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Output released Pack Generator, a free AI-based sound generator that lets users create royalty-free sample packs using text prompts. It’s no secret that AI tools for music production aren’t as advanced as their counterparts for generating images, videos, and text. However, AI music generators and similar audio tools are catching up, and the latest one [...]
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Solid State Logic launches PlateVerb as first in a range of boutique reverb pluginsSolid State Logic has today (12 December) released its PlateVerb plugin – a classic plate reverb emulation, which is the first in a range of boutique plugins set to deliver the sounds of classic and contemporary reverbs.
PlatVerb arrives as part of its premium FX plugin range, and is available now as part of the SSL Complete subscription, its Rent To Own plan, and for perpetual purchase via its eStore.

READ MORE: Review: Solid State Logic’s PlateVerb is a pro-sounding reverb in a pedal-style plugin package

PlateVerb is the first of the new range, which offers a streamlined FX pedal style interface. It “precisely” emulates the distinct sound of classic plate reverb in your DAW, combining two bespoke ‘SSL-crafted’ algorithms for Early Reflections and Late Reflections. It captures the warm, lush, and smooth reverb “that only a classic plate can provide.”
It also hosts a range of reverb decay times, spanning right the way from 100 milliseconds to a broader three seconds, and can be used across a range of production applications on a variety of instruments and vocals.
SSL says it is capable of delivering classic plate reverberation sounds while also incorporating innovative features like colour adjustment, ducking with external side-chain, and freeze.
Hear it in use in the video below:

MusicTech has compiled a rolling list of the best new mixing plugins, effects, and VST instruments offered weekly. The current guide features new offerings from the likes of Cherry Audio with its Expander Module plugin and Nepheton 2 by D16 Group, which emulates the renowned Roland TR-808.
PlateVerb is available in all standard formats including VST2, VST3, AAX Native and AU. It is also available as part of the ‘complete access’ dual subscription where users can access every SSL and Slate Digital plugin for only $19.99 per month.
Find out more at Solid State Logic.
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Arturia V Collection X boasts six new instruments – here’s what’s newWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. For more information on how this works click here.
Arturia has launched V Collection X, the tenth edition of its coveted soft synth suite.

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The collection, made up of modern instruments and emulations of classic gear such as the Sequential Prophet-5 and Yamaha CS-80, now consists of 39 instruments, with the upgrade being “one of our most extensive updates yet” Arturia states.
What’s new in Arturia V Collection X?
Six new instruments have been added – the CP-70 V, the MiniFreak V, the Acid V, the Augmented Brass, the Augmented Grand Piano and the Augmented Woodwinds. Two instruments, the Mini V and the Wurli V, have been “fully rebuilt”, says the French brand, and three new preset expansion packs.
The CP-70 V is a meticulous recreation of Yamaha’s iconic 1976 electro-acoustic piano, the CP-70. It combines sampled strings and circuit modelling of the CP-70’s output stage, preamps, EQ, and Tremolo circuits for an authentic sound, going a step further with advanced tonal controls, responsive features, and a comprehensive Pedal rig.
Another new addition, Arturia’s MiniFreak V, is a 6-voice polyphonic hybrid soft synth that mirrors the MiniFreak hardware. It’s syncable with MiniFreak hardware and boasts two sound engines with 22 oscillator modes, per-voice envelopes and LFOs, modelled analogue filters, and VCAs.
If you’re a lover of acid basslines, the addition of the Acid V may excite you. It’s an updated emulation of the iconic Roland TB-303 bass synth with 14 distortion algorithms, a vibrato, an advanced sequencer/arpeggiator, drag-and-drop MIDI pattern editing and over 350 presets.
The three remaining additions, Augmented Brass, Augmented Grand Piano and Augmented Woodwinds, all come from Arturia’s Augmented series. These are acoustic instruments “captured in detail and combined with state-of-the-art synthesis”.
What’s been upgraded or expanded in Arturia V Collection X?
Arturia’s V Collection X is, of course, not just about new additions. Alongside new synths, two instruments have been “fully rebuilt”, according to Arturia.
The brand’s recreation of Moog’s classic Minimoog synth, The Mini V – now Mini V4 –, has been “stripped back to try and be as pure as we can to the OG synth”. It now has a brand-new audio engine, polyphony, a Vintage knob, a new user interface, two modulators and keyboard expressivity.
The Wurli V – now Wurli V3 –, which is a recreation of the 1954-launched Rudolph Wurlitzer, has also been revamped. There’s a new updated physical model, new output circuit model, new GUI, new effects, advanced settings, a new hardware view and a pedal rig.
Alongside all of these updates and additions, are three new expansion packs of presets. Not many have been provided on these yet, but Arturia says they “cover a vast array of soundscapes, ranging from cinematic atmospheres to the timeless essence of urban soul and the cutting-edge sounds defining today’s electronic music genres”. Be sure to keep an eye on Arturia for details.
The Arturia V Collection X is available to buy for $643/£512.
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Arturia V Collection X is here The latest iteration of Arturia's flagship software instrument bundle has arrived, delivering the most expansive and feature-packed version to date. 

