Brian Wampler expands DIY pedal curriculum Brian Wampler has released a comprehensive new learning program aimed at players and builders looking to move beyond the basics of pedal design.

IsoAcoustics introduce GAIA Neo IsoAcoustics have unveiled GAIA Neo, a new generation of isolators designed to enhance the performance of floor-standing speakers and subwoofers.

Spitfire Audio HeirloomThe emotional ensemble From the mind of acclaimed artist Keaton Henson comes a compositional toolkit of unique, modern scoring sounds, bestowed to enhance your sonic fingerprint with a beautiful human touch. Heirloom features delicate strings, raw woodwinds, an inspiring piano and haunting guitars captured in London's stunning Church Studios (Adele, The XX. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds). Inherently contemporary and perfect for emotive writing, this sound library is the audial equivalent of the worn away seat of your father's favourite chair. Traces, marks and imprints left behind by those who are perhaps no longer with us. Gone, but never forgotten. Complex emotions made simple Heirloom is perfectly poised to express emotions that are hard to put into words, capturing the contemplation of complex existential feelings, the human condition and the passing of time. The quality of the performances captured is pure and expansive in character, lending themselves to enhanced emotive scoring. This expansive character provides endless inspiration, via sounds that will slot into any composer's signature sound palette and compliment without taking over. Heirloom has a strong sense of home comforts, with a beguiling familiarity that allows the composer to feel comfortable using the sounds in a stripped back setting. Beautiful raw woodwinds, delicate strings, an inspiring piano, rich guitar tones and textures - these were all selected by Keaton Henson to hone in on that humanity, the subtle artefacts of these kinds of recordings. Write between the notes The unique beauty of this library can be found in its imperfections. It is between the notes that you will feel those human moments that stop you in your tracks. The natural sounds of the players and their instruments captured during a performance. Capturing new and alternative expressive techniques creates a great foundation for this sound library, but Spitfire Audio have also expertly captured a selection of small, exquisitely performed moments that can be found in the studio section, including swells and "chimes" (chime-like tones). These focused elements will make compositions sound even more real, and even more human. Heirloom features 8 string players (3 violins, 2 viola, 2 cello, 1 bass), woodwind including a Contrabass Clarinet, and Tubax, an achingly beautiful Piano (the beating heart of the library), and Guitar. All intimately recorded by the highly talented Fiona Cruickshank at London's atmospheric Church Studios. Past presence and future All musicians know that recording studios are sacred spaces. The Church is quite literally so, a beautiful, old place of worship in north London, whose stone walls and stained glass have for 170 years reverberated with the sound of prayers and some of the greatest music ever made. To record at Church Studios today is to play a part in music history that has included Adele, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Florence + the Machine and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Now Keaton Henson (Supernova, Six Lethargies, as well as 7 acclaimed solo albums) continues that lineage by acting as a medium between the decades of musicality shared there and Spitfire Audio — shaped through his own artistic lens and reverence for the beauty in imperfections. All of my favourite writing comes from not caring what to play next – but just wanting to hear the note ring out. Keaton Henson What's included Piano - This piano has the perfect amount of character, like an old but loved and well looked after piano that sits at a relatives house that you can't help but play every time you walk past. It is inspiring to play and unbelievably real: Piano Pedal Up. Piano Pedal Down. Strings (3.0.2.2.1) - Kept small and recorded close and never playing too loud, so that you can achieve an emotionally epic sound, but never lose the intimacy of the playing: Legato. Long. Long Flautando. Long Viol. Brushed. Short Rounded. Chimes. Guitar - The sounds range from a really authentic sounding picked guitar, to some more complex techniques which have created some rich and haunting pads and swells, all performed by Keaton on his trademark telecaster and re-amped inside the beautiful Church Studios: Swells. Shimmers. Harmonics. Plucked Bends. Plucks. Contrabass clarinet - An achingly soft and beautiful contrabass, with the perfect amount of breath without losing the tone. a perfect deep bed to build from, or soft section to play rumbling chords: Long. Stab. Air. Tubax - An incredibly warm, smokey and characterful Tubax, contrabass in register, but with the tones and warmth of a saxophone) the subtle breaths captured, the soft shifts in tone, and at the louder dynamic- guttural growls and snarling drones: Long. Stab. Air. YouTube/U2HFNyN8QhA Read More

