Plugin Week 2025

Plug 'n' play: the hottest plugins and music-making software right now

Eventide at Plugin Week 2025: Eventide H3000 Factory MK II Brings the Legendary H3000 Harmonizer® to Your DAW
Sponsored by Eventide
A piece of music history, reimagined for the digital age and ready to shape the next generation of legendary recordings

TR-707 and TR-727 — Roland at Plugin Week 2025: TR-707/TR-727 - Buy one, get one free!
Sponsored by Roland
For a limited time, purchase the TR-707 Software Rhythm Composer for $149(USD) and get the TR-727 for FREE. That's a $300 (USD) value for 50% off. Act fast - this special offer ends July 31, 2025

Expressive E Solstice interface — Expressive E at Plugin Week 2025: Discover Soliste — A next-gen MPE string plugin suite for real-time expression
Sponsored by Expressive E
A fresh and transformative approach to bowed strings

sonible smart:reverb2 — Sonible at Plugin Week 2025: Rewriting the reverb rulebook with the intuitive, AI-powered smart:reverb 2
Sponsored by Sonible
Get to work with the content aware reverb that communicates across multiple instances for maximum clarity and cohesion

East West — EastWest Sounds at Plugin Week 2025: Introducing LO-FI & Ancient Kingdom PLUS get ComposerCloud+ for its lowest price ever
Sponsored by EastWest Sounds
With two major new releases and ComposerCloud+ for just $9.99, EastWest have got something new for sound designers and composers everywhere

Antares AutoTune — Antares at Plugin Week 2025: AutoTune's AI-Powered Vocal Chain: Pro Results Without the Guesswork
Sponsored by Antares
Six essential tools put intelligent vocal processing at your fingertips

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

Latest News

"As nuanced as the real thing, but only if you know what you're doing": The ultimate guide to plugin guitars

By Andy Price Published 1 July 25

After spending decades trying to emulate the guitar, it might have been easier just to pick one up and learn how to play it…

Music Production Tutorials

Loukeman reveals his favourite plugins and unusual production techniques

By Matt Mullen Published 1 July 25

Toronto-based producer Loukeman talks his new project Sd-2, sampling techniques and unconventional effects processing

Artists

Steven Wilson performs live onstage with his custom shop Fender Telecaster. The stage is illuminated in green stage lights.

Steven Wilson reveals the $20 plugin he used on all the guitars on his new space rock epic

By Jonathan Horsley Published 1 July 25

And it turns out it is the same affordable plugin Finneas used on Billie Eilish’s Barbie track, What Was I Made For?

Artists

Our go-to plugins for adding flavour to our sounds

By Roland Schmidt Published 1 July 25

With so much processing available in modern DAWs, we take a look at some of the more left-field plugins and approaches for maximising the colour of your audio signal

Plugins

Output's AI-powered Co-Producer plugin chooses samples for you, but is it streamlining workflows or outsourcing creativity to AI?

By Matt Mullen Published 1 July 25

We speak to Output CEO Gregg Lehrman about the company's AI-assisted digital crate-digger designed to speed up sample discovery

Tech

"Our aim with ShaperBox is to make it easy for any producer to get complex-sounding results, all in one plugin": Cableguys talk modulation-mad multi-effects plugins and more

By Andy Price Published 1 July 25

We sit down with the developer behind ShaperBox and Kickstart to find out more about Cableguys' inspired creations

Fx Software

Hit Record Meter is the free plugin that can assess the commercial appeal of your track. But does it actually work?

By Stuart Adams Published 1 July 25

Airwindows' creation reveals the inner workings of what makes the hits 'tick'… But is it a hit or a flop?

Software & Apps

"It’s the best reverb for the buck": Composer Jason Graves on his go-to reverb plugin

By Andy Price Published 30 June 25

After scoring Dead Space and Call of Duty, Graves' most recent video game project takes him offshore to a monster-infested oil rig

Artists

Exploring the rise of plugin subscriptions and possible alternative models

By Adam Douglas Published 30 June 25

“I think the dislike of subscriptions is almost universal”

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Plugins

How to record virtual and live instruments more smoothly by taking stock of your sample buffer

By Roland Schmidt Published 30 June 25

Latency on your plugins and audio recordings can derail a developing musical idea - but if you get a handle on managing your sample buffer you’ll have a much smoother ride

Digital Audio Workstation

"It's a stupendously powerful tool": 10 of the best sampler plugins in 2025

By Stuart Adams Published 30 June 25

From full-featured behemoths and retro emulations to MPC-style beatmakers and must-have freebies, we round up 10 software samplers that make sampling fun, fast and intuitive

Tech

“She thought anything could be pop“: Sophie’s brother and studio engineer Ben Long on the release of her final album

By Matt Mullen Published 30 June 25

We sit down with Ben Long to talk through the making of Sophie's posthumous final project and gain a rare insight into the creative process of a generational talent

Artists