This week’s music production news highlights innovative plugins, creative techniques, and exciting giveaways from leading audio software developers. From sound design tools to vocal libraries and effects, here’s what’s capturing attention in the digital audio workstation community.
Bring the legendary sound of Harrison's analog heritage into your DAW with the 32Classic Channel Strip. This comprehensive plugin emulates the iconic Harrison 32Classic console, featuring a musical four-band parametric EQ, famous ultra-wide filters, and a versatile dynamics section with three compression modes. With the addition of a Jensen transformer-modeled "Drive" control for warm harmonic saturation, it provides the same professional workflow and sonic character used on some of the world's most influential records.
Stagecraft Software demonstrates sidechaining a synth with their compressor, offering trial versions through Plugin Boutique.
Soundiron showcases their new solo vocal library ‘Voice of the Sun – Sunrise’ with a demo track by composer Chris Cutting, featuring Japanese-inspired vocals.
Sinevibes explains and demonstrates the ‘barber-pole flanger’ effect, describing it as a smooth, liquid-sounding modulation perfect for guitar processing.
ROLI shares a piano performance of Michael Jackson music, encouraging engagement with their tutorial content for learning opportunities.
Black Octopus Sound releases ‘Blueprints Melodic Techno for Serum 2’ featuring 124 presets designed for cinematic techno production with deep basslines and evolving textures.
Pitch Innovations promotes Sonic Atlas, a world music sampler plugin with an interactive globe interface for exploring global instruments and rhythms.
Universal Audio offers a free giveaway of their UA 610 Tube Preamp and EQ plugin, encouraging immediate downloads through their promotional link.
Aberrant DSP hints at sound design possibilities combining drum machines with their Cataclysm plugin, targeting electronic music producers.
Moog Music features Miles Music Kid crafting bass tones on their Messenger synth for a Jimmy Jam-inspired collaborative track.
MNTRA Instruments campaigns for votes in the Plugin Boutique Awards for their ‘El Jaguar’ virtual instrument, inspired by Colombian sound systems.
These updates reflect the music production industry’s continued focus on accessibility through free offers and trials, while pushing creative boundaries with specialized tools for sound design, world music exploration, and genre-specific preset collections. The emphasis on community engagement through tutorials, demos, and awards voting highlights how developers are building relationships with users beyond mere product transactions.
