Black Lion Audio has introduced the Auteur 8DAT, an eight-channel microphone preamplifier and A/D converter designed to expand interface setups via ADAT. The unit combines the company’s signature high-speed transparent preamplification with integrated digital conversion, offering a solution for tracking full drum kits or large ensembles within a single rack unit. The Auteur 8DAT features…
Toontrack releases Drumology EZX – Featuring drummer Jeremy Stacey
Toontrack has announced the release of the Drumology EZX, a new expansion for EZdrummer 3 and Superior Drummer 3 capturing kits and sounds from four eras of pop and rock. It was recorded at Livingston Studios in London, UK, by acclaimed session drummer Jeremy Stacey (Sheryl Crow, Robbie Williams, Sia) and engineer Paul Stacey (Oasis,…
Peter Semiletov updates Drumlabooh to v12.2 – free drum plugin for Windows and Linux
Peter Semiletov has updated Drumlabooh, the free drum plugin for Windows and Linux, to v12.2. New in this release: Fixed HP/LP filters behaviour. Fixed crash when loading unsupported SFZ kits (horizontal round-robin layers). Fixed drum kit name display. Tooltip now shows MIDI mapping + number of layers/samples per slot. Two new kits: Sopromat: 600+ samples,…
Native Instruments releases Komplete 26
Native Instruments has released Komplete 26, the latest version of its flagship production collection. The bundle brings together over 190 instruments and effects with more than 180,000 sounds, including professional mixing tools from iZotope and Brainworx. It’s available in four paid tiers, ranging from $99 for Select up to $1,949 for Collector’s Edition. Several new…
The only 5 free plugins I’d install if I were starting music production in 2026
I’ll say the thing most plugin lists won’t. If you’re new to music production, you don’t need 50 free plugins. You need about five. The rest is already sitting inside your DAW, and learning stock plugins first will do more for your music than having a folder chock-full of free plugins ever will. I’ve been…
DAWJunkie releases Knobs, a FREE random-effects processor plugin
Developer DAWJunkie has released Knobs, a free random-effects processor for macOS and Windows. We’ve been featuring DAWJunkie regularly for a little while now, and over that time, there are a few things we’ve come to expect from every release. The first thing we’ve come to expect is seriously usable sounds wrapped up in a playful…
Ultimate Patches Premier UB-1 Micro Presets
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ThaLoops Releases Cajon Bounce VST – Organic Percussion Instrument
ThaLoops has announced the release of Cajon Bounce VST, a multi-sampled cajon instrument built for beatmakers, music producers, and TV, film and game composers seeking organic groove and human feel in their productions. Cajon Bounce delivers the raw, expressive character of real acoustic percussion, captured using high-quality recording gear at Latvia’s Radio Studio. The instrument…