Roland has announced JUPITER-08 and n/vision, two compact synthesizers in its Roland Boutique series. JUPITER-08 celebrates the JUPITER-8’s 45th anniversary with a sound engine and interface inspired by the original instrument. n/vision introduces a two-layer wavetable engine with nonlinear wave shaping and extensive modulation. Both models include a K-25m keyboard dock, built-in speakers, battery or…
Vienna Symphonic Library Releases BBO Harps – Three-Harp Ensemble for Big Bang Orchestra
Vienna Symphonic Library has released BBO Harps, a new sample library featuring three harps recorded performing together at Vienna Synchron Stage. The latest addition to the Big Bang Orchestra series includes synchronized glissandos, chords, bisbigliandos, and orchestral effects designed for film, television, and game scoring. BBO Harps features new recordings of harpists Tina Žerdin, Veronika…
Blue Cat Audio updates Axiom to v2.4 and Destructor to v2.1
Blue Cat Audio has released Axiom 2.4, an update to its multi-effects processor and amp simulator for guitar and bass, and Destructor 2.1, an update to its distortion and tone-shaping plug-in. Axiom 2.4 highlights: New plug-in scanner and browser for finding and loading third-party plug-ins. Support for hosting Audio Unit V3 plug-ins on macOS. Improved…
Dropshot Audio releases Tight Lines – Free Dual Band Dynamics Processor (AU, CLAP & VST3)
Dropshot Audio has released Tight Lines, a free dual-band dynamics processor for macOS, Windows and Linux. Tight Lines splits audio into low and high bands, allowing each range to be compressed or expanded independently before being recombined. It covers conventional downward compression and expansion, along with upward dynamics for bringing up detail or holding on…
Create Syncopated 2-Step Grooves Like A Pirate
Inspired by the swung grooves that have travelled from home studios and pirate radio to global festivals, let’s see how to make tight, timeless 2-step beats. UK garage has seen a big resurgence, with names like Sammy Virji playing Coachella. But UKG is a broad umbrella, spanning US imports like Todd Edwards’ Sample Choir E.P,…
Fracture Sounds Releases Free Blueprint: Alt Woodwind Ensemble for Kontakt Player
Fracture Sounds has released Blueprint: Alt Woodwind Ensemble, a free woodwind library for the free Kontakt Player (version 8 or later). It is the latest addition to the company’s Blueprint range of free instruments. The library is built around four instruments you rarely find in large orchestral collections: alto flute, bass flute, bass clarinet and…
Heavyocity Releases Psychosis – Horror and Thriller Scoring Library for Kontakt Player
Heavyocity has released Psychosis, a Kontakt library for horror and thriller scoring. It includes 720 organic sound sources and 332 presets across two instruments, Psychosis Designer and Psychosis Menu. Recorded at Heavyocity’s studios, the source material includes koto, sarangi, rubab, music boxes, toy pianos, thunder sheets, gongs, and resonating metals. Unconventional performances, including scraping, over-bowing,…
PVT Studio releases Gain Curve v1.1 – leveling tool that reads the whole take first (Mac VST3 & AU)
PVT Studio has released Gain Curve 1.1 for macOS, a levelling tool for singers, pianists, podcasters and anyone whose performance goes from a whisper to a shout. Here’s what they say: Where a compressor or a live vocal rider reacts to each moment as it plays, Gain Curve reads the whole recording first and draws…