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Roland's Zenology virtual instrument gets its first Model Expansion in the shape of the classic 1985 JX-8P polyphonic synthesizer and includes the editing functions of the PG-800 programmer.
An iconic tonewheel organ and not one, but two unusual reverbs: That's this week's collection of the best free plug-ins. Check out Schroeder, Hanon B70 and Lattice Reverb.
The Emerald 2 suite is based on a series of rare German processors (2x EQs and a filter) made in the 60s and 70s, which look and operate like lab equipment.
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Has Mesa Boogie missed the mark with its new CabClone IR and CabClone IR Plus cabinet simulation pedals? The quality looks to be there, but are these boxes missing a trick in terms of flexibility?
Lindell Plugins has recreated the famous 1073 mic preamp, the 1084 pre/EQ, the 2254 compressor/limiter, and 1272 line amplifier modules, complete with component crosstalk and tolerance.
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The brand new LIBRA IR mixer is the world's first to allow guitarists to blend up to eight simultaneous Impulse Responses at once using its Cartesian Mixer front end!
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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.
They've done it! VCV Rack has reached version 1.0. With polyphonic cabling, MIDI mapping, multicore engine support and dozens of enhancements it's ready for the real world and it's awesome.
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If you’re into vintage reverbs, you might want to spring for this: AudioThing Springs packs eight classic spring reverbs into one plug-in. Get ready for all sorts of twangy, rumbly goodness.
MakeProAudio is resurrecting the CreamWare virtual synthesizers with a single SHARC DSP inside a neat little box that you build yourself. Dino Park is surprisingly affordable and open-ended.
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Thought you had enough Pultec EQ plug-ins? NoiseAsh brings you even more: The firm says its new Rule Tec collection stays true to the character of the original (and pegs it at a nice price).
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DSM Noisemaker's new OmniCabSim Mini pedal is designed to emulate the way that a power amp and speaker work together, potentially saving you the hassle of lugging both (!) to gigs...
Inspired by the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 version 2 of Messiah improves and expands on almost everything and comes with a ton of presets, new filters, new effects and MPE support.
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Pantera's late guitarist used solid-state Randall amplifiers to craft the hard-hitting guitar tones on Cowboys From Hell. IK Multimedia's new Dimebag Darrell CFH bundle models amps and effects from DD's rig.
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The original additive, FM and timeslice synthesis emulation of the Synclavier has been expanded to include sampling and the resynthesis of samples as Arturia complete their Synclavier V journey.
Newcomer developer Rare Signals has come up with Transatlantic Plate Reverb, a recreation of two analogue plate verbs from the US and Germany, packaged in a very slick GUI.
