Dr. Zoppa has released AMI-Polychaos, a generative MIDI plugin for macOS, available as an Audio Unit MIDI effect (Logic Pro) and as a VST3 instrument (Ableton Live and other VST3 hosts). AMI-Polychaos turns a held note into four voices of counterpoint. Hold a chord with the DAW transport running and the plugin plays for as…

Vitric Audio has released updates to Harmonic Multiband Compressor, Chamfer De-Esser and Plinth Subharmonic Synthesizer for Windows and macOS. The releases add precise value editing and clearer visual feedback to three different mixing jobs: controlling dynamics, managing vocal sibilance and building low end: Harmonic Multiband Compressor 2.1.0 Harmonic Multiband Compressor 2.1.0 combines six-band dynamics with…

Gazillion Industries has released Skruu and Triple OG, two effects for working with drums, samples and tape-style movement. Both plugins have resizable interfaces with black and brushed-aluminium finishes. Skruu Skruu combines independently adjustable pitch and time with elastic controls that return to their starting positions when released: Producers can speed up a loop while pitching…

FRCTL Audio has released GRN 4.0.0, a major new version of its granular effect plugin. GRN takes the audio on a track and plays it back as a cloud of overlapping grains, with the pitch quantized to a scale, so a loop, a vocal or a field recording turns into a texture that keeps moving….

We are giving away free copies of Chimera, a cinematic preset collection for the free Vital wavetable synthesizer. We previously featured Chimera during the Flame Sound Easter giveaway, and here is another chance to add it to your sound design toolkit for free. Chimera was created by HydraTek and released by Flame Sound. HydraTek is…

New plugin developer The Note Audio has released True Panner, a free stereo panning and spatial imaging utility for macOS and Windows. The pan control in most DAWs changes the level sent to the left and right channels. However, and stuff like this never ceases to amaze me, our ears also use the tiny difference…

Swiss developer BITLANTIS has released KVEIK 1.2, a major update to its block-based MIDI step sequencer for macOS and Windows. KVEIK started as a drum sequencer, but version 1.2 adds a lot more melodic and harmonic functionality, so you can use it to sequence basses, synths, and other instruments from the same interface. Obviously, KVEIK…

Royer’s entry point into its active ribbon line puts the R-121’s element in a sub-$1,000 body, adds a pad and a bass cut, and gives you enough output for any interface… The post Royer Labs R-12 Ribbon Microphone Review appeared first on FutureMusic the latest news on future music technology DJ gear producing dance music…