Analogue Samples

Developer Dawesome has launched Abyss II, a visual synthesizer for macOS and Windows, with an introductory price of €89 (regularly €149). The developer describes Abyss II as a synth for musicians rather than engineers. Instead of building sounds around pages of technical parameters, you place visual Tone Colors on a Gradient and move between them…

United Plugins has announced the release of Continuum, a new dual-engine spatial delay processor developed by partner brand JMG Sound. Designed around the philosophy of “Modern brain, vintage heart,” Continuum aims to bridge the gap between vintage hardware characters and modern spatial processing. Rather than acting as a simple repeat effect, Continuum functions as an…

Numerical has released MIDIRack, a MIDI toolkit for iPad. MIDIRack takes every keyboard from the KB-1 Expressive Keyboard Suite, adds a suite of step sequencers, and lets users arrange them on a custom touch control surface — with an optional visual MIDI processing graph underneath. It runs standalone or as an AUv3 plugin. The base…

Immanent Audio has announced the release of the IA De-Esser, a free de-essing and resonance suppression plugin (AU/VST3, macOS/Windows) that makes it easy to tame sibilance and harshness across the spectrum. IA De-Esser has 4 filter slots, each one with 4 modes for resonance suppression: De-Ess Mode: Enable this mode, and the slot will find…

OA-Labs has updated the free synth plugin OA-Phosphor-1 to v1.1. Still the same core synth but now also available on Windows. The sound is evolving and continues to focus on Controllable Instability. Our unique way to age the synth as we continue to push it’s sonic range. The arpeggiator got a complete rework, and there’s…

StrayCurrent Software has released version 1.3 of Harmonybeam, a Max for Live chord generator and arranger plugin for Ableton Live that features real-time MIDI clip syncing, text-based chord input, progression generation, intelligent chord suggestions and advanced rhythm features. New Features in v1.3: New: Full editor for Rhythm presets. You can now create presets from scratch…

Pitch Innovations has released Temple Drums of India, a new collection of Playable Rhythm Kits for its Sonic Atlas World Music Sampler Platform. The release gives composers and producers access to three rare South Indian percussion ensembles, recorded with real temple musicians and captured at a level of quality that has not previously been available…

Fx-Mechanics has updated Mango to version 0.2.0, adding per-lane standard deviation controls, a redesigned readout-style knob interface, an adjustable seam crossfade, and new minilanguage shortcuts for specifying durations. What’s new Every effect panel, and the bus Volume/Pan controls at the bottom of the mixer, now use a compact readout control in place of a knob:…