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Dreamtonics Instrument X

Dreamtonics Instrument X Review: Neural Orchestral Plugin Tested

September 7, 2026 | Mixing and mastering

Dreamtonics Instrument X is built around a different orchestral-production approach: generate the performance rather than assemble it from recorded samples. Its neural acoustic engine turns MIDI and notation into playable instrument parts, with articulation, dynamics, and performance behavior generated within the instrument instead of being selected from velocity layers, keyswitches, and pre-recorded phrases. That distinction […]

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Martinic Prodigy

Martinic Prodigy Review: Is It a Faithful Moog Prodigy Emulation?

September 7, 2026 | Mixing and mastering

Martinic Prodigy is a software recreation of the 1979 Moog Prodigy, using Martinic’s ACE circuit-modeling technology to reproduce the original two-oscillator architecture, hard sync, glide and 24 dB/octave ladder filter. It also expands the original monosynth with 8-voice polyphony, 6-voice unison, pulse-width control, a sub-oscillator, noise generation, Multidrive, spring reverb, expanded modulation, sequencing, MPE and […]

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Big Man Labs Bigulator

Bigulator Review: Does Its Audio-Rate Clipping Sound Different?

September 6, 2026 | Mixing and mastering

Bigulator is built around an unusual clipping topology. Instead of using a conventional envelope-based control signal, Big Man Labs modeled a circuit in which an audio-rate VCA is driven by a peak-skimming rectifier. The plugin was developed from the original hardware schematic and measurements of the unit. That makes Bigulator interesting for a more specific […]

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Muse Group Audacity 4

Audacity 4 Review: New Features, Editing, ASIO & Audacity 3

September 4, 2026 | Mixing and mastering

Audacity 4 is the first version that makes the old Audacity editing model feel genuinely different. The interface has been rebuilt, clips can be manipulated directly, recording is now more flexible and clip-based, and effects such as Compressor, Limiter and Reverb can run in realtime. Windows users also get official ASIO support in the new […]

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IK Multimedia Tonex Board

IK Multimedia TONEX Board Review: Is It Worth $999.99?

September 4, 2026 | Uncategorised

IK Multimedia TONEX Board Review: Is It Worth $999.99? IK Multimedia TONEX Board is a floor-based guitar and bass processor built around the company’s TONEX AI Machine Modeling technology. Unlike the smaller TONEX hardware, the Board is designed as a complete hardware rig with two independent signal paths, up to four simultaneous Tone Models, up […]

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ForgeDSP Kick Alchemist

Kick Alchemist Review: Sample Layering & Phase Alignment

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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AudioThing Orbita Euclidean

AudioThing Orbita Review: Euclidean Drum Machine, Workflow & Price

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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Bitwig Studio 6.1

Bitwig Studio 6.1 Review: Sampler, Spectral, Fragments & Workflow

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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Cherry Audio Memorymode 2

Cherry Audio Memorymode 2 Review: Is This the Best Memorymoog Plugin?

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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