Posts by Lasse Eilers

Best free plug-ins this week: Ocean Swift Synthesis, Surge 1.9 and G395a

If you’re a synth geek, you’re going to love this week’s collection of free plug-ins! We've got a whole bunch of free synths, and a vintage 3-band EQ to round things off.

Avantone Gauss 7 reference monitor: vintage sound, modern specs?

Avantone's Gauss 7 bears a legendary name and claims to deliver the "old-school snap" of vintage monitors - for less than $800 per pair. Interesting!

Swissonic NT10A and T204: affordable nearfield monitors for your studio

Swissonic has launched two new active nearfield monitors. The Swissonic NT10A and T204 are affordable, bi-amped designs inspired by famous studio classics.

Best free plug-ins this week: Pedalboard, Brandulator 2.0 and Blumlein Haas

This weeks collection of free plug-ins includes a free pedalboard, a complex sound processor and a fun stereo tool. Here’s Pedalboard, Brandulator 2.0 and Blumlein Haas.

Sound Particles Brightness Panner is a frequency-dependent motion effect

Sound Particles Brightness Panner is a creative panning plug-in that moves your audio tracks around in space depending on their pitch or frequency content.

AudioThing Things Tilt: Tilt EQ plug-in for €9, plus loads of anniversary deals

AudioThing Things Tilt is a tilt EQ that lets you make quick frequency adjustments. And during the company's anniversary sale, it's just €9 – or even free!

Deal: Buy a microphone and get iZotope software for free!

Here's your chance to get iZotope RX 8 Elements and Nectar Elements for free when you buy a microphone for podcasting, streaming and vocal recording!

Plugin Alliance introduces Brainworx bx_limiter True Peak

Plugin Alliance has released Brainworx bx_limiter True Peak. The developer says that the new plug-in avoids many of the problems that plague traditional true peak limiters.

Best free plug-ins this week: SPACEXPANDER, Mackity and Reverse Delay

In this week’s collection of the best free plug-ins: a spring reverb for Reason, an emulation of a classic Mackie mixer and a reverse delay.

K-Devices Shaper 2: Modular multi FX plug-in destroys your audio

K-Devices Shaper 2 is a modular multi FX plug-in that attacks your audio with waveshaper, transform, glitch gate and resonator modules. Turn your tracks into a digital pile of rubble!

Best free plug-ins this week: PajSoil EiS, Bjorn and Galactic

This Sunday, join us for an easter egg hunt for new free plug-ins! We've got an awesome "limitless" compressor, a performance filter and a reverb from outer space.

Deal: 40% off D16 Group plug-ins and virtual instruments

D16 Group's spring sale is a great opportunity to save on the company's awesome effect plug-ins and software instruments. Get 40% off D16 Group plug-ins!

Nord Piano 5: two sizes, two layers, twice the memory

The new Nord Piano 5 comes with twice the memory size for the piano and synth sections. They've also doubled up the sections for enhanced splits and layers. What else is new?

iZotope Spire Studio 2: the portable, hybrid recording system gets an upgrade

iZotope's Spire is a unique hybrid system for recording anywhere. The second generation comes with better preamps, more memory, better battery life and other improvements.

Pioneer DJ introduces the VM series active monitor speakers

Pioneer DJ has introduced the VM series active monitors. And they're not just for your home DJ setup: Pioneer DJ says that the VM-50, VM-70 and VM-80 are neutral enough for music production, as well.

ODDSound MTS-ESP Suite: Set your tuning free at last

ODDSound MTS-ESP is a new system that lets you create and sync alternative tunings across your plug-ins and MIDI devices. A breakthrough in microtonal composition?

Tone Empire Reelight Pro aims to reinvent the reel

Tone Empire has released Reelight Pro. The plug-in brings emulations of six analog tape machines to your DAW. Have they reinvented the reel?

Best free plug-ins this week: SpikeQ, Puppy Snuggles and MTB

In this week's collection of free plug-ins, Low Wave Studios is back with a transient shaper, Owl O'Lantern releases a cuddly tremolo and Matthieu Brucher adapts the Metal Zone for bass.

Behringer BU100: USB boundary mic for chatting, streaming and podcasting

Behringer has announced the BU100 USB boundary microphone. Designed for streaming, podcasting and conferencing, the BU100 can simply be placed on the table in front of you.

Focal Alpha Evo series monitors: upgraded design and many new features

Focal has announced the Alpha Evo series studio monitors. The Alpha 50 Evo and Alpha 65 Evo feature new materials, more inputs and a refreshed design.

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.