Autodafe has released Vintage Emulator Studio (VES) v0.9.289.1, the first maintenance update to the recently released MAME-based virtual instrument environment. The new version focuses mainly on MIDI handling, ROM diagnostics, CPU usage and a number of fixes reported after the initial release. New in v0.9.289.1: Improved MIDI and SysEx handling across several machines. Fixed Pitch…
Morphulus updates Spectrus to v1.6.0 – New NAM Loader, Vintage Opto Phaser, 2 Amps, 3 Distortion Pedals
Morphulus has updated Spectrus to v1.6.0, a free update to its modular multi-effect processor with Neural Amp Modeler capture player, a vintage opto phaser, two new amps and three new pedals, and the rack grows to eight slots with free-form routing between them. New in 1.6.0: NAM Loader – A player for Neural Amp Modeler…
The Note Audio releases VerbKnife and ToneKnife – Tone Shaping Plugins
The Note Audio has released VerbKnife and ToneKnife, two tone shaping plugins built on a shared analysis engine. VerbKnife applies it to the decay and ambience a source carries; ToneKnife combines it with a compressor and an upward expander. The Note Audio says. Recorded material, virtual instruments and audio samples all arrive with ambience of…
discoDSP releases Discovery Pro 9.3, OPL 3.1 synths, Bliss Sampler 3.23 and ThrillMe Compressor 3.13
discoDSP has announced four updates for their range of plugins. Discovery Pro loads Nord Sample Library files and plays stereo waves in stereo, Bliss imports sfArk and ReCycle REX, OPL gains an AN1x-style unison, and ThrillMe gets five saturation circuits per band. Discovery Pro 9.4 Discovery Pro is a virtual analog synthesizer and sampler with…
Best Halftime Plugins for Trap & Phonk (2026)
The halftime drop – where the beat suddenly slows to half speed while the tempo stays put – is the backbone of trap, phonk and a lot of modern hip-hop. It is the moment the drums get twice as heavy and the whole track leans back. These are the plugins that make it happen in…
The Best Stutter Edit Alternative for Beat Repeat
iZotope’s Stutter Edit 2 changed how producers think about glitch. Instead of drawing stutters onto a grid, you play them – buffer repeats, rolls and gates triggered from your MIDI keyboard like an instrument. It is powerful and performance-focused, and for live glitch design there is nothing quite like it. But that power comes with…
A Gross Beat Alternative That Works in Any DAW
Image-Line’s Gross Beat is one of the most loved time-and-volume tools in modern production. Trap producers use it for halftime and gating, phonk producers use it for stutters and scratches, and everyone uses it for those drag-and-drop time patterns that make a beat lurch and breathe. There is just one problem, and it is a…
SKR4CH is a FREE browser-based waveform designer for synths and samplers
SKR4CH is a free browser-based tool for designing single-cycle waveforms, wavetable frame sets, and sustained samples. This is a surprisingly capable waveform editor that runs directly in your browser. It’s pretty intuitive, and you can use it to build oscillator material for compatible synthesizers and samplers. It reminded me of the Waved Studio editor that we…