As the famed music instrument show marked its 125th birthday, we hit the Anaheim show floor once again to find out what’s hot, what’s not, and whether it’s possible to escape the constant AI chatter. Korg Phase8 Announced in fall of 2025, the Phase8 captured the imagination of synth enthusiasts worldwide. Korg finally unveiled this…
There’s a view online that keeps coming back: if you need DJ lessons, you probably shouldn’t bother DJing at all. The skills are simple enough to figure out yourself, and anyone with real potential will pick it up after a couple of YouTube videos and some time messing about with software. If it hasn’t “clicked”…
Viator DSP has announced the release of Ripper, a distortion plugin designed as a free, sonically-rich alternative to popular analog-style distortion tools. It combines multiple distortion models with flexible tone shaping and dynamic control, allowing anything from subtle harmonic enhancement to aggressive saturation and sound design. At its core, Ripper provides a Drive control to…
Bela D Media has announced the release of Vocal Tools Scipio, a new Kontakt library featuring a baritone soloist inspired by gospel tradition and shaped by themes of historical struggle. Scipio offers a collection of sung words that can be played as-is or combined in innovative ways. The enhanced legato feature ensures that these sung…
Aqeel Aadam Sound has updated Outgrowth to v1.0.4 for Windows, macOS and iOS. This version includes double the number of presets and samples by BlankFor.ms, including a number of presets with a focus on multi-sample playback. This version also adds: An all-new Loop option for Stem, for simply looping sections of the sample with a…
Kobito has announced that GrabTracks v2.0 is now available. This update adds a new way of working with layers and context, while keeping the workflow lightweight and exploratory. New in Version 2 External Sample Lane: Drag and drop any audio to layer with your current track. The External Lane uses the same effect chain as…
DSPTone has announced the release of a new plugin called ExoDelay. We are (DSPTone) the company, that already have 10 years skill of the audio fx production at the market. But now we focused at the new brand and present to you (with big love) our audio-fx ideas, as musicians – for musicians. First plugin…
GS DSP has announced the release of Quantum Delay Lite, a free VST3, AU and AAX plugin for macOS, Windows and iOS, along with updates for all GS DSP plugins to 2026.0. Quantum Delay Lite Quantum Delay Lite is a free lite version of Quantum Delay. Get the full version for complete control and advanced…