JUCE is the industry-standard framework for audio plugin development, used by some of the biggest and best names in the industry. And now, they have launched a free audio plugin development course for beginners. If you have a look at the JUCE website, you’ll find a long list of companies using JUCE, including Arturia, Avid,…
Manifest Audio have just released Tactum, a new Max for Live monosynth that builds its identity around controlled randomness. It’s free, experimental, and manages to offer something genuinely different without slipping into gimmickry. At a glance, Tactum is a dual-oscillator monosynth with a third oscillator dedicated to click-style transients. Oscillator types span everything from FM and…
Reloop has released the Flux Go, a compact USB-C DVS interface primarily intended for Serato DJ Pro. It’s essentially a two-channel version of the original three-channel Flux, designed for portability rather than groundbreaking features. At 115 x 82 x 26mm and weighing just 168g, it’s totally pocket-sized – the sort of thing you can chuck…
NAMM 2026 has arrived and the MIDI Association has packed 21 different informative and inspiring events into the three days. They all take places at The MIDI Association Booth 10320 at the front of Hall A. Saturday, January 24 at 10:30AM PST will be The Lifetime Achievement Awards, hosted by KVR’s Chris Halaby. Recipients of…
MeterPlugs has announced the release of Loudness Penalty Studio 1.5, a free update to its standalone application for visualizing and previewing the effects of loudness normalization used by streaming services such as Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube. Version 1.5 introduces several workflow and analysis improvements, including a new Loudness Penalty report for summarizing loudness measurements…
Waves has released Curves Resolve, a plugin that solves mix conflicts automatically. You chose the right sounds. You arranged the track. The vibe is there. But tracks are still fighting for the same space – masking each other and muddying the production. Resolve it – with one knob. Curves Resolve provides an intelligent way of…
Boz Digital Labs has announced the release of Little Foot 2, a major new version of the plugin that was built to solve a simple problem: getting a deep, punchy kick without jumping through hoops. If you have ever sidechained a sine wave to a kick just to add low-end thump, you already know the…
Seay Interactive has announced the release of, Materia Prima, an expressive, multi-layered sound design engine and Kontakt library built for composers and sound designers who enjoy shaping, layering, and exploring sound. It blends sound design features with a rich library of ready-to-play presets — from cinematic pads to evolving pulses, dirt-ready basses, lush keys, organic…