https://clubtheworld.uk/rss/4-rss-feed-music-production.xml/RSS Feed: Music ProductionenBaby Audio has released SubCulture, a pitch-tracking bass enhancer plugin for macOS and Windows. SubCulture is designed to add low-end weight that stays in tune with a monophonic input signal. In other words, instead of boosting a fixed frequency or adding a static sub-layer, the plugin detects the incoming pitch in real time and uses [...] View post: Baby Audio releases SubCulture pitch-tracking bass enhancer plugin View the full articleWed, 15 Jul 2026 12:22:58 +0000From @synthandsoftware - Why it’s not there and how to program one The number of times people at cocktail parties have asked me why many vintage synths’ oscilators don’t have sine waves is ridiculous. And what makes it ridiculous isn’t the question – which is good – it’s that the number is one, and in fact it wasn’t […] The post Vintage Synths – Where’s the Missing Sine Wave Oscillator Shape? appeared first on Synth and Software. View the full articleWed, 15 Jul 2026 03:26:02 +0000Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:19:25 +0000From @synthandsoftware - Novation announces the release of Launchkey 88, the largest keyboard controller in the MK4 range. Press Announcement This latest addition from Novation inherits the deep DAW integration, built-in creative tools, and intuitive workflow features of Launchkey 49 and 61 and pairs them with a custom-designed, 88-key semi-weighted keybed for expressive playing. Launchkey 88 boasts seven-plus […] The post New Novation Launchkey 88 appeared first on Synth and Software. View the full articleTue, 14 Jul 2026 17:30:34 +0000Developer MUEDsp has released two free macOS plugins, MUEDsat and MUEDlim. Both plugins are taken from MUEDsp masterchain, a mastering suite that is currently in development. According to the developer Atsushi, each plugin is an actual stage from the master-bus chain used by the developer, pulled out and made free. So basically, these are not [...] View post: MUEDsp releases two FREE macOS mastering plugins View the full articleTue, 14 Jul 2026 17:14:08 +0000MAP Audio’s PAM is a pattern-based sampler and drum-synth instrument for macOS and Windows, currently available with an exclusive 15% BPB discount. Use the coupon code BPB15 at checkout to get 15% off PAM until August 15. The regular price is $150, and MAP Audio also offers a rent-to-own option and a 7-day fully functional [...] View post: MAP Audio PAM is a deep pattern-based sampler with an exclusive BPB discount View the full articleTue, 14 Jul 2026 16:45:58 +0000OBLIK Audio has released Oblik, a free open beta reverb plugin for Windows. What I appreciate right away is that “oblik” means shape in my language, too. Not everyone will catch the wordplay, probably, but it was clear to me from the start, and it fits the plugin’s idea perfectly. Oblik is built around a [...] View post: OBLIK Audio releases FREE open beta of asymmetric reverb plugin View the full articleTue, 14 Jul 2026 15:56:17 +0000Novation’s on a roll: after launching a sleek white edition of its Launchkey 61 MK4 keyboard controller just last month, the company has expanded its Launchkey MK4 range even further with a new 88-key controller, which enters as the largest keyboard in the current lineup. Boasting the same deep DAW integration, rich creative tools and intuitive workflow as the existing MK4 Launchkey 49 and 61 models, the Launchkey 88 arrives with an 88-key semi-weighted keybed. This means more than seven octaves to play with, plus full-size keys for a totally “expressive” experience... The post Novation unveils new 88-key Launchkey MK4 controller – the largest keyboard in the MK4 range yet appeared first on MusicTech. View the full articleTue, 14 Jul 2026 15:02:35 +0000Analogue Solutions shared this preview of their new Filtopia synthesizer, a stereo monosynth that features a unique 5 filter filterbank. … Read More New Analogue Solutions Filtopia Synthesizer Features Unique Filtering CapabilitiesView the full articleMon, 13 Jul 2026 23:29:50 +0000The FM-1 is a portable digital FM synthesizer built around a six-operator FM synthesis engine with 32 algorithms.