Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Overloud’s Dopamine gives your audio a shot of tape sizzle

Dopamine simulates the process of magnetic tape noise reduction, which involves dynamically "brightening" the signal - can this new plug-in live up to the marketing hype?

Grab a multi-effect, a saturator, and a drum machine for free!

We have lined up three fantastic free plug-ins that showed up this week. They include an awesome multi-effect by HY Plug-ins, an authentic tube saturator by WaveArts, and a drum machine rompler by ...

mood is a Model D clone for the iPad like you haven’t seen before

iOS synth pioneers apeSoft released mood, best described as a Model D from 2021. Its interface looks like a spaceship command terminal, while the sound remains grounded in the last century...

Magix Sequoia 14 brings time stretching, Melodyne, audio restoration

Magix's venerable Sequoia DAW gets an update to v14 (!), with some useful new additions that should bolster its professional image and alternative to Pro Tools.

NI releases Thrill, a scarily priced spooky sound generator

A new VSTi producing suspenseful soundscapes and FX, Thrill uses the Kontakt 5 sampler and sports a huge 30GB library as well as a neat GUI - but unfortunately also a frighteningly high price tag.

Go hard or go soft on your mix with Tokyo Dawn’s new DeEdger plug-in

The DeEdger is a rather intriguing transient shaper with the purpose of controlling a signal – or an entire mix's – "hardness", of sorts. But what features does this new tool bring to the transient-shaping ...

Dead Duck’s free Synth and Effect bundles will rock your socks off!

You might have your needs covered by other VSTs and effects bundles, but can you ever have enough quality plug-ins? Head over to Dead Duck's and check out these two free FX bundles...

Get epic build-ups with Endless Smile by the makers of Sausage Fattener!

Dada's new ridiculous-until-you-actually-use-it plug-in is called the Endless Smile. It employs a secret combination of filtering, phasing, distortion, LFOs, reverbs, and audio displacement effects...

Why music producers shouldn’t fret over 2017 MacBook Pros

Those who bought 2016 MacBooks this or last year have no compelling reason to upgrade to the new machines. They will be just fine bashing out bangers on their laptops for another year or two before upgrading...

Waves cross-bred an EQ and compressor plug-in and called it the F6

This isn't another vintage EQ sim like the many flooding the market on a weekly basis. Rather, Waves' new F6 EQ is unabashedly digital and designed as a "surgical" tool for critical frequency correction.

Antelope Audio launches Orion Studio HD interface for Pro Tools rigs

This is Antelope's third product to offer complete Pro Tools | HD and Native compatibility, accomplished via HDX and USB 3.0 for zero-latency streaming and 24-bit/192 kHz audio processing.

BeatSkillz’s free “intelligent” MAX-1 compressor could easily have cost 30 bucks

Surprisingly, BeatSkillz has decided to release its new MAX-1 "intelligent" compressor for free, even though the functionality on offer would be appropriate for a $30 price tag.

Sennheiser has a new pair of headphones – for rich Pink Floyd fans

Sennheiser is commemorating "Their Mortal Remains" – Pink Floyd's V&A retrospective – with a special pair of its Momentum HD 1 wireless headphones. Wait till you find out what they cost.

UAD software version 9.2 introduces exclusive plug-ins by Antares and Softube

Universal Audio's plug-in and hardware DSP package is in the "big boys" league when it comes to computer audio. Both its original software, authentic vintage hardware emulations, and hardware products are...

Sound Forge pro audio editor gets a second life thanks to MAGIX

Notable additions to SF Pro Mac 3 include loudness metering and the iZotope Plug-ins RX Elements and Ozone 7 Elements. MAGIX also added support for 64-Bit float/192kHz/32 channels...

EchoMelt is a warbly multi-fx plug-in for face-melting tunes

EchoMelt is a new multi-FX plug-in focussing on Chorus, Echo, saturation, a parametric EQ, and a proprietary "Melt" effect. Serious business!

zenAud.io ALK promises no-frills fun with loops and sequences

zenAud.io is gearing up to release ALK, a colourful sequencing and looping platform for Mac computers with a focus on performance capabilities that could appeal to the Ableton Live crowd...

Learn the basics of music production with Ableton – for free

Learning Music offers a series of short tutorials that demonstrate concepts taken straight out of Ableton Live's clips-based workflow with some light music theory on the side...

Tap this! D16 announces its powerhouse Tekturon tap delay plug-in

D16 Group's new Tekturon sounds like the secret lovechild of an analogue delay effect and a drum sequencer, with a 'Delay Matrix' letting you access many parameters very quickly. Intrigued? We are.

Overloud’s Tapedesk: A new standard for analogue sound in DAW mixing workflows?

Tapedesk is Overloud's attempt at simulating the sound of an all-analogue mixing workflow - a mixing console hooked up to a tape machine - in one plug-in, an approach we've never seen before.

Smack up your drums with Waves’ new Smack Attack transient shaper

Calling Smack Attack a "secret weapon for mixing drums and all other percussive instruments", Waves' new tool lets you smack those drums around like Bonzo in his prime.

Synsonic’s free BD-808 and BD-909 plug-ins give you some kicks!

The free BD-808 and BD-909 plug-ins are both sonically close to Roland's originals, so they should provide plenty of boom and punch. Did we mention they cost nothing?

SoundBridge: a new completely free DAW now on Kickstarter

The makers of a a new DAW named SoundBridge are seeking your backing on Kickstarter - this is no "starter" DAW but a complete package featuring online courses and collaboration tools...

Reshape lets you get tactile with several effects

There are plenty of apps and plug-ins built upon the concept of XY pad-controlled effects. But this one lets you record your movements on said pads in real-time for interesting modulation...