Antares launches Auto-Key Mobile, a free-to-download music key detection app for iOS devices. At the time of writing, Auto-Key Mobile is iOS only, but an Android version is in the works. Auto-Key Mobile is a straightforward app that utilizes the same algorithm as the flagship Antares plugin, Auto-Tune (speaking of which, here’s our list of…
Native Instruments offers a 50% OFF discount on Kontakt 6 until September 20th. But there’s a way to get it even cheaper. Everyone needs a powerful sound module plugin. A sampler with limitless possibilities and an abundance of available sound libraries is a must-have for a modern producer. If we step aside from the freeware…
We put Cici to task and asked her to run us through her Top Tracks. There’s not much love for “Show Me Love” and even less for David Guetta. Having just released her RA mix, RA.970, there’s never been a better time to ask Cici what tracks helped shape her as a selector. Beyond being…
Jordan Young, AKA DJ Swivel, is a Toronto-born, Grammy-winning producer, mixer and songwriter. Under the mentorship of Ken Duro Ifill, producer and head of Desert Storm Records, Swivel… Read More Read the full story
IK Multimedia is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a pretty sweet birthday deal. The company’s 25th Anniversary Group Buy offer runs up until the 31st of August, so there’s still a little bit of time left to join. When you purchase one of the qualifying plugins or tools, you get to select another one of…
Fanan Team Pro releases Monica 3, a freeware dual-layered 90’s style synth VST plugin (64-bit VST2/VST3) for Windows. Before Monica 3, Fanan Team Pro released Monica, then Monica Evo. Monica 3 is a dual-layered synth featuring two high dynamic range oscillators. The structure of having two contrasting oscillators has remained from Monica Evo. Oscillator one…
Apisonic Labs releases Speedrum (€49), an MPC-style drum/percussion sampler plugin. We are taking a closer look at the full version of Speedrum and giving away three free copies of the software to three lucky BPB readers. Speedrum is the powerful but easy-to-use bigger brother of the free Speedrum Lite sampler plugin which we covered last…
Get inspired by disco and funk and bake your own dirty, rezzy filtered Rhodes electric piano. Usually, Synth Secrets is all about synthetic tones – analogue bass, FM leads, wavetable madness. But there’s something to be said for more organic tones too. If you’re working in genres like disco, funk or soul, a good electric…