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Dreamtonics at Plugin Week 2025: Add vocals to your songs with Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro – No singing required
By MusicRadar Team published
Sponsored by Dreamtonics
Feed it a melody and some lyrics, choose a voice and have your song sung back to you with production-ready vocals. It's as close as it gets to working with a real singer

u-he at Plugin Week 2025: Meet u-he's MFM2 super delay line for the most demanding sound designers
By MusicRadar Team published
Sponsored by u-he
Plus how Hive 2.1 makes it even easier to create striking dynamic, evolving sounds

Excite Audio and KSHMR team up for South Asian-inspired software instrument based on authentic recordings
By Matt Mullen published
"This came out a desire to create the ultimate Indian sample library, using the most talented musicians that I've met over the years"

Best guitar VSTs 2025: Get the best simulated guitar tones for your next production
By Matt McCracken published
My pick of the best guitar VST instruments will get great guitar tones for your productions, even if you’ve never played guitar before

Universal Audio makes A-Type Multiband Dynamic Enhancer available as a native plugin
By Matt Mullen last updated
Released in May exclusively for Apollo and UAD hardware, A-Type is now available to native users and Spark subscribers

GForce Software makes FM synthesis simple with Halogen FM
By Matt Mullen published
The company's latest software instrument promises "the joy of FM, without the headaches"

“We’ll push the boat out here and say that this could be its finest synth plugin to date”: Cherry Audio ODC 2800 review
By Roland Schmidt published

Expressive E launches its all new super-realistic virtual strings collection
By Andy Price published
These MPE-based string instruments aim to make nuanced and humanistic performances a reality

The ultimate compression cheat sheet – go-to settings to help you make better music
By Si Truss published
Confused about where to start with compressors and dynamics effects? We'll guide you through the essential features and settings

“One of the most iconic synthesizers of all time, in a highly usable and great sounding piece of software”: GForce Software Oberheim TVS Pro review
By Roland Schmidt published
Introducing a software rebirth, based on a hardware reissue. GForce presents two seminal voices in a single legendary Oberheim
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