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After announcing Rotary Mod for iOS at last year’s AES, Eventide Audio has now made a desktop version of the Leslie Cabinet software emulation. The Leslie’s electro-mechanical rotating horn found a home in Hammond organs but became a unique tool for a range of other instruments since its release in the 1940s. Eventide’s Rotary Mod […]
Valhalla’s latest – and free – time-based effects plug-in is the aptly named, Supermassive. It offers other-worldly delays, lush reverbs and a vast spectrum of atmospheric goodness, all in a plug-in deep enough to be used as an instrument on its own. Supermassive operates on a network of tempo-synced delays – with adjustable delay settings […]
French manufacturer Arturia launches a new software instrument based on the legendary Oberheim OB-Xa. The recreation comes with some extra features to get a little more experimental with its sounds. Arturia kept the OB-Xa V’s sound true to the original, but has included a stereo spread feature for a wide and precise stereo image, plus […]
Virtual instrument expert, Toontrack, is back with a brand new instrument in its EZ lineup. With EZbass, Toontrack aims to offer a virtual bass guitar with a pristine sound that can be easily implemented into your music. Those familiar with EZdrummer, EZkeys and EZmix will know how simple it is to compose parts with the […]
UK-based tech startup, SendMusic, has launched its all-in-one music file transfer platform for iOS, built with collaborative tools for seamless sharing. Users can send files up to 3GB for free, playback tracks before downloading and offer realtime feedback on them. The desktop version has been praised by Mistajam, who says: “What I would love is […]
Eight years ago, the first version of Saturn was released – an award-winning multiband distortion and saturation plug-in. FabFilter has brought it up to scratch with Saturn 2, immediately available and sporting a sleek new design, almost double the number of distortion types and virtually limitless modulation possibilities. Also new is linear phase processing, enhanced […]
Following the success of Straylight, Native Instruments returns with Pharlight, a Kontakt instrument for all types of creators. Pharlight uses the human voice to create “unconventional melodic leads, pads, textures, and more”, the brand says. Running in Kontakt 6 and the free Kontakt 6 Player, Phralight is built around a specially-recorded sample library. Created by […]
Free social music platform and online DAW, BandLab, announces a 50% increase in its userbase since the first five months of 2020. Now, the platform boasts 18 million users in 180 countries across the globe. BandLab reports that over a million new users are joining every month, with almost 10 million tracks being created on […]
Image-Line has released the 20.7 update to Fruity Loops Studio – bringing native support for external MIDI controllers; and introducing the Advanced Visualiser, a baked-in video editor for creating web-ready music videos. Alongside this, Image-Line has launched a Visualiser Contest with a prize of $5,000 in IL Virtual Cash. The inclusion of MIDI Scripting now […]
iZotope has launched Tonal Balance Control 2, the latest edition of its EQ analysis plug-in. In this version, the plug-in receives genre-specific targets, compatibility to control Ozone 9 and Neutron 3, and improved fluid metering to visualise subtle frequency details. Tonal Balance Control 2 measures the energy distribution of a track against an analysis-informed reference. […]