Waldorf Attack 3: the big comeback of the classic drum synthesis engine
Twenty-five years after the first version, Waldorf is resurrecting its iconic drum engine with Waldorf…
Temecula DSP VEXT: a $25 Lexicon Vortex emulation that brings effects morphing back
The Lexicon Vortex, that 1990s morphing-effects oddball, is back as a plugin. Temecula DSP calls it VEXT and prices it at $25 — alongside DEEP/Z, its dual-engine multi-effects, on the same day.
Tom Horn SinTH2: the hand-built Polish polysynth with five oscillators and 60 voices
Five oscillators, 60 voices, 3 GB of waveforms and a 120-knob front panel: Tom Horn’s SinTH2 carries the Roland JD-800 spirit into a fully hand-wired boutique instrument.
Acustica Audio Mystic 2: the tube channel strip goes neural (79 EUR intro)
Mystic 2 packs three tube preamps, a four-band EQ and an opto limiter into a single plug-in. The new part is NOVA, a hybrid modelling approach that marries Volterra kernels with neural networks.
Synido TempoKEY K32 Play: the 32-key controller that makes music with no computer attached ($149)
The TempoKEY K32 Play tucks a sound module, a battery and a speaker into a compact MIDI controller. The pitch: make music anywhere, laptop-free, for under $150.
RCF EVOX V15: the three-way active column that pushes the portable format to 133 dB SPL
RCF makes the EVOX V15 official, a new pinnacle in its range of portable active…
Jamstik Loon: a multi-engine soft synth built for MIDI guitar and expressive keys
Jamstik has launched Loon, a software instrument that stacks three fully independent sound layers — virtual analog, four-operator FM, multisamples and filters — inside a single patch. Aimed as much at MIDI guitarists as at MPE keyboard players, it leans on playing expression as hard as it does on sound design. Launch price: $49.99 (rising to $99.99), and free for anyone who owns a Jamstik MIDI guitar.
Harrison Mixbus 12: the console‑soul DAW adds DeNoiser and DeEsser on every channel
Harrison Audio is releasing Mixbus 12, a new version of its workstation built around the…
reFX Rippler: the acclaimed free physical modeling synth goes commercial, gains wavefolders and filters
reFX, the company behind Nexus, is stepping into synthesis for the first time with Rippler, a physical modeling synthesizer. It’s the commercial version of a much-loved open-source plug-in, now beefed up with two wavefolding oscillators and multimode filters.
Like the NI Super*Saw: 8 synths for a real wall of saws (free and paid)
Native Instruments just dropped a synth dedicated to the supersaw. Time to sort the field: eight plugins — two free, six paid — that deliver that wall of detuned saws, ranked in honest families by what they actually do best.