Native Instruments released Scene Nightshade for musicians who make scary movie music. This tool helps create horror soundtracks with deep strings, voices, plucks, and synth textures. Users can change between 16 different sound layers using an XY pad to make evolving, scary sounds. The instrument makes feelings from tension to complete dread with unusual plucks shimmering high notes.
Media composers will find this product helpful when scoring films or games. The interface keeps things simple, with all the main controls easy to reach. Musicians can blend layers and shape various sounds for different screen moments. The product contains synths, string drones, and plucks made for horror films. Creators stay in key thanks to built-in scale...
Loopcloud has been updated to version 7.5 with changes that make music production faster, easier, and more inspiring. This software works as a sample library, music tool, and library manager. Users can organize and access sounds better with improved library management. The MIDI features help musicians explore new creative ideas more efficiently. The update brings performance improvements and background fixes for better operation.
New features include an All Files folder Column Settings menu for better organization. The Arturia Pigments install directory appears in the preset installation folder preferences. Musicians find MIDI Synth Presets directly on the main search page. They can export MIDI audio separately using the Current Mix...
Sugar Bytes created Dialekt, an 8-track Groovebox for Mac and Windows computers. This tool helps musicians make fast beats and capture new ideas quickly. It comes with many synthesis methods, effects inside, a song sequencer, and a powerful Song Randomizer. Users can pick from 27 different sound engines when making music.
The program offers flexible ways to build sequences and create beats based on music styles. Musicians can make fresh, professional tracks within seconds using these features. Dialekt works well for people who need to sketch out ideas, jam with friends, or perform live. The software includes eight touch effects, each with its own sequencer for adding movement to sounds.
Music makers can use special features like trig...
iZotope released Equinox, a new surround reverb plugin that combines engines from Exponential Audio's Stratus with Symphony. This tool helps users create deep, clear reverb effects for music production and sound post-work. The plugin supports popular surround formats like Atmos for movies and TV shows. It features special unmasking technology that keeps dialogue instruments clear without muddy sound. Users can access more than 1250 professional presets through an improved browser system.
The natural reverb engine works well for placing dialogue effects into realistic spaces. The character engine lets sound designers create experimental, creative sounds. Multi-channel support includes easy balance controls for placing reverb across...
Alesis released its new Strata Club electronic drum kit for drummers who need professional quality with less space. This compact kit works well for intermediate players through professionals. The setup helps studio producers integrate it easily with other equipment. Because of its smaller design, it fits nicely in small practice rooms or bedrooms.
The heart of the system shows off a 7-inch touchscreen with powerful processing. Users access a huge 25 GB library containing over 370 different drum pieces. The system holds more than 800 unique sound variations from 144,000 individual samples. Drummers play on a 12-inch mesh snare with two 10-inch mesh toms. The kick tower measures just 9 inches across.
The kit features special ARC cymbals...
Wavelet Audio released Edda for Kontakt Player. This instrument features Nordic tagelharpa strings with shamanic percussion. The library captures authentic raw sounds from Nordic musical traditions. Musicians can use it for Viking-style pagan music or any other genre. It adds natural details with raw emotion to musical mixes.
The product contains scoring tagelharpa, scoring tagelharpa phrases, big tagelharpa, big tagelharpa phrases. Users will find shaman buben percussion inside. The instrument offers four different legato types. It comes with multiple round robins for realistic performance. Several dynamic layers help create expressive music.
Players can choose between different microphone settings. The package includes WAV phrases...
UJAM released the Virtual Guitarist CINEDREAM plugin for musicians who want guitar textures in their music. This tool helps create moody backgrounds with ambient guitar sounds. Users can make evolving pads for emotional music without much effort. The plugin works with real guitar recordings enhanced through sound design techniques. It offers thirty different styles focused on cinematic guitar sounds.
The plugin features Player Mode, where holding one key produces complete guitar phrases automatically. Instrument Mode allows more control for creating custom melodies. Users can adjust how notes behave using simple controls. The Contour knob changes between slow attacks or long sustains as needed. Five amp models provide options from...
Three new music tools from Axtro help producers make better sounds. Axtro-FM works as an FM synth with five oscillators and eleven algorithms. It comes with note sequencing features and eight master effects. Musicians can choose from 512 preset sounds in different banks. This powerful synth costs $60.
Axtro-DS-08 creates drum beats using WAV files and twelve modified 808 drums. Each drum part has five effects and its own sequencer. The master section includes a fifteen-band equalizer and multiband compressor. Users can easily see sound frequencies and peak levels. The package contains 950 drum samples and 128 drum kits for the 808 section. Drummers pay $80 for this complete tool.
The third program, Axtro-MS, loads wav, sf2, and sfz...
U-he just released a new soundset called Blue Flamingo for their Repro-5 synth. The weather warmed up in Berlin, bringing bright colors everywhere. This inspired KYHON to create fresh sounds for musicians. KYHON previously made other unusual sound collections for u-he products.
Blue Flamingo takes listeners through psychedelic music history spanning more than five decades. Many sounds feel like warm analog equipment from the 1970s but include modern elements throughout the collection. The package contains 350 total sounds with 175 original presets and 175 variations.
Musicians can expressively control these sounds using the modulation wheel and other real-time controls. The numbered versions may appear similar at first hearing but...
