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Plugin News
Short summaries of manufacturer news. Each card links to the original announcement.
ReleaseBass design, from the fundamental up.
A dedicated bass synthesizer with separate control over the fundamental, harmonics and texture, plus integrated processing.
Read at arturia.com
ReleaseA. G. Cook’s stacked-saw workflow becomes a synth.
Super*Saw combines two eight-voice sawtooth layers with a four-corner Morpher for transitions between chord shapes, detuning and modulation.
Read at blog.native-instruments.com
UpdateZebra 3.0.1 expands modulation and performance control.
Zebra 3.0.1 adds a global trigger for multi-stage envelopes, macro behaviour for the ABCD performance controls and improvements to MPE handling. It also removes modulation limits on FMO and envelope parameters.
Read at u-he.com
UpdateFixes for PanMan and EchoBoy.
Version 5.5.5 addresses occasional stereo dropouts when loading PanMan and an EchoBoy Rhythm Echo pattern-editing issue.
Read at soundtoys.com
UpdatePro-Q 4.13 fixes a rare dynamic-EQ output fault.
A rare issue could briefly produce invalid output when a band’s dynamic range was adjusted slowly around 0 dB in Zero Latency mode. Version 4.13 corrects that specific behaviour.
Read at fabfilter.com
ReleaseA moving, modulated reverb.
Rev OCEAN combines an FDN reverb with diffusion and modulation. Abyss, Tide and Foam offer three approaches to the tail.
Read at arturia.com
ReleaseMemorymoog architecture, with modern modulation.
Memory V models the three-oscillator polyphonic synthesizer and adds a layered arpeggiator, drag-and-drop modulation and an effects rack.
Read at arturia.com
ReleaseA new edition of Komplete.
Komplete 26 adds Absynth 6 to a lineup that includes Kontakt 8, Massive X and Guitar Rig 7 Pro. Native Instruments lists more than 30 additions to Standard, including LCO Producer Strings, Circular, Electric Keys – Jade and bx_glue.
Read at blog.native-instruments.com
ReleaseAcoustic strings and winds meet hybrid synthesis.
Augmented PERSIA pairs six sampled instruments, including oud, tar and ney, with synthesis layers and morphing controls.
Read at arturia.comReleaseZebra 3 leaves beta.
The modular synthesizer is released with spline-based waveform editing, new modules and a redesigned interface.
Read at u-he.com
UpdateA smaller update with practical session fixes.
FabFilter fixes a Pro-Q 4 spectral-band crash, adjusts Pro-L metering graphics and corrects preset copy-and-paste compatibility.
Read at fabfilter.com
UpdatePreset handling and interface fixes across the range.
The March update adds preset drag-and-drop and copy/paste throughout the range, alongside fixes for interface scaling and Pro-Q 4 EQ Match.
Read at fabfilter.com
ReleaseArturia’s effects collection reaches version six.
FX Collection 6 brings together 39 effects, adding Efx AMBIENT and Pitch SHIFTER-910 alongside recent additions such as Bus TRANSIENT.
Read at arturia.comReleasePro-C 3 expands compression and character.
Pro-C 3 adds six compression styles, three saturation characters and a six-band sidechain EQ. Auto Threshold follows input-level changes, while Host Sync can trigger rhythmic compression without an external sidechain signal.
Read at fabfilter.comUpdateOne instance list for EQ, compression, gating and de-essing.
Pro-Q 4.10’s Instance List also controls Pro-C 3, Pro-G and Pro-DS instances, grouping them by track in a single interface.
Read at fabfilter.com
ReleasePigments gets a revised Play View and new processing.
Version seven refreshes the synthesizer’s Play View and adds new filters, the Corroder effect, engine changes and factory sounds.
Read at arturia.com
FreeZebralette 3 leaves beta, and stays free.
The single-oscillator synth combines spline editing, waveform and additive modes, modulation, delay and reverb. Curve sets can be exported as WAV wavetables.
Read at u-he.com
FreeSirius adds a clearer side to Supermassive.
The free reverb and delay gains the Sirius algorithm plus previous/next mode controls. Sirius targets clearer decays as well as modulated echoes.
Read at valhalladsp.com
UpdateA compressor joins the redesigned Uhbik effects.
Uhbik 2 adds a compressor, modulation matrix, extra LFO, envelope follower and oscilloscope, together with CLAP support.
Read at u-he.comLatest Articles
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