Genealogy Audio releases SEMANTIKA, a new cinematic sound library for Audiomodern® Soundbox.

Genealogy Audio released SEMANTIKA, a cinematic Audiomodern Soundbox library featuring expressive orchestral and plucked sounds for creating dynamic textures, atmospheres, and evolving soundscapes across modern scoring styles.

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Raccoon Audio Launches RoboComp, a full utility Compressor.

Raccoon Audio’s RoboComp is a character compressor combining traditional, mid/side, and frequency-specific compression for fast, musical control on tracks, buses, vocals, drums, synths, and full mixes.

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FREE Plugin Review: Kilohearts Compactor

FREE Plugin Review: Kilohearts Compactor

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Hivetune releases AeroVerb, a new atmospheric reverb plugin.

Hivetune’s new AeroVerb is an atmospheric reverb plugin with six simple controls, a unique Liquid modulation parameter, dual reverb engines, wide stereo shaping, and lush, natural-sounding space.

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Marla Audio releases Mini Humanizer, a MIDI humanization plugin for macOS.

Marla Audio’s Mini Humanizer for macOS adds natural timing and velocity variation to MIDI, with presets, user preset saving, and drag-and-drop export back into the DAW.

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Sonuscore unveils The Sculpture metallic sound design instrument for Kontakt Full and Player.

Sonuscore’s The Sculpture is a Kontakt Player-ready metallic instrument sampled entirely from one handmade metal sculpture, offering striking, bowed, scraped, and resonant textures with multiple mic perspectives.

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Soundiron debuts Voice of the Sun - Sunflower female Ukrainian vocal library for Kontakt.

Soundiron’s Voice of the Sun – Sunflower is a Kontakt library featuring emotive Ukrainian female vocals, lyrical phrases, chromatic articulations, subtitles, flexible sound design tools, and cinematic vocal textures.

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Arvital Audio's AudioRoute captures system audio into any DAW via plugin, virtual device, or menu bar, and adds a two-mode in-plugin recorder.

Arvital Audio’s AudioRoute captures and routes system audio into DAWs, recording apps, or WAV files via plugin, virtual input, or menu bar, with a built-in two-mode recorder.

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Arturia releases Pigments Play, a free Pigments-powered synth.

Arturia released Pigments Play, a free beginner-friendly synth featuring 100 curated presets, simple macro controls, multiple synthesis types, controller support, and standalone or plugin operation.

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Arturia releases Pigments Play, a free Pigments-powered synth.

Arturia released Pigments Play, a free beginner-friendly synth featuring 100 curated presets, simple macro controls, multiple synthesis types, controller support, and standalone or plugin operation.

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UAD releases native EMT 250 Classic Electronic Reverb plugin.

UAD has released a native EMT 250 plug-in, faithfully emulating the classic digital reverb and modulation unit with authentic Ocean Way-sourced sound and six vintage effects.

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UAD releases native EMT 140 classic plate reverberator plugin.

UAD released a native EMT 140 plate reverb plugin, modeling three vintage units to deliver authentic classic studio ambience with warmth, presence, and flexible controls for vocals and mixes.

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Review: Zebra 3 by u-he

Review: Zebra 3 by u-he

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Unfiltered Audio releases Sinusoidal Run Rhythm mathematical wave interference rhythm generator plugin.

Unfiltered Audio’s Sinusoidal Run Rhythm is a rhythm generator plugin using mathematical wave interference to create groovy microtemporal patterns and modulate amplitude, panning, binaural offset, and filter cutoff.

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Driftlab Audio Releases Vintage Spring, A Vintage American Amp, Spring Reverb & Tremolo VST3 Plugin

Driftlab Audio released Vintage Spring, a Windows VST3 plugin emulating a vintage American tube amp with spring reverb, tremolo, cabinet modes, presets, and a free 10-day trial.

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Versilian Studios unveils Calderwood Drums rope tension and historical drum library for Kontakt full.

Versilian Studios’ Calderwood Drums for Kontakt Full is a deeply sampled historical rope-tension drum library with 42 instruments, extensive mic options, and flexible controls for realistic period and modern percussion.

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Auddict introduces Ronin Shakuhachi Japanese bamboo flute sample library for Kontakt.

Auddict’s Ronin Shakuhachi is a Kontakt solo Japanese bamboo flute library featuring expressive aleatoric legato, multiple legato modes, and AI-enhanced realism for film, TV, and game scoring.

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Schallenberg Engineering introduces Tribal ancestral percussion library for Kontakt.

Schallenberg Engineering’s Tribal for Kontakt is an ancestral percussion library featuring 43 instruments, 19 multis, dual mic positions, and deep sound-shaping tools for punchy, natural rhythmic textures.

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Tunary Instruments debuts three generative instrument plugins Argish, Silt, and Reheat.

Tunary Instruments launched three algorithmic, no-AI generative plugins: Argish for self-playing cinematic synth pieces, Silt for drifting tape-loop ambient textures, and Reheat for bassline-writing MIDI generation.

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FRCTL releases Aura self-ducking multi-character reverb plugin and FREE Lite version.

FRCTL released Aura, a self-ducking multi-character reverb plugin with seven reverb types, clarity/tuning controls, and a free Lite version for cleaner ambience in busy mixes.

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The Crow Hill Company releases its latest FREE sample library Vaults - Harmonic Piano for the free Vaults plugin.

The Crow Hill Company released free Vaults – Harmonic Piano, a unique sampled virtual instrument featuring bell-like grand piano harmonics in an ultra-wide stereo design.

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ThaLoops introduces Cello Shots percussive cello plugin.

ThaLoops’ Cello Shots is a percussive cello plugin with four sound banks, 21 riff presets, and 506 one-shot samples for creating rhythmic, organic string parts in modern productions.

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orph releases PLUSH, a free brilliance and loudness plugin.

orph has released PLUSH, a free macOS and Windows finishing plugin that combines brilliance enhancement and true-peak limited loudness in one tool, available in VST3, AU, and standalone formats.

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Free Synth Plugins Worth Trying in 2026

Free Synth Plugins Worth Trying in 2026

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MyAudioFactory releases DialogueExtractor 2.0.

MyAudioFactory released DialogueExtractor 2.0, adding native ARA integration, faster and more reliable online licensing, and stronger multi-DAW configuration protection for audio post workflows.

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ASTER Drum Lab released as a simple, easy-to-use and affordable 48-pad drum sampler.

ASTER Drum Lab is a 48-pad drum sampler for macOS and Windows, featuring sample layering, waveform editing, sound shaping, kit saving, and flexible DAW routing.

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Sound Magic has released Neo Piano Chapters: NewYork – The Timeless Sound of a New York Concert Grand.

Sound Magic’s Neo Piano Chapters: NewYork is a virtual Steinway D concert grand, offering realistic New York piano tone, expressive dynamics, and professional performance for composers, performers, and audio workflows.

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Insert Audio releases EQ Model '51, an analog modeled inductor equalizer, based on a modern classic.

Insert Audio’s EQ Model 51 is a three-band analog-modeled inductor EQ with transformer color, drive, oversampling, and stereo, dual mono, and mid/side processing.

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