You may not remember the name Måns Zelmerlöw, but if you’ve watched the recent Eurovision catchup under lockdown, you can whistle his song, ‘Heroes’. ‘Heroes’ was the song that represented Sweden at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna and won the yearly contest. This year, Eurovision reached out to Måns for an acoustic take…

When it comes to music software, I have always had a soft spot for applications that test boundaries, explore new sonic territories, and provide the user with a great workflow in a visually attractive interface. Frostbite 2 by AudioThing is undoubtedly one of these applications. But for you who are new to this plugin, what…

Oblik Lines has released Misty Valley, a freely downloadable synthesizer ensemble for Native Instruments Reaktor (full version required). Misty Valley is an “unstable” synthesizer inspired by Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Rival Consoles, and similar artists. The instrument uses pitch modulation, layered noise, and a few other sound design techniques to generate sounds that can…

Audio Plugin Deals is offering the Synth Abyss ($30 value) sound library by Karanyi Sound as a free download from their website until June 2nd, 2020. Synth Abyss comes with over 8 GB of sample content for Native Instruments Kontakt. The source samples were captured from four classic and modern analog synthesizers manufactured by Oberheim…

Brand new feature-length film ‘Drum & Bass: The Movement’ will be screened this Monday 25th May. A new documentary on the history of drum & bass is being released by Drum & Bass Arena. The 80-minute long film covers the period between 1996 and 2016 and reports on the birth and development of what has…

UJAM has announced the release of Finisher Voodoo, a creative guitar effect plugin custom-designed for all sorts of guitar sounds, real or virtual, electric or acoustic, direct or amped…. Read More Read the full story

Toontrack has updated EZkeys to v1.3.0. Changes: MIDI dragged from EZkeys now includes chord information that can be used by EZbass. The RTAS format has been removed…. Read More Read the full story

DJ, producer and Grey Report label-boss Adriana Lopez has released her brand of rolling, future-facing techno on Stroboscopic Artefacts, Modularz, Semantica, PoleGroup and Mistress Recordings and has just put out a killer track on Close Encounters, ‘SMV’. We asked her to show us around her studio. [galleria gallery=”my-studio-adriana-lopez”] Adriana Lopez’s ‘Third Contact’ EP is available…