ProduceRNB Tempo 2First drum plugin to blend AI with detailed human input. For truly custom drum loops in a fraction of the time: Say hello to Tempo V2—a cutting-edge drum plugin that blends AI intelligence with real-time input from music producers. Designed to spark creativity and save time, Tempo generates unique 8-bar drum patterns that evolve with every click, giving you endless rhythmic inspiration in seconds. Whether you're building around a melody or starting from scratch, Tempo acts like an autonomous drumming assistant that understands your direction and delivers results that surprise you. Customize complexity, adjust styles, and drag fully-editable MIDI patterns straight into your DAW: The AI works off of YOUR input. Drag in your own drum samples and even LAYER drums instantly. Define your beat and let Tempo find alternate grooves you never thought of. Use the AI and fine tune things to your liking. Create an endless number of drum loops. Drag and drop MIDI patterns to your DAW. Includes FREE Drum Box Kit with 400+ Drum Samples. Tempo 2 is now available at https://truesoulvibes.com/step/tempo2/ for $29. Read More

Harrison Audio launch D510 500-series system Following on from the introduction of their 500-series modules, Harrison Audio have announced the launch of a new 10-slot rack and an expandable analogue summing mixer module.

Sonic Sirius The Sound Lightshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxMXlO89YMU The Sound Lights Soundset by HO for the Hansen Audio - K-Whooms. Hello K-Whooms Synthesizer Users, Music makers and Aliens. - Inside the Download: One Sound Lights Free Soundsets with 90 Presets - 1x Bass, 13x FX, 9x Leads, 13x Pads, 4x Plucked, 20x Seq, 30x Step Seq - Genre: Typical K-Whooms Sound - Modern Synth Music - For: Hansen Audio - K-Whooms v2025.03 or later - BPM/Tempo: Select " 120 " in your DAW - Format: VSTPRESET / Size 1,53 MB - Release: May 2025 - Price: Free. Please use a Limiter FX, otherwise all the sounds would be too quiet when creating presets. This means that almost all presets exceed the 0 dB limit. Please note that the K-Whooms doesn't have its own preset browser, so you'll have to load each VST preset individually. Read More

Universal Audio’s Vocal Month promotions Hot on the heels of their recent Guitar Month promotion, Universal Audio have announced a month-long series of deals surrounding their vocal recording and mixing tools.

Soundtrack Loops Jazzy Trip HopSoundtrack Loops presents Jazzy Trip Hop. Belibat strikes again with Jazzy Trip Hop, a three-kit set of loops and samples with the built-in Belibat magic—the natural ability to take the best sounds of an era and reinvent them to roll with the times. Here, Belibat turns his tight studio focus and unwavering attention to detail loose on the archetypal mid-90s trip hop sound. Minimal jazz voicings that lean toward the exotic, hints of dub, tableisms, echoing textures—they're all here. The cool thing is that all the bases are covered. You'll find tight, deeply saturated mid-tempo grooves, thick basses, all the right synth textures—everything you need to make complete tracks, and the way these loops are produced, you can stack just a few and get full-flavored analog goodness effortlessly. While the classic trip hop period authenticity is obvious and spot-on, shades of the modern shine through (the lightest of shades, actually), bringing to mind the distant happy haze of vaporwave and it's quasi-nostalgic, slowed-down pace that today is seeping into contemporary pop music all over the place. Belibat demonstrates here in 105 loops and 28 one shots that these worlds work ideally together. Jazzy Trip Hop is an update on the art form, and this is perfect because trip hop is a timeless genre with roots that continue to flourish in both experimental and commercial music. As standard practice for all loops created by the Soundtrack Loops team, Key and BPM are tagged in both metadata and file names. Formats: ACIDized .WAV, Ableton Live .alp, and Apple Looped .AIFF. 48kHz 24-bit stereo files. Trippin'strumentals is available for purchase directly from the Soundtrack Loops website and from the KVR Marketplace for $20. ***Orders from the KVR Marketplace will be sent manually. Please allow up to 12 hours for delivery although they're typically sent within the hour. Read More

Melbourne Instruments’ Roto-Control gains Bitwig integration Melbourne Instruments have teamed up with Bitwig to bring Bitwig Studio integration to the Roto-Control.

Track your DAW time and challenge your friends with Signalbash, a FREE Time Tracking VST Plugin
You can now get Signalbash, a time tracking utility plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux, for free! Ever wondered how much time you’ve spent rotting in front of the computer, justifying it with an unimpressive amount of subpar DAW projects? Alternatively, have you ever wanted to track your “ingame” DAW time and see how you [...]
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TBProAudio Releases TBPAVolume, a FREE Precision Gain Plugin for macOS and Windows
TBProAudio has released TBPAVolume, a free volume control utility plugin for macOS and Windows built for precision gain staging and volume automation inside your DAW. Obviously, all modern DAWs already offer basic volume controls. However, TBPAVolume is one of those tools you don’t even know you need until you see them. It is a dedicated [...]
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Steinberg launch Dorico 6 The latest version of Steinberg’s composition and music notation software comes packed with new features that promise to help users produce their scores faster than ever. 

