Legendary New York venues that are now closed DJWORX takes a look at lost New York nightclubs in our ongoing lost nightclub series. From smoky jazz basements in Harlem to glitter-soaked discos in Midtown, from punk dives on the Bowery to all-night house marathons in converted warehouses, New York’s clubs have shaped global music and…

Audioblast has announced the release of MultiFXBlaster, a multi effect plugin with 18 chainable FX in 4 slots. MultiFXBlaster is intended for creative and radical effects. It’s effective on kick drums for creating Hardcore drums, due to the ability to chain 3 or 4 distortions. Features: 18 FX including: distortions/saturations, reverbs, delay, chorus, flanger, phaser,…

Initial Audio has updated SourceLab, focusing on improvements to the Sequencer. Improvements: Complete redesign of the sequencer, making the layout more intuitive and easier to use while being more powerful. The Master sequencers range can now be changed so it doesn’t have to use the entire keyboard range. This also means the master sequencer can…

Dystopian Waves has released Wah Pedal, a new free Windows VST3 audio effect plugin inspired by classic wah-style filtering, with flexible modern control. Wah Pedal offers adjustable sweep range, resonance, and manual or LFO control modes, making it suitable for guitars, synths, drums, and creative sound design. It supports both rhythmic modulation and performance-style automation,…

Cotorro Audio has released Quintuber, a VST3 emulation of five popular vacuum tubes found in many types of audio electronics each known for their unique tone and distortion characteristics.These can be used one at a time or dialed in freely for all five tubes thanks to the plugin’s flexible parallel processing. An unyielding serial processing…

Every turntable released since the Technics 1210 MK2 has tried to copy its layout, feel, and legendary build quality. Technics got everything right with this one, as the Mk2 remains the most sought-after version (later models arguably didn’t improve things). While hi-fi enthusiasts use these turntables to carefully place vinyl and kick back to enjoy…

Immanent Audio has announced the release of Harmonic Saturator, a free musically-voiced VST3-compatible saturation plugin for Windows designed to add harmonic density, weight, and definition while preserving clarity and dynamics. Harmonic Saturator provides classic soft-clipping saturation that enriches transients and adds harmonic complexity, helping tracks feel fuller, more present, and more cohesive in a mix….

Ardour 9.0 is now available with numerous new features, quality-of-life improvements, and bugfixes. Major new features: Pianoroll windows for MIDI editing. New bottom pane in the cue sequencer for editing MIDI and audio clips. Clips recording in the cue sequencer. Region effects. Real-time perceptual analyzer. Note brushing. Keyboard-driven automation editing. Mixer strips importing and exporting…