SOUND ON SOUND
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.
Rounding off the Launchkey MK4 collection, the new arrival pairs a semi-weighted 88-note keybed with the DAW integration, built-in creative tools and intuitive workflow features offered by its 49- and 61-key siblings.
Now in their sixth year the MIDI Innovations Awards are a joint venture between The MIDI Association, NAMM and Music Hackspace, and serve to shine some light on both commercial and non-commercial products that use MIDI in interesting ways.
The latest ReSing expansion delivers an assortment of Brazilian Portuguese voices, and has been launched alongside the ReSing Singer Showcase, which offers a new way for users to discover and purchase ReSign add-ons.
