An Egyptian EA FC competitor just became the linchpin connecting two orgs to professional soccer's esports pipeline.
Evil Geniuses and Austin FC team up
Evil Geniuses partnered with Austin FC on March 5, 2026.
EG enters the eMLS competition for the first time.
EA FC Pro's wider ecosystem is part of the deal.
ESL FACEIT Group operates eMLS for Major League Soccer.
k1johnn's competitive resume
John "k1johnn" Mouneer signed with Evil Geniuses.
His eWorld Cup finish landed in the global top nine.
EA FC 24 World Championship saw a top-five placement.
Mouneer also grabbed the FIFA 23 FGS3 title.
eMLS Championship qualification details
k1johnn cracked the top 30 in North American qualifiers.
Prize money sits at $100,000 for the...
A rejected partner-program bid accidentally turbocharged one of Marvel Rivals' biggest joint ventures into existence.
How the Liquid Citadel deal happened
Citadel Gaming got denied for NetEase's partner program.
They aggressively locked down a top-tier roster anyway.
Outreach to confirmed partner teams followed immediately.
Team Liquid jumped in within 48 hours.
Who handles what in the partnership
Citadel runs competitive ops and marketing duties.
Gameday coverage and team identity stay with Citadel.
Liquid bankrolls infrastructure and administrative support.
Brand amplification rides on Team Liquid's global reach.
What both sides said publicly
Stuart Ewen called the collab a bigger-impact play.
Ewen serves as Associate Director...
A waveshaper-free mode just cracked open Noisebud's bass-sculpting plugin for pure envelope and limiter duty.
Noisebud Shape2 Advanced 1.50 highlights
Shape2 Advanced 1.50 reworked the entire workflow.
Waveshaper processing can be fully bypassed.
Fresh Attack and Curve envelope controls landed.
Peak limiting keeps sub-bass spikes in check.
What the plugin actually does
Low-end gets reshaped without touching higher frequencies.
Envelope control replaces traditional EQ or compression.
Dry/Wet knob enables clean parallel processing.
Mastering chains benefits from improved headroom results.
Format and platform support
Mac users get VST3 and AU options.
Windows ships with VST3 only.
Pricing via Noisebud's Patreon model
Six bucks...
A massive filter and effects overhaul just landed for Tone2's flagship synth workstation, and it costs existing users absolutely nothing.
Icarus 3.2 filter additions
Tone2 Icarus scored 14 fresh filter types.
Ladder variants cover lowpass, bandpass, and highpass.
Four phaser options span positive and negative feedback.
Formant filters ship with one-to-four-peak configs.
Fresh frequency-shifting effects
Ring Modulation dropped with a warmth-dampening control.
Amplitude Modulation hits harder for percussive material.
Weaver Shifter rounds out the trio nicely.
Disharmonic additive-synthesis modes
Six mono and stereo oscillator banks arrived.
Configs run at 4, 8, or 16 oscillators.
Spread knobs handle detuning type and intensity...
Windows users finally got invited to the party, as SonikSearch v2.1 brings full support for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
What SonikSearch v2.1 adds
Windows 10 and 11 support covers 64-bit Intel and ARM.
Previously, the tool only ran on macOS Catalina and later.
Plugin and standalone versions work across all major desktops.
Ableton Link support is baked into the standalone app.
Core analysis under the hood
Background scanning extracts BPM, key, and loop classification.
Thirty-one subcategories across seven groups sort samples automatically.
Audio traits like brightness, warmth, and attack get tagged.
Duplicate detection uses an adjustable similarity threshold.
Search and playback features
Stackable filters let users drill down...
Three rare pianos most people would never get near just became available as a virtual instrument from Rhodes Music.
What Pianology bundles together
A concert grand, acoustic upright, and electric grand feature.
Rhodes emphasized expressive playability and organic tone throughout.
Dan Goldman called it the next chapter for their sound library.
Each piano was sampled by Rhodes' own engineering team.
The three instruments profiled
Japanese U-series upright delivers bright, focused midrange tones.
The American concert grand offers broad dynamics and harmonic depth.
Japanese electric grand channels that classic 1980s character.
Real strings and pickups give the electric model its presence.
Sound-shaping tools run deep
Timbre Shift...
An all-analogue insert matrix packed with nearly 300 relays just rolled out of HUM Audio Devices, and it is wildly overbuilt in the best way.
What the N-Matrix actually does
Six insert points can be arranged in any order.
Two separate three-insert signal chains are configurable.
Parallel and series processing setups are both supported.
Built-in Mid-Side encoding slots anywhere in the chain.
Where it came from
Mastering engineers wanted N-Trophy's switching without the console.
HUM revealed the unit at this year's NAMM Show.
It expands on the passive matrix from N-Trophy's center section.
Front-panel controls handle all routing decisions directly.
Engineering is absurdly thorough
Nearly 300 high-quality relays manage all switching...
Over $300,000 worth of Dumble amplifiers just got crammed into a tiny pedal and a software expansion by IK Multimedia.
What got modeled here
Two rare Overdrive Special combos from IK's private vault.
The combined value of those amps easily exceeds $300,000.
TONEX V2 AI Machine Modeling handled the capture process.
Six collectible Dumble amps feature across the full package.
Limited-edition pedal details
Only 1,000 TONEX ONE Double Special units exist worldwide.
Each pedal is Italian-crafted with a vintage-brown finish.
Twenty exclusive Tone Models come pre-loaded on board.
Purchasing unlocks both Double Special and ODS Legends collections.
Signature Collection breakdown
Forty Premium Tone Models span two historic Dumble combos.
A...
Engineers kept asking for it, and Sennheiser finally caved by bringing the MD 9235 cardioid mic head back from the dead.
MD 9235 returns to production
Sennheiser revived the capsule after years of persistent demand.
MM 435 and MM 445 had replaced it back in 2020.
Touring sound engineers tested samples and loved the result.
Sebastian Schmitz confirmed the revival was fan-driven.
Performance and design highlights
Lightweight aluminium-copper coil enables faster transient response.
Cardioid pickup rejects ambient noise from the sides and rear.
Frequency response spans 40Hz to 20kHz within ±2dB.
Max SPL handling reaches a hefty 163dB.
Compatibility runs deep
Spectera, Digital 6000, and Digital 9000 systems all work.
EW-DX, EW-D, and...
