XLN Audio DB-30 Drum Butter: Fry Up Your Drums

XLN Audio brings the magic of RC-20 to your drums with DB-30 Drum Butter, a drum bus multi-effect processor built around the idea that drums should be fun. Does it deliver? When it comes to drums, XLN Audio knows what they’re doing. Take a look at the company’s catalog, and most of their instruments and…

Iconic Instruments Releases ParametrEQ Plugin

Iconic Instruments today announced the release of ParametrEQ, describing it as “an accurate software recreation of the original Detroit passive parametric EQ, which was used on countless all-time classic Pop, R&B and Soul tracks from the 1960’s and 70’s”. This unit was a custom modified and overbuilt version of the original Langevin EQ-252A (also sold…

XLN Audio launches DB-30 Drum Butter

XLN Audio has announced the release of DB-30 Drum Butter, a multi-effect plugin designed to effortlessly give you inspired, punchy drums full of character. DB-30 Drum Butter is built around one simple idea: Drums should be fun. Combining six high-quality effects modules, it lets you instantly apply all the attack, tone shaping, texture, space, and…

United Plugins and JMG Sound Release Relooper Realtime Remix Engine (81% off)

UnitedPlugins has announced the release of Relooper, a real-time loop remixing utility developed by JMG Sound. The plugin is designed to generate new rhythmic layers and grooves from existing audio in real-time without the requirement of loading external samples. Core Functionality Relooper utilizes a groove engine that captures slices of incoming audio into a buffer….

KERN Audio offers a complete plugin mixing chain (SMOOTH, WARM, WIDE + free CHECK)

You’ve probably read our article about the free KERN CHECK spectral mono compatibility analyzer earlier this month. We absolutely loved it. CHECK shows you where your stereo image collapses in mono across 40 frequency bands, and it’s a very useful little diagnostic tool. The developer behind CHECK, Jonas R, also makes three paid mixing plugins…

Akai’s New Sample Is A Hit – Now What?

Let’s take a look at the Akai Sample and what it means to the industry. We can now ascertain that most of the initial stock has sold out across the globe and Akai’s strike against Teenage Engineering’s K.O. II series, as well the Roland SP-404 mkII, is complete… The post Akai’s New Sample Is A…

Molécule – “Sometimes The Best Soundtrack Is The Environment Itself”

What are the tracks that get Molécule moving? Look no further as we asked him. Molécule has never approached electronic music in a conventional way. Known for building immersive productions from field recordings, analogue hardware and a deeply physical relationship with sound, he has carved out a singular path that places environment, texture and emotion…