accSone has announced a free update to crusher-X 12.30 featuring a new In-Grain Panner and a 24 dB ladder filter for the grains, along with automatic tab switching, an extended mapping editor and a reorganised Settings Tab. The In-Grain Panner pans each grain during its runtime, either from one side to the other or from…
Timbre Space releases Vuoksi Additive Synthesizer Plugin for Windows VST3
Timbre Space has released the Windows VST3 version of Vuoksi, its additive synthesizer featuring 16 independently controlled harmonics. Each harmonic features independent gain, pan, detune, ADSR envelopes, and modulation controls. The synthesizer also includes 64-voice polyphony, built-in effects, real-time visualization, and over 80 factory presets. Vuoksi is now available for $60 for Windows (VST3), alongside…
Arvital Audio updates AudioRoute to v1.2.4
Arvital Audio has updated AudioRoute to v1.2.4, a maintenance release focused on the global recording shortcut. On macOS the default shortcut was Cmd+Shift+R, which is the Export Audio shortcut in Ableton Live. AudioRoute registers its shortcut system-wide, so Export stopped working for anyone who had both installed. The default is now Ctrl+Option+R. Existing shortcuts are…
Pointless Audio offers PortaTwin, a FREE Tascam Porta Two-inspired cassette plugin
Pointless Audio offers PortaTwin, a free cassette channel strip inspired by the 1987 Tascam Porta Two Ministudio. So, yet another tape emulation has arrived in what feels like a sea of them lately. I’m all for tape emulations, but I feel like there’s hardly anything new to offer in that segment of the plugin market….
SQ8L returns as a FREE 64-bit Ensoniq SQ-80 synth for macOS, Windows, and Linux
The free SQ8L synth is back as an unofficial 64-bit port for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Siegfried Kullmann’s original Ensoniq SQ-80 emulation was a 32-bit Windows VST, last updated in 2008. Its source code was never released, so the revival team rebuilt the plugin from the original binary. The current release is still a beta,…
XLN Audio RC-20 Retro Color drops to $29 in a 70% off sale
Plugin Boutique is offering XLN Audio RC-20 Retro Color for only $29 until October 16, 2026. That’s 70% off its regular $99 price. You can get RC-20 at Plugin Boutique while the sale is running. We covered a $39 offer in June, and $29 is the lowest price I remember seeing for it. I own…
Variety of Sound releases FREE edgeRunner retrograde analog processor for Windows.
Variety of Sound releases edgeRunner retrograde, a FREE analog processor plugin for Windows. It’s always a good day for Windows users when Variety of Sound releases a new plugin. You’re almost guaranteed to tick every box; it comes from a trusted developer with a history of high-quality releases built on a solid blend of technical…
Formant Shifting Explained
Pitch tells you which note a voice is singing. Formants tell you who is singing it. They are the resonant frequency regions created mainly by the shape of the vocal tract, and they carry both vowel identity and the apparent size of the person producing the sound. Shift pitch without doing anything about them and…