Avid introduce Pro Tools 2026.4 The latest version of Pro Tools introduces a powerful new Track Pin function, support for the MPEG‑H immersive broadcast standard, built-in Dolby Headphone Personalization and more.

Dezert Audio releases PolyFreq, a free analog modeled synth plugin
Dezert Audio has released PolyFreq, a free analog modeled synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows. You may recognize Dezert Audio from Freq-2, the premium Kontakt instrument we covered previously, built from recordings taken from Dez Wright’s personal collection of over 20 analog synths. PolyFreq is a different kind of release. It’s a synthesis engine rather [...]
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Triceratops | decap Bless You 2It's Moldbreaker, but slightly different. I bought this new light version of Moldbreaker, and it sounds pretty good, but this *sshole keeps sneezing over my damn knobs! And his seismic sneezes are f*ucking up my whole sound. Read about it and demo here on my website Read More

Get Plugin Alliance Black Box Analog Design HG-2 for $30 (76% OFF until May 31)
Brainworx and Black Box Analog Design’s HG-2 tube saturation plugin is currently 76% off at Plugin Boutique. The regular price is $125, and the deal brings it down to $30 until May 31. HG-2 is the official emulation of Black Box Analog Design’s hardware tube processor. It’s a unit that retails for around $3,000 (yikes!) [...]
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Melbourne Instruments’ Nina gains Braids engine Melbourne Instruments have just released a free firmware update that brings the engine behind Mutable Instruments’ Braids Eurorack module to their desktop polysynth. 

MousePlugins Mastino 60Mastino 60 is a hard-knee VCA-style compressor designed for fast, punchy dynamic control on drums, bass, buses, and mix sources that benefit from firm gain reduction. The plugin focuses on direct compression behavior, clear metering, and a practical modern workflow. It includes threshold and compression controls, output gain, stereo linking, a sidechain filter, parallel mix control, and fixed low-latency processing. Mastino 60 was developed with measurement-guided tuning and listening tests, with the goal of capturing the feel of classic fast VCA compression while keeping the interface simple, responsive, and suitable for everyday mixing. It is available for Linux and Windows in CLAP and VST3 formats. Read More

Warm Audio launch the Reamper Aiming to bridge the gap between guitar rigs and studio setups, the Reamper delivers a multi-purpose tool that’s capable of carrying out re‑amping, placing guitar pedals into a DAW signal chain and capturing a signal from pushed valve amps at studio-friendly volumes.

Ewan Bristow’s UZU spectral phaser is FREE for 7 days (regularly $17)
Ewan Bristow has officially hit 10k followers on Twitter/X, and as promised, his UZU frequency domain phaser is now free. The plugin normally sells for $17, and you can grab it from the developer’s website for free. We covered the initiative back in October 2025, when Ewan announced that UZU would be made free for [...]
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CPU Productions Groove DetectiveGroove Detective: The only search engine for drum loops based on patterns and 'sounds like'. As producers' and musicians' collections of audio loops used in music productions of all stripes grow steadily year by year, so does the accompanying problem of finding exactly what you need, when you need it. Even though individual collections may be sensibly organized into styles, tempo and so on, there is no agreed-upon system for doing this and rarely does a user take the time and effort to consolidate all these disparate libraries. The result is that the collection is spread over a large number of folders, making it exceedingly difficult and time consuming to audition potential candidates when it matters the most: at the moment of inspiration and creation. Groove Detective solves this problem in a musical way. By analyzing all the loops the user has and consolidating all the data in a single searchable database, it no longer matters where the loop is stored. The information in the database allows the user to search for loops based on the pattern of drum hits in the loop itself, not on how it is named or in which folder it resides. The search pattern can be made as narrowly specific or as widely fuzzy as one wishes, depending on the need of the moment. There is also an option of including a "sounds like" dimension to a search. For example, if one is looking for loops that have a particular snare drum sound, one needs only provide that sound to the search engine and the degree to which the sound should match. In the result browser one can further refine the search by filtering on tempo, 'pitched-ness', file type, sample rate and so on. Once a choice has been made, the loop can simply be dragged into a track in the DAW production software (if it is so enabled), without ever having to enter any file open or import dialog. This technology is based on decades of research in audio analysis and Music Information Retrieval (MIR) systems and utilizes an advanced expert system. Read More

Universal Audio release UAD Enigmatic ’82 Overdrive Special Amp Already available as a hardware pedal, Enigmatic ’82 Overdrive Special Amp has now made its way into the UAD line-up, bringing the same iconic tones to DAW users. 

