatic?

From mixdown to finished, mastered song in minutes: With its new Instant Mastering Service, iMusician provides a high-quality finish for productions of any genre. Who is Instant Mastering for? What ca...

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Crazy!

Win in December: Annual PreSonus Sphere membership incl. Stu...

The annual PreSonus Sphere membership includes licenses for essential software tools to build the core of your studio. Studio One Professional is the only DAW that lets you record, produce, compose, m...

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Creative DAW? check.

Bitwig 8-Track comes with Beat Workzone issue for only 9,99 ...

Creative DAW? check. Audio tracks, automation? - Check. Synths, effects, VST plug-ins? - Check. Whether for producing, jamming, for the live set or as modular playground: Bitwig 8-Track has just about...

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The Wild 13 - plug-in package of superlatives!

Review: NI Komplete 13 Ultimate

The Play series has been significantly expanded in Komplete 13 Ultimate and now includes Modular Icons, Butch Vig Drums, Lo-Fi Glow and Cloud Supply in addition to Analog Dreams, Hybrid Keys and Ether...

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Remastering old recordings and guitar editing

Review: iZotope RX8 Advanced - Extract Vocals easy

iZotope RX8 offers detailed enhancements and advanced features for remastering old recordings and editing guitars.

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Kicks created in no time

Drum sound design with Ableton: The ultimate hardtek kick

Hardstyle, Hardtek, Frenchcore, Gabber... all four styles have one thing in common - brutal bass drums, which are hard to beat. The cool thing about it: With Ableton‘s Wavetable Synth, these kinds o...

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We’ll fix it in the mix!

Mixing Guide: The most important tools & tricks

A good mix is characterized by an evenly distributed sound image and a balanced depth of sound. In thismini feature, we‘ll give you practical tips for the use of equalizers, dynamics tools and other...

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New sounds and samples

New samples: Omnisphere, Zero-G, Zenhiser and more...

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Mix-Tricks: Professional Sound for Vocal Recording...

Tight Vocals in 6 Steps

While drums and EDM hooklines are mostly about brute pumping, vocal recording is subject to completely different laws. Here, sensitivity and subtly coloring compression are more important, so that the...

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Orchestral Tools free orchestra instrument

Free orchestral instrument: Orchestral Tools releases Layer

Orchestral Tools announces the release of Layers, a free orchestral VST instrument that gives composers, producers, and songwriters according to manufacturer an easy way to add high-quality orchestral...

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Peak clipping to tame unsteady peaks

T-RackS Classic Clipper - Finally levelled Harmonics?

T-RackS Classic Clipper uses peak clipping to tame unruly peaks, rather than the usual peak limiting, giving you another dynamics control option. Peak clipping is often a more transparent process tha...

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Achieve fast results as a video editing beginner

Free video software: Create music videos with SpotOn 11

A great new song, which is created in the rehearsal room, the highlights of the last concerts before the time without an appearance or simply a short sign of life of your band for the fans - with Acti...

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The Must-Have Sequencer

Review: PreSonus Studio One 5

Studio One has been around for a few years now and has grown from a simple to use recording platform into a powerful digital audio workstation. Studio One has become one of the major players in the r...

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Hands-on: Percussion Synth

DIY: A Moog DFAM for everyone? Easy replicated with Voltage ...

Moog has always been a legend, whether with classics like the Minimoog, Voyager, Sub Phatty or the beefy System 55; but even the current „handy“ ones like Mother-32 and DFAM are well on their way ...

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New: Statement Lead Synthesizer

Statement Lead Synthesizer - Does Softube make a statement w...

For a producer or songwriter the trick is to find inspiration. But it can also be very helpful if they have an easy way to transfer their ideas to a flawless recording that is ready to be shared with ...

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Latest version of the Native Flagship Collection

Native Instruments announces KOMPLETE 13 with Guitar Rig 6 P...

Native Instruments announced KOMPLETE 13, the latest generation of its flagship production suite, with new additions including some of the company’s biggest releases from the last two years. The lau...

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Audio correction without hassle? iZotope releases ...

Audio correction without hassle? iZotope releases RX 8

iZotope Inc. releases RX 8, the latest version of its renowned audio restoration software, and RX Post Production Suite 5, with Music Production Suite 4 to be released later this fall. RX, which has b...

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New: Pendulate Chaos Synthesizer

Newfangled Audio's Pendulate Chaos Synthesizer - Contro...

Bored of the same old synth sounds? Newfangled Audio's Pendulate is refreshingly different. Pendulate is a chaotic monosynth that uses a brand new double-pendulum-oscillator to create previously unhea...

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Budget tip

Review: Toontrack EZBass - Helper for arranging and composin...

Infectious grooves for the DAW: Toontrack‘s EZBass is a competent virtual bass player to assist musicians and producers with arranging and composing. A basstastic plug-in? Long developed, even long...

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Oberheim Emulation

Review: Synapse Audio Obsession

Only a few weeks after Arturia released a software replica of the legendary Oberheim OB-Xa, Synapse Audio presents its own emulation of the cult synthesizer and it promises to herald in a new era of a...

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Toy or game changer?

Review: Steinberg Backbone

Backbone is neither a classic drum synthesizer nor does it simply fire off samples. Instead, it resynthesizes samples. The plug-in has eight layer slots where you can load your own samples or sounds f...

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Power Producer: Ableton Drum Design

How to make your snares pop!

Welcome to our four-part series on drum design with Ableton Live! This second part is dedicated to programming the most iconic snare ever. But we‘re not just recreating the umpteenth 808, we‘re pr...

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Workshop: First steps with the live mixer

Tascam Model 12

Tascam Model 12 (can definitely be called a jack of all trades: The compact mixing console with a multi-track audio recorder and a media player can be the central unit in your music studio. It not on...

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Acoustic room correction via software

Review: IKM ARC System 3 - easily adapt mixes to room acoust...

ARC stands for acoustic room correction. This involves first measuring the room using your studio monitors, a microphone and the appropriate software to calculate a corrected frequency curve. This cur...

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Is the collection enough for the big "produce...

Review: Softube Volume 4 - Plug-in collection with many high...

For those who want to expand the basic plugin offer of their DAW, bundle packages - just like our test candidate - are recommended because of the significantly lower price. This one has 31 different p...

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