With a new album on the horizon, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith brought the London Contemporary Orchestra to the Barbican for a performance that balanced retrospective and reinvention. We were there to witness Smith push her sound from intimate electronics into rhythm-driven new territory. There is a version of this concert that goes badly. An artist whose…

Scaler Music has announced the release of Carbon Electra 2, a synthesizer plugin featuring wave terrain synthesis and musically meaningful controls. Switch on Scale Lock and select a scale, and certain parameters respond in a more musical way. Oscillator tuning is done in scale degrees, fitting in major, minor or diminished chords. Carbon Electra’s Filter…

Sketch Audio has released Lil’ Doc, a new compressor plugin. Lil’ Doc is a compressor effect based on the muscular vinyl simulation made famous by a workhorse sampler of the early 00s. It’s a powerful effect that’s found a cult following among lo-fi heads, and rightly so. The plug-in features the exact same algorithms as…

No Type No Tag Beats has updated Stuttermation to v1.1.0. This update introduces major new modulation effects, deeper per-block sound design controls, workflow improvements, playback refinements, and a fully polished visual overhaul. Changes in v1.1.0: Added new Bit Env and SR Env envelope editors for per-block bit-depth and sample-rate reduction effects. Added new Freq Env…

Sound Magic has released Harmonia Grand, a new virtual piano instrument featuring two distinct piano characters—Italian F308 and Pop Grand—powered by the latest Neo Piano Yosemite Engine. Sound Magic Says: At the heart of Harmonia Grand is the Italian F308, a Virtuoso Grade Fazioli F308 concert grand selected as one of only four Virtuoso Grade…

Immanent Audio has announced the release of Vibrancy, a parallel processor with unique functionality for clarity control. Add a blend of effects to enhance a dry signal – while maintaining the integrity of the original audio. Vibrancy was kickstarted by logic from both the Harmonic Saturator and Spectral Agent plugins. Key Features Add reverb, saturation,…