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.
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This weeks selection of free plug-ins is all about synths: A semi-modular vintage synth and pattern sequencer, a drum synth and an awesome Roland Jupiter emulation for NI Reaktor.
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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Bitwig Studio 3 is officially out! The newest version of the DAW is now here, featuring "The Grid", a fully modular sound design environment. The update also comes with several workflow improvements.
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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.
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Inspired by the synthesizers of the 70s and 80s Synthelium brings together a solid collection of sounds in an easy to use and deeply blue interface.
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Steinberg has acquired SpectraLayers, and released SpectraLayers Pro 6. The latest version of the spectral audio editor comes with new editing tools, workflow improvements, and ARA support.
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.
