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MixBox
Ik Multimedia
MixBox packs over 70 award-winning mixing processors and creative effects derived from T-RackS, AmpliTube and SampleTank into a convenient 500-series style plug-in. Create, compare and save your own custom channel strips or multiFX chains, or choose from over 600 presets to give your creativity a kickstart. Whether in your favorite DAW or stand-alone, MixBox combines a massive range of effects and powerful workflow to supercharge your mixes. MixBox lets you choose from over 70 different effects to create a custom processor chain in a single “rack.” 8 slots per rack let you design the exact channel strip you want, then save it for later recall. With a quick drag & drop workflow, you’ll be able to assemble chains instantly and get right to work shaping your music from one central workstation. And with all these effects in one plug-in, MixBox is well-suited for collaborating with others on different systems and DAWs.Starting Price: $299.99 one-time payment -
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AmpliTube
Ik Multimedia
Captures the sound, feel and vibe of over 400 of the most sought-after guitar & bass gear ever. Official gear from icons like Fender®, Mesa/Boogie®, Orange®, Slash, Brian May, Joe Satriani and many more. Stomps, amps, cabs, speakers, mics, rooms and rack FX all in one interface, all routed the way you want. With an 8-track recorder + DAW, looper, tuner, practice tools and live features all in one. Works as an AAX / VST / AU plug-in to create killer guitar tracks anywhere. IK’s DIM™ and VIR™ technology ensures AmpliTube nails the tone and feel of every piece of gear like never before. An all-new drag & drop signal chain supports up to 57 simultaneous models, series/parallel routing and blended DI signal for unprecedented creative freedom. Powerful new “Volumetric Impulse Response” radically transforms all 100+ cabinets in AmpliTube 5 with over 143,000 impulse response measurements in all.Starting Price: $149.99 one-time payment -
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Syntronik
Ik Multimedia
Syntronik is a cutting-edge virtual synthesizer that raises the bar in sound quality and flexibility thanks to the most advanced sampling techniques combined with a new hybrid sample and modeling synthesis engine. Syntronik includes 17 amazing Synths, available as a collection or separately, with over 2,000 preset sounds covering a wide selection from 38 of the most iconic to ultra-rare and painstakingly multi-sampled vintage synthesizers. Syntronik’s synthesis engine goes well beyond traditional sampling thanks to a brand new analog modeled filter section created with the utmost expertise from IK, the pioneer in virtual circuit modeling. This is coupled with exclusive DRIFT™ technology to accurately reproduce the behavior of oscillators from real hardware synths. All of this combined with an effects section that is unrivaled in the world of virtual instruments along with advanced features like 4-part Multis, splits and arpeggiators make Syntronik the ultimate source of inspiration.Starting Price: $299.99 one-time payment -
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T-RackS
Ik Multimedia
Welcome to the ultimate mixing and mastering suite for producers and studio professionals. Powerful processing and effortless mixing and mastering are just a click away. The T-RackS 5 MAX collection for Mac/PC comprises 38 superb modules that range from compressors and limiters to equalizers, channel strips, reverbs and more. All the gear has been modeled after some of the most sought-after production equipment of all time and chosen for its unique sonic character. T-RackS 5 MAX is a must-have set of tools for discerning producers, engineers, and musicians wishing to sculpt single tracks and full mixes with some of the most popular, best-selling plug-ins ever created. Not only is T-RackS MAX the superior choice when it comes to building a serious in-the-box configuration, but it is also the most cost-effective solution on the market — in other words, you get a full-fledged recording studio for a sum that won't break the bank and that is simply unrivaled.Starting Price: $499.99 one-time payment -
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ARC System
Ik Multimedia
ARC System 3 combines an ultra-accurate measurement microphone, analysis software and correction plug-in to improve the accuracy of your monitoring in any room. Work faster and more freely, confident you’re hearing your music itself and that your music will sound great everywhere. With a faster, easier calibration process, breathtaking new correction algorithm and efficient, useful new GUI, everything about ARC 3 is designed to let you focus on your music and create audio that translates to any system effortlessly. Measurement mic, room analysis software and correction plug-in. Improves frequency balance and stereo imaging in any room. Work faster and create better mixes without expensive room treatment. Virtual monitoring emulates the sound of common listening devices. 3D room analysis delivers incredibly accurate, natural sound. Simplified, step-by-step room analysis software makes setup a breeze. Advanced controls let you achieve precise correction in any situation.Starting Price: $199.99 one-time payment -
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TDR Limiter 6 GE
Tokyo Dawn Records
