Soundiron has announced the release of Hi Fives, a fistful of body, hand and mouth percussion. it’s built for the full retail version of Kontakt 5.5 or later. … Read More Read the full story

Reverb.com released Modern-Retro Drum Sample Pack, a free drum kit sample collection in WAV format. Modern-Retro Drum Sample Pack emulates the drum sounds heard in Amy Winehouse’s hit single “Rehab.” Reverb.com’s resident studio experts Jessica and Noam recreated this classic sound in Chicago’s Rax Trax studios using a 1970s-era Gretsch drum set, a dampened 5×14″…

Toontrack has updated EZmix to v2.2.2 and released the Buses & Masters EZmix Pack. Buses & Masters EZmix Pack, €39, is a collection of ready-made signal chain presets… Read More Read the full story

E-Phonic has updated Invader 2 to version 1.0.11 (OSX), adding Apple Silicon M1 support. Both the VST3 and AU versions are now available as Universal Binary. The update is free… Read More Read the full story

SampleScience has announced the release of Dandelion, a virtual instrument featuring 40 multi-sampled lofi sounds. The instrument is inspired by the sound of Boards of Canada,… Read More Read the full story

Today JamSoft has updated SampleSort to v1.3.811. This update includes new features, cosmetic updates and various bug fixes. JamSoft have made significant improvements… Read More Read the full story

KIA released move.ment, a freeware virtual instrument in VST plugin format for Windows and macOS. move.ment was developed in collaboration with DaHouse Audio and Arthur Joly, a well-known synthesizer builder from Brazil. You can check out some of Arthur’s fantastic synth projects here. But let’s rewind a little bit. KIA released a virtual instrument? The…

In this Synth Secrets, we’ll build a growling, pulsating drum and bass bassline inspired by Kings of the Rollers’ ‘Somebody Else’. It’s nothing fancy but you do need a couple of tricks up your sleeve to make it hit the way it’s supposed to, which is to say, like a ton of bricks. For this…