Get 90% Off Softube Producer Collection at Plugin Boutique Until August 31st
Softube’s Producer Collection is currently available at Plugin Boutique for an incredible 90% off, dropping the price from $1,647 to just $180 until August 31st. The exclusive Softube Producer Collection bundle is a powerhouse suite of mixing, mastering, and sound design tools. You get plugins for analog warmth, classic tone, and modern mixing features. It’s [...]
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808 Day: Get Roland’s official TR-808 plugin emulation at a massive discount for a limited time808 Day is here, and with it comes a celebration of one of music’s most iconic instruments. Every 8 August, beatmakers pay tribute to the mighty Roland TR-808 – a drum machine that’s been shaping genres and shaking subwoofers since the early ‘80s.

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To mark the occasion, Roland is serving some solid deals on its plugins – with the spotlight on its TR-808 software, available now till 31 August as a perpetual license for just $49, or a third of its usual price of $149.
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The TR-808 plugin is an authentic recreation of the legendary TR-808 hardware synth with full Analog Circuit Behavior modelling. It offers all the sounds on the original plus modern enhancements, including independent step sequencer lanes, per-step articulations, and a resizable UI. If you’ve been waiting to add this essential piece of beat-making history to your DAW, this is the time.
But the 808 isn’t the only one getting love this 808 Day. All Roland plugins at Plugin Boutique are currently 30% off. That includes the TR-909 plugin, now down to $104 from its usual $149.
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In addition to faithfully modelling the TR-909’s analogue circuitry, the software version uses the original sample ROM and models the early digital technology present in the vintage hardware. This results in a spot-on replica that’s still beloved by electronic and dance producers to this day. The plugin version also comes packed with new features to suit modern workflows.
If you want the full vintage arsenal, Roland’s Drum Machine Collection – which includes the TR-808, TR-606, TR-909, TR-707, and TR-727 – is now discounted to $349.
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For those looking for a Roland alternative, D16 Group’s Nepheton 2 is also on sale for $49 – that’s 58% off the original price of $119 – from now till 18 August. It’s a deeper, feature-rich emulation of the TR-808 with expanded controls and an FX section to sculpt your sound “effortlessly”.
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Visit Plugin Boutique for the full list of deals this 808 Day.
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Your neighbours will hate this: ASCENDO’s new 100-Inch infrasonic subwoofer is a wall-rattling, eardrum-destroying home theatre beastIf you’ve ever watched Back to the Future and thought, ‘I wish my home theater could physically launch me into a bookshelf like Marty McFly’ – well, dreams do come true.
ASCENDO just announced two jaw-dropping additions to its subwoofer lineup: THE64 SUB PRO PASSIVE INFRASONIC SEALED and the absolutely absurd THE100 SUB PRO PASSIVE INFRASONIC SEALED. As the names suggest, these are 64-inch and 100-inch passive sealed subs, designed to generate bass so low you’ll feel it in your DNA.
The German audio specialists aren’t new to big bass. They previously offered 50- and 80-inch infrasonic models, but clearly decided those were simply… too modest. The new 64- and 100-inch subs build on the legacy of those models and have been completely re-engineered for deeper extension, tighter control, and “unparalleled sonic precision at infrasonic frequencies”.

