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September 3, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
ForgeDSP Kick Alchemist is a sample-based kick construction plugin designed to turn existing drum samples into a finished one-shot. Instead of generating the sound from a synthesis engine, it combines three dedicated layers: BASE for the low end, CORE for the body, and SPARK for the attack. Each layer can be tuned, phase-adjusted, and frequency-shaped […]
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September 2, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
AudioThing Orbita takes a different approach to drum programming: instead of drawing every hit on a step grid, you decide how long each track should run and how many hits it should contain. The sequencer handles the distribution, while each of the eight tracks can move through its own rhythmic cycle. In practice, that makes […]
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August 31, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Bitwig Studio 6.1 turns Sampler into a much more complete production instrument. The update adds dedicated slicing, automatic pitch analysis, Spectral time-stretching, Fragments granular playback and a more capable multisample workflow, but the feature count is not what matters most here. What matters in practice is how quickly a sample becomes usable. A drum loop […]
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August 30, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Cherry Audio Memorymode 2 is a substantial rebuild of the original Memorymode, with the biggest changes happening in the synthesis engine rather than the interface. Cherry Audio has revised the oscillator, filter, and envelope modeling, then built a second 16-voice layer around it with polyphonic sequencing, MPE, polyphonic aftertouch, expanded voice variation, and a larger […]
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August 29, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Acustica Gold 6 is a major revision of the company’s British console collection, built around a new generation of nonlinear preamp modeling rather than a simple channel-strip refresh. The suite now separates the PRE, EQ, and COMP sections into dedicated plugins while retaining the full channel strip, with 52 preamp models, nine British EQs, and […]
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August 29, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
IK Multimedia enters an already mature orchestral-library market with Sinphonica Maestosa Strings. The library is built around a 60-player Italian string orchestra, but its more interesting proposition is the way performance, articulation and spatial controls are combined inside the instrument. For producers and engineers, that makes workflow and mix behavior more relevant than the headline […]
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August 28, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Arturia Pure SUB is a monophonic bass synthesizer and bass-design plugin built specifically for 808s, sub bass, Reese basses and other modern electronic low-end sounds. Its defining feature is the separation of the sound into three independently shaped stages: Sub, Harmonics and Texture, followed by dedicated filtering, bass processing, effects and a final Maximiser. The […]
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August 27, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Native Instruments Session Guitarist – Electric Neon Deluxe is a Kontakt guitar instrument built specifically around modern pop, EDM, dance, and synth-heavy production. It combines 240 patterns, 31 songs, plectrum and finger articulations, a dedicated Melody instrument, and 30 amp and effects chains in a workflow that is much closer to arranging a performed guitar […]
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August 26, 2026 | Mixing and mastering
Sonible smart:chain is built around a straightforward problem in modern mixing: too much engineering time can disappear into repetitive setup before the creative work even begins. The plugin combines EQ, compression, gating, de-harshing, input riding, saturation, and leveling, but the individual processors are not the reason it stands out. Channel strips have covered most of […]
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