… Read More M-VAVE Introduces FM-1 FM ‘Pocket Synthesizer’View the full articleMon, 13 Jul 2026 22:49:57 +0000Bjango has released Double Freak, a free dual oscillator frequency follower plugin for macOS and Windows. Double Freak is one of the several entries I really liked in this year’s KVR Developer Challenge. I will cover a few more challenge entries separately (James also checked some of them out here and here), but this one [...] View post: Bjango releases FREE Double Freak frequency follower plugin View the full articleMon, 13 Jul 2026 17:34:51 +0000Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:22:47 +0000HoRNet Plugins is offering HoRNet Spikes, a transient shaper/processor for macOS and Windows, as a free download for a limited time. The offer ends on July 16, 2026. To get Spikes for free, add them to your cart on the HoRNet website and use the coupon code SPIKESFREE at checkout. The plugin is usually priced [...] View post: HoRNet Spikes transient shaper plugin is FREE for a limited time View the full articleMon, 13 Jul 2026 15:49:04 +0000UJAM is offering UFX DELAY as a free download for anyone who signs up for the company’s summer sale mailing list. To get it for free, you’ll need to visit the signup page and enter your email. I tested the process yesterday, and the email arrived right away. Clicking the button in the email opened [...] View post: UJAM offers UFX DELAY plugin as a FREE summer sale signup bonus View the full articleMon, 13 Jul 2026 13:36:10 +0000As AI-generated music continues to flood streaming platforms, some of the music industry’s biggest organisations are launching a new labelling system aimed at giving listeners a clearer picture of how the songs they hear were made... The post Music industry proposes new system to tag AI-generated songs: “Fans want to know whether and how generative AI has been used in the music they listen to” appeared first on MusicTech. View the full articleMon, 13 Jul 2026 09:45:06 +0000Eldoraudio has launched Guitar Audio to MIDI Converter, a browser-based tool that transcribes guitar recordings into standard MIDI files. The new guitar converter joins Eldoraudio’s existing Piano Audio to MIDI Converter. You upload an audio file, set the BPM if needed, and get back a MIDI transcription for editing in your DAW. For anyone who [...] View post: Eldoraudio launches Guitar Audio to MIDI Converter for turning guitar recordings into MIDI View the full articleMon, 13 Jul 2026 06:07:09 +000045 Years of Yamaha Entertainer Keyboards - great retrospective video Just watched this one and thought it was worth sharing here: "How Yamaha Entertainer Keyboards Evolved: From First Models to Modern Legends" (Bonedo Synthesizer Channel). It traces the whole PSR-to-Genos lineage - basically the full 45-year arc of Yamaha's arranger/entertainer line, from the early PortaTone-era instruments right through to the current Genos2 flagship. What I liked is that it's not just a spec-sheet run-through - it actually shows how each generation nudged the category forward: bigger sample sets, smarter articulation switching, the jump to touch-screens and live control knobs, and the shift from "cheesy backing-band-in-a-box" sounds to genuinely usable, expressive tones people build real sets around. A few things that stood out to me: How much of the "character" of these keyboards comes from the Styles engine rather than raw sound quality alone - it's really an arranging/performance tool as much as an instrument. The steady cadence Yamaha's kept to (roughly a new mid-range model one year, a new flagship the next) - decades of consistent product rhythm, which is rare. How far the top-end stuff (Genos/Genos2 vs. the older Tyros series) has come in terms of onboard workflow - you can genuinely go from idea to finished playback without leaving the instrument now. Curious what the more experienced arranger-keyboard folks here think - does the video match your own sense of the "eras" of this lineage, or are there turning points you'd argue it glossed over (Tyros3→4? The original Genos launch?). Also interested if anyone's actually used models across several generations and can speak to how the workflow feels different, not just what's on the spec sheet.