Control an entire studio with Midi Fighter Spectra (like Mad Zach)If you’ve got a studio setup with tons of outboard gear, it could be an easy thing to get overwhelmed. Today in Mad Zach’s new video, he shows off how he uses a single controller – our Midi Fighter Specra to act as the brains of the entire operation. As an added bonus, he’s also […]
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WXAudio WebSamplerWebSampler is the easiest way to sample web audio. Sampling web audio sucks. Producers are all too familiar with the hassle of sampling web audio—either risking downloads from unreliable sites or wrestling with intricate audio setups in their DAW. Picture this. A web browser in a plugin. Record from any website and then just drag and drop into your DAW. You might be saying, 'But hey WXAudio, I already have my fancy setup to record audio into my DAW.' We think you will find WebSampler to be a far easier and better experience. Pros of WebSampler: Super quick. Just record and drag into your DAW. No routing setup required. Just a plugin. Built in sample manager for organization of recorded samples. Single monitor users no longer need to swap between their DAW and web browser. Extra ability to play audio directly into DAW (Can place audio FX on any web audio). High quality WAV recordings. Read More

Two new plug-ins from Acon Digital Acon Digital have launched two essential plug-ins designed for the modern drum producer. 

Fircomp 2 by Jon V Audio is now available for FREE
Jon V Audio has updated the pricing of Fircomp 2, a digital compressor plugin previously priced at £23, to a pay-what-you-want model, with no minimum. You can now download this outstanding compressor plugin for free or choose to support the developer with a donation. Fircomp 2 is one of the cleanest, most transparent digital compressors [...]
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Big Fish Audio releases FREE Momentum v2.0 Loop Slicer Plugin
Big Fish Audio has released Momentum 2.0, an update to their free loop slicer and sample manipulation plugin for Windows and macOS. I covered the first version of Momentum in our news section in 2020; it’s worth reading if you need a refresher. Momentum’s core functionality remains intact in the new version: it’s a powerful [...]
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LANDR Sampler plug-in released LANDR have unveiled LANDR Sampler, a powerful new plug-in which is intended as a tool for transforming bulky sample libraries into a playable, intuitive instrument.

Soundiron Vibraphone EffectsSoundiron's Vibraphone Effects brings you the most comprehensive and detailed collection of playable concert vibraphone effects you will find anywhere, covering a complete selection of special articulations and extended technique, including various bowing, finger and hand, wooden, and rubber mallet articulations that take you way beyond the range of traditional orchestral and jazz vibraphone playing methods. Produced in collaboration with Pearl Drums, we've carefully recorded every nuance of this 4-octave Adams Alpha with gold anodized aluminum bars. This 24GB virtual instrument is perfect for soundtrack scoring, cinematic effects, modern jazz and avant garde compositions, and any style of music that calls for long-sustaining richly tonal, eclectic and lush-sounding tuned percussion. We placed our microphones exceptionally close to capture an unmatched level of deeply-nuanced resonance and character. Each preset makes creation easy with our advanced feature set, providing you with four intuitively-shapable independent sonic layers so you can build and sculpt your own sound. Each layer module includes an independent articulation selection, arpeggiator, filter system, LFO and shaping controls, as well as its own fully-customizable variable motor speed, so you can smoothly sweep from absolutely steady to total vibrato. This allows you to layer and combine multiple articulations and sound-designed textural elements to create your own unique instruments. There are 5 distinct German Bass Bow articulations: Feathered/Flautando, Spiccato, Staccato, Marcato, Long Note and Sustaining. Each note is captured in soft and loud dynamics, with 4 round-robins per key and dynamic. The 4 Hand and Finger articulations include Finger Taps, Finger Mutes, Scrapes and Flicks with up to 6 dynamic layers, and up to 8 round-robins per key and dynamic. The 4 Rubber Mallet articulations include Small Hard Rubber Mallets, Jumbo Soft Rubber Mallets, Superball Riccochet Fast Bounces, and Superball Riccochet Slow Bounces. The Riccochet articulations also provide an additional ribbon microphone option that has a silky-smooth tonality to provide an alternative sonic flavor. And of course, we've crafted 36 unique sound-designed elements to compliment our Vibraphone Effects, ranging from aggressive and textured leads to undulating and evolving ethereal pads, as well as plenty of classic synthesized waveforms to add even more body, harmony and flavor to your sound. To cap it all off, we've also included a set of 20 creative sound-designed factory presets to take the sound farther and offer instant inspiration, so you can dive right in. The Kontakt interface includes a suite of automation-ready sound-shaping controls to give you total creative flexibility. You have control over swell, attack, release, offset, vibrato, filter, pitch (coarse & fine), articulation switching, cross-fading and layering, and so much more. This library comes with an adaptable LFO system, with selectable LFO shape, modulation target parameter, speed, intensity, tempo-syncing and fade-in time. You can also apply your choice of 12 lowpass, high-pass and FX filters, with assignable modulation targets such as velocity, modwheel, expression, after-touch, key position and step-sequencer table control. Our customizable arpeggiator offers a velocity table and control over arp direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration. We've included a key and scale lock system to constrain your notes to common scales and keys for easy melodic composition and live performance. The interface is rounded-out by our modular FX rack panel, with 27 different DSP effect modules that you can assign in any of 8 available slots, in any order that you wish. You'll find classic phaser, flanger, delay, distortion, amp and cab simulators, compressors, EQ, rotator and so much more. The Reverb effect includes our favorite convolution reverb impulse responses, including 99 different rooms, halls, chambers and outdoor environments, plus another 40 custom FX impulses to radically transform the sound and open up whole new worlds of musical possibility. We've added a great bank of FX rack chain factory presets to get you started. Listen to demos of Vibraphone Effects on Soundcloud Product Specs: 5 Bowed articulations: Feathered/Flautando, Spiccato, Staccato, Marcato, Long Note and Sustaining. 4 Finger articulations: Finger Taps, Finger Mutes, Scrapes and Flicks. 4 Rubber Mallet articulations: Small hard, jumbo soft, superball riccochet fast & slow bounces. 36 ambient pads and evolving drones created from the source content. 21 Powerful Kontakt .nki instrument presets. 15 Powerful Decent Sampler presets. 11,560 stereo samples in unlocked .WAV format. 24 GB Installed. A flexible, intuitive user interface and mixer with pro features and deep customizability. Full FX rack with convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls, chambers & FX environments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0q4wmz2USw Read More

