iZotope acquired by Boris FX Following the news of Native Instruments joining the inMusic brand line-up, Academy and Emmy Award-winning visual effects software developer Boris FX have announced their acquisition of iZotope.

The CDJ-1500X is AlphaTheta’s first budget-minded media player since the XDJ-1000MK2AlphaTheta fills the gap the XDJ-1000MK2 left in 2016 with a budget-minded CDJ built on 2026 hardware, including a new crowd-request feature called CoBeat.
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MMPR Technologies Berlin GridBerlin Grid - Drum Sample Pack: Contains 49 audio samples of electronic drum sounds, for punchy backing and tight beatmaking. Includes kicks, hats, snares, toms and more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol7IvnQUTBs Read More

Sweetwater & Andertons launch Darkglass Anagram Limited Edition Guitar Essentials The Anagram Limited Edition Guitar Essentials is finished in a sleek matte-black enclosure, and comes loaded with a curated library of classic amp and effects models chosen by Sweetwater and Andertons.

Canvas Audio releases Double Dare, a FREE vocal doubler plugin
Canvas Audio has released Double Dare, a free vocal doubler plugin for macOS and Windows. The freebie marks Canvas Audio’s first anniversary, and Double Dare is available as a free download until September 1st. It normally costs $29. Double Dare is a quick stereo vocal doubler. It can give you anything from subtle thickening to [...]
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Audio Damage reboots the classic FREE ShinRonin modular filter/delay plugin
Developer Audio Damage has rebooted an old classic with the free ShinRonin modular filter/delay plugin. Audio Damage is a name that has been around for a long time, and the Colorado-based developer shows no signs of going away anytime soon. In March of this year, we covered the release of Evil Otto, a free OTT-style [...]
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Tom Wolfe and Luftrum release FREE Omnisphere 3 presets for Synth Vault
Tom Wolfe and Luftrum have released Luftrum x Wolfe, a free preset pack for Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3. The release celebrates five years of Tom Wolfe’s Synth Vault, the free monthly preset club that launched in July 2021. To mark the anniversary, Wolfe teamed up with Luftrum on a small but very focused pack of ten [...]
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The Crow Hill Company release Brackish Pads Bringing together an array of “microtonal, stammering, stuttering, strangulated tones”, Brackish Pads is said to be best suited to heartbreaking, tragic and profound music. 

Standalone Audio STANDALONE 2.0STANDALONE 2.0 — featuring Keys Mode Plugin host for guitarists and now -> keyboard players STANDALONE is a lightweight AU plugin host for Mac, built for musicians who want to run their amp sims, instrument plugins, and effects without opening a DAW. Version 2.0 is the biggest update yet - headlined by Keys Mode, which brings software instrument support into STANDALONE. Plug in a controller, load your favorite instrument plugins, and play - no DAW required. This release also adds multi-output routing, stereo input support, and preset linking, so guitarists and keyboard players alike get the same fast, focused workflow. Key features: New in 2.0 - KEYS MODE: host your favorite software instrument. New in 2.0 - Multi-output routing: send your signal to multiple outputs. Stereo input support. Preset linking across plugins. Built-in recorder. Looper. Practice Mode with real-time time-stretching - slow down songs without changing pitch. Scores and Charts viewer - keep tabs and charts open alongside your plugins. Chromatic tuner and metronome. Global keyboard shortcuts for hands-free control. Low CPU footprint. Whether you're a guitarist chasing tones through amp sims or a keyboard player triggering virtual instruments, STANDALONE gives you a focused, purpose-built environment for practicing and recording — not a full DAW session. Price: $24.99 Mac OS only for now. Windows in development For more information, visit Get STANDALONE Read More

Apple raise Mac & iPad prices As of 25 June 2026, almost the entire Mac and iPad line-up has been subjected to worldwide cost increases, along with a number of the company’s home and consumer devices. 

Morphoice announces EightyEight, a new Roland Jupiter-8 emulation
Developer Morphoice is back with another vintage synth emulation, a free public beta of the new Roland Jupiter-8 emulation. EightyEight. The developer has already tackled iconic synths like the Roland Juno-6 (EightySix) and the Yamaha CS-80 (Unstable). This time around, developer Morphoice is taking on the Roland Jupiter-8 with the EightyEight. Roland’s 1981 Jupiter-8 is [...]
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Shy Audio release Shy 90s Smack For their latest release, Shy Audio have recreated the ‘crunchy’ sound of a rackmount compressor that found its way onto countless 90s techno, house and hip hop records.

AOFN Audio KompisKompis is a minimal reference plugin, designed to help you make better mixing decisions. Referencing is one of the most powerful habits in mixing. Kompis lets you load your reference tracks and run any AU or VST3 plugin you already own directly on your reference tracks, your loudness meter, your spectrum analyser or your favourite EQ ... If it loads in your DAW, it loads in Kompis. No need to learn a new tool, use the tools you already trust and know. What it does: Load multiple reference tracks drag in MP3s or WAVs, drop multiple files at once or right-click to browse. Switch between them instantly, loop sections you want to focus on. Run any VST3 or AU plugin on your references iZotope Insight, Youlean Loudness Meter, SPL Hawkeye, anything. Kompis automatically routes your DAW's signal to the plugin's sidechain input, so you can for example overlay the spectrums of your track and the reference track (i.e. with TDR Prism or similar plugins). One-click loudness matching Kompis measures integrated LUFS and adjusts the reference so volume differences don't fool your ears. A/B toggle flip between your mix and any reference track in real time while you work. Filter bank isolate and compare specific frequency ranges between your mix and the reference. You can customise the ranges to fit your needs. Load and save Presets save your reference tracks and loaded plugins together as a preset and recall the whole setup in one click. Start every session with your go-to references and analysers already in place. Auto bypass on bounce Kompis detects when your DAW is rendering and bypasses itself automatically. It never ends up in your export. Resizable UI make it the focus when you need it, shrink it out of the way when you don't. No hub, no account, no companion app. Formats: VST3, AU. System requirements: macOS 10.15+ (Apple Silicon native). 49€ or pay what you like (minimum 9.99€). If you make use pay what you like please tell a friend about the plugin. Buy Read More

Focusrite publish 2026 Sustainability Report Following a long audit process, the Focusrite Group have published their 2026 sustainability disclosures, which are available in three separate reports alongside their usual annual report and accounts documents. 

Tracktion releases Waveform 14 Free: our best FREE DAW for macOS, Windows, and Linux
Tracktion’s Waveform Free has been updated to v14, remaining our best free DAW for macOS, Windows, and Linux. We’ve covered Tracktion’s Waveform Free multiple times, and we like it. So much so that we named it our best free DAW in 2026, despite sme stiff competition from the likes of Cakewalk and GarageBand. The reason [...]
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