Psytrance Plugins has released JLoopz, an online DAW to create electronic music designed for beginners. Sequence loops and patterns, upload to a 150 MB storage, use +2.5 GB samples/loops library, insert FX and create tracks from scratch. Prices: $15 for the first 15 users ($30 after). Read More Read the full story
Cableguys releases TimeStop and launches Black Friday Sale
Cableguys have released TimeStop, a new creative tape-stop plugin designed to be “the fastest, most intuitive way to get tape-stops that always fit your track”. The company have also launched their biggest ever Black Friday Sale, with discounts on ShaperBox 3 and Cableguys Bundle (includes new TimeStop), along with single plugin deals on VolumeShaper, Snapback,…
FSVR brings the Yamaha FS1R to your DAW as a FREE synth plugin
Musica Studio’s FSVR is a free, open-source recreation of the Yamaha FS1R for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The original FS1R is a 1998 rackmount synth that combined FM with formant synthesis. It can produce all of those classic metallic and glassy FM tones, but its formant sequences can also give you moving, voice-like textures you…
Safari Audio launches Everything Bundle V2 with 16 plugins
Safari Audio has launched Everything Bundle V2, a collection of 16 effects, instruments, and studio tools for macOS and Windows. The new bundle updates the effects lineup with redesigned interfaces, a shared preset browser, revised processing algorithms, and new controls in individual plugins. It also includes Cosmic Parrot Echo, a new tape-style delay exclusive to…
NopeAudio releases NopeScope, a FREE oscilloscope plugin
Developer NopeAudio has released NopeScope, a free oscilloscope plugin for macOS and Windows that lets you compare two signals and inspect separate frequency layers. Oscilloscopes are pretty useful when a kick and bass, or any other clashing elements, are fighting for the same space. Seeing when their waveforms overlap can help you decide whether to…
Morphoice releases ChipTune, a FREE SID chip synth (beta)
Morphoice has released ChipTune, a free beta synthesizer that recreates the Commodore 64’s SID sound chip. I’m a massive, massive SID fan. The Commodore 64 was the first computer I ever owned, and the tones from those early game tunes are engraved in my brain. The NES and Game Boy sounds are dear to me…
Soundtrap adds third-party VST3 and AU effects to collaborative projects
Soundtrap now supports third-party effects plugins in its collaborative music production app. The update lets you use effects already installed on your computer while working on a project with someone elsewhere. The point of Soundtrap’s new plugin support is that your collaborator can hear the processed track without having the same plugin. That could save…
Ben Turner: “It’s A Thin Line Between True Curation And Gatekeeping”
Ben Turner on why promoters have no excuse left, and why nurturing new talent is a long-term investment. Debates about representation in electronic music tend to get heated fast. Comment threads and panel soundbites distort arguments that deserve more space, whether that’s about lineup balance, studio access, mentorship or safety. At the heart of the…