Blueprint: Wurli from Fracture Sounds is the 26th and latest addition to the stellar series, and it’s something of a return to the project’s genesis for Fracture Sounds. The Blueprint series started with Electric Keys, a sampled Fender Rhodes Mk1, and Wurli is revisiting the vintage electric piano genre. This time, Fracture Sounds has sampled…
Emulating classic synthesizers for plugins is something of a dark art. We talk to Cherry Audio to find out how they turned the rare Roland SH-5 into their newest plugin, SH-MAX. Cherry Audio has an astonishing work schedule. Their latest plugin, SH-MAX, is their 37th instrument in eight years. Given the speed with which they…
With the release of his new single “Formula E” on DJ Tennis’ Life and Death label, we caught up with the ever-inventive German producer and DJ Butch for a quick Q&A. What’s your greatest fear? Outliving my children. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Losing time to pointless internet distractions. If you weren’t making or playing…
Want to see how a legend organises music? In this free lesson from DJ Jazzy Jeff’s How To DJ Right (just one of the full suite of DJ and production courses you get with an All-Access Pass), Jeff opens up his Serato library and walks us through how he thinks about genres and styles –…
Auburn Sounds has updated its suite of seven plugins: Couture v1.10. Graillon v3.2. Inner Pitch v2.1. Lens v1.4. Panagement v2.8. Renegate v1.6. Selene v1.1. This maintenance release introduces new features and critical fixes (e.g: CLAP + Bitwig fix), including mouse wheel support for parameters, I2 mode for Graillon, and an improved Auburn OS featuring faster…
Quagliardi Pro Audio has released BoomBlender: a digital emulation of the “BOOM” function from the Quagliardi 576 FET Compressor. This circuit is known for its distinctive expansion-compression behavior, adding body and personality to sources like drum buses, vocals, bass, and more. A key part of the concept is using the Mix knob for parallel processing…
Artists in DSP has announced the release of a beta version of Amorph, describing it as “the first audio plugin that turns plain English (or any language) text into working audio effects and instruments2. Artists in DSP is releasing Amorph for free with the goal of democratizing audio programming. The team believes that AI should…
Nikolozi has updated Mela, a modular AUv3 plug-in for iOS and macOS, to version 7.0. Versions 6.1–6.14 delivered feature-rich updates that significantly expanded Mela’s core functionality, introducing Group and Stack modules, expanded MIDI and synthesis capabilities, and ongoing workflow, performance, and UI improvements. Mela 7.0 adds long-awaited Undo and Redo, generalises Perform View into remote…
