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LATEST IN MUSIC SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

Waves Launches AI Mastering

Waves Audio has introduced Waves Online Mastering, a new service leveraging advanced AI to produce high-quality, release-ready audio masters quickly and easily. This innovative platform simplifies the mastering process for musicians and producers, making professional-grade audio accessible.

Busy Circuits Unveils MCO mk II

Busy Circuits has released the MCO mk II, a new digital VCO and voice module for Eurorack modular systems. This compact unit draws inspiration from the distinctive sounds of 1990s and 2000s digital synthesizers, offering versatile sonic possibilities for modern setups.

Beatmaker Gets CHROMED

UJAM has launched CHROMED, a new expansion for its Beatmaker series, offering a fresh collection of Hyperpop Drum Beats. This addition provides producers with modern rhythms and sounds to enhance their tracks, catering to contemporary music production styles.

SynthMaster 3.3 Update Enhances Workflow

KV331 Audio has released SynthMaster 3.3, a significant update introducing the classic SynthMaster 2.x Green Skin and multi-monitor support via floating windows. The update also adds DAW tempo-synced sample triggering, NKS support for factory presets, and numerous critical bug fixes, enhancing the software's stability and functionality for users.

BEATSURFING Teams with Che Pope

BEATSURFING has announced a collaboration with legendary producer Che Pope, a partnership that evolved from a direct message spanning a decade. This collaboration is set to introduce a major new feature for the CHEAT code audio plugin, with an exclusive beta program for existing owners launching in the coming weeks.

Behringer STEPS Now Available

Behringer has released STEPS, a new Eurorack module that functions as a versatile six-stage function generator. Heavily inspired by Mutable Instruments Stages, it can serve as a multi-stage envelope, complex LFO, or sequencer, offering flexible modulation capabilities for modular setups at an accessible price point.

DEALS

• The Harmony Bloom MIDI Generator by Mario Nieto World is currently available with a 60% price reduction.

• Imaginando celebrates its 11th anniversary with a sale offering up to 70% off plugins and bundles, plus an extra 30% on your first purchase, ending June 13.

• Apply the LOYALTY2 coupon at checkout to get Klevgrand's Revolv Reverb plugin at a discount, valid until June 16th.

• Loot Audio's massive Summer Sale is on, featuring up to 91% off across plugins, Kontakt libraries, sample packs, and presets.

• Discover iamReverb, a new high-quality reverb plugin with an intuitive interface, now available at a 50% off introductory sale.

• Access 56 premium UAD plug-ins with UAD Spark for just $99 per year during their Half-Yearly Sale.

• Waves is holding a special sale on its smart plugins like Silk Vocal and Clarity Vx DeReverb, with discounts starting from $34.99.

• Heavyocity announces a storewide savings event, offering up to 75% off all products and an extra 10% off on purchases of three or more items.

• Heavyocity's Damage Guitars 2 is now available for $199, offering a $100 saving from its original price of $299.

• AudioDeluxe is hosting a special sale, offering a 40% discount on all XLN Audio products.

DEMOS, REVIEWS & TUTORIALS

• A meditative video demonstrates how to create unique album cover art (the visual design for a music release) using a paper cutout collage technique, offering a hands-on, do-it-yourself approach to artistic expression. This method involves assembling cut paper pieces to form an image. Watch the demonstration on Synthopia.

• A guide details the three essential steps for achieving a professional and impactful audio mix, the process of balancing and refining audio tracks, in music production. Find out more about an introduction to mixing.

• Andrew Huang provides an in-depth demonstration of the Moog Messenger (a synthesizer, an electronic musical instrument), showcasing its top five features. He invites users to download sounds and collaborate on an original song he composed entirely with the Messenger. Watch Andrew Huang's demo video on YouTube.

• Explore how dynamics, the variations in volume, and strategic silence can dramatically enhance music compositions, adding emotional depth and impact. Discover more about dynamics and silence in music.

• Point Blank Music School is organising a course "How To Launch A Successful Plugin," offering insights into bringing a new audio plugin (a software tool for music production) to market. This resource covers essential steps from development to promotion. Explore the event details at Point Blank Music School.

• A video tutorial demonstrates how Clarity Vx DeReverb, an audio plugin, can make any vocal recording usable by effectively removing unwanted reverb (room acoustics) regardless of the recording environment. You can watch the video here.

• FM synthesis, or Frequency Modulation, is the sound generation method used in music production and sound design. Learn more about what is FM synthesis.

FREE

Stone Voices has made its Ambient Reverb 7 plugin, previously $52.28, available as a free download for Windows and macOS, continuing their tradition of quality freeware like DReverb 2.0.

NoirSonance released free "Lite" versions of its new compressor plugins, D-Comp Lite, B-Comp Lite, and S-Comp Lite, with Bedroom Producers Blog also hosting a giveaway for five full bundles.

Soule DSP released an early version (v0.0.10) of Resonarium, a free experimental semi-modular waveguide synth for macOS and Windows, actively seeking user feedback for development.

Sweetwater is offering the Native Instruments Komplete 15 Select production suite, valued at $99, for free exclusively to users in the United States.

Consistent Interruption's Tumult is a free VST3 noise generator for Windows and Linux, featuring 100 samples, custom import, a 5-band EQ, and a dynamic ducking feature to react to audio signals.

InnerMost47 released OBSIDIAN Neural Sound Engine, a free, open-source, AI-powered VST3 plugin for macOS and Windows, designed to function as an intelligent jam partner for musicians.