max1mus audio has released Mult1Comp, a multiband compressor and frequency router for surround and immersive mixing. Mult1Comp does three jobs Surround multiband compressor: On a surround channel from 5.1 up to 9.1.6, every speaker splits into up to eight bands, the heights and the LFE included, and every band has its own compressor. Timing follows…
Marula Music Releases Veld – Multiband Stereo Width Plugin (AU, CLAP & VST3)
Marula Music has released Veld, a stereo width plugin for shaping the stereo image across up to four frequency bands. It allows users to keep bass centered while widening upper frequencies, or generate stereo width from mono sources. The Stereo Engine offers Haas delay, Allpass decorrelation, Velvet noise and Chorus modulation. Its Anchor processing keeps…
2B Played Music releases 2B Shaped 2 Multi-Effect Plugin 17 Creative Effects (VST3, AU & AAX)
2B Played Music has announced the release of 2B Shaped 2, a new multi-effect plugin featuring 17 creative effect modules, drawable motion shapes, dynamic modulation and advanced sidechain control. 2B Shaped 2 combines Volume, Filter, Pan, Delay, Reverb, Flanger, Pitch, Crusher, Phaser, Distortion, Noise, Scrub, Resonator, RingShift, Unison/Wide, Formant and Compressor/Expander in a flexible effect…
Dropshot Audio releases Bagels V2 – Free Resonant Filter-Bank Synthesizer (VST3, AU & CLAP)
Dropshot Audio has announced the release of Bagels V2 v1.0, describing it as “a proper release, with a whole lot of work under the hood and a much nicer instrument to use”. Changes: Updated UI throughout — new knobs, sliders, displays, cleaner modulation matrix controls, and generally a more finished visual language. Optional output limiter,…
Minikod releases VST3/AU Plugins for Hardware Synthesizer DAW Integration
Minikod has released a range of VST3/AU plugins for Windows and macOS that aim to bridge the gap between hardware synthesizers and DAW-based workflows, covering popular instruments from Moog, Arturia, Behringer, Erica Synths, and Korg. The plugins come in two series: The Recall series addresses a common hardware limitation: synths with no patch memory. Each…
Best DJ Cartridges We’ve Tested: DJWORX Archive Picks
DJ cartridges are one of those purchases that look simple until you try to choose one. Output level, tracking, stylus shape, record wear, scratching, DVS use and replacement-stylus cost all matter. DJWORX has tested cartridges across different eras, so this is not a list assembled from current product pages; it is a guide to the…
Ortofon Concorde Generations Explained: A DJWORX Guide
Ortofon Concorde cartridges have been hanging off DJ tonearms for decades, but “Concorde” is not a single cartridge. The name covers generations of models aimed at mixing, scratching, timecode, general club use and more specialist jobs. If you are buying replacements now — especially on the used market — it helps to understand the broad…
Iced Audio updates AudioCortex 2 Nova to 2.5 Beta 9 – Six Scopes in the Library, a Modular Rack in Nodes
Iced Audio has released AudioCortex 2 Nova 2.5 Beta 9 for macOS, a free update for everyone on the public beta. The Library’s preview strip now shows six scopes, one at a time: Waveform, Spectrogram, Chroma, Loudness, Stereo, and Balance against a reference track. Pick one from the pop-up on its bar; a playhead follows…