Variety of Sound dropped a new plugin, FerricTDS mkIII. It is an update to their old tape dynamics simulator, which won some developer challenge years back. This thing aims to emulate the warmth and compression of vintage tape machines.
The plugin is meant to glue a mix together and shape tone. You can use it for subtle warming or for more obvious harmonic distortion. It messes with bass, mids, and highs to make things sound louder and more controlled. The update adds a new toolbar with a preset manager and an A/B comparison function. A headroom control makes calibration simpler.
Under the hood, the limiter is always on when you hit a certain level, acting like a soft clipper. They added a wow and flutter effect for that wobbly tape...
Another free plugin just dropped. Dawesome Music, teaming up with some guy named Chris Bryant, put out a thing called Sol. It is a textural effects engine for Windows and Mac, with VST3 and AU support.
This plugin is basically a box of shiny, atmospheric sounds. It focuses on illumination, blending granular stuff, reverb, and pitched effects into one simple interface. You can make everything from a faint background layer to a massive, glowing halo around your original sound. It works on pads, plucks, whatever.
It has only six knobs. One controls a granular glitter effect for shimmering details. Another dial, labeled Calm, smooths that effect out. A Shine control adds pitched grains up high for harmonic sparkle. Clouds adjusts the...
Dotec-Audio has a new plugin called DeeTrans that mimics analog transformer hardware. It aims to add natural warmth and harmonic density to digital audio tracks. The tool offers simple one-click presets alongside seventeen deeper parameters for detailed tone shaping.
Key features include modeling magnetic saturation and core loss for a realistic texture. The developer claims it can tighten low-end response and reduce stereo smearing across a mix. It is available now for fifty dollars on Mac and Windows systems.
Kiive Audio dropped a new equalizer plugin modeled on a rare British unit. The VX-Q focuses on clean, detailed tone shaping for precise sources like a master bus. It features five distinct saturation modes alongside its EQ controls for adding color.
The advanced section lets users tweak harmonic distortion, balancing even and odd harmonics or filtering the saturation range. It's available now for Mac and Windows at an introductory price under forty dollars.
Pulsar Modular updated their Lunar Lander delay plugin. Version 2.5 adds a modern bucket brigade mode for cleaner, wider repeats with an analog vibe. It also ships with over a hundred new presets covering classic hardware and modern ambient styles.
The preset system got a full overhaul, now featuring drag-and-drop organization and custom categories. Users can import banks and mark favorites. The update includes general optimizations and interface tweaks for all platforms.
Steinberg dropped a major update for its mobile recording app alongside two new piano instruments. Cubasis 3.8 adds new amp model suites for guitar and bass, complete with effects pedals and a tuner. The update also enables Bluetooth audio recording and better MIDI file support for tempo data.
The new plugins, Verve and Etude, are AUv3 instruments for iOS. Verve is a felt piano blended with experimental textures from objects like metal and glass. Etude is a sampled Yamaha concert grand piano aimed at songwriters. Both integrate directly with Cubasis and other compatible apps, with a free Cubasis plugin version for owners.
Cubasis 3.8 is available now on Apple and Google app stores. The update is free for current users. Verve and Etude...
Sonora Cinematic released a new instrument called Refraction, a heavily processed piano library. It uses samples from a real upright but transforms them into pads and electronic textures instead of classic piano sounds. A spectral resonator engine makes notes bloom and morph by generating harmonics from the original recordings.
Users can tweak individual harmonics and use a central bloom control for expression, even muting the main piano to play just the resonance. The mixer includes multiple microphone signals and a worn tape echo effect. It runs in Kontakt Player or the full version, requiring about ten gigabytes of space.
The plugin is available now at an introductory price of under seventy-one pounds.
ACE Studio just dropped a big update. This all-in-one AI music software version 2.0 packs way more synthetic voices and instruments. The new vocal library includes over a hundred forty AI models, adding styles like rap and country across eight languages. They also threw in new AI instruments like saxophones and a duduk from real collaborating musicians.
Fresh generative tools can now build samples or polish rough ideas. The company emphasizes its ethical approach, stating that every AI model is based on licensed performances from real artists who get royalties. The software is designed to assist human creators, not replace them. It runs on modern Windows and Mac systems.
The two pricing tiers for the released software start at just...
A crash on the Harare-Nyamapanda road has left ten people dead. Police say a Honda Fit and a haulage truck collided head-on near the Suswe area in Mashonaland East province. All occupants of the smaller vehicle died at the scene.
Authorities report the Honda Fit may have crossed into the wrong lane. The four people in the truck survived the collision. This incident highlights ongoing road safety issues in the country, especially on major highways. Police are continuing their investigation and reminding drivers to be cautious during this heavy travel season.