TDR Limiter 6 GE is a modern dynamics compression and limiting toolkit featuring six specialized modules that can be arranged in variable order. Together, they cover a remarkable range of applications from delicate loudness control, to brutal “brick-walling” and creative mix bus crunching. Each module offers dedicated control over different types of events, from macro to micro, and allows you to determine the signal path. Combined wisely they can greatly increase the perceived loudness of a mix while preserving superior musical fidelity, punch, and excitement. With its appealing visual aesthetic, the advanced true peak and EBU R128 compliant loudness metering section gives a detailed insight into the signal’s dynamics. The equal loudness bypass will also make sure the operators’ aural perception doesn’t get tricked by any loudness differences. A collection of sensible starting points allows for quick, yet precise loudness maximization.Starting Price: €50 one-time payment -
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TDR Kotelnikov
Tokyo Dawn Records
TDR Kotelnikov is a wideband dynamics processor combining high fidelity dynamic range control with deep musical flexibility. As a descendant of the venerable TDR Feedback Compressor product family, Kotelnikov has directly inherited several unique features such as a proven control scheme, individual release control for peak and RMS content, an intuitive user interface, and powerful, state of the art, high-precision algorithms. With a sonic signature best described as “stealthy”, Kotelnikov has the ability to manipulate the dynamic range by dramatic amounts, while carefully preserving the original tone, timbre and punch of a musical signal. As such, it is perfectly suited to stereo bus compression as well as other critical applications. The “Gentleman’s Edition” (GE) adds several improvements to the standard edition’s feature set. The most obvious being an intuitive access to various equal loudness workflows, the ability to specify ratio in a frequency-dependent manner, etc.Starting Price: €50 one-time payment -
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MFreeFXBundle
Melda Production
MFreeFXBundle contains a set of audio effects, which are completely free. Our commercial plugins offer many more features, but these are still extraordinary when compared to most plugins on the market. You can extend the features of these free plugins at any time by purchasing a license. The software is totally free of charge, so please download and enjoy! You should consider upgrading to a professional version though. You can change size and style of the plugins. You can access the sonogram feature in the analyzers and equalizers. You can manipulate (save, load, organize) your own presets. Most plugins can perform upsampling which minimizes aliasing, therefore it is useful to improve sound quality. The plugins will not display the big red reminder box with our clickable logo at the bottom of every GUI. All 112 MeldaProduction plugins have been updated to V15.Starting Price: €49 one-time payment -
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Algonaut Atlas 2
Algonaut
The most creative combinations of sound and rhythm. Craft your best beats. Don't just collect sample files, find out what they're really capable of. Atlas is built to show you the right options at the right time. Quickly hear samples in context with other samples and drum patterns. All the most used features are easily visible and accessible so you can work as fast as possible. Show and hide panels to fit the task at hand. Atlas is made to work with whichever samples, MIDI, external apps, and hardware you throw at it. We play nice with everyone so there aren't limitations. No more unwieldy file lists! Let our AI find and organize all your drum sounds. Your eyes and ears can now tell you which direction to search in. Build as many different maps as you want. Atlas lets you instantly change between them. We handle all the major formats and a lot of the less common ones too, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG, MP3, WMA, and more. Choose your own sounds or let Atlas quickly provide inspiration.Starting Price: $99 one-time payment -
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Akoff Music Composer
Akoff
Let's assume you have a melody in your head and you want to create a beautiful music arrangement of this melody on your home computer. A professional arranger can complete this task within 2 or 3 hours. Akoff Music Composer is a song-making software that assists in music creation. Hum your melody into the microphone and Composer captures the audio, transcribes it into the MIDI sequence, makes chords, and arranges the song. Neither a MIDI keyboard nor any musical experience is required to create music. Choose the tempo, turn the metronome on and hum your melody into the microphone. Composer captures the audio and records it into a digital file. Composer analyzes the audio signals, recognizes musical notes, and creates a standard MIDI sequence. Composer makes the chord progression harmonize with your melody. Select a music style and Composer makes a fully arranged song. After transcribing Composer analyzes the harmonical structure of the melody line and makes the chord progression.Starting Price: $39 one-time payment -
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VOCALOID6
VOCALOID
Achieve the sound of a natural singing voice. The latest version of VOCALOID, continued evolution. VOCALOID has continued to evolve since its release in 2003. VOCALOID6 uses AI technology to generate a highly expressive singing voice that’s more natural than ever before. The editing tools and features are now even more useful, bringing you more freedom in your music production to unleash your creativity. VOCALOID6 uses VOCALOID:AI, an AI-based technology that makes it possible to generate even more natural-sounding and highly expressive singing voices. Just input the melody and the lyrics, and this technology transforms your computer into a fabulous vocalist. By using the new editing tools, you can freely manipulate vocal accents, vibrato, rhythmic feel, and more as the “director” of your own unique way of singing. VOCALOID6 offers new features to make vocal track production more convenient. Elevate your music production workflow.Starting Price: $225 one-time payment -