Heritage Audio announce the Baby RAM Black Edition Created in celebration of the company’s 15th anniversary, the Baby RAM Black Edition offers the same performance and functionality as the original, but in an alternative finish.

Tuva 1.4 adds customizable views, tabs, and pinned items for faster sample browsing
Tuva, the standalone sample and project manager we covered earlier this month, has just been updated to version 1.4. The update is focused on workflow customization, with new left bar views, tab-based navigation, and pinned items. As a quick recap, Tuva is a desktop app that helps you organize, classify, and search audio samples, MIDI [...]
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Samples From Mars Serum Presets Vol 1 From Mars235 Serum Presets Built From Vintage Hardware Serum Presets Vol I From Mars is a bundle of five original preset packs built around one idea: taking our hardware samples and turning them into something fully playable inside Serum. Lately we've been searching for a way to sample more synths consistently, and when we realized Serum 2 could load custom samples, it immediately opened up a new workflow. The moment we started dropping our own recordings into Serum's engine, the results were better than we expected - raw analog samples just sound so good in Serum, it's immediately inspiring and enjoyable to use. This bundle includes 235 presets across five distinct packs, covering a wide range of tones built from vintage synths, drum machines, electric pianos, voices, and analog hardware. Because everything lives inside Serum, you get the same experience in every DAW - no multisampler setup, no custom mapping, and no compatibility issues. Just load a preset and play. https://soundcloud.com/samplesfrommars/samples-from-mars-serum-2 Five Packs, One Bundle The five packs inside Serum Presets Vol I each explore a different direction, but all share the same foundation: original Samples From Mars recordings shaped specifically for Serum's architecture. Vintage Synths From Mars focuses on classic analog synth tones, using custom oscillators built from vintage hardware samples. Wurli From Mars explores the sound of three different Wurlitzers, from traditional electric piano tones to stretched textures, pads, and more experimental sounds. Analog 808s From Mars centers on analog-sourced 808 basses, kicks, subs, and drum presets, ranging from smooth low-end to heavily saturated tones. Voices From Mars uses human voice recordings - singing, humming, choirs, and vocal textures - as the basis for playable synth patches. Analog Techno From Mars pushes further into modular synth sources, and hardware-driven sounds designed for movement, weight, and modern club production. Built From Samples Unlike most preset packs that rely only on stock oscillators, every preset here begins with custom source material recorded from real instruments and hardware. Vintage synths, drum machines, voices, and electric pianos were sampled, edited, and transformed into oscillators built specifically for Serum. Some presets stay close to the source, preserving the tone and feel of the original recordings. Others move much further, using Serum's modulation, filters, macros, and effects to create sounds that would be difficult to reach with samples alone. Why We Like This Format One of the biggest advantages of putting our samples inside Serum is consistency. Instead of loading raw samples into different samplers depending on your setup, everything works identically inside one instrument. It makes the sounds faster to reach, easier to shape, and often more inspiring to play. And simply put, it's just FUN. A Diverse Range of Sounds Across the bundle, the presets cover basses, leads, pads, keys, techno sequences, vocal instruments, electric pianos, drums, and hybrid textures. Some are immediate and simple. Others are designed to evolve over time and respond heavily to macro movement. That range is what makes the bundle especially useful - it moves easily between traditional synth duties and more unusual sound design, while keeping a clear hardware identity throughout. Serum Presets Vol I includes all five preset packs together at a discounted price, while each pack is also available separately if you want to start with one focused direction. If Serum is already part of your workflow, this is a huge range of new sounds in one place. And if it's not.. it might be worth considering;). Contents: Serum 2 Vintage Synths From Mars Serum 2 Wurli From Mars Serum 2 Analog 808s From Mars Serum 2 Voices From Mars Serum 2 Analog Techno From Mars Leads, Bass, 808s, Sequences, Arps, Pads, Keys, Pianos, Soundscapes, Chords, Drums and Percussion presets, and more. (235) Serum Presets. (5) Serum Packs. 586.6 MB (unzipped). Read More

SynthFest UK 2026 Announced SynthFest UK is the largest event of its kind in the UK, bringing together the top keyboard synthesizer and modular brands from across the electronic music industries.

Baby Audio Atoms is 60% OFF at Plugin Boutique until May 13
Plugin Boutique is running a 60% discount on Baby Audio Atoms, bringing the physical modeling synth down from $99 to $39 until May 13. Atoms is Baby Audio’s second virtual instrument, following the analog-flavored BA-1, and it’s a very different animal. Instead of oscillators, Atoms generates sound using a physical model of interconnected masses and [...]
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