Emulating classic synthesizers for plugins is something of a dark art. We talk to Cherry Audio to find out how they turned the rare Roland SH-5 into their newest plugin, SH-MAX. Cherry Audio has an astonishing work schedule. Their latest plugin, SH-MAX, is their 37th instrument in eight years. Given the speed with which they…
Butch – “Creativity Comes From Working, Not Waiting”
With the release of his new single “Formula E” on DJ Tennis’ Life and Death label, we caught up with the ever-inventive German producer and DJ Butch for a quick Q&A. What’s your greatest fear? Outliving my children. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Losing time to pointless internet distractions. If you weren’t making or playing…
DJ Jazzy Jeff’s Genre System: How A Legend Organises 40 Years Of Music
Want to see how a legend organises music? In this free lesson from DJ Jazzy Jeff’s How To DJ Right (just one of the full suite of DJ and production courses you get with an All-Access Pass), Jeff opens up his Serato library and walks us through how he thinks about genres and styles –…
Auburn Sounds updates all plug-ins, adds mouse wheel support
Auburn Sounds has updated its suite of seven plugins: Couture v1.10. Graillon v3.2. Inner Pitch v2.1. Lens v1.4. Panagement v2.8. Renegate v1.6. Selene v1.1. This maintenance release introduces new features and critical fixes (e.g: CLAP + Bitwig fix), including mouse wheel support for parameters, I2 mode for Graillon, and an improved Auburn OS featuring faster…
Quagliardi Pro Audio releases BoomBlender Compressor Plugin
Quagliardi Pro Audio has released BoomBlender: a digital emulation of the “BOOM” function from the Quagliardi 576 FET Compressor. This circuit is known for its distinctive expansion-compression behavior, adding body and personality to sources like drum buses, vocals, bass, and more. A key part of the concept is using the Mix knob for parallel processing…
Artists in DSP Releases Amorph – Free Text-to-DSP Plugin That Turns Ideas Into Instruments/FX
Artists in DSP has announced the release of a beta version of Amorph, describing it as “the first audio plugin that turns plain English (or any language) text into working audio effects and instruments2. Artists in DSP is releasing Amorph for free with the goal of democratizing audio programming. The team believes that AI should…
Nikolozi releases Mela v7.0 for macOS and iOS
Nikolozi has updated Mela, a modular AUv3 plug-in for iOS and macOS, to version 7.0. Versions 6.1–6.14 delivered feature-rich updates that significantly expanded Mela’s core functionality, introducing Group and Stack modules, expanded MIDI and synthesis capabilities, and ongoing workflow, performance, and UI improvements. Mela 7.0 adds long-awaited Undo and Redo, generalises Perform View into remote…
Softube Releases Weiss DS5 Multiband Compressor – Expansion of Weiss Complete Collection 3
Softube has announced the release of the Weiss DS5 Multiband Compressor, a digital dynamics processor developed in collaboration with Weiss Engineering. The plugin functions as a five-band multiband compressor, utilizing line-by-line code ports of the Weiss DS1-MK3 algorithms for each individual band. The processor is designed for mastering, mix bus, and individual track applications where…