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LATEST IN MUSIC SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

Acustica Audio Expanse-5 Unleashed

Acustica Audio introduces Expanse-5, a new software synthesizer heavily suggested to be a Prophet-5 emulation. This instrument leverages their Modular Unified Synthesis Technology (MUST), combining analog modeling with convolution for detailed sound, and includes scalable polyphony and integrated effects.

Keeley Manis Overdrive Revealed

Robert Keeley unveils the Manis Overdrive, an evolution of the Klon-style pedal featuring germanium NOS transistors and diodes. It offers unique tone shaping via a bass boost and a Ge-Trans switch, allowing selection between diodes or transistors for varied compression.

Deft Audio Luma-mu Eurorack Module

Deft Audio has released Luma-mu, a new Eurorack module designed as a single-channel drum voice. This module draws its sonic inspiration directly from the classic Linn LM-1 drum machine.

Fender Strobo-Sonic Pro Tuner

Fender introduces the Strobo-Sonic Pro, a highly accurate stroboscopic tuner pedal for guitar and bass. Boasting an exceptional precision of ±0.01 cents, it features a large LED display with automatic brightness adjustment and offers both strobe and traditional needle tuning modes.

Antares Vocal Prep: AI-Powered Clean-up

Antares Audio Technologies launches Vocal Prep, a standalone AI-powered tool for rapid vocal audio clean-up. It efficiently removes clicks, pops, hum, and background noise from various audio file formats, providing a streamlined DAW-less workflow for content creators.

DEALS

• Relab's Halfway to Black Friday sale provides up to 25% off for the first 100 daily customers and a "double dip" discount for existing users to claim extra savings.

• The Summer Sale is now active, offering up to 90% off various sounds and plugins, plus a free NoiseAsh Action Filter plugin.

• Loot Audio provides a loyalty discount, granting Drop Pad 2 owners an extra 20% off Drop Pad 3 using code DROPLOYAL20.

• Existing Osterhouse Sounds owners can receive an additional 10% off Piano Repetitions using code PIANO10LOYALTYOST until June 30, 2025.

• Loot Audio's Summer Deals event provides up to 70% off plugins and instruments, plus up to four free products with any purchase.

• Tone Empire's Sizzling Summer Sale offers up to 65% off all their powerful plugins, including ELUX and LT2 COMP, available for a limited time.

• Antares Audio Technologies is holding a spring sale, offering 50% off its plugin collections at studio rates.

• Akai Pro's Virtual Summer Tour offers an extra 10% off MPC software with code SUMMER10, valid until June 30, 2025.

• Soundiron is offering up to 50% off all Kontakt Player products and bundles during its summer sale.

• BOOM Library's new liftFX plugin, designed for impactful sound effects, is 75% off at VSTBUZZ for one week.

• Libre Wave's Sordina, a unique muted instrument emulator, is currently available with a 75% discount.

DEMOS, REVIEWS & TUTORIALS

• Relab's Halfway to Black Friday sale provides up to 25% off for the first 100 daily customers and a "double dip" discount for existing users to claim extra savings.

• The Summer Sale is now active, offering up to 90% off various sounds and plugins, plus a free NoiseAsh Action Filter plugin.

• Loot Audio provides a loyalty discount, granting Drop Pad 2 owners an extra 20% off Drop Pad 3 using code DROPLOYAL20.

• Existing Osterhouse Sounds owners can receive an additional 10% off Piano Repetitions using code PIANO10LOYALTYOST until June 30, 2025.

• Loot Audio's Summer Deals event provides up to 70% off plugins and instruments, plus up to four free products with any purchase.

• Tone Empire's Sizzling Summer Sale offers up to 65% off all their powerful plugins, including ELUX and LT2 COMP, available for a limited time.

• Antares Audio Technologies is holding a spring sale, offering 50% off its plugin collections at studio rates.

• Akai Pro's Virtual Summer Tour offers an extra 10% off MPC software with code SUMMER10, valid until June 30, 2025.

• Soundiron is offering up to 50% off all Kontakt Player products and bundles during its summer sale.

• BOOM Library's new liftFX plugin, designed for impactful sound effects, is 75% off at VSTBUZZ for one week.

• Libre Wave's Sordina, a unique muted instrument emulator, is currently available with a 75% discount.

FREE

The new Droid Resonator is a free, browser-based synthesizer offering robust features, including 6-voice polyphony, three VCOs per voice, full MIDI support, and an integrated oscilloscope for visual waveform analysis.

United Plugins has released HyperspaceCore, a new free reverb plugin. The company asserts this offering stands as 'The most powerful free reverb ever,' providing advanced capabilities without cost.

Tilr has introduced REEV-R, a new free convolution reverb plugin. This versatile tool is compatible with macOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems, expanding Tilr's 2025 plugin releases.