Native Instruments has released Massive XL, the next-generation of the flagship synthesizer. Massive XL carries the legacy of the original Massive, the synth that helped define bass music, electro and dubstep, into its next chapter. Built on Massive X’s sound, architecture, presets and Expansions, it opens faster, more visual routes to fat lows, shimmering leads,…
Morpheral Machines Releases The Swarm
Morpheral Machines, a new plugin studio founded by Renoise creator Eduard Müller, has released The Swarm, a polyphonic wavetable synthesizer for Windows, macOS and Linux, in VST 3, CLAP and AU formats. The debut release also brings Desense, a free interference instrument. The Swarm spawns a flock of up to 24 oscillator “boids” (simulated birds)…
Universal Audio releases Capitol Studios Room Modeling and Reverb Plug-in
Universal Audio has released Capitol Studios, a native room modeling and reverb plug-in for macOS and Windows that models Capitol Studios A and B, along with microphones, consoles, outboard processors and four underground echo chambers. The plug-in features dynamic room modeling, allowing users to move virtual microphones around the studios and hear the room response…
Toontrack releases Metal Machine 2 EZX by Andy Sneap
Toontrack has released Metal Machine 2 EZX, a drum expansion for EZdrummer 3 and Superior Drummer 3, engineered and produced by Andy Sneap at his Backstage Recording Studio. The expansion features three complete kits representing the 1990s, 2010s and 2020s, with sounds aimed at traditional, modern, progressive and extreme metal. Carcass drummer Dan Wilding performed…
null.audio updates Align and Edit to 1.1
null.audio has updated Align and Edit to version 1.1, its tools that bring ARA plug-ins to Ableton Live on macOS and Windows. It’s a free update for existing owners. Edit now opens a whole verse, the doubles on other tracks or an entire track together in Melodyne or another ARA editor. Every track plays through…
Sonuscore releases The Score Elements, a FREE cinematic library for Kontakt Player
Sonuscore has released The Score Elements, a free cinematic scoring library for Kontakt Player that turns your chords into orchestral arrangements. The Score Elements joins Sonuscore’s already epic and ever-growing collection of freebies, including The Orchestra Elements and LUX Orchestral Strings Elements. This one brings the arrangement-based workflow of the paid The Score into a…
Orbit lets you rediscover your sample library, comes with a FREE Lite version
Orbit is a standalone sample-search and session-recall app for macOS, with a free Lite version and a paid Pro upgrade. Orbit searches the sounds you have on your hard drive. You can point it at your sample folders, let it index them, and describe what you’re looking for instead of trying to remember a filename….
Musio Studio is a FREE app for writing music, with built-in Cinesamples libraries
Musio Studio is a free app designed for writing music, released a few years after the Musio plugin. Mike Patti, founder and CEO of Cinesamples, is the man behind Musio. While the plugin focused on bringing all your Cinesamples libraries (and some from select third-party developers) together in a single plugin, Musio Studio goes a…