Analogue Samples

Noisebud has released Hiss, a spectral processor for targeting resonant and noise-like parts of a signal independently. Hiss began with a mastering problem: a great mix with vocal sibilance that was too sharp, where conventional de-essers, dynamic EQs, and existing spectral processors either did not catch the right part of the sound or changed too…

Waldorf has released Version 2 of its Microwave 1 Plugin, the software recreation of the company’s first hardware synthesizer from 1989. The update raises the instrument’s polyphony from eight voices to 32 by emulating additional voice cards, and adds two arpeggiators, new voice-allocation modes, and a multi-effect delay. The original Microwave was a rackmount wavetable…

Arturia has released Rev OCEAN, a reverb plugin built around a feedback delay network (FDN) reverberator with multi-stage diffusion and three selectable modulation modes. The plugin shares its FDN engine with Arturia’s Efx AMBIENT but pairs it with finer parameter control and a more focused interface aimed at fluid tails and evolving atmospheres rather than…

Waldorf has released Version 2 of its Microwave 1 Plugin, the software recreation of the company’s first hardware synthesizer from 1989. The update raises the instrument’s polyphony from eight voices to 32 by emulating additional voice cards, and adds two arpeggiators, new voice-allocation modes, and a multi-effect delay. The original Microwave was a rackmount wavetable…

Arturia has released Rev OCEAN, a reverb plugin built around a feedback delay network (FDN) reverberator with multi-stage diffusion and three selectable modulation modes. The plugin shares its FDN engine with Arturia’s Efx AMBIENT but pairs it with finer parameter control and a more focused interface aimed at fluid tails and evolving atmospheres rather than…

Jun Murakami has released Synth-80, a software synthesizer inspired by the Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter (Rev.4). According to the developer, the instrument was modeled using more than 100 automated measurement programs covering every circuit and parameter of the original hardware, with DSP tuning carried out alongside a long-term analysis of an MKS-80 Rev.4 unit. The…

D16 Group has announced the release of PunchBox 2, the next generation of its bass drum synthesizer plug-in. The new version features an improved processing engine, a more accessible and streamlined user interface, and a wide range of new features designed to enhance workflow and sound design capabilities: New Wavetable engine for Kick generator. Advanced…

Plughugger has released J60 Heatwave, a soundset for Omnisphere 3 inspired by one of the defining synthesizers of the 1980s: the Roland Juno-60. Built using both the newly added Juno waveforms in Omnisphere 3 and the classic soundsources included in earlier versions, this collection dives into everything that made the instrument popular — warm chorus-drenched…