Rhodes Music has announced the release of the new Rhodes Wurli plugin, describing it as “a deeply musical recreation of the iconic reed-based electric piano sound that shaped some of the most enduring records of the past five decades”. Rhodes Wurli draws on the character of legendary reed-based electric pianos introduced in the 1970s —…

Softube and Weiss Engineering have announced the release of Weiss Exciter, a new exciter plug-in. This collaboration aims to provide a transparent harmonic enhancement, designed to add vibrancy and crispness while maintaining the integrity of the original sound. Unlike traditional exciters that might overemphasize EQ or apply harsh multi-band distortion, the Weiss Exciter generates musically…

Schwabe Digital has updated Orange Clip to v3.1 featuring two simple yet useful updates: Surgical Clipping: Schwabe Digital removed the crossover band limits, giving you full-range control of the linear phase filter bank. You can now clip just a sliver of the audio spectrum—like 50–75 Hz or 400–600 Hz. Shape tone and add distortion exactly…

Streetly Electronics and GForce Software have released The Streetly Tapes – London, the final Mellotron expansion pack created in collaboration with Streetly Electronics for M-Tron Pro IV — “a fitting finale to our journey through the world’s richest original Mellotron tape archive”. Here’s what they say: Over the years, both ourselves and Streetly have been…

The Vienna Symphonic Library has announced the release of Synchron Solo Viola, a new solo string virtual instrument sampled in the large Stage A of the company’s own Vienna Synchron Stage. Following Synchron Solo Violin and Synchron Solo Cello, this is the third release in the company’s Synchron Solo Strings series. The instrument was performed…