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Spitfire Audio - News and Rumours
You want all the latest news, rumours and everything else there’s to know about Spitfire Audio? We're happy to oblige: On this page you’ll find everything at a glance – and it’s always up to date!
SOUNDS AND PRESETS
Sounds and Presets – Moog Muse, Korg NAUTILUS and GForce Artist Presets
09 Oct 2024 · This week we have some of the first 3rd party preset packs for the new Moog Muse, plus some spooky Halloween sounds for KORG NAUTILUS and KRONOS users!
SOUNDS AND PRESETS
Sounds and Presets: Tap Into Trevor Horn’s Impressive Library
14 Aug 2024 · Trevor Horn is one of the most influential producers of the last 40 years. Now you can access some of his most prized sounds for less!
Spitfire Audio Transphobia row: co-founder Christian Henson steps down
06 Sep 2022 · The Spitfire Audio Transphobia row has erupted across social media, following comments on Twitter by co-founder Christian Henson.
Samples of the week: Beat Machine, Vienna MIR Pro 3D, Empire Breaks
14 Jul 2022 · Samples of the week is here with new releases by IK Multimedia, Vienna MIR Pro 3D, Native Instruments, Rast Sound (VoxPlay), and freebies!
Samples of the week: Polaris, Polyscape 2, Voices of Wind and Freebies
13 Apr 2022 · This week, the samples party has Polaris and Polyscape 2 turning strings into radical sound generators. We have some freebies in there, too!
Spitfire Audio Polaris: Orchestra epically emulating classic synths
08 Apr 2022 · Synthesizers were created to emulate instruments but in a deliciously perverse twist, Polaris is what happens when a modern string orchestra imitates classic synth sounds.
Best free plug-ins this week: Glass Piano, Drum8 and TheSplit
06 Feb 2022 · This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins includes Philip Glass's piano, a cool drum ROMpler and a useful signal splitter.
Best free plug-ins this week: PREDD, Deep Jupiter and LABS Electric Guitars
31 Oct 2021 · This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins brings you a vintage mic preamp, classic synth bass sounds and some otherworldly electric guitars.
Best free plug-ins this week: GSat+, Yumbu 2 and Bass Guitar
06 Jun 2021 · Celebrate the arrival of summer with these great free plug-ins! We’ve got a saturator, a drum sampler and the latest addition to Spitfire Audio’s LABS series.
Best New Sample Packs: A BBC orchestra, Asian instruments, lo-fi soul and a toy keyboard
23 May 2020 · New sample packs! The sounds of the Yamaha PSR-78, a chill beats package, superb digital versions of traditional Chinese instruments, lo-fi instrumentals, and a BBC Symphony Orchestra. Phew!
Westworld Scoring Competition: win Spitfire Audio products worth EUR 23,000!
05 May 2020 · Here's your chance to win tens of thousands of euros worth of Spitfire Audio products! All you have to do is score a scene from HBO's Westworld TV Series.
Free plug-ins this week: Neutrox Creme Rinse, Cassette Transport, Trumpet Fields
22 Mar 2020 · What's better to keep yourself occupied in self-isolation than free plug-ins? This week, we've got a new multi-effects rack, a tape transport simulation and some otherworldly trumpets.
Best free plug-ins this week: Rare Groove Piano, Rough Rider 3 and SN06-G
02 Feb 2020 · Welcome to another round of free plug-ins! This week's collection brings you a vintage electric piano, an update for one of the most popular free compressors and an op-amp drive emulation.
NAMM 2020: Spitfire Audio Albion NEO modern cinematics
17 Jan 2020 · Spitfire Audio is launching the next chapter in the Albion series. It's called NEO and is a modern cinematic collection of small orchestra and intimate strings threaded through their synthesis engine.
Best free plug-ins this week: LABS Strings 2, SeteChave and SN-05G
05 Jan 2020 · New year, new free plug-ins! This week, we've got a new release in the Spitfire Audio Labs series, and not one, but two free compressors. Check out LABS Strings 2, SeteChave and SN-05G.
Best free plug-ins this week: Brutal 2, London Atmos and Rough Rider 2
01 Sep 2019 · This week, our list of the best free plug-ins starts off with a cool 3-oscillator synth. There's also been a new Spitfire LABS release (yay!). Check out Brutal 2, London Atmos and Rough Rider 2.
Spitfire Audio brings the BBC Symphony Orchestra to your DAW and it’s huge
30 Aug 2019 · Spitfire Audio has teamed up with the BBC Symphony Orchestra to create an orchestral sample library of epic proportions. 99 players, 418 techniques per instrument, 11 mic positions – it's madness.
Best free plug-ins this week: Hand Bells, Vos Contemporary, SP22
11 Aug 2019 · This week, we have two awesome free sound libraries for you, as well as an unconventional sample recorder / editor. Check out Hand Bells, Vos Contemporary, and SP22.
ORBIS: The World Synthesizer from Spitfire and David Fanshawe
18 Jul 2019 · ORBIS is the latest instrument from sampling supremos Spitfire delving into the extraordinary archive recordings of global sonic explorer David Fanshawe.
Best free plug-ins this week: loads of free sounds and a Swedish saturator
31 Mar 2019 · It's time for our line-up of free plug-ins and audio freebies. There is something for everyone, including a ludicrous number of sound effects, a saturation unit, reverb IRs, and scary strings...
Free plug-ins this week: Charango LABS library and DRMR drum rompler
23 Sep 2018 · We have two bits of freeware for you this weekend: Charango sample library for Spitfire Audio LABS and Beat Magazine's DRMR electronic drums rompler. We'll tell you more about each in this post...
Grab three fabulous plug-ins for free: LABS, Lazerwave, and DLYM
05 Jun 2018 · Diligently keeping you up to speed on free plug-ins that pop up on the Internet, we present to you three tools with plenty of potential. There are romplers, a synth, and a chorus/flanger.