XY StudioTools has released Song Sketch 2 for Ableton Live. Here’s what they say: Song Sketch 2 introduces a new arrangement workflow in Live, making… Read More Read the full story
Bunker Samples releases Bunker Strings Vol. 2 – Modern String Textures for Kontakt
Bunker Samples announced the release of Bunker Strings Vol. 2, described as “a complete modern string texture library for Kontakt full of never-before-sampled articulations”…. Read More Read the full story
Creative Vocal Pitch Processing
Pitch can be a powerful tool for creating tension in a breakdown. We use zplane’s ElastiquePitch 2 to transform a vocal sample into a riser. Most DAWs have sophisticated pitch algorithms built-in but sometimes you need something with a little more power. zplane, the company that provides the pitch-shifting code for DAWs such as Ableton…
CDJ-3000 Support Coming To Serato, But Older Rane Mac Support Ends
Serato has announced that it will soon support the latest Pioneer DJ CDJ-3000 media players, with the feature expected to arrive in early October. This is a boon for DJs returning to gigs, who may have realised that unlike the CDJ-2000s, there is currently no native Serato support for the latest Pioneer pro players that…
Toontrack Music updates EZdrummer and Superior Drummer – Apple Silicon Support
Toontrack Music has released updates for Superior Drummer and EZdrummer, both featuring native Apple Silicon support to the VST, AU and standalone. Changes in Superior Drummer 3.2.5… Read More Read the full story
Loomer releases String 1.17 with native macOS ARM M1 support
Loomer has updated the MacOS version of String to v1.17. This release adds native (non-emulated) ARM M1 for macOS 11 support for VST, VST3, Audio Unit, and standalone applications…. Read More Read the full story
Artist Focus: 6 plugins for 6 Strings with Craig Anderton
Author/musician Craig Anderton is an internationally recognized authority on musical technology. He has authored over 40 books, mastered hundreds of tracks, worked on over 20 albums, played… Read More Read the full story
Bad Contact Is A FREE LoFi Plugin By Rawoltage
Rawoltage releases Bad Contact, a freeware VST plugin that emulates bad cable connections and malfunctioning knobs. Bad Contact is a simple, compact noise-based effects unit. If you always wanted your virtual instruments to sound more analog and vintage, this plugin might make you reconsider your priorities. Most engineers and producers have felt their skin crawl…