Developer Daniel Fernandes has released Spotlight, a free/pay-what-you-want stereo shaping plugin for Windows, Linux, and macOS, currently in beta. Spotlight lets you adjust a sound’s width and stereo position by moving around a single dot. Daniel initially set out to make a panning plugin, but expanded it after realizing how closely panning and stereo imaging…
Decent Sampler 1.40.1 adds Kontakt import and automatic hardware sampling for FREE
Decent Samples has released Decent Sampler 1.40.1, a major update to its free sampler that adds Kontakt instrument import and an Auto Sampler for recording your hardware instruments. I previously highlighted Decent Sampler in our Kontakt alternatives comparison for its large selection of free libraries. But things just got even better, as this update also…
A Sound Effect gives away the $27 Jump Scares horror sound library for FREE
A Sound Effect is giving away Jump Scares, a horror sound effects library by 344 SFX that normally costs $27, to its newsletter subscribers until Halloween night. The pack contains 100 royalty-free sounds, and the offer ends on Saturday, October 31, at 23:59 CET. Both new and existing subscribers can claim it. To get your…
Hivetune releases Marimbox, a FREE marimba plugin for macOS and Windows
Hivetune has released Marimbox, a free sampled marimba instrument for macOS and Windows, with four articulations and built-in effects. We covered Hivetune’s Delta6 FM synth in September and Relica 2 chiptune synth earlier this year. Both were based on synths, but Marimbox takes a different direction, using stereo recordings of an acoustic marimba to give…
HoRNet FilterSolo is FREE again for Halloween until November 1
HoRNet Plugins is giving away FilterSolo, its resonant filter plugin for macOS and Windows, again as a Halloween freebie. We covered the previous FilterSolo giveaway in January, so this is another chance to pick it up if you missed that offer. This time, use FILTERBOO at checkout before Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 23:59 CET….
Waldorf Unveils Crema Ensemble Synth
Waldorf Music has released Crema, a compact polyphonic synthesizer based on the Streichfett architecture. It combines string-machine sounds with wavetable, FM and virtual-analog synthesis across two engines, Texture and Lines… The post Waldorf Unveils Crema Ensemble Synth appeared first on FutureMusic the latest news on future music technology DJ gear producing dance music edm and…
Is Private Equity Destroying Music Production?
Native Instruments was only the tip of the iceberg. Private equity is pervasive in the music production industry, tied up with hardware, software and music distribution companies. How is this affecting the music you make? Unless you’re big into finance, the first time you heard about private equity was likely in reference to Native Instruments….
Lessons from an Unforgotten Time: An Interview with Anthony Marinelli
Anthony Marinelli has some stories to tell. He was fifteen when he started getting calls for film soundtracks and pop records sessions because he had learned the basics of synthesizers. The demand for these instruments was growing exponentially as composers and producers were looking for sounds that could not be produced by traditional instruments. He…