Magerit's Mighty Eurorack, Free Bricasti Reverb, Maschine 3 Upgrade & intro to Black Friday

This newsletter covers the latest news and updates from the music technology industry. Some highlights include the introduction of a new Eurorack module from Magerit, the release of a free reverb plugin emulation from Wave Alchemy, and several Black Friday sales and deals, as well as a selection of tutorials.

LATEST IN MUSIC SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

Magerit KOLORA Eurorack Module

Magerit has introduced the KOLORA, a new Eurorack module that they describe as "a complete synth palette" in 42HP. It features analog and digital oscillators, noise generators, VCAs, LFOs, a state-variable filter, and more.

Audiomodern Releases Mechania Soundbox Instrument

Audiomodern has announced the release of Mechania, a new free Soundbox Instrument. This comes as part of an update to the Soundbox plugin, which now allows the features to be used as a Player for any Soundbox Instrument, without requiring the purchase of an Audiomodern Instrument first.

Pitch Innovations Introduces Eternal Arps

Pitch Innovations has released Eternal Arps, a new plugin that models real instruments to produce natural, musical arpeggios. The plugin is designed to help users create dynamic, evolving arpeggio patterns.

Wave Alchemy Releases Free Bricasti M7 Reverb Emulation

Wave Alchemy has released a free plugin called "Magic7" that emulates the sound of the high-end Bricasti M7 reverb hardware. The plugin features 11 different reverb types, including ambience, chambers, halls, plates, rooms, and spaces, as well as custom DSP for ducking, smoothing, and stereo spatialization.

New Maschine 3 Update from Native Instruments

Native Instruments has introduced Maschine 3, a major update to its beatmaking and music production application. Maschine 3 introduces features like stem separation, MIDI editing tools, custom tempo upgrades, and improved Kontrol S-Series MK3 integration.

DEALS

• Musio 1 Perpetual License and Musio Annual License deals, a digital instrument library Black Friday deals with 63% off, now $149 (was $299) and 50% off, now $49 (was $99) respectively.

• Izotope’s RX Post Production Suite 8.5 Upgrade, an upgrade offer for previous owners of any previous version of RX Post Production Suite with 74% off, now $114.

• Elevate, Saturate, Recirculate, Generate, Invigorate and more by Newfangled Audio, up to 60% off.

• NFuse by Kiive Audio, bus processor, top selling plugin on a Black Friday Sale with 60% off, now at €76.95 (Regular price €192,95).

• LUNA Pro by Universal Audio, a DAW with extensions from API, Studer, Ampex and more, 50% off at $199 (was $399).

• Rigid Audio is closing down on 01.01.2025 and has a final Everything Bundle sale at €30.25 (RRP €1,507).

• Waves Black Friday Deals, including the CLA Signature Series, SSL 4000 Collection and more, with code BF24.

• Silencer by Wide Blue Sound, a reverb plugin that both cleans-up and supercharges the reverb plugins you already own with 50% off introductory discount at $49 (RRP $99).

DEMOS, REVIEWS & TUTORIALS

How to Create 12-string Sounds with a 6-string Guitar in Real Time - Learn how to create 12-string guitar sounds using just a 6-string guitar.

Tone Explorer: Technology Preview for GALAXIAS - Explore an experimental AI-powered feature from Roland Future Design Lab that uses neural networks to suggest tones and sounds that complement a musical phrase.

Get a Wide, Intimate Acoustic Guitar Sound with Just One Mic - Discover techniques for capturing a wide, intimate acoustic guitar sound using just a single microphone.

FREE

Broken Mini by Full Bucket Music, a free virtual Minimoog emulation with a deliberately broken and glitchy interface, available for macOS and Windows.

16-Layer Piano Instrument by Rigid Audio. This free Kontakt instrument features 16 velocity-layered piano samples, delivering a rich and expressive sound perfect for your productions. Designed with Rigid Audio's Kontakt GUI Maker, it's easy to customize and integrate into your workflow. Here you will find video guide of creating a Kontakt piano instrument using the Kontakt GUI Maker. The video covers several steps, including importing samples, mapping them to specific keys, creating a release sample layer, adding a reverb effect, and incorporating an octave layer for unique tonal depth. After watching it you should have a basic understanding of how to create a realistic sounding virtual piano instrument within the Kontakt software.