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“These two new subwoofers are the largest in the world for home cinema,” says Geoffrey Heinzel, Co-Managing Partner of ASCENDO. “[They] are incredibly powerful, efficient, and fast.”
So what exactly has been upgraded?
First, the suspension system has been overhauled with repositioned quad spiders, allowing greater excursion across the entire frequency range – both linear and nonlinear. To handle that movement silently and smoothly, ASCENDO uses carefully selected spider fabrics and resins that ensure high compliance without introducing noise, even during extreme playback conditions. Ultra-low frequency reproduction has also been improved considerably, beyond what any previous woofer design has achieved.
The speaker cabinets themselves have also seen significant refinement. They now feature a single-piece, custom-shaped surround that better supports the increased demands of the massive drivers. Optional application-specific enclosures for both THE64 and THE100 are also available and now feature improved internal bracing, which enhances rigidity and helps the cabinets handle all that energy without unwanted vibration. Meanwhile, ASCENDO’s multi-density damping materials have been fine-tuned to reduce resonance and group delay, resulting in a clean, punchy impulse response.
In short, these new subs are faster, deeper, more precise – and still terrifyingly large.
Thankfully, ASCENDO has also made them easier to service. A new field-replaceable re-cone kit means that if something does blow (or, let’s face it, if your curious friend pokes the cone), it can be quickly repaired without shipping the entire Death Star-sized unit back to Germany.
THE64 now replaces ASCENDO’s former 50-inch model, while THE100 steps in for the outgoing 80-inch version. That said, if you’re still wondering why someone would need a 100-inch subwoofer, you’re probably not the target market. But if your idea of a relaxing evening is watching your popcorn vibrate out of the bowl during the opening credits, head over to AIA Cinema to learn more.
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Get Bloom KSHMR Lite ($35) FREE in KSHMR’s Wild Ride Remix Challenge
Excite Audio and KSHMR are giving away Bloom KSHMR Lite (usually $35) for free as part of the Wild Ride Remix Challenge. The contest invites you to remix KSHMR’s latest track, called Wild Ride. It’s a genre-blending song that also has that signature KSHR cinematic synth flair. It’s a catchy song and I’m a sucker [...]
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Audiomovers update LISTENTO Audiomovers have just announced the release of a significant update that brings a whole host of new features to their audio-streaming application and plug-in suite. 

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A Repeater for WWVBFor those living in the continental US who, for whatever reason, don’t have access to an NTP server or a GPS device, the next best way to make sure the correct time is known is with the WWVB radio signal. Transmitting out of Colorado, the 60-bit 1 Hz signal reaches all 48 states in the low-frequency band and is a great way to get a clock within a few hundred nanoseconds of the official time. But in high noise situations, particularly on the coasts or in populated areas these radio-based clocks might miss some of the updates. To keep that from happening [Mike] built a repeater for this radio signal.
The repeater works by offloading most of the radio components to an Arduino. The microcontroller listens to the WWVB signal and re-transmits it at a lower power to the immediate area, in this case no further than a few inches away or enough to synchronize a few wristwatches. But it has a much better antenna for listening to WWVB so this eliminates the (admittedly uncommon) problem of [Mike]’s watches not synchronizing at least once per day. WWVB broadcasts a PWM signal which is easy for an Arduino to duplicate, but this one needed help from a DRV8833 amplifier to generate a meaningfully strong radio signal.
Although there have been other similar projects oriented around the WWVB signal, [Mike]’s goal for this was to improve the range of these projects so it could sync more than a single timekeeping device at a time as well as using parts which are more readily available and which have a higher ease of use. We’d say he’s done a pretty good job here, and his build instructions cover almost everything even the most beginner breadboarders would need to know to duplicate it on their own.

