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Auto-Tune Essentials: new cheaper Auto Tune subscription
Cheapest ever Antares Auto-Tune subscription, for $24.99 a year
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Waves Reverses Subscription Only Move
After a massive backlash, you can now buy and update Waves licenses again
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Cableguys Shaperbox 3
Version 3 adds audio triggers, external side chain, and new phaser/flanger
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Strymon BigSky Plugin
Strymon takes the BigSky reverb guitar pedal to a plugin
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Pro Tools Intro - New Free DAW
Pro Tools Intro, a new free DAW from AVID
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Ableton Live 11.2 Update
Ableton Live 11.2 updates reverb, adds AUv3 support, and brings tweaks and fixes
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Native Instruments Komplete 14
Native Instruments adds Kontakt 7 and Ozone 7 to Komplete 14
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iZotope announces Ozone 10 and RX 10
iZotope announces new RX 10 and Ozone 10, more than 20 years after Ozone 1
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Moog Mavis Semi-Modular Synth
Moog Mavis, a semi-modular self-assembled synth for $349
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iZotope Music Production Suite 5
iZotope Music Production Suite 5 Universal Edition swells to 52 modules
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iZotope Neutron 4 adds AI Mix Assistant
New iZotope Neutron 4 increases mixing assistance, distortion, and unmasking
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Arturia V Collection 9
Arturia adds Korg MS-20, Ensoniq SQ-80, and two hybrid sampling plugins
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Kickstart 2 by Nicky Romero & Cableguys
The ubiquitous side-chain plugin gets an upgrade
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SSL Solid State Logic THE BUS+
The famous SSL bus compressor in a rack for compression and EQ
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Baby Audio Crystalline
A Grown-Up Algorithmic Reverb from Baby Audio
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Waves Audio Nx Germano Studios New York
Waves Audio extends Nx plugin series to help mix on headphones anywhere
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ROLI Seaboard Rise 2
ROLI Seaboard Rise 2 brings a new design and more expression
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Waves Clarity VX Noise Reduction Plugin
Real-time noise reduction plugin for vocals, driven by AI
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Audeze LCD-XC Headphones Review
Can the closed-back version match our 5 star rated Audeze LCD-X headphones?
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Waves Lofi Space Review
Waves released a free lofi echo and reverb plugin called Lofi Space for Black Friday 2021
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FabFilter Pro Q 3 Review
With EQ plugins in DAWs such as Logic Pro X, FL Studio or Ableton Live powerful and free, we try to answer what Fabfilter Pro Q 3 might offer over and above.