SUPERBOOTH 25: Fresh hardware from Novation Novation have announced a fresh line-up of hardware at this year’s Superbooth, introducing four new products designed to inspire electronic musicians, live performers and producers alike. 

Arturia announce Native Instruments NKS integration Arturia have just announced that their KeyLab Mk3, KeyLab Essentials Mk3 and MiniLab controllers will soon be able to take control of over 2000 NKS-compatible titles via NI’s Komplete Kontrol software.

Get Sampleson’s Predictor for $29 for a limited time
Sampleson recently announced the release of Predictor, a creative plugin and standalone app that learns from MIDI files to produce unique harmonic and melodic content. Predictor isn’t the developer’s first foray into machine learning; Sampleson released the AI-powered rePEDAL earlier this year. Sampleson launched Predictor with a special introductory price of $29, but it will [...]
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NatLife Sounds Boss RV-500 Custom Presets18 Custom Presets for the Boss RV-500 Crafted for depth, motion, and stunning reverb textures. This pack includes 18 custom presets that transform the reverb pedal Boss RV-500 into a powerful ambient and spatial tool. Every preset focuses on clarity, beauty, and creative flexibility: Ping-Pong Delay with Character. You'll hear rhythmic, stereo-panning delays that move naturally and blend with the reverb. These effects add motion and space to your sound. Lush, Long Reverb Tails. These patches offer rich and extended decay. They work beautifully for ambient textures, emotional solos, and cinematic moments. Beautiful, Musical Hall Reverbs. From warm and vintage to clean and spacious, these halls feel alive. Each one adds character without overwhelming your tone. All presets respond well to expression and dynamics. Whether you're playing live or producing in the studio, this collection gives your RV-500 a new creative edge. These custom presets were built over many long hours of deep, hands-on tweaking — not just assembling effects, but crafting spaces I personally wanted to feel. One of the highlights is the unique Ping-Pong delay, which I managed to achieve on the RV-500 — something I haven't seen anywhere else. It's subtle, musical, and reacts like a true part of your playing. Every sound here was made not for trends, but with care — as if I were making them for myself. Note: each preset is programmed with both Reverb and Delay at the same time. https://youtu.be/nIkyRLZexNg?si=ZLbVmjIMK-hoxAGK Read More

iZotope unveil Velvet smart de-esser Following on from the introduction of Aurora and Plasma, iZotope have announced the launch of the latest addition to their popular Catalyst series.