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Pittsburgh Modular has released Microvolt 3901, a component-level software emulation of its Microvolt 3900 semi-modular synth plus classic Eurorack modules, with six-voice polyphony and 19 effects. $69 for Mac and Windows.
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Apple has announced Logic Pro 13 with a beta AI assistant, Stem Splitter that separates drums into six stems, a redesigned Browser with on-device sound search and Splice, and a Liquid Glass look. Free update arriving in November.
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Native Instruments has released Massive XL, the successor to Massive X, with an audio-to-patch Preset Generator, Mutator, 100+ new wavetables, poly aftertouch, and visible modulation. Features, pricing, and upgrade deals.
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Loopmasters' Loopcloud 8 brings Inspire, a genre-based loop idea generator, the Listen plugin that suggests samples to fit your mix, new effects, a smart library, and a mobile companion app. Features and pricing.
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ASYX from Isla Electronics is a modeled (not sampled) recreation of the Alesis Andromeda A6 analog polysynth for Mac and Windows. Features, A6 hardware link, formats, and the £99 launch price.
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Blinksonic HOLODRIFT pairs an eight-slot granular sampler with a real-time spectral resynthesis engine. Features, formats, system requirements, and the €119 launch price.
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UJAM's DETUNICORN is a free hypersaw synth plugin for hyperpop, digicore, and dance pop, with dual supersaws, a sub oscillator, and Infinity reverb. Grab it within 666 hours and keep it forever.
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Roland adds two Boutique synths: JUPITER-08, a 45th-anniversary mini JUPITER-8 with up to 32 voices, and n/vision, a 56-voice wavetable synth. $549.99 each.
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Serato DJ 5.0 is officially released with Lucid Beatgrids, Open Streaming and Cue Loops, alongside Serato DJ for iOS, a free iPhone and iPad DJ app with Stems, 60+ FX, DVS, streaming and support for 120+ DJ hardware setups.
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Slate Digital has launched the Complete Access Free Collection, 16 mixing and effects plugins from Slate Digital, Solid State Logic, Harrison Audio and sonible that are free forever, with no iLok, no trial clock, and VST3, AU and AAX support on macOS and…
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Push and Groove has released MICRONIX, a free monophonic synth plugin built on the open-source Mutable Instruments Plaits DSP code. It brings all 24 Plaits synthesis models to your DAW with an LFO, a modulation matrix, and ADSR or low-pass gate modes for…
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UVI has renamed its free UVI Workstation plugin to UVI Player. The update plays every Falcon Expansion without a Falcon license, adds a redesigned preset browser and improved mixer, and arrives alongside the new UVI Builder Platform for partner sound brands.
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