Apple eyes paying extra for music in a format Spotify doesn’t offerApple Music may soon pay all artists that release music in the Dolby Atmos spatial audio format a higher royalty rate than regular stereo mixes. “Listeners wouldn’t necessarily have to. Continue reading
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2024 Music Industry Predictions from Janelle Borg of AmplifyBetween now and the end of the year, Hypebiot will be publishing a series on 2024 Music Industry Predictions from our favorite forward thinkers in music and music tech. First. Continue reading
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Solid State Logic’s PlateVerb is a pro-sounding reverb in a pedal-style plugin packageSolid State Logic is a company that you’ll surely know if you’ve ever worked in studio, thanks to its extensive legacy of studio hardware, and more recently, an ever-growing collection of quality plugins. Whether you’re looking for an emulation of a classic SSL desk, or new, cutting-edge effects, the SSL roster has been steadily expanding to meet all these needs.
With that in mind, PlateVerb is the first in a new series of boutique reverbs that aim to offer pro-sounding effects in a streamlined, pedal-like design. At first glance, it looks a little lacklustre, but luckily a few useful extra features and excellent sound quality help to save the day.

The first thing that strikes you with PlateVerb is that it looks a little bland. If there was an award for the greyest plugin then this would win hands down; the only bit of colour is a tiny red overload light on the metering. Obviously, the sound is more important than the looks, and this is supposed to replicate a more basic effects pedal, but it still feels a little uninspiring, especially when SSL is known for its colourful dials, plus the string of recent plugins with excellent design and visual feedback.
As it stands, we have to resort to using our ears to make adjustments and work out how each dial affects the sound. Thankfully, this is an excellent-sounding reverb with a vibrant, three-dimensional feel.
Is SSL PlateVerb easy to use?
The reverb is built around two bespoke SSL-crafted algorithms for early reflections and late reflections respectively, with a dial used to blend between the two. You also have controls for decay time, room size and tail density that can be used to tailor the overall sense of space. To refine things further and help the signal sit in the mix, you have low and high damping controls, and a harmonic colour dial (essentially a tone control). Coming off the back of the recent release of FabFilter’s Pro-R 2, which features an incredibly flexible damping EQ, this does feel quite restrictive. However, in fairness, this product is built more for speed, and learning how these three dials interact can lead to quick and surprisingly varied results.
Solid State Logic PlateVerb
Elsewhere you have controls for pre-delay, and a mix dial that goes fully wet when turned up full. There are also input and output gain controls, plus a meter for each so that you can set optimum levels. It feels like a bit of a missed opportunity not to allow some kind of soft saturation when pushing these dials, and as it stands, you can’t really add much interest to the tail outside of the main controls.
That said, there appears to be some subtle, random pitch and volume modulation hardwired into the reverb sound. It’s hard not to compare this to Soundtoys’ SuperPlate, which was also released recently and had several flavours of saturation as well as editable pitch modulation. We should be fair to PlateVerb though, as the two competing products mentioned have higher price tags, so perhaps it’s not a reasonable comparison.
What effects does SSL PlateVerb have?
PlateVerb picks up a few extra points for its useful additional features, including a built-in ducker with an external sidechain input. This has controls for threshold, attack and release, which are especially handy for fine tuning the response as the plugin ducks the volume of the reverb tail around the input signal. It seems to be a must for any reverb plugin released these days, and it’s implemented well here, allowing you to craft a more prominent lead signal without the need for additional compression and routing.
Solid State Logic PlateVerb
There’s also a Freeze button that can be used to make instant atmospheres from any audio. It can sound a little stuttery on certain percussive material, but it has an interesting character that slowly evolves over time. A fun bonus here is that you can edit the Size dial to create wild pitch sweeps of the frozen audio.
Finally, there’s a Kill button that mutes the signal going into the reverb but leaves the dry signal alone and lets the reverb tails ring out. This could be useful in certain arrangement situations where you want to keep the reverb mainly off but have it affect certain hits or phrases. In most situations, you would need to set up the reverb on a bus send and use automation to achieve this, so it’s great that it lets you do it directly on a channel in the plugin.
How does SSL PlateVerb sound?
We put PlateVerb to the test on a range of material to see how it can be used to blend and enhance tracks in the mix. It sits well underneath vocals and instrument parts, providing an atmospheric bed that makes them sound a bit more classy. It’s not so much a sense of an actual space, but more a smooth thickness that envelopes the sound and helps it feel alive. We compare it with a range of other plate reverbs, and interestingly, although it has a plate vibe, it sounds quite different to all of them. It feels a little more forward and prominent in the mid range compared to the flatter and smoother sound on some of the other plugins; this is perhaps what gives it a slightly livelier feel.

