Riot Audio has announced the release of Bionic Plucks & Mallets, described as a unique new sound design tool for Kontakt 6, built around a novel “transient splicing engine” that is… Read More Read the full story

Ample Sound has announced the release of Ample China Qudi(ACQD), a new virtual instrument plug-in built on the latest development of the Woodwind Sample Engine, with 4.4 GB samples, including… Read More Read the full story

Sound Magic has released updates for Cadenza Solo Strings, Cadenza Cello and Morin Khuur. Changes in Cadenza Solo Strings v1.1 and Cadenza Cello v1.6: Fixes a sample… Read More Read the full story

Riot Audio releases Bionic: Plucks & Mallets (£79 intro sale) and offers Bionic: Plucks & Mallets Lite Edition for free download. Bionic is a transient splicing engine for Kontakt 6.5.2 and higher. The instrument requires the full version of Kontakt (read our article about Kontakt Player limitations). The idea is that you create new hybrid…

Airwindows offers Verbity, a freeware reverb plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux in AU and VST formats. Many of you will already know that Airwindows (Chris Johnson) is a prolific creator of freeware plugins. So, before anything else, I’d like to acknowledge the time and effort that goes into his work. All of his plugins…

Recently displayed on Instagram, this lovely custom Korg Minilogue XD job by Love Hultén is bound to set pulses racing. Love Hultén is an audiovisual artist and Swedish craftsman. His reputation is for fusing traditional craftsmanship with modern tech to create unique objects in an unexpected merge of form and function.  With a focus on…

Orchestral Tools has relaunched their Berlin Strings Special Bows 1 and 2 and First Chairs collections for the SINE Player. Whether used separately, combined, or layered with other string… Read More Read the full story