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Hands on: Soundtoys SuperPlate is five plate reverbs in one – and delivers on nuance

In the midst of lots of splashy effects, Soundtoys' latest is an exercise in subtlety and precision. These plates are...

Capitol Studios hand-built just four of these tube compressors – now UA has a plug-in

Universal Audio, which now make native plug-ins you can run anywhere (not on specialized hardware), has a couple of new...

Get an ultra-realistic modeled cymbal plug-in for free: CHAIR EXC!TE CYMBAL

Chair Audio quietly launched a new plug-in, and it's both free and wonderful. EXC!TE CYMBAL is, no exaggeration, realistic enough...

Arturia Augmented BRASS makes it uncommonly easy to build up hybrid brass sounds

Arturia has rounded out its Augmented line with Augmented BRASS. It's like a hybrid brass plug-in even for people who...

Resolume 7.15 adds some artistic new effects plus UI-workflow enhancements

Live visual tool Resolume (Avenue / Arena / Wire) gets yet another bump release - this time with Dilate, Sharpen,...

Arturia FX the latest to get the Elisabeth Homeland Ableton Live wrapper treatment, and whoa

Elisabeth Homeland's wrappers let you use popular effects plug-ins as if they were native Ableton Live device UIs - saving...

Soundtoys SuperPlate promises a full library of electromechanical plate reverbs in a plug-in

Now we've seen a first glimpse of what's next from Soundtoys: massively expanding their reverb modeling to cover some nine...

Bitwig Studio 5 is all about modulation, curves, and envelope shapes; now in beta

Bitwig Studio 5 focuses on creating curves and envelopes and working with modulation. That includes new envelope generators - but...