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Jamahook
Jamahook
Jamahook empowers music producers to instantly find musical elements like samples, loops, stems, or other audio content that perfectly complements their song arrangements. The only plugin that puts the power of AI entirely into the hands of music producers. Endless recommendations and inspiration are at your fingertips. Break the endless grind of searching for the perfect sample, loop, or stem that fits your music production. Let the Jamahook sound assistant do the work for you. Our AI finds the perfect matching musical components in real time. Either from your local library of sounds or from the cloud. Instantly find the perfect musical elements for the song you are working on. From your personal local audio library or from the Jamahook cloud of royalty-free loops. We developed the world’s first and only plugin that helps you find the perfect sounds in seconds without leaving your DAW.Starting Price: €49 one-time payment -
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Sononym
Sononym
Sononym is a sample browser that offers a fresh perspective on how sounds can be explored and organized. The software is available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Sononym extracts a great deal of information from your samples and puts this information at your fingertips, including 'exotic' properties that you might not find elsewhere, perceived brightness, crest factor, and timbre, to name a few. Combine this with powerful tools for searching, filtering, and sorting samples, and you might just fall in love with your sample collection all over again. Similarity search enables you to find similar-sounding samples in your sample collection. Basically, pick any sound as input and "see where it takes you", finding variations has never been this easy. The software can even record live audio and use these recordings to find new samples. Duplicate detection identifies duplicate samples across your libraries.Starting Price: $99 one-time payment -
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VCV RACK
VCV RACK
VCV RACK simulates a modular synthesizer where each module itself can be a challenge to simulate on a modern computer, whether it’s a virtual analog model with hundreds of analog components to simulate, or a digital module designed to be run on an ARM microprocessor similar to your smart phone’s. A common patch of a hundred modules can require billions of floating point calculations per second to simulate and millions of 2D path elements to draw using OpenGL. Use VCV Recorder to record audio or video. It operates in engine “time”, not real-time, and therefore does not record real-time audio hiccups/stuttering. This means that any hiccups/stuttering you hear in real time will not be present when the recording is played back. Plugins extend VCV RACK functionality by adding one or more modules to use in your patch. Plugins are typically installed via the VCV Library. Save, share, edit, and move around selections of modules.Starting Price: $19 per month -
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iZotope Aurora
iZotope
Aurora reacts to your audio to easily and dynamically unmask instruments and vocals, creating lush, three-dimensional space that won’t drown out your tracks. Aurora is so much more than a state-of-the-art reverb engine. With the intuitive and powerful Unmasking section, you can give your tracks pro-quality depth without the headache of muddy, cloudy mixes. Aurora dynamically reacts to incoming audio, carving space out of the reverb signal to let your instruments and vocals stay focused and clear. Whether you're working with subtle ambiance or lush effects, Aurora gives you instantly clean reverb without muddy mixes or long plugin chains. Powered by Exponential Audio’s legendary reverb algorithms, Aurora isn’t just helpful for focused mixes, it sounds incredible too. Choose from one of six different reverb types and easily fine-tune your reverb amount, pre-delay/decay times, width, tone, and more.Starting Price: $49 one-time payment -
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iZotope Plasma
iZotope
iZotope's Plasma is an innovative audio plugin that enhances your sound with adaptive tube saturation. Unlike traditional saturators that apply a static effect, Plasma's Flux saturation technology analyzes your audio and applies dynamic processing, adding precise warmth, depth, and character to your mixes and masters. It offers 24 target profiles tailored for various audio elements, from drums and vocals to full masters, allowing you to guide the saturation effect effectively. With intuitive attack and release settings, an overdrive fader for added intensity, and frequency handles to boost specific frequency ranges, Plasma provides comprehensive control over your sound. Channel modes enable enhancement of the center of your mix or widening of the stereo field, as well as shaping the attack and tail of your sound for more precise control. The plugin includes 49 custom-built presets, offering quick starting points for different vibes, whether bright, deep, balanced, or warm.Starting Price: $49 per month -
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iZotope Total Balance Control
iZotope
