As the legendary indie platform makes its first layoffs since 2017, what’s the driving force behind the decision? CEO Michael Weissman emailed SoundCloud employees on the 3rd of August to announce job cuts to around 20% of the company’s workforce. What is the reason for this decision that will affect around 80 of its ~400…

GSi has released Genuine Sounds Vol. I – Piano Edition, a new sample-based virtual instrument featuring a collection of acoustic and electric piano samples that GSi has been producing in… Read More Read the full story

LiquidSonics, the company behind the Cinematic Rooms, Seventh Heaven, and Lustrous Plates reverb plug-ins has announced the addition of Reverb Foundry to the LiquidSonics… Read More Read the full story

Ronan Fed released RF-DSP, a freeware multi-effect in VST plugin format for compatible DAW software on Windows. RF-DSP is a multi-effect unit consisting of a 3-band parametric EQ, a delay, a hall reverb, a compressor, a stereo enhancer, and a multi-mode distortion. Each module can be bypassed to reduce CPU consumption. The included FX modules…

Oi, Grandad! is a FREE and open-source granular synthesizer in AU plugin format for macOS. When working on anything creative, whether it’s software, a film, a song, or whatever, there are times when the perfect name/title is overwhelmingly obvious. There are other times when everything you think of just doesn’t seem right. Then there are…

Top ten for August from Selective Response featuring Glenn Wilson, Perc and Dax J. Follow Selective Response Techno is innovation. Rules are the enemy of innovation. Rules have run techno – for decades. You work it out. At the tip of the spear of California’s hard techno, revolution sits Selective Response. A sharp, young alchemist…

Homegrown Sounds has announced the release of Batch xFader, a new tool designed to automate the tedious work involved making sampler instruments out of samples. This process generally involves:… Read More Read the full story