sound design

Music producers today have access to powerful tools. Many use a program called FL Studio. This software, a digital audio workstation, is a popular choice for creating beats, recording vocals, and arranging full songs. A key question for new producers is how to get a "professional sound." This...

Blepfx released a fresh update for their sick chromatic manipulator Prisma and the wild creative distortion unit destructor. They're both rocking version 1.0.3 now and let me tell you, it's pretty sweet. Prisma now has a scale selector. You pick a root note, and boom, you choose your scale...

Audiomodern updated Soundbox to v1.0.4, which lets you use the platform as a Player for any Soundbox Instrument, even ones not made by Audiomodern. That's pretty sweet, right? You can load third-party Soundbox Instruments into the player without extra costs - install the platform and load up...

Plughugger released Quantum State, a new sound pack for Vengeance Avenger 2. Five Elektron groove boxes (Monomachine, Analog Rytm, Syntakt, Model Cycles, and Analog Four) were sampled to create 197 fresh sounds. Plughugger wanted to make sounds like classic Elektron gear but used Avenger's...

IK Multimedia's latest release, T-RackS Triad Chorus audio plugin, here are the features: Release notes The Triad Chorus brings back the sound of famous chorus effects from the 1980s. Musicians used these effects in many hit songs from that era. The makers kept old analog gear's warm, rich...

ZonderP Productions just dropped VeeSTeeEx 1.4.0. You'll love this free wrapper if you use VST 2 plugins on Microsoft Windows. It takes your plugins to the next level with a slick preset management system and other cool features. Want to speed up your workflow? VeeSTeeEx lets you import presets...

Plugin Alliance just dropped a new audio plugin that rolls three top-tier compressors into one. This audio plugin is the digital twin of Bettermaker's C502V hardware. It combines a British classic, a Bettermaker favorite, and an American legend. Mix them on separate left/right, mid/side, and...

SampleScience made Organic Padscapes, a free ROMpler. They took 12 field recordings and boosted specific frequencies to make them tonal. Like an experimental pad machine, you can play these long field recordings as chords. The sounds are organic and full of harmonics. Here's what you get in...

What do you think about Dolby Atmos mixing? Will it be the new norm?

Process Audio has introduced a creative delay plugin engineered for seamless and intuitive delay effect design with reactive and inspiring visual feedback. The rundown of Ripple creative delay plugin Ripple by Process Audio offers a visual delay feature to enhance mixing. It includes five...

Soundiron has just released Harmonic Tides, a new library for creating ethereal sounds from cello harmonics and double bass strings. It works with the full version of Kontakt (6.2.2+) and the free Decent Sampler. Though Harmonic Tides uses traditional orchestral instruments, its unique...

Time Off Audio just launched dime [tt], a plugin host that splits your input signal into transient and tonal parts. You can add your music production effects (VST3/AU) to either side. Customize the split with Sensitivity and Decay controls. Try out each side, balance their outputs, and use the...

G-Sonique just updated Ultrabass MX4/4 with VST3 and native x64-bit VST versions. If you have the 32-bit version, you get this update for free! Ultrabass MX4/4 is a bass synth that fits every 4/4 dance music style bassline. Whether you're into uplifting trance, psytrance, goa trance...

TrackPlug 7 makes pro-level audio editing easy. Clean up noise, shape your sound with powerful EQ and compression, and add warmth with tube saturation. Flexible routing and advanced metering give you total control.

AudioThing has released a new version of Frostbite, a music software plugin that adds sound effects to audio. Frostbite uses a special spectral freezing algorithm to create unique sounds. The latest update is version 2.2.2. This update makes Frostbite work on Apple devices like iPhones and...

Sjoerd van Kreel made the Firefly Synth better. The free music plugin is now at version 1.9.7. Firefly Synth updates Bugs have been fixed where CV-to-envelope modulation did not consider the voice start sample position within the block, and the graph did not display modulation correctly when...

Both FM synths, Exakt and the free Exakt Lite by Sonicbits, have new updates. What's new in Exakt 1.1.0 Vintage equipment was loved for its DAC (digital-to-analog converter). Many used 12-bit conversion. These DACs were often non-linear, creating artifacts, aliasing, and subtle distortion...

ZAK Sound's Sapphire Guitar 2 transforms guitar samples into atmospheric textures and pads. Its dual-layer engine, customizable arpeggiators, and effects suite allow producers to create diverse soundscapes, from ambient pads to evolving textures, perfect for electronic and experimental music...

Killihu recently launched a new tool called Capture Audio for Ableton Live. This handy feature lets you easily capture audio and add it directly to your project with just one click. It works like the existing Capture MIDI feature but is designed for audio inputs. Overview of Capture Audio for...

Mercuriall has released the Tweed Blues and Tweed Bass amplifiers with the new Ampbox 1.5.0 update. This update includes a new impulse response (IR) for the original spring reverb in the cabinet section, which helps you capture the vintage sound more accurately. The new amps The Tweed Blues is...