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u-he at Producer Week 2025: Meet Hive, the sound designer's dream
By MusicRadar Team published
Sponsored by u-He
Discover the latest offerings from u-he, including their first forays into the world of hardware…

Fantastic (free) plugins and how to use them: Full Bucket FB-3300
By Jon Musgrave published
Classic synthesizer plugins offer a great entry point for unusual and rare synth designs, and this Korg design is one of the rarest

The obscure Andean instrument heard on The Last of Us' soundtrack is the star of Spitfire Audio's latest plugin
By Matt Mullen published
Ronroco by Gustavo Santaolalla captures the haunting sound of HBO's post-apocalyptic video game adaptation

Arturia’s V Collection gets a Roland JP-8000 emulation and lo-fi synth/sampler, along with five more instruments and a host of updates
By Matt Mullen published
V Collection 11 also features MiniBrute V, Synthx V and a redesigned SEM V, along with two new instruments in the Augmented series

How Yves Jarvis recorded his whole album in Audacity, the free and open-source audio editor
By Ben Rogerson published
“I’ve always used Audacity to arrange and sequence my work from tape, but this time, I didn’t even use any hardware,” he says

Waves makes 7 plugins available for free, including convolution reverb, FM synth and tube saturator
By Matt Mullen published
Snag Lil Tube, IR Live, V-EQ3, V-Comp, GTR Solo, Flow Motion and AudioTrack for no charge with free future updates

Cherry Audio's new synth is Yellowjacket, a recreation of EDP’s trend-setting Wasp from 1978
By Daniel Griffiths published
You didn’t have to be a genius to see it coming, and you don’t need much cash to climb on board

"I really like Equinox – it’s a shame it's priced for the post-production market”: iZotope Equinox review
By Si Truss published
iZotope spin Exponential Audio tech into a top end reverb – it's great, but you'll want to try to get it at a sale price
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