Tonal Balance Control 2 is a plug-in designed to help audio professionals achieve balanced mixes that translate well across different playback systems. It allows users to visualize the tonal balance of their audio and compare it against 12 target curves representing popular music genres. Users can also load an audio file to create a custom reference curve. The plug-in facilitates communication with compatible iZotope plug-ins like Relay, enabling adjustments to tracks without leaving the Tonal Balance Control 2 interface. Additionally, it offers the ability to open and control EQs from Ozone and Neutron for more precise adjustments. The included iZotope Relay allows for adjustments to gain, pan, stereo image, and more, providing a lightweight mixing tool that integrates seamlessly with Tonal Balance Control 2. This integration ensures that users can view the frequencies of any track against their tonal balance target, aiding in the creation of mixes that adhere to genre standards.Starting Price: $19.99 per month -
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iZotope VocalSynth
iZotope
VocalSynth 2 is an immersive vocal experience that evolves with your productions. Get vocoder, compuvox, polyvox, talkbox, and the all-new biovox with seven stomp-box style effects, all from one powerful plug-in. Color and shape vocals with five blendable creative must-haves and stompbox-style studio effects. A one-stop for past, present, and future vocal sounds. Get lost in layers, textures, effects, blending, and morphing in an experimental effects playground designed to help you craft your own signature vocal sound. Perfect your vocal tone with the drag-and-drop, 7-module multi-effects chain. An advanced spectral display reacts to the sonic characteristic of vowels and blends fun interaction with a unique metering experience. VocalSynth 2 works within the iZotope ecosystem to connect with other plugins like Neutron, Ozone, and Tonal Balance Control. Auto, MIDI, and sidechain modes allow control over vocoder-inspired effects and unique signal modulation for added creativity.Starting Price: $29 one-time payment -
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iZotope Trash
iZotope
Our iconic distortion engine is back by popular demand, with a whole new take on mangling and transforming your sound. Have a blast bringing out the color and chaos in your tracks with over 600 distortion types and impulse responses. Or, roll the dice to explore new, unexpected directions. Escape reality and discover the beauty of imperfection with Trash. With an intuitive interface engineered for inspiration, get ready to create and destroy. From subtle warmth to sonic mutations, everything is possible with Trash. Take your sound in new warped directions, or just have fun mashing things up with over 60 distortion types. Blend together up to four different distortion settings with an intuitive XY pad. Plus, add dynamics and movement by modulating the Drive control, which controls the intensity of the distortion, and carves out frequencies for a dramatic effect with the tilt control. Morph your track into other objects and spaces with over 600 creative impulse responses.Starting Price: $29 one-time payment -
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iZotope Neoverb
iZotope
iZotope Neoverb is an intelligent reverb plug-in designed for music producers, combining Exponential Audio's renowned reverb algorithms with iZotope's AI-driven workflow. It features a reverb assistant that guides users in selecting and blending reverbs tailored to their creative needs, while an AI-powered EQ section listens to the audio to help avoid artifacts, mud, and masking. The innovative blend pad allows for the intuitive mixing of up to three different reverb types, enabling the creation of unique spaces for vocals and instruments. Neoverb also includes an advanced panel with deep controls and offers a variety of presets for different genres and instruments. Its unmasking technology ensures the reverb fits seamlessly into the mix, preventing frequency build-up and maintaining clarity. Compatible with major DAWs, Neoverb supports formats such as AAX, AU, VST2, and VST3, and is available for both Windows and macOS systems.Starting Price: $29 one-time payment -
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iZotope Nectar
iZotope
iZotope's Nectar 4 is a comprehensive vocal mixing suite designed to enhance vocal production with a range of advanced features. It introduces new modules such as auto-level for consistent vocal levels, voices for creating vocal harmonies, and backer for generating background vocals. The vocal assistant provides intelligent processing recommendations, streamlining the mixing process. Nectar 4 also includes 13 component plug-ins, offering flexibility in crafting custom vocal chains. Integration with Audiolens allows for tone-matching any vocal sound, providing a solid starting point for mixes. Additionally, Melodyne 5 essential is included for precise pitch correction. Nectar 4 is compatible with both macOS and Windows operating systems and supports various plug-in formats, including AU, AAX, and VST3. Match the tone and loudness of an acapella track and use it in your own vocal production.Starting Price: $19.99 per month -
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iZotope Ozone
iZotope
iZotope's Ozone 11 is a comprehensive mastering suite designed to elevate your audio to professional standards. It introduces new modules like clarity, which enhances definition without harshness, and stem focus, allowing precise adjustments to individual stems within a mix. The transient/sustain mode offers detailed control over the attack and releases characteristics of your audio. Ozone 11 also features an improved master assistant that utilizes AI to provide tailored starting points for your mastering process. The suite includes a range of modules such as maximizer, imager, equalizer, and dynamics, all aimed at refining your sound with precision. With its intuitive interface and advanced processing capabilities, Ozone 11 is suitable for both beginners and seasoned professionals aiming to achieve polished, release-ready tracks. Ozone includes all the tools you need to master with world-class quality.Starting Price: $29 one-time payment -
