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Baby Audio's Smooth Operator spectral balancing plugin goes pro
With a redesigned interface and an upgraded core algorithm, Smooth Operator Pro promises to address common mix issues and improve balance and clarity
“The included sample content is sonically amazing”: Spitfire Audio BBC Radiophonic Workshop review
This long overdue curation of one of the most distinctive archives in Electronic Music history, finally brings Radiophonics to your DAW
“We were able to fire up a bass sound that was indistinguishable from the flavour of New Order’s Blue Monday in seconds”: EastWest Sounds Iconic review
A haul of vintage synths have been mined for all their gold in EastWest’s most pop-angled pack to date
Forever 89 releases Topos, a topographical effects plugin that (quite literally) puts saturation on the map - and there's a free version
The offbeat software studio launched by former Ableton and Teenage Engineering developers releases an amp and speaker-simulating saturation tool
Dear Reality is giving away 11 immersive audio plugins for free
As the German developer closes up shop, it offers up a suite of immersive mixing and monitoring plugins that includes Exoverb, dearVR Pro 2 and dearVR Mix
5 innovative synth plugins daring to do things differently
Unconventional and creatively inspiring, these soft synths are pushing synthesis in bold new directions
“The perfect environment for creating iconic drum sounds, which have scope to move beyond their original sonic remit”: GForce Software IconDrum review
In the return of an Iconoclastic instrument, GForce revisits one of the most influential drum machines of the ’80s, and beyond
Serum 2 just dropped: one of the greatest soft synths of all time gets a massive update - and it's completely free for existing users
The sequel to Xfer Records' wildly popular synth plugin has finally been released after more than a decade of anticipation, bringing new synth engines, effects, a clip sequencer, built-in arpeggiator and much more to this legendary instrument
