Minimal Audio is offering Element, a collection of 184 samples for atmospheric downtempo beats, as a free download instead of its usual $10 price. The pack includes 107 loops and 77 one-shots, covering drums and percussion, melodic synths, deep basses, and organic textures. You can preview the individual sounds on the product page, with tempo…
Raytown Productions releases HardStop, a FREE clipper and true-peak limiter
Raytown Productions has released HardStop, a hard clipper and true-peak limiter for macOS and Windows, with a permanently free Basic edition. Let’s quickly compare the Basic and Pro versions of HardStop. Basic version The free version of HardStop includes the full clipping engine, all three quality modes, and the TP Safety Limiter. It has no…
Lars Huismann: “Instead Of Writing A Melody, I Use Filters”
With System Collapse out now on Dax J’s Monnom Black, Berlin’s Lars Huismann shows us around the attic studio where it was made. The eight-track release follows his 2024 Monnom Black debut, Mechanized, and the Sounds From The Past trilogy on Mutual Rytm. A trained drummer who has run his own LHR imprint since 2015,…
Sonuscore Releases LUX Orchestral Brass – Kontakt Library with Auto Divisi and Adaptive Articulations
Sonuscore has released LUX Orchestral Brass, a sampled orchestral brass library for Native Instruments Kontakt Player. Designed for film scoring, orchestral composition, and music production, the library features solo and section instruments, up to six recorded dynamic layers, automatic voice distribution, and performance-based articulation control. Recorded on the same scoring stage as LUX Orchestral Strings,…
Loopmasters Releases Loopcloud 8 with Intelligent Sample Matching, Advanced Search and iOS App
Loopmasters has released Loopcloud 8, an update to its sample subscription and production platform that introduces intelligent sample discovery tools, expanded MIDI functionality, new effects and a companion iOS app. The update also adds improvements to Loopcloud’s DRUM, PLAY and Flip instruments, along with new subscriber benefits. The update focuses on integrating producers’ own sample…
Sample Logic Introduces Quadra – Morphing Multi-Effect Plugin with Four Independent Effect Chains
Sample Logic has introduced Quadra, a multi-effect plugin that uses an XY pad to morph between four independent effect chains in real time. Each corner can host up to four effects selected from 22 processors, with manual and automated movement between the chains. Quadra’s XY Morph Pad controls the balance between all four chains simultaneously….
Ueberschall releases Funk Pop Fusion (Elastik Construction Kit Library)
Ueberschall released a new addition to their catalog of professional sample and loop libraries for the Elastik player: Funk Pop Fusion. Here’s what they say about the new library: Funk Pop Fusion blends the unmistakable groove of Funk with the polished energy of modern Pop. Tight beats, funky guitars, and deep basses come together to…
DYMAI Sound releases GLUECOMP-3B, a FREE multiband compressor
DYMAI Sound has released GLUECOMP-3B, a free adaptive three-band compressor for macOS and Windows. This is one of the nicer-looking plugins I’ve seen lately, and it’s also quite versatile for a freebie compressor. GLUECOMP-3B splits your audio into lows, mids, and highs, then compresses each band separately. It brings louder peaks down while lifting quieter…