Effects

PatchWork from Blue Cat Audio allows users to create custom processing chains from both built-in effects and third-party plug-ins. 

Universal Audio have announced that their UAD Spark subscription service is now available to Windows users. 

The latest offering from Techivation pairs a transient shaper with a variable saturation control.

Infiltrator 2 is a multi-effects plug-in from Devious Machines loaded with modulation and sequencer-based capabilities. 

Comprising a huge variety of world-class Eventide effects, Physion MkII processes a sound's transient and tonal parts separately.

Martinic have announced an update to their Scanner Vibrato plug-in, a software emulation of the chorus/vibrato effect found on Hammond tonewheel organs.

Blue Cat Audio's entire bundle of free plug-ins has been updated, offering some new features for users of MIDI control surfaces along with other improvements and bug fixes. 

Spectral Plugins have released OCS-45, a cassette tape simulation plug-in that offers a variety of lo-fi sounds and creative distortion effects.

Soundtoys have announced a month-long sale on upgrades and trade-ups that are available to current registered users. 

TrapTune from United Plugins and SounDevice Digital offers an all-in-one vocal processing solution aimed at creators of hip-hop, trap, EDM, R&B and contemporary pop music.

Harmony from Waves is a vocal processing plug-in that can create everything from simple harmonies to creative modulation effects. 

Archetype: Rabea from Neural DSP features a synthesizer that can be triggered by a standard guitar, without the need for any special pickups or hardware. 

Pancz from Spectral Plugins is a multiband transient shaper with a built-in limiter and soft clip function. 

Morph EQ from Minimal Audio allows users to draw custom filter shapes and control them using macros.

Strymon's blueSky, El Capistan, Flint, Deco, DIG, and Lex pedals have all been treated to an update, with new MIDI functionality and controls added. 

Sample library and synth preset company SoundGhost have released their first effects plug-in.

Density generates layered ensembles of sounds from a single input using granular synthesis techniques. 

MOD Devices have launched a set of modular synthesizers that allow musicians to play synth sounds using a guitar, with no modifications or special pickups required.

New vocal processor offers real-time voice effects and manipulation for live performance.