Although it might not fit with all productions, it’s a lush-sounding reverb that offers an extra plate flavour to your toolkit. It might be nice if there were more than just nine presets though.
Despite our initial misgivings about the uninspiring user interface, PlateVerb redeems itself when you start to mix with it in a track. The lack of visual feedback might make it harder for some to dial-in the sound they want and to connect the controls to what they’re hearing, but it’s relatively simple enough to get to grips with by just using your ears.
Although SSL’s PlateVerb lacks the bells and whistles of some other reverbs, the price isn’t bad for the high-quality algorithms. Extras like ducking, freeze and a Kill button only sweeten the deal. As it has quite a unique sound, your best bet is to try the 14-day demo to see if it works for your material.
Key features
Price: £79.99 / $99.99 / as part of SSL Complete subscription
Pedal-style plate reverb plugin (VST, VST3, AU, AAX)
Blend between two bespoke SSL early and late reflections algorithms
Decay time, room size and density controls
Tone control via Colour, low damping and high damping controls
Ducking with external sidechain, threshold, attack and release
Freeze and Kill buttons
Mix dial to blend dry and wet
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Music Will & the Importance of Music EducationAs the founder and chief visionary officer of Music Will, David Wish helps teachers and students transform lives through music education. Wish joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the. Continue reading
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LimeWire aims to “democratise the creative space” with LimeWire AI Music StudioFile-sharing platform turned NFT marketplace LimeWire has launched AI Music Studio, an online AI music generation tool.

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The release of the LimeWire AI Music Studio follows the company’s acquisition of AI image generator platform BlueWillow in September. At the time, LimeWire launched its own AI image generator, promising to introduce similar tools for video and music later in the year.
Using this tool, music creators will “be able to generate full-length tracks, create cover images for their work, and publish them all on a single platform”, says LimeWire.
Thanks to the use of open-source AI technologies, you can retain ownership of your created music, too, says LimeWire. This sets it apart from competitors who solely provide AI-powered creation features without ownership privileges or rely on complex prompts and Discord communities, restricting users’ creative possibilities.
This is all part of LimeWire’s efforts to “democratise the creative space, making advanced AI tools accessible to everyone”, it says.
“The launch of LimeWire AI Music Studio represents a groundbreaking technological milestone, symbolising not only a stride forward in our pursuit of innovation but a profound commitment to fostering creativity within the dynamic landscape of modern content creation,” Paul Zehetmayr, co-CEO of LimeWire says in a press statement. “As music continues to evolve, so does our dedication to providing aspiring musicians with cutting-edge tools that empower and amplify their artistic expression.”
Co-CEO Julian Zehetmayr adds: “Our platform is designed to break down barriers, allowing aspiring musicians and creators to unleash their potential with the power of AI. As we venture into the future of music, it is our firm belief that AI technology should be a catalyst for inclusivity, empowering aspiring musicians from all walks of life.
“By providing accessible AI tools, we aim to level the playing field, ensuring that traditional resource constraints no longer hinder the creative journey.”
In 2024, LimeWire plans to launch a fully-fledged AI-enabled audio workstation. This will empower users to craft comprehensive musical compositions, from beats and melodies to lyrics and customisable singing voices. No solid information has yet been revealed about this project, but MusicTech will be keeping an ear to the ground for details.
Learn more at LimeWire.
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GPU Audio Launch ‘Make Your Sound 3D’ Immersive Mixing Competition 
GPU Audio has just launched a new competition open to anyone called “Make Your Sound 3D”. This isn’t the first contest run by the company, but it may be the first for you to involve immersive mixing. The challenge is to create an immersive mix within the Vienna Power House / MIR Pro 3D software [...]
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Synchro Arts unveil Revoice Pro 5 Revoice Pro 5 has arrived, promising to deliver the most natural-sounding pitch-correction available along with time-alignment tools, doubling effects, sibilance editing, formant shifting and more. 