Signalbash SignalbashSignalbash is a free & open source plugin that allows you to track how much time you spend working in your DAW & compete against other artists worldwide to see who's spending the most time making music. When the plugin is placed in a session, your activity will accumulate and can be visualized in the following ways: Recent Activity Chart: This private chart gives you a granular, at-a-glance view of how long you've been working over the past 24 hours. Daily Heatmap: See your long term daily activity in an easy to understand heatmap showing how long you've spent in your DAW each day, synced to your local timezone. Current & All-Time Streaks: See how many days in a row you've actively worked in your DAW. All-Time DAW Activity Stats: See the total time you've spent active in your DAW: Today. Over the last 24 Hours. Over the last 30 Days. This Year. All Time. Leaderboard: The Signalbash Leaderboard ranks you based on the cumulative time you've spent working over the last 24 hours. It also displays the particular DAW. See the live leaderboard now: Signalbash Leaderboard Signalbash Overview Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlnmcL8KTHQ Signalbash Plugin Manual & Support: Support Site Read More

Soundtoys unveil SpaceBlender reverb Soundtoys have announced that the innovative new reverb plug-in that was being showcased at this year’s NAMM Show is now available.

Soundtoys SpaceBlender is FREE until May 22
Soundtoys offers the SpaceBlender reverb plugin for free until May 22, 2025. Soundtoys is one of the most generous non-indie developers on the market. I recall them offering the Soundtoys Effect Rack for free during the pandemic. And they provided various premium plugins for free on different occasions. Our reader Wiseman summed it up nicely [...]
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GearFest UK returns for 2025 Sound On Sound and Tileyard London are pleased to announce that GearFest UK will be taking place on 19 July 2025.

Plugin Alliance HUM Audio Devices LAAL When HUM Audio Devices placed a fully analog look ahead delay line into a discrete circuit of the highest quality modern analog components, they created something truly special: a limiter that delivers loudness without brickwall deadness. The LAAL is a limiter with life: no other hardware can preserve and enhance your micro dynamics like it can. Thanks to Brainworx's expertise, you can finally get this extraordinary sonic signature in the box. Intelligent look-ahead limiting LAAL stands for Look Ahead Analog Limiter. This is the detection circuit that makes its special sonic characteristics possible – a fully analog delay line (0.2 ms) 'looks ahead' with the dynamic transient function to respond intelligently to signal peaks before they occur. This results in responsive peak limiting without harshness or distortion. Achieve your RMS levels and loudness targets while preserving detail, air, and low-end punch. And use its smoother limiting curves and acres of headroom, to bring life to your mix. The fall of the lifeless brick wall Hum Audio Devices designed the LAAL to remain in the analog domain throughout the mastering process. All the magic happens in its unique and sophisticated detection and gain stage circuits. The limiter does not use any soft clipping or similar processes to artificially increase RMS levels. Whether you're mastering subtle acoustic music or slamming brick-wall levels in electronic or pop, it provides surgical precision, harmonic integrity, and stability. A plugin only Brainworx could create Brainworx has captured every aspect of this analog chain in the plugin. From the discreet signal pathway to its studio-grade transformers and ultra-precise detection circuitry. You can't just hear the difference LAAL makes, you can see it too. The peaks of the waveforms from audio passed through the LAAL limiter are notably smoother and more harmonically rich than what can be achieved with other limiter plugins. Expanded features As a Brainworx-made plugin, the LAAL Limiter comes with all the expanded digital-exclusive features you'd expect from the makers of the iconic bx_masterdesk series. This includes TX Drive control, M/S processing and so much more. Most interesting of all, the plugin version can compensate for the delay in processing time required for the delay circuit, meaning that Look Ahead processing is more immediate in-plugin than in the original hardware. Features Officially approved digital model of Analog Look Ahead circuit. Maximise stereo imaging with pre-limiter Stereo Width functionality. Preserve transients with Dynamic Transient mode. Variable release time (stepped, from 2ms to 100ms). Plugin only feature - Control the amount of color with the TX-Drive connected to the Transformer button. Detect Link L+R automatically limits the first signal that hits the threshold and applies it to the other channel in addition to the mix amount thereof. M/S Processing for total Mid/Side control. True Peak Limiting. Read More

Audient update ORIA Control software With ORIA Control V1.2 installed, users can now use their Elgato Stream Deck and Avid EUCON surfaces to control their units in addition to the existing iPad option.