MeldaProduction has announced the release of version 17.10 of its plugin suite. This update introduces MDrumCleaner, the “ultimate drum bleed treatment”, and marks the official release of the MTurboFilter plugin. MDrumCleaner Drum tracks are notoriously difficult to clean, but MDrumCleaner aims to solve the eternal issue of acoustic bleed once and for all. Built around…
Noisebud Updates Pinky 2 to v2.53 – Static Spectral Mode and Dyn/Stat Blend
Noisebud has updated Pinky 2 to version 2.53, a major update that expands the adaptive spectral balancer with a new Static mode and the ability to blend static and dynamic spectral processing. Pinky can now measure the incoming audio for as long as needed, build an averaged spectral curve, and use the result for static…
Sonora Cinematic Releases Panorama Whitekirk for Kontakt Player
Sonora Cinematic has announced the release of Panorama Whitekirk, the follow-up to the developer’s Panorama Guitars Kontakt Player library – this time recorded inside a medieval church with an interesting acoustic twist. Here’s what they say: Nestled amid the Scottish countryside, in the small village of Whitekirk, stands the historic St Mary’s church. Step into…
The Best Cableguys HalfTime Alternative
Cableguys HalfTime is the plugin that made the slowed, half-speed sound a one-knob move. Drop it on a bus, pull one control, and your beat instantly halves in speed while staying in tempo. It is clean, it is cheap, and it is everywhere in trap and phonk. So why would you look for a Cableguys…
How to Make Halftime Beats (the Easy Way)
Halftime is the trick where the beat drops to half speed while the tempo of the track stays the same – the drums feel twice as slow, heavy and spacious, but everything still lines up on the grid. It is everywhere in trap, phonk, drum and bass and modern hip-hop, and it is one of…
Algoriffix Releases Transkr V4 – MusicXML Export and Saxophone Support
Algoriffix has released Transkr V4, a major update to its audio-to-MIDI plug-in and standalone application for guitar, bass, voice, piano, violin-family instruments and saxophone. Transkr converts performances to MIDI in real time as they are played, and can also transcribe existing recordings. Rather than treating the input as generic audio, Transkr models the instrument being…
Leit Audio Releases Evil Clown – Free Creative Effect (VST3 & AU)
Leit Audio has released Evil Clown, a free creative audio effect for macOS, Windows and Linux that turns incoming sound into the unstable machinery of a broken, possessed sideshow. Evil Clown transforms the source fed into it. Three character controls shape different parts of the effect: SNARL gives the sound a distorted, overdriven character with…
No Type No Tag Beats updates Contraflow to v1.2.0 for Windows
No Type No Tag Beats Contraflow has been updated to version 1.2.0, with a redesigned workspace and improvements to musical generation, MIDI importing, and instrument handling. Contraflow is a Windows VST3 MIDI generator and instrument. Start with your own Harmony MIDI or generate a guide in a chosen key and scale, then build a composition…