PIANIST AND COMPOSER JAHARI STAMPLEY TO PERFORM AT DC JAZZ FESTIVALThe ASCAP Foundation announced on Thursday that, under the leadership of President Paul Williams and Executive Director Nicole George-Middleton, it "continues its partnership in support of emerging jazz artists for a third year with the DC Jazz Festival, headed by President & CEO Sunny Sumter.""The 2025 DC JazzFest takes place August 27-31. The citywide jazz celebration lineup ranges from renowned jazz legends to emerging artists and features a performance by one of this year’s ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award recipients. Pianist and composer Jahari Stampley will take the DC JazzFest Transit Stage at The Wharf, 1001 7th Street SW in Washington DC on August 30 at 5:15 pm.""Jazz continually reinvents itself, shaping young talent into tomorrow's generation of creators," said ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams. "We are excited to partner for a third year with DC Jazz Fest to shine a spotlight on up-and-coming jazz creators."“Every summer, we look forward to the DC JazzFest to celebrate the art of jazz and theopportunity to have one of our Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award recipients share their talents on a high-profile stage,” said ASCAP Foundation Executive Director Nicole George-Middleton."The Jahari Stampley Family Band will surely be a performance to watch. Featured are Jahari Stampley on piano, D-Erania Stampley on upright electric bass, sax, synth and vocals, Ofri Nehemya on drums, and a surprise guest who will be announced during the performance. Earlier that day at 1:00 pm, Jahari will join 'Composing the Future,' a free 'Meet The Artists' discussion at DC’s Arena Stage. Jahari will also be a featured guest on “VERSED: The ASCAP Podcast” on August 25."Jahari Stampley"Jahari Stampley is a Chicago-born pianist who began playing at the age of 14. Within two years of exploring the instrument, he won competitions including the Best High School Jazz Soloist Award and the National Young Arts Competition. By the age of 18, he was recognized and followed by many world-renowned musicians such as Yebba Smith, Jill Scott, Robert Glasper, Cory Henry, Jacob Collier, Stanley Clarke, and Derrick Hodge, among others. Jahari has toured with Stanley Clarke and is featured on Derrick Hodge’s Color of Noise album."Jahari has performed at Radio City Music Hall, The Met Philadelphia, Byline Bank Aragon in Chicago, Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Jazz Center and more. He has also headlined and performed solo piano tours in Berlin, Koethen and Magdeburg in Germany, Geneva, and Los Angeles. He has conducted music workshops in Santa Ana, Costa Rica, and taught masterclasses in Spokane, Washington. Jahari is also the band leader and featured pianist playing the part of Bill Withers’ keyboardist in the feature film Spinning Gold.In May of 2025 Jahari released his single “To Be Alive” from his upcoming second album What A Time, which is set to be released in Asia in July 2025 and in the US in September 2025.In 2023, Jahari won first place in the Herbie Hancock Institute International Competition, was named Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz, became the first non-classical musician to receive the Chicago Youth Symphony Alumni Award, and was awarded the 2023 Luminarts Fellowship for his debut album Still Listening. Still Listening rose to #1 on Apple iTunes in the first weeks of the album’s release. The music on Still Listening has also been arranged for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra."Earlier in his career, Jahari won the Bösendorfer prize in the 2019 International American Jazz Pianists Association Competition (for ages 18-25), the 2018 ASCAP Foundation Fran Morgenstern Davis Scholarship, and was a National Young Arts Foundation 2018 Young Arts Winner. Jahari also created and wrote the music for a mobile music training game, 'Piano Chronicles.' It is available as a mobile app for all mobile devices on Google Play Store and the Apple Store.""The Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards were established by The ASCAP Foundation in 2002 to encourage gifted jazz composers up to the age of 30. The program carries the name of the great trumpeter and ASCAP member Herb Alpert in recognition of The Herb Alpert Foundation's multi-year financial commitment to support this unique program. The recipients, who receive cash awards, are selected through a juried national competition."More information on this year’s Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards recipients can be found at https://www.ascap.com/press/2025/03/03-28-foundation-herb-alpert-recipients.The post PIANIST AND COMPOSER JAHARI STAMPLEY TO PERFORM AT DC JAZZ FESTIVAL first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

iZotope launch FXEQ The latest arrival to iZotope’s Catalyst Series brings together a versatile collection of creative effects, but offers a different approach to your typical multi-effects plug-in.