XiiixxiQ Is A FREE Non-Linear Polyrhythmic Step Sequencer Plugin (macOS)
XiiixxiQ is a FREE non-linear polyrhythmic step sequencer plugin for macOS. After much fiddling with VCV Rack and my own hardware, I have something of an affinity for sequencers as a whole. Now, there is undoubtedly still a place for Serge and Buchla-style sequencers, which very much reward knob-twiddling. Sometimes, you need something a little [...]
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Teenage Engineering OP-1 tops Reverb’s best-selling electronic gear list for fifth year runningSwedish brand Teenage Engineering has been one of the hottest brands in music tech in the last five years. And this huge popularity has once again been reaffirmed by music gear marketplace Reverb, which has revealed the overall most-purchased synths and electronic gear (new and used) on its platform in 2023, with Teenage Engineering’s OP-1 topping the list for the fifth year in a row.

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The synth and workstation, originally launched in 2011, is closely followed by the Roland SP-404MKII sampler, sampler/drum machine Elektron Digitakt and Arturia’s MicroFreak synth.
OP-1’s success could be partly thanks to the release of the more expensive and upgraded OP-1 Field, released in 2022, Reverb suggests, that helped distance the original from peak-pandemic pricing, leading to the OP-1’s average price dropping by more than $200 since January 2022.

It’s not as if the OP-1 Field hasn’t had its fair share of popularity in 2023, however, managing to just about make the overall list in the 20th position. Another interesting takeaway from the overall list is the introduction of the 2020-launched Polyend Tracker, sitting at 19th spot. The Polyend Tracker, which saw price reductions from Polyend after it launched the Tracker Mini in August, failed to make the list at all last year.
Elsewhere, the TE PO-33 reigns supreme on the list of new – as opposed to used – electronic gear sold on Reverb in 2023. The OP-1 is the overall winner based on both new and used sales.
A Teenage Engineering product that failed to make the list, however, is its $1,559 flat-pack Field Desk. Launched in March, the relatively basic-looking desk sparked debate among in the music tech community when it was revealed, due to its hefty price tag.
Here’s the full list of the overall best-selling synths & electronic gear to have been sold on Reverb in 2023:

Teenage Engineering OP-1
Roland SP-404MKII
Elektron Digitakt
Arturia MicroFreak
Akai MPC One
Teenage Engineering PO-33
Elektron Digitone
Native Instruments Maschine MKIII
Make Noise Maths
Akai MPK Mini MKIII
Korg MicroKorg
Elektron Octatrack MKII
Roland TR-8S
ALM/Busy Circuits ALM017 Pamela’s New Workout
Korg Volca Beats
Elektron Syntakt
Korg Minilogue XD
Moog Mother-32
Polyend Tracker
Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field

To see a breakdown of the most purchased used and new products on Reverb in 2023, head to Reverb.
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EasyJet founder is now suing producer-DJ Easyfun for “mimicking” their brandFollowing its recent lawsuit against English indie band Easy Life, EasyJet is now taking electronic producer-DJ Easyfun to court for attempting to “mimic” their brand.

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Easyfun – real name Finn Keane – has been accused of “alleged deliberate misappropriation” of EasyGroup’s trademarks, including the company’s “well-known orange styling as used by its family of brands”.
The claim was brought by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder and owner of EasyJet’s licensing company EasyGroup. PC Music and its label founder A.G. Cook have also been named as defendants in the legal proceedings.
According to EasyGroup, Keane has “taken unfair advantage of and damaged the significant reputation attaching to easyGroup’s trade marks”. The company also accused the artist of trying to “mimic easyGroup’s famous branding to create instant brand recognition for his ‘DJ’ ing business.”
In particular, EasyGroup took issue with Keane’s cover art for his 2015 EP Deep Trouble, which originally featured swimwear-cladded passengers sliding into the ocean via a plane’s evacuation slide.
The brand claimed it was “seriously concerned” by the depiction of a “serious aircrash”, stating: “Not only is the artwork in bad taste but an association with such a tragic event risks seriously damaging the reputation in easyGroup’s trade marks, in particular easyJet.”
Image: Discogs/ PC Music
Responding to Haji-Ioannou’s lawyers, Keane wrote. “If your client is annoyed at some of the artwork or images that they think mimics the easyFamily get up, that has always been completely tongue in cheek.”
“It’s very obvious that it’s meant as a joke and I really struggle to understand why your client has any reason to be concerned about it.”
“That said, I obviously don’t want to be stuck in a legal dispute with a big company like your client and so I have removed the examples in your letter where I can and will seek to avoid similar artwork in the future.”
Keane has since changed the cover art for Deep Trouble.
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