SketchCassette is a charming lo-fi plug-in with a sloppily sketched user interface. It emulates a 4-track cassette recorder with considerable depth, despite its casual-looking GUI.
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Audified has released ToneSpot Drum Express, a simplified version of the ToneSpot Drum Pro plug-in. If you're looking for smashing drums but don't feel like twiddling knobs, here you go.
For USD 250 a year, the Mega Bundle gives you full and unrestricted access to every current and future product on Plugin Alliance. Numbering over 100 plug-ins by the likes of SSL, Focusrite...
Designed primarily for the purposes of mastering, Coral2 includes aptly colored recreations of an equalizer, compressor, eliptical filter, preamp and an M/S Baxandall-type EQ.
DSM's developers (including Paul Frindle of SSL E/G console fame) claim its dynamic spectrum mapping technology produces more authentic-sounding results than convential EQ matching.
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Waves has released Abbey Road Studio 3. It's an immersive audio plug-in that makes you feel like you're sitting in the control room of one of the world's most famous studios, Waves says.
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Brainworx / Plugin Alliance has released the Purple Audio MC77 plug-in. It's an evolution of the legendary 1176 limiting amplifier with extended functionality, now available in the DAW of your choice.
Focusrite SC emulates the coveted 72-channel Studio Console, of which only 10 were ever made. It originated from a pair of modules designed by Rupert Neve on behalf of Beatles producer George Martin.
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Plugin Alliance is releasing the Brainworx Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor as a native plug-in. Now you can enjoy the fabled 8000 dollar compressor natively in your DAW, without UAD hardware.
Valves is a vintage valve emulation plug-in that also employs a multimode resonant filter and a cabinet/EQ section. Its intuitive interface is arranged in a configuration of four independent modules.
NeuralDSP released a processor dedicated to crafting a sick bass guitar tone. It's called Parallax and incorporates bass augmentation and mixing techniques into a flexible multi-band processor.
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Nembrini Audio has released the Delay3000 Vintage Modern Repeater plug-in. It draws inspiration from the classic Roland SDE-3000 digital delay of the 80's and adds many modern features.
Got enough FET compressor plug-ins yet? Here's another promising contender: Black Rooster Audio has released the VLA-FET, giving you another option for 1176-style FET compression.
For the first time, Acustica has employed deep learning AI tech in the role of simulating the mixing decisions of a real-life audio engineer! Is Cola the dawn of a new era in mixing?
Kush Audio released an emulation of an interesting hardware compressor with deep musical history. The unit saw notable use at the Abbey Road Studios on later Beatles and early Pink Floyd records.
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After months of waiting, it looks like Native Instruments Massive X is about to be released. Word is that the software synthesizer will come out on June 27, as NI has revealed on social media.