Warner Music appoints Lo Ting-Fai as President of Asia-PacificLofai’s appointment fits into Robert Kyncl's plan to strengthen Warner’s presence in the region’s fast-changing music scene
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Dystopian Waves releases Spectral Wobbler, a FREE Max for Live modulation plugin
Spectral Wobbler is a free Max for Live plugin released by developer Dystopian Waves that is compatible with Ableton Live Suite 11 and 12 (macOS and Windows). Max for Live is Ableton’s visual programming environment, allowing users to extend the functionality of Ableton Live. With Max for Live, users can create custom instruments and audio/MIDI [...]
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Spitfire Audio capture Strawberry Studios’ iconic Steinway B – played by Elton John and David Bowie – with Château Piano pluginBack in the ‘70s, the sound of Strawberry Studios’ 1901 Steinway B piano dominated the charts. From Elton John to David Bowie, plenty of superstars utilised Strawberry’s Steinway B – and, thanks to Spitfire Audio, you can now capture the sound of the legendary piano from the comfort of your own DAW.
Spitfire Audio’s new Château Piano plugin meticulously samples the iconic 1901 Steinway B, allowing users to replicate the magic of the piano with ease. The sampling was also recorded on site at in the 18th-century French castle, Le Château d’Hérouville, that houses Strawberry Studios, meaning it sounds truly authentic.

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Recorded in the studio’s George Sand live room, the sampling was captured via a collection of valve and condenser microphones. Most significantly, the recording set up even employed some Neumann U67 condenser mics in exactly the same positioning as Elton John used during his original recordings of cuts like Rocket Man, Goodbye, and Yellow Brick Road.

The Château Piano plugin allows you to blend eight individual signals, as well as allowing you to toy with a plethora of effects like analogue tape effects, compression, chorus, high and low-pass filters, reverb, and more.
There’s also 37 presets to experiment with, ranging from distorted, overdriven textures to capture a grittier sound, or more rich, lush tones if you’re after something warmer.
With its beautiful location and curious tales of ghost hauntings, Strawberry Studio quickly became the hot-spot for ‘70s superstars. It’s since become known as ‘France’s Abbey Road’, beloved by many artists that once graced its grounds.

Bowie’s 1977 record Low was partially recorded at the castle, while Elton John in particular couldn’t get enough of the place. The acclaimed pianist recorded three records at Strawberry, even naming 1972’s Honky Château after the studio.
“They all told us, if they had made this record elsewhere, it wouldn’t have been the same,” studio owner Thierry Garacino explains. “They wouldn’t have written these arrangements – it was the Château that inspired them.”
Speaking on the new plugin, Garacino insists its the real deal. “You play three chords and straight away… that’s the sound of Elton John,” he says.
Spitfire Audio’s Château Piano is available now and is is compatible with macOS and Windows. It’s currently available at a discounted price of £103, which will soon hop up to £129.

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Swedish House Mafia have made it easier than ever to submit demos to their label, SUPERHUMANEver wanted Swedish House Mafia to hear your mixtape? Well, the EDM titans have just made it easier than ever to send demos into their label, SUPERHUMAN.
The Swedes have launched a dedicated new portal to submit your demo tracks, with a new Instagram reel showcasing the improved submission process. “The world doesn’t need more tracks,” the video asserts. “It needs something SUPERHUMAN.”

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Instead of sending demos through to studio@superhuman.music, artists can now upload MP3 or WAV files directly to the simple microsite. Alongside your track, you also need to include your artist name, confirm whether you used any samples, and there’s also space to include a brief message.
“At SUPERHUMAN, we recognize that there’s a lot of talent and creativity out there, but not always an easy way to get it heard,” the label explains in a statement with EDM. “We’ve developed a DemoDrop feature and added it to our website to make it easier for artists to send music directly to us.”

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While the Swedes began sharing music on the SUPERHUMAN label back in February 2024, the gang officially began welcoming artist submissions back in April. The group encouraged the influx of demos with adverts across the globe, plastering “I’m a superhuman” across the sides of cars and up on billboards.
The label website asserts that its goal is to provide “a space for ideas” and “a platform for those who create”. The mission is to “innovate boldly and redefine the standard” of the music industry.

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So far, the label has only released music from Swedish House Mafia, as well as any solo work from the Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingross trio. One track released by the label most recently includes Ingrosso’s A New Day, a track that samples Celine Dion.
“Thank you Celine for letting me bring this into a new shape,” the artist wrote in an Instagram post back in July.
You can submit your demos to SUPERHUMAN now.

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