Ableton has announced that Live 11 will be released on February 23. But you don't have to wait that long: Join the public beta and try the new version of the DAW for free!
This week's collection of the best free plug-ins includes a versatile modulation tool, a 2-band gate for drum shaping and a modulated filter. Here's Flux Mini, Cymbal Killer and Basic Filters.
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Tone Projects has released Unisum, an impressive new mastering compressor plug-in. Unisum is a highly tweakable compressor designed to give engineers precise control. Let's see what it can do.
To celebrate the 10,000th Cali76 Compact Deluxe pedal, Origin Effects is re-releasing the Cali76 large-format stompbox in two versions - that lack one useful feature of its smaller sibling...
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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.
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The new Lunastone Dynamic Delay pedal is the company's very first digital pedal and takes some of the ideas first used in classic '80s studio rack samplers like the TC-2290.
Uli Behringer updates us on the forthcoming MS-101. As with many others promised for the end of the year it's taking longer than expected but it's now in pre-production and we could see it early next year.
Run your Eurorack through the impulse responses of faraway places or unexpected environments with the ECR-1 convolution reverb module from Tasty Chips.
DTB is a deceptively simple-looking plug-in with quite a lot of flexibility and power, with continuous attack and release controls for adjusting the length of transients and removing artefacts.
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Leo Fender, designed possibly some of the most recognised electric guitars in history, but will one of his later designs garner as much interest in today's market?
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This American pedal giant manages to squeeze out its second compressor pedal in as many weeks. This one, however, has some really handy features including metering, stereo mode and a dedicated drive section.
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Keeley's 2 and 4 knob compressors have been around for a while - high time for an update. The Compressor Plus has some useful new additions, including the good old 'parallel compression' trick...
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.
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Roland "redefine the future" again with 14 new product releases spread out over the next 5 weeks. With 2 new synths and 6 new guitar products, what do you think they could be launching?
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A "studio-grade" compressor in pedal format, the PressuRizer is designed to retain your guitar's attack, and offers a couple of other handy little features.
This is the first free plugin from Acustica since the launch of their highly praised CORE8 technology. Could TAN set a new standard for free plugins?
