Plugin Alliance, Brainworx and Shadow Hills Industries have announced the release of Shadow Hills OptoMax, a new optical compressor plugin. The plugin takes the optical section from the well-regarded Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor as its foundation, expanding on the original design with new features made possible in the digital domain. Brainworx, continuing its partnership with…
Applied Computer Music Technologies releases ACM76SA FET Compressor for Windows and Linux
Applied Computer Music Technologies has released their ACM76SA FET compressor plug-in for Windows and Linux. Inspired by one of the best known vintage FET compressor / limiters, the ACM76SA provides fast attack to tame the most troublesome dynamics, combined with harmonic drive from the transformer-coupled JFET VCA emulation, while the classic ‘All Buttons’ or ‘British’…
How to DJ with Spotify
Game changer alert From the AlphaTheta press release. September 24th, 2025: AlphaTheta announces that its DJ software, rekordbox for Mac/Windows, now supports playback from Spotify. Spotify is the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service, offering over 100 million tracks with billions of playlists in various genres. With this update, using a Spotify Premium account, you can…
Spotify Comes To Serato, Rekordbox & Djay Pro
Serato, Rekordbox, and Djay Pro have added Spotify as a streaming service to their platforms, bringing the world’s most popular music streaming service back to DJing for the first time in many years. All these platforms now let you select Spotify among the current batch of streaming services, a lineup that includes Apple Music, Tidal,…
ZAK Sound releases Ethersphere and updates Raizes to v1.1.0
ZAK Sound has released Ethersphere, a new instrument expansion for its flagship plugin Raizes (which has been updated to v1.1). Ethersphere Ethersphere is designed for atmospheric and evolving sounds, with a focus on pads and ambient textures. It includes 37 wavetables and 100 presets crafted to inspire sound designers and composers working in cinematic, electronic,…
Nextmidi updates Divisimate Micro to v1.1 – introduces Plugin MIDI Out
NextMIDI has updated Divisimate Micro to v1.1 introducing a special new functionality: The Plugin MIDI Out. Instead of using virtual MIDI ports to route back MIDI into the DAW with individual parts, the Plugin Out allows you to use Divisimate Micro with a routing fully self-contained in your DAW. While before there were only 4…
Toontrack Music updates EZkeys to v2.1.4 and releases Time Machine EKX
Toontrack Music has updated EZkeys to v2.1.4 and released a new expansion: Time Machine EKX. Time Machine EKX The Time Machine EKX expansion for EZkeys 2 features layered, remixed and reimagined sounds inspired by the synth-fueled 1980s. Inspired by the shimmering haze of the timeless tones that propelled the synth-fueled revolution of the ’80s but…
Pontaku Audio releases Chronoform – Tape-Style Pitch Shifter (VST3/CLAP)
Pontaku Audio has released Chronoform, a varispeed pitch shifter plugin where playback speed and pitch are linked. It allows for intuitive sound design by automating the playback speed, while the auto-buffer-clear function enables real-time, responsive monitoring of the processed sound, making it ideal for Foley recording. Key Features Playback speed control from 0.25x to 1.0x:…