SOUND ON SOUND
Mystic 2 now offers a choice of three preamp models, with a new Vintage option delivering a more aggressive sound character, and Modern offering a more refined and flexible sound.
A second production run of the Magnolia is now complete, and the company have also been hard at work on a firmware update that delivers some enhancements and bug fixes.
Widely used across surf, country, blues and early rock records, the amps were behind everything from the expressive tones of Chris Stapleton to the pristine clean sounds embraced by Mark Knopfler.
As of 15 July 2026, Plugin Alliance and Brainworx are now officially owned by Ulrich once again, joining high-end hardware companies Manley and Apogee as part of the new RCKFRC audio group.
The KeyLab Mk3 is now available with a striking orange paint job, and the 61-note AstroLab can now be ordered in a slick new silver shell.
The all-new Elysion Elements is completely free, and includes a selection of 30 Themes aimed at composers working in film, TV, games and production music.
The newest addition to the Native Instruments line-up introduces a new synth created by A. G. Cook, a Grammy-winning British producer best known for his work with Charli XCX.
Described as “a deeply interactive synthesis environment”, Other Worlds Evolved packs in a 4.6GB collection of cinematic samples created by sound designer Adam Pietruszko and offers a mixture of sampling and wavetable synthesis.
Baby Audio’s latest release has been designed to augment the low-frequency content of any monophonic input signal, allowing users to craft deep and powerful bass sounds from just about any source.
Peel Stems 2 boasts improvements across the board, offering increased speed, audio quality and usability over the previous version.
Expressive E have launched their Summer Offer sale, with discounts of up to 55% now applied across their software range until 23 July 2026.
Freqport's new FreqInOut FO1-2RK system doubles up the capabilities of the FO1, placing two units alongside each other in a 1U rackmount housing to allow for eight channels of I/O.
