u-he has released version 3.0.1 of Zebra 3, a free maintenance update for its wireless modular synthesizer that turns the Control A, B, C and D macros into per-preset assignments and adds a global trigger mode for the MSEGs. The most visible workflow change lands in modulation. MSEGs (multi-stage envelope generators) gain a Global trigger…

Audio Spices has released Anise Glide Reverb, a reverb plugin whose tail glides in pitch as it evolves. Where a classic shimmer reverb adds a fixed octave sheen, Anise starts at unison and glides continuously toward a target pitch, so notes and chords bloom upward (or downward) over the length of the tail. Key Features:…

Sound Dust has announced the release of Drift Clouds, a hybrid Kontakt instrument built around strings played with string. Drift Clouds reworks the source material from the original Cloud series into a new engine capable of stacking, morphing, warping and detuning articulations into oscillator-like textures. At its core is a wander system – two layers…

Nikolozi has updated Mela, a modular AUv3 plug-in for iOS and macOS, to version 7.11. Splitter The Splitter module works like a Stack, but the submodules at odd positions, starting with the first, act as audio splitters. A splitter processes its input and passes its output to the following submodule. Subtracting that output from the…

Pulsonix has updated BeatForge, the drum machine, step sequencer and REX loop player plugin, to version 4.1.5. The headline change is a reworked antialiasing approach for the 31 circuit-modeled drum synths. Instead of running every engine through blanket 8× oversampling, each engine was measured individually with an offline FFT analysis harness and now uses exactly…

Dystopian Waves has released the Windows VST3 version of Noesis, an intelligent chord progression generator for songwriters, producers, and composers. Noesis combines music theory, generative algorithms, and genre-based composition engines to generate chord progressions, explore harmonic variations, and refine musical ideas. Users can create progressions from scratch, import existing progressions, or transform them using a…

Reyes Amps has released its debut plugin TRIODE, a component model of its own boutique tube amplifier, built from voltages measured on the physical circuit. The amp is a 4 watt, single-ended Class A design, like a Champ. A triode preamp adds even-order harmonics, a pentode output stage adds odd. The circuit is the 1959…