Ueberschall releases two new loop bundles for the Elastik player

Ueberschall released two new bundles with four loop libraries each: Blues Bundle & Country Bundle. Both bundles combine four Elastik products from the Country or Blues genre at a discounted price. They come with the free Elastik loop player and the Ueberschall Downloader app for easy soundbank management. Here is what they say about the…

HarmonyKeen writes MIDI harmony parts for macOS and Windows, with a FREE 7-day trial

HarmonyKeen is a standalone app and plugin that writes editable harmony parts around your MIDI melodies, with a free seven-day trial for macOS and Windows. It’s the work of Arizona-based solo developer Thom Haslam, who spent almost a year building a tool to help arrange his own melodies while keeping control over the musical decisions….

Rob Papen releases QUAD-2 synthesizer plug-in

Rob Papen has announced the release of QUAD-2, an updated version of its QUAD synthesizer featuring a redesigned interface, a new Ribbon Controller and expanded synthesis, modulation and effects options. QUAD originally launched as a Reason Rack Extension in 2014, before becoming available as a plug-in for Windows and macOS in 2020. QUAD-2 retains its…

PSPaudioware updates PSP McQ and PSP RetroQ to v1.9.0

PSPaudioware has announced the release of PSP RetroQ v1.9.0 and PSP McQ v1.9.0, major free updates for registered users. This update brings PSP RetroQ and PSP McQ up to date with modern systems and plug-in formats, adding native Apple Silicon support, AAX and VST3 formats, PSP’s latest preset system, updated graphics for high-resolution displays, and…

zc devices launches thicket, a polyphonic modular synth in FREE open beta

Developer zc devices has launched thicket, a polyphonic node-based modular synthesizer available in a free open beta for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The beta runs until November 8, so we all get a chance to try the instrument during development, but this isn’t a permanent freeware release. According to the dev, they spent two years…