Engine DJ has announced version 5.0 of its software, available today across both its embedded hardware OS and the Engine DJ Desktop app. The headline feature is on-board stems rendering on the Rane System One, which makes it the first standalone DJ system able to render stems without a computer. The release also rolls out…
schulz.audio releases Tonebreaker British Blues Overdrive Plugin (VST, AU & AAX)
schulz.audio has announced the release of Tonebreaker, a new plugin for macOS and Windows. Powered by Schulz’s True Circuit Simulation technology, Tonebreaker delivers a faithful recreation of the classic British blues overdrive — complete with speaker cabinet and amp room modeling for a fully immersive sound. Features: True Circuit Simulation: At the heart of Schulz…
Mercurial Tones releases Vanguard Bus Compressor (VST3 & AU)
Mercurial Tones has released Vanguard, a bus compression, saturation and clipping plugin. Bus compressors have been chasing the same fixed-curve formula for 50 years. Vanguard scraps it. The saturation listens. RSX — the Reactive Spectral Saturation Engine — analyzes your source in real time and reshapes its harmonic curve to match: pulling mud out of…
SMAOLAB updates its VST3/AU/CLAP audio plugins with Apple Silicon compatibility
SMAOLAB has optimized the following Audio plugins to be Apple Silicon compatible: Akira-Filter. Akira-Lead. YamaTube-Free. YamaTube-Pro. Tarabia (Free). Tarabia MKII (Pro). Taratube (Free). TaraLead (Free). You can get the updates directly from KVR website or on the SMAOLAB website. Read More Read the full story
Viator DSP releases Meridian Channel Strip Plugin (VST3 & AU)
Viator DSP has released Meridian, a fully-featured channel strip plugin for macOS and Windows. It covers the entire mix chain in one place: high-pass and low-pass filtering, preamp saturation, a 4-band pre-EQ, compressor, deesser, a 4-band post-EQ, stereo widener, bus compressor, and a look-ahead limiter. Each section can be bypassed independently and the signal order…
DataMind Audio updates Refractalizer to v1.2
DataMind Audio has announced the release of Refractalizer 1.2, the latest evolution of the granular synthesiser plugin, featuring a complete onboard effects section, a new on-screen keyboard, a deeper modulation engine and a fresh wave of factory content. New in Refractalizer v1.2 Four new FX modules: Filter, Chorus, Flanger and Phaser. A complete onboard effects…
Sonic Republic releases Pluginize! Plugin Manager for macOS with Waves & UAD bundle-level control
Sonic Republic has released Pluginize!, a native macOS application that scans, catalogs, and organizes installed audio plugins across AU, VST, VST3, AAX, CLAP, Universal Audio (UAD DSP and UAD Spark), and Waves. Pluginize! is the first plugin manager that handles individual Waves bundles and individual UAD plug-ins as separate items, rather than only operating at…
Superbooth 2026: KVR’s Week in Berlin
This was Superbooth’s tenth edition at FEZ Berlin, and it remains unlike anything else on the audio calendar. Founded by Peter Kirn and grown from the Musikmesse fringe scene into the industry’s most watched hardware showcase, the annual Berlin event has a character that trade shows in convention centers simply cannot replicate. The setting helps:…