Zimbabwe's education minister praised religious institutions for addressing classroom shortages after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built a primary school in Caledonia. Minister Torerai Moyo commissioned Runyararo Peace Primary School, which features five blocks and 10 classrooms, serving more than 700 students. The facility represents the first government primary school serving the Caledonia area.
Moyo emphasized the importance of modern infrastructure in preparing students for global competition while highlighting the need for digital literacy instruction. He urged school administrators to protect children from substance abuse and maintain supportive learning conditions. Provincial affairs minister Itayi Ndudzo said...
Mutare officials partnered with community groups to gather household-level input for the 2026 municipal spending plan through visits to 20,000 homes across ten days. The city trained surveyors from multiple organizations to collect resident priorities after previous consultation efforts reached fewer than 5,000 people. Town Clerk Blessing Chafesuka said the approach addresses low participation by reaching elderly citizens, women, youth, and disabled residents directly at their residences.
Workers wearing United Mutare Residents and Ratepayers Trust vests will use electronic forms to record feedback confidentially across all city wards. Officials pledged to incorporate community responses into the draft budget to demonstrate how...
PlugInGuru launched Unify 2, a software container that consolidates multiple audio processors and synthesizers into a single workspace. The program ships with more than 60 built-in tools and 850 preset configurations. Users can replace bundled components with third-party plugins through simple interface actions.
The updated version features 32 macro controls, each with modulation sources for automated parameter movement. Engineers redesigned the interface, reorganizing layers to display expanded operational data. The included GuruSampler 2.0 adds three envelopes and three modulation generators, along with enhanced filtering that operates independently for each note.
A new step sequencer creates rhythmic patterns within the host...
Developer Peter Semiletov released version 11.1.0 of Drumlabooh, a free percussion instrument plugin for Linux and Windows. The update addresses a technical problem that caused drum kits to load twice when users first launched the software.
Engineers improved the main audio processing routine for better performance. The developer integrated a newer version of the pugixml library into the software package. Documentation received substantial revisions to assist users.
The Quick Kit format remains functional but will phase out because its interface proved confusing. Semiletov removed the Quick Kit editor from the plugin window. Musicians can substitute sample directories when building basic drum kits rapidly.
Black Salt Audio released Telos - Vocals, a software that combines multiple processing stages for voice recording work. The plugin operates on Apple and Windows computers through VST3, AU, and AAX formats. The company designed the tool to streamline vocal mixing by consolidating equalization, compression, saturation, and limiting functions into one interface.
The software provides three frequency bands for tonal adjustments, along with two compression stages that handle dynamic control and presence enhancement. Three saturation modes add harmonic content modeled after tube circuits, midrange density, or aggressive distortion. A de-esser reduces sibilance while a limiter prevents signal peaks from exceeding output thresholds.
The...
Desired Sounds updated Sonic BASS Pro to version 1.2 with adjustments for note duration and user customization options. The software developer corrected a technical problem that caused certain high bass tones to end prematurely rather than hold indefinitely. Engineers added controls for thickness blending and velocity response.
The velocity adjustment addresses limitations in some hardware controllers that send a uniform signal strength regardless of playing force. Musicians can set minimum volume levels for soft keystrokes compared to harder strikes. This benefits users working with equipment that lacks touch sensitivity or produces weak dynamic response.
The company continues to offer Sonic BASS ONE as a no-cost alternative or a...
Berglind Audio released Oolong, a saturation tool for Apple computers that adds harmonic coloring to recordings. The software draws influence from tube amplifiers and tape recorders but uses custom processing rather than circuit emulation. A simplified free edition called Oolong Jr provides basic functions.
The plugin employs adaptive processing that responds differently to sudden peaks versus sustained tones. This approach allows producers to add texture across wider volume ranges before distortion becomes apparent. Bass frequencies can be shaped without triggering excessive low-end coloring.
Controls adjust harmonic brightness, stereo imaging and dynamic tone shaping. The software produces minimal aliasing artifacts while...
Windows-G has launched E-ChorusFX700, a no-cost chorus plugin built for REAPER that enhances tracks with spatial qualities and rhythmic variation. The software produces effects ranging from understated transparency to the characteristic saturated tones associated with 1980s and 1990s recordings.
Users can select between triangle and sine waveforms for modulation control. Parameters include depth adjustment spanning 0-100 percent, rate modification from 0-15 hertz, and stereo positioning via width settings. Separate controls for processed and unprocessed signals allow precise mixing decisions.
The plugin includes filtering options that affect only the modulated signal while preserving the original audio path. High-pass filtering...
A ruling party official faces custody after authorities detained him for carrying a firearm at the recent annual conference. Brighton Ndebele, 40, who works as an aide to Industry and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu, appeared before magistrates in Mutare and was refused release pending investigation.
Security measures at the gathering prohibited all ministerial assistants from bringing weapons into the venue. Party sources suggest the arrest relates to internal power struggles between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. Multiple agencies are examining whether the security violation was accidental or intentional.
Minister Ndlovu said he was unaware that his personal assistant had a gun at the event...
