Four years after selling them, Dirk Ulrich has bought Plugin Alliance and Brainworx back from inMusic. Both brands now sit inside RCKFRC, the founder’s new holding, alongside Apogee and Manley. It’s a homecoming that says a lot about the state of the plugin market.
Analogue Solutions unveils the Filtopia, a monophonic analogue synthesiser that flips the usual logic on…
EVE Audio is rolling out Origin, its free application for Windows and macOS that gives…
Baby Audio’s SubCulture is a low-end enhancer that follows the pitch of your signal to generate subharmonics that always stay in tune. Three engines plus modelled saturation and compression, at a $79 launch price.
A major twist in the audio software industry: iZotope, the developer of RX, Ozone, Neutron…
Analog Sweden is finally shipping the SWEN2, a desktop analog monosynth that carries the DNA of its 1996 swENIGISER forward. A 12-mode multimode filter, a second oscillator, a generative sequencer and a Eurorack-friendly patchbay make this a dense little box for just under $700.
The M-VAVE FM-1 packs a six-operator FM engine straight out of the Yamaha DX-7 playbook into a battery-powered pocket box selling for roughly $60 to $100. Twelve voices, 32 algorithms, SysEx patch import and a built-in speaker make classic FM more accessible than it has ever been.
With the IER-M500, Sony’s Pro Audio division delivers its first in-ear stage monitors: a single wide-range dynamic driver, strong passive isolation and a detachable cable, all for $119.99. It’s an entry-level-pro play that undercuts a segment that has historically been expensive.
Softube is offering a new version of its in-house mixing system in a housing that…
VRAC popularised the art of “drumifying” any source. Here are seven plugins, free and paid, that push the idea further — from Krotos Reformer Pro’s real-time resynthesis to kit builders XO, Atlas 2 and Battery 4, plus the pure synthesis of Waldorf Attack 3.