UAD has launched a major update to its award-winning DAW Luna (macOS and Windows). The update brings a slight name change, new workflows, and AI-powered smart features. Luna Pro becomes Luna Studio; Luna Free is still free, and UAD Spark subscribers now get more for their money. We’ll take a look at what’s new in…
This FREE Korg Prophecy emulator lets you sound like The Prodigy
Developer Joe Landers has released Profligacy, a free and open-source emulation of the Korg Prophecy synthesizer for macOS and Windows. This one is definitely rough around the edges, but it is worth your attention if you’re into classic 90s synth sounds. Profligacy emulates the original Prophecy hardware at a low level and runs the instrument’s…
Soundins releases OmniPass, a FREE phase alignment filter
Soundins has released OmniPass, a free all-pass filter plugin for phase alignment and sound design on macOS and Windows. An all-pass filter is a slightly unusual tool. I mean, for starters, it sounds weird. A filter that passes everything through. What’s the point? Unlike a conventional EQ, it keeps the response flat, so it does…
Temecula DSP releases QDV1 QuadraVerb emulation for $75
Temecula DSP has released QDV1, an Alesis QuadraVerb Plus emulation for macOS and Windows, available at an introductory price of $75. We first encountered Temecula DSP earlier this year through MDV-II, its free Alesis MidiVerb II emulation. QDV1 shares the same interest in classic digital hardware, but this one features a much more powerful processor….
Optopus is a FREE opto compressor with saturation for Windows
madBee::audio has released Optopus, a free optical-style compressor with tube saturation for Windows. Optopus originally appeared in February, so this is an older freebie that we missed when it first arrived. It is still available, though, and I bumped into it this weekend, so I decided to share it because it offers quite a bit…
CRSSD After Dark Returns To San Diego Next Weekend
CRSSD Festival’s afterparty series returns to San Diego from 25 to 27 September with sets across multiple venues. CRSSD Festival has confirmed the return of CRSSD After Dark, its official afterparty series, for three nights in San Diego between 25 and 27 September 2026. The series extends the festival weekend beyond Waterfront Park, moving performances…
VSL releases Synchron Cimbalom and Synchron World Percussion II
Vienna Symphonic Library has released two new Synchron Series Collections: Synchron Cimbalom and Synchron World Percussion II. Both libraries were recorded on Stage A at Vienna Synchron Stage. Synchron Cimbalom features Hungarian concert cimbalom player Gergely Lajti, with standard, Romanian, and Gypsy mallets, plus full damper-pedal control. The instrument’s chromatic range and distinctive metallic resonance…
sonicLAB updates PROTEAN to v2
sonicLAB has updated PROTEAN to version 2. PROTEAN merges fluid dynamic simuPROTEANlation with advanced sound synthesis algorithms. It has a shape-shifting audiovisual synthesis engine where fluid particle interactions generate metamorphosing sonic texture. The version2 offers the following improvements and features: The audio engine now uses less processing power, handles silent voices more efficiently, and remains…