Category: Virtual Instruments

  • Initial Audio: Sourcelab

    Initial Audio: Sourcelab

    Initial Audio’s SourceLab is a powerful and flexible all-in-one virtual instrument plugin designed for modern music production, sound design, and composition. It blends sampling, wavetable synthesis, and loop slicing into a single creative environment — effectively putting multiple instruments inside one interface. (Initial Audio) 🔊 What It Is SourceLab is both a synthesizer and sampler…

  • The Spitfire Audio Château Piano: A Sonic Time Capsule

    The Spitfire Audio Château Piano: A Sonic Time Capsule

    The Château Piano by Spitfire Audio is a captured moment in musical history, frozen in time and made playable through your DAW. This exquisite library centers around a grand piano housed in a French château once belonging to Frédéric Chopin’s lover, George Sand. In other words, it’s got some serious romantic-era vibes baked in. What…

  • Circa Looper: A Minimalist, Inspired Looper for iOS & VST

    Circa Looper: A Minimalist, Inspired Looper for iOS & VST

    Circa Looper by Audio Damage is a beautifully designed looping tool that brings an intuitive, minimalist approach to live looping — available both as an iOS app and as a VST/AU/AAX plugin for your DAW. Whether you’re jamming on an iPad or sculpting intricate sessions in a studio, Circa Looper delivers a playful yet powerful…

  • BeatSurfing 15th Anniversary Bundle

    BeatSurfing 15th Anniversary Bundle

    The 15th Anniversary Bundle from BeatSurfing is a celebratory collection that marks fifteen years of innovation and creativity in the world of audio plugins. This special bundle pulls together some of BeatSurfing’s most popular and versatile tools, designed to inspire musicians, producers, and sound designers across genres. What’s inside the bundle? The 15th Anniversary Bundle…

  • FELT Instruments: Where Texture Meets Technology

    FELT Instruments: Where Texture Meets Technology

    At first glance, FELT Instruments might seem like just another boutique plugin developer. But spend even a few minutes inside one of their virtual instruments, and it becomes clear: this is a company obsessed not just with sound, but with feel. Their instruments don’t just play notes—they tell stories. Founded by composer and sound designer…

  • Atoms Synth by Baby Audio

    Atoms Synth by Baby Audio

    Atoms is a physical modeling synthesizer plugin developed by Baby Audio, designed to generate a vast array of organic and otherworldly sounds. By simulating interconnected masses and springs excited by a virtual bowing action, Atoms offers a unique approach to sound synthesis that blends realism with imaginative soundscapes. The plugin features six primary controls—Chaos, Order,…

  • AudioThing SX1000: A Vintage Analog Revival in Plugin Form

    AudioThing SX1000: A Vintage Analog Revival in Plugin Form

    The world of software synthesizers is packed with emulations of legendary analog gear, but AudioThing’s SX1000 brings something unique to the table—an authentic recreation of the Jen SX1000, Italy’s first monophonic synthesizer from the late 1970s. For synth lovers, the SX1000 represents a budget-friendly but character-rich sound that defined early electronic music. Now, thanks to…

  • Korg’s Gadget 3 With VST3 and AUv3 Support

    Korg’s Gadget 3 With VST3 and AUv3 Support

    Korg has announced its latest innovation in music production software: Gadget 3. This new update to the award-winning all-in-one music production software and plug-in suite comes with a host of new features that promise to make it “more powerful than ever,” according to Korg. Central to Gadget 3 is a collection of individual music-making devices…

  • Vital Weekly

    Vital Weekly

    Vital Weekly is an e-mail magazine, which appears 48 times a year and has the latest experimental music reviews and some news on concerts and festivals. Vital Weekly, available at www.vitalweekly.net, is an online platform that serves as a beacon for those who are deeply invested in the world of experimental music. It’s an invaluable…

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