A major revamp of the Systemwide app aside, the freshly released version 4.3 comes with a good number of meaningful usability improvements. The addition of Dark Mode is the most visible among them.
Following the 10.4.5 update, Logic Pro X officially supports up to 1000 stereo audio channel strips, 1000 software instrument channel strips, 1000 auxiliary channel strips...
Ableton Live 10.1 has officially landed, bringing aboard a fair bit of useful functionality such as VST3 support, user-generated wavetables, enhanced automation and other goodies.
PreSonus has released version 4.5 of its popular Studio One DAW with over 70 changes and additions, said to be mostly user-requested, along with some under-the-hood work to reduce CPU load.
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The colourful Deluge box of lights and buttons reaches version 3.0 and becomes a performance device for live looping complete with support for USB/MIDI foot controllers.
The latest Mojave update (10.14.4), released yesterday, quietly improves the USB audio situation on 2018 Macs, as mentioned in the release notes and in beta testing user feedback.
The HapiNES and Acid8 mini synthesizers get an update with a smart new case and MIDI connectivity. The rest is kind of underwhelming from the usually very progressive Twisted Electrons.
The update, which is currently in beta, contains an extensive list of workflow improvements and bug fixes. Perhaps more interestingly, there are new tools for making music as well...
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Looks like Winter NAMM had a few teases for Helix users. A Limited Edition Helix? And new firmware due including King Of Tone / K.O.T. and the Zendrive!
The Waldorf Quantum V2.0 firmware brings in a modular synthesis engine with 6 "Kernel" oscillators that can be waveforms, wavetable, samples or noise combined into a single complex oscillator.
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Trident is a Multi-Synchronic Oscillator Ensemble which invites three oscillators to play with each other in synchronous, symmetrical and zing modulated ways. Updated with video!
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Has Green Day frontman Billy Joe Armstrong just let the cat out of the bag? We're pretty sure he has and it looks like MXR is going to show a Dookie drive pedal at NAMM next week!
At almost six years old, a a major update to Apple's DAW seems warranted - either Logic Pro X 10.5 or Logic Pro XI. Could the timing of the latest bug fix update suggest an imminent major update?
An update to Windows 10 will lift limitations on the memory allocation of Dynamic Link Libraries from 128 to 4000 slots. If you've ever tried to run more than 128 unique plug-ins then that's good news!
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After months of complaints from Prologue users Korg finally steps up and deals with the oscillator tuning issues on their hybrid polyphonic synthesizer
The Neutron 2.0 firmware update brings a load of new stuff, features and improvements completely free to all users plus a new Neutron App to get into the details that the knobs don't provide.
