We go behind the scenes in Long Island Sound’s enviable studio. Ireland’s Long Island Sound have been refining their rapturous take on techno for over a decade. From Dublin beginnings to launching the forward-thinking Signs of Space imprint, the duo have performed across Europe, with headline shows in Dublin, Prague, and London’s fabric. Following acclaimed…
HoRNet Online Mastering Service Now Publicly Available
HoRNet Plugins announces the public launch of HoRNet Online Mastering, transitioning from an invite-only beta service to full public availability. The web-based mastering system provides professional audio mastering services featuring four adaptive processing styles designed to automatically adjust to individual track characteristics. Key Features: Four Adaptive Mastering Styles: Vintage (analog warmth from the ’70s-’80s), Modern…
NoiseRverb is a free convolution reverb plugin capturing historic churches in Quito
NoiseRoom UIO has released NoiseRverb, a free convolution reverb plugin that brings the acoustic character of Quito’s historic churches to your DAW. Created by sound designer Jhonatan López (whose free CCMkI: Classic Compressor plugin we featured a while ago) in collaboration with engineers Analí Pinto and Fausto Espinoza, NoiseRverb is more than just a reverb…
Filterverse 1.2 Review + GIVEAWAY
Polyverse Music has carved out a reputation for plugins that don’t just tweak your sound but completely reinvent how you interact with it. From I Wish to Supermodal and freebies like Wider, they’ve always leaned toward tools that sit at the edge of conventional mixing and full-blown sound design. Filterverse is their flagship filter playground,…
Plugin Alliance Releases Shadow Hills OptoMax
Plugin Alliance, Brainworx and Shadow Hills Industries have announced the release of Shadow Hills OptoMax, a new optical compressor plugin. The plugin takes the optical section from the well-regarded Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor as its foundation, expanding on the original design with new features made possible in the digital domain. Brainworx, continuing its partnership with…
Applied Computer Music Technologies releases ACM76SA FET Compressor for Windows and Linux
Applied Computer Music Technologies has released their ACM76SA FET compressor plug-in for Windows and Linux. Inspired by one of the best known vintage FET compressor / limiters, the ACM76SA provides fast attack to tame the most troublesome dynamics, combined with harmonic drive from the transformer-coupled JFET VCA emulation, while the classic ‘All Buttons’ or ‘British’…
How to DJ with Spotify
Game changer alert From the AlphaTheta press release. September 24th, 2025: AlphaTheta announces that its DJ software, rekordbox for Mac/Windows, now supports playback from Spotify. Spotify is the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service, offering over 100 million tracks with billions of playlists in various genres. With this update, using a Spotify Premium account, you can…
Spotify Comes To Serato, Rekordbox & Djay Pro
Serato, Rekordbox, and Djay Pro have added Spotify as a streaming service to their platforms, bringing the world’s most popular music streaming service back to DJing for the first time in many years. All these platforms now let you select Spotify among the current batch of streaming services, a lineup that includes Apple Music, Tidal,…