Posts by Lasse Eilers

UJAM Finisher Retro: Vintage sound at the twist of a knob

UJAM Finisher RETRO is packed with vintage effects chains, all controlled by just a handful of knobs. Get the classic sounds of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s in the blink of an eye.

Faded Instruments Litbit: The pumping, breathing bit crusher plug-in

Litbit by Faded Instruments is a bit crusher that "breathes" with your audio. Modulate the bit and sample rates with your input signal for a wide range of destructive effects.

AudioThing Things Motor: Hainbach’s intriguing recreation of the Crystal Palace

AudioThing and HAINBACH have teamed up again to create Motor. The unique plug-in takes clues from the experimental Crystal Palace device built for the BBC Radiophonic workshop in the 1960s.

Best free plug-ins this week: Music Pattern Generator, MAutoPitch and FAZU

This week's collection features an awesome Pattern Generator that can break any creative block. We've also got a couple of great, free pitch correction and distortion plug-ins.

Steinberg intros WaveLab Cast for podcasting and social media content creation

Steinberg has released WaveLab Cast, a new version of WaveLab designed as an easy-to-use audio editing solution for podcasting and social media content creation.

EVE Audio unveils the SC4070 studio monitor

EVE Audio celebrates its 10th anniversary with the introduction of the SC4070, a new quad-amped midfield/main monitor that can be used vertically or horizontally.

tc electronic System 6000 Native Series: System 6000 effects for your DAW

tc electronic is bringing the algorithms of the legendary System 6000 hardware processor to your DAW with the System 6000 Native Series.

Best free plug-ins this week: Verbity, SawPluck and FIVER v3

To quench your thirst for free plug-ins this week, we've got a reverb, a synth and a 5-band EQ. Here's Verbity, SawPluck and FIVER v3.

The Cassette Files: Four tracks of pure magic

RIP Lou Ottens, inventor of the compact cassette. We take a look back and discover how today's artists use cassettes to create artistic masterpieces.

Deal: Buy an audio interface and get AmpliTube 5 SE for free!

Here's a great way to step up your guitar recording game: Thomann is throwing in IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 SE for free when you purchase selected audio interfaces – for a limited time only!

Native Instruments and iZotope join forces in a new alliance

Native Instruments and iZotope have announced that they will form a technology alliance. The goal is to cooperate on new products to create "a seamless creative experience".

PreSonus introduces Studio One 5.2 with many new features

PreSonus has updated Studio One to version 5.2. The update brings many improvements, including better handling of articulations and sound variations and new scoring and performance features.

Marantz launches the MPM-4000U USB Podcast Microphone

Marantz Professional has announced the MPM-4000U USB podcast microphone. The condenser mic connects via USB-C to Mac and Windows computers and mobile devices.

Best free plug-ins this week: MGATE-MULTI, Performer Free and MT2

This week, we've got a free multiband gate, a string machine synth for Linux and an emulation of a famous guitar pedal. Here's MGATE-MULTI, Performer Free and MT2.

IK Multimedia Total Studio 3 MAX: IK’s “everything bundle” gets an upgrade

IK Multimedia has updated its massive Total Studio bundle. Total Studio 3 MAX includes no less than 440 GB of sounds and 487 effects for every stage of music production.

Best free plug-ins this week: HUM808, Yoin Reverberator and Rare

Check out these awesome freebies: 808-style sub basses, an experimental reverb and an update for one of the best free Pultec emulations. Here's HUM808, Yoin Reverberator and Rare.

Softube and Empirical Labs team up for some beautiful plug-ins

Softube has teamed up with Empirical Labs to recreate the Mike-E Comp and Lil FrEQ hardware units as plug-ins. And if you're a Console 1 user, you can have it all in one channel strip.

Best free plug-ins this week: HY-ESG, MacPack and Crush

This week's collection of the best free plug-ins features a very cool Euclidian gate sequencer, a bundle of 13 effect plug-ins for Mac and a bit crusher with a few extras.

Focal Clear Mg Professional: A new standard for studio headphones?

Focal has updated its high-end reference headphones. The Clear Mg Professional improves on its predecessor with magnesium cones and an updated design.

Kali Audio introduces the IN-5 active nearfield monitors

Kali Audio has introduced the IN-5 nearfield monitors. With coaxial midrange and HF drivers, the IN-5 features the same concept as the IN-8 in a more compact package.

Best free plug-ins this week: Chorus GAS, HarmonicBoost and BritBundle

This week's collection features a cool 4-voice chorus effect, a harmonic booster and a suite of British-style channel strip plug-ins. Here's Chorus GAS, HarmonicBoost and BritBundle!

Sound Magic Headphone Mix 4 emulates monitor speakers on your headphones

Mixing on headphones can be tricky. Sound Magic Headphone Mix 4 uses a combination of techniques to create the illusion that you're listening to monitor speakers.

Accentize SpectralBalance automatically EQs your speech recordings

Achieving clear, consistent speech recordings can be tricky. Accentize SpectralBalance uses neural networks to adapt the EQ curve in the blink of an eye.

Ableton Live 11 is coming on February 23 – and you can try it now!

Ableton has announced that Live 11 will be released on February 23. But you don't have to wait that long: Join the public beta and try the new version of the DAW for free!