SOUND ON SOUND
December 2025 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Fairlight in 1975 by Kim Ryrie and Peter Vogel, who along with a number of original staff members, have gathered in Sydney to celebrate this milestone year for Australia's pioneering music technology company.
Virtual Pianist Grit is the second electric piano to join the Virtual Pianist line-up, and is said to offer a distinctly more rugged and expressive voice that its predecessor, Vibe.
PSI Audio's large main monitor systems will now be available exclusively through approved, specialised retail partners, helping to ensure optimal integration of the systems into customers’ listening environments.
GLT Audio are currently in the process of developing the PM-80 (or Poor Man’s CS-80!), a dedicated MIDI controller that aims to replicate the experience of playing and programming the real thing.
Pro Tools 2025.12 is now available, and delivers new immersive mixing support with the introduction of UHD World Association’s (UWA) Audio Vivid, enhanced SoundFlow functionality with built-in Bounce Factory Lite and new Inner Circle rewards from a selection of Avid’s plug-in and content partners.
Kontrast Expressive Suite brings over a decade of MPE expertise to Tracktion's unique instrument, delivering a collection of carefully designed presets that fully respond to per-note gestures such as pressure, bends, vibrato and aftertouch.
Designed with “dystopian sound design” in mind, the latest addition to Zero-G’s growing collection of Kontakt instruments promises to deliver a world of “gritty textures, corrupted atmospheres, brooding pulses and fractured tonal elements.”
PSP InfiniStrip Earth (v1.4.0) has been designed from the ground up for tracking, mixing, live monitoring and broadcast applications, and draws on over two decades of PSP’s audio-processing expertise.
The latest version of Steinberg’s award-winning mobile recording application is now available, and has been released alongside the all-new Verve and Etude piano AUv3 instruments for iPhone and iPad.
Refraction has been built using high-quality samples of a premium upright piano, but rather than aiming to recreate the acoustic instrument, it instead uses the recordings to craft an array of evolving pads and hybrid acoustic-electronic soundscapes.
The latest version of ACE Studio is now available, and comes kitted out with a whole host of new AI Voices and languages, additional AI Instruments, new Generative Kits, an improved workflow and seamless DAW integration.
The latest version of Arturia’s flagship software synthesizer has just arrived, delivering an array of new features aimed at modern producers and sound designers.