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:33:47 +0000This masterclass explores the sonic capabilities of Arturia's Polybrute 12, covering everything from its core signal flow and expressive controls to in-depth sound design and patch creation.… Read More Arturia Polybrute 12 Sound Design MasterclassView the full articleSun, 12 Jul 2026 22:51:47 +0000Tasty Chips has released firmware version 1.7.0 for the GR-MEGA, introducing a redesigned granular engine, major file management changes, new effects, interface updates, and expanded workflow features.… Read More Tasty Chips Updates GR-MEGA With New Granular Controls, Effects, and Workflow ImprovementsGR-MEGAView the full articleSun, 12 Jul 2026 22:18:29 +0000Four days ahead of his 90th birthday, Tom Oberheim can still remember that night in 1979. He was in bed in his hotel room at The NAMM Show in Atlanta fretting about the debut of his new synth, the Oberheim OB-X. “I couldn’t sleep,” he tells me from his Northern California home. “In 1978 my sales were falling very fast…So I got up, went down to the hotel lobby, and wrote the owner’s manuals for the OB-X. The next day, when the show opens, me and my engineer and my sales guy were wondering, ‘Will we still have a company by the end of the day?’” The show started at 10am. By noon, team Oberheim had landed half a million dollars in business. 47 years later, Tom is less concerned about the survival of his synthesizer business. His career, while legendary, has not been a straightforward success — he lost the rights to his own name, worked in various Silicon Valley jobs for 20 years, and only returned to making synthesizers thanks to a nudge from fellow instrument designer Roger Linn. But with several immense Oberheim instruments hitting the market in the past decade, the OB-X8, TEO-5 and the Sequential OB-6 among them, Tom is no longer losing sleep over synthesizers. But he makes one thing clear, chuckling: “I can never retire, first of all.” ... The post Tom Oberheim at 90: “I can never retire, first of all” appeared first on MusicTech. View the full articleSun, 12 Jul 2026 16:52:57 +0000Developer XNULLX has released five free donationware plugins covering granular processing, saturation, wavefolding, spectral smear, and beat slicing. I will be honest right away. I like the tools themselves, but I am getting tired of the current wave of AI-generated plugin websites, where everything starts to feel like the same blocks of text in the [...] View post: XNULLX releases five FREE plugins for sound design and sound mangling View the full articleSun, 12 Jul 2026 16:04:49 +0000Korg’s NTS-4 is a compact six-channel performance mixer kit with built-in effects, USB audio/MIDI connectivity, and support for synthesizers, modular systems, and desktop hardware.… Read More Korg Intros NTS-4 Performance Mixer Kit For Compact Hardware SetupsView the full articleSun, 12 Jul 2026 01:32:23 +0000Developer Vlastimil Cerveny has released a free browser-based patch editor for the Behringer Phara-O Mini synthesizer. … Read More Free Browser-Based Patch Editor For The Behringer Phara-O MiniView the full articleSat, 11 Jul 2026 13:58:25 +0000Developer Angelic Vibes has released Spread, a free stereo widening plugin for macOS and Windows. Spread is the second installment in the developer’s AV Essentials FX series (which I think also includes the free Pitchshifter that we recently featured). It is designed for vocals, samples, melodies, bass, drums, synths, and just about anything that needs [...] View post: Angelic Vibes releases Spread, a FREE stereo widening plugin View the full articleSat, 11 Jul 2026 09:16:17 +0000Developer Schulz Audio is offering Portacrunch 424, a cassette four-track gain-stage effect for macOS and Windows, as a free download. There’s no expiry date listed on the Portacrunch 424 product page, and the summer sale had around 15 hours remaining at the time of writing, but it is unclear whether the giveaway ends with it. [...] View post: Schulz Audio offers Portacrunch 424 cassette gain-stage plugin for FREE View the full articleSat, 11 Jul 2026 08:58:28 +0000