Emulator 2 customisable touch-screen MIDI controller software is now available at a regular pay-once price after they killed off the "unpopular" subscription model.
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Shock news! Gibson has pulled the plug on Sonar and all other Cakewalk products. User support will continue as well as access to online assets but it's all over for Sonar users.
Not content to own the streaming rights to all our music Spotify wants to own the tools that create the music. SoundTrap is a cool online DAW that runs on everything - I can see why they like it.
Roland Cloud's latest update brings us an orchestral library from the days when it all had to fit on an 8MB expansion card. Anthology Orchestra brings back a classic JV-80 sound set.
Puremagnetik release Console Y, an expanded library of the Ensoniq ARS-X across Ableton, Logic and Kontakt formats, but only in their Spark subscription service. Does $8 a month work for you?
Cakewalk turns 30 years and Sonar gets a couple of little updates. It's just not as exciting as it used to be when they had major updates and new-release parties.
Roland have "Ultra-Deep sampled" their classic D-70 evolved linear arithmetic synthesizer and made it available via the Roland Cloud subscription as the Anthology 1990.
New Roland Cloud update gives you an ACB modelled Jupiter 8, Juno 106 and System-8 to run right in your DAW.
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Bitwig Studio 2 is now available for download and brings modulators, new devices, CV/Gate and the dreaded subscription-style perpetual license.
Pakotec announce a rental platform for accessing plugins. Will the biggest plug-in developers make their effects and virtual instruments available this way?
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Can't afford the cool Serum Wavetable synth that all your friends are using? Well now you can with Splice's rent-to-buy payment plan.
After a false start last week Emulator 2 is finally here - but have Touch Innovations given the finger to the "free updates for life" SmithsonMartin users? (updated)
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Sonar OSX has been rumoured forever but now it gets an official announcement and an invitation to Apple users to download it for free.
Sources say that SoundCloud could be subscription-only by July...
Splice Sounds is a new service that is looking to introduce the cloud subscription model to samples. Access your sample sets from anywhere.