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iZotope Neutron
iZotope
iZotope's Neutron 5 is an all-in-one mixing suite designed to enhance your audio production workflow. It features 11 powerful plugins, including a mothership and 10 component modules, allowing you to sculpt your sound individually or combine them for ultimate control. The suite introduces three new modules, clipper, which adds power while reclaiming headroom; density, an upward compressor that smooths out dynamics for more presence and fullness; and phase, which analyzes and corrects phase issues to maintain audio clarity. Neutron 5 also offers an improved mix assistant, providing a faster and smarter way to achieve a great starting point for your mix. Additional features include visual mixer, and Tonal Balance Control 2, all aimed at streamlining your mixing process. The interface has been updated for better visualizations and more intuitive controls, ensuring a seamless mixing experience.Starting Price: $29 one-time payment -
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iZotope RX
iZotope
RX is the industry trailblazer for audio repair and enhancement. Powered by machine learning technology, RX’s comprehensive suite of tools tackles everything from common audio problems to the trickiest of sonic rescues, for music, audio post-production, and content creation. RX is available as a standalone audio editing application that includes a suite of software plugins for use with digital audio workstations. Visually target and replace unwanted sounds like dog barks, string squeaks, and sirens with RX’s spectrogram. Tackle specific issues like clicks, clips, hum, rustles, and background noise with bespoke repair modules. Get even more surgical with tools that can re-shape the intonation of dialogue, remove reverb, match ambiances and EQ profiles, and much more. Plus, if you’re looking for a helping hand to get great results fast, RX’s repair assistant intelligently recognizes and proposes fixes for specific problems that you can tweak to your liking with easy-to-use dials.Starting Price: $29 one-time payment -
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Sequel
Steinberg
Steinberg's Sequel is a free, entry-level music production software for Windows, designed to simplify the process of creating, recording, and mixing music. It offers a user-friendly interface with a one-window design, making it accessible for beginners. Sequel comes equipped with over 5,000 high-quality loops and sounds, covering a wide range of genres, allowing users to start composing music immediately. The software includes a full range of professional audio effects and features like one-click tempo detection, facilitating seamless integration of various audio elements. Sequel also supports Virtual Studio Technology (VST), enabling the addition of more effects and instruments to expand creative possibilities. By supporting Virtual Studio Technology, you can continue to add to the number of effects and instruments, providing endless possibilities, easily controlled using your MIDI keyboard. In fact, use MIDI to trigger parts of your arrangement when in performance mode.Starting Price: Free -
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Immerse Virtual Studio
Embody Audio
We believe that spatial audio should be for everyone, no matter what gear or DAW you use. Immerse audio software and plugins incorporate the latest innovations in AI personalization and room virtualization to advance a new standard of spatial production. Whether you work in stereo, surround, at home, or in a professional studio, our spatial creation tools will integrate seamlessly into your workflow. Audition your stereo, surround, or Dolby Atmos mixes in up to 7.1.6 channels on headphones from inside two studios that have produced some of the most iconic content in music, film, and television over the past several decades. Accurately monitor ambisonic audio on headphones using your personalized HRTF inside Nuendo and Cubase. All your engineers mixing in Atmos simultaneously across the globe, unleashing a wave of new content for you to release. Immerse Virtual Studio brings the world’s best Atmos mixing studios, at a fraction of the cost.Starting Price: $9.99 per month -
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PreSonus Sphere
PreSonus Audio Electronics
You also get a library of master class videos, collaboration tools, monthly live streams, exclusive Studio One features, industry veteran-authored presets, and tons of loop and construction kit content—and we’re constantly adding more, month after month after month. No hidden fees. No additional upgrade costs. All in PreSonus Sphere. A PreSonus Sphere membership includes a license for award-winning Studio One Professional–the only DAW that lets you record, produce, mix, master, and perform from within a single application. Go from creative concept to final mastered album—even use stems from your songs as backing tracks for your live performance—all from Studio One. PreSonus Sphere is the ultimate toolkit for the modern composer. From simple lead sheets to complete orchestrations, you’ll deliver polished scores fast with award-winning Notion® software.Starting Price: $14.95 per month -
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KOMPLETE
Native Instruments
Flagship synths, immersive platforms, unique sampled instruments, and sounds for any genre, production, or performance. KOMPLETE 13 packs the very best Native has to offer into a do-it-all production toolkit that includes brand-new GUITAR RIG 6 PRO, SUPER 8, NOIRE, and much more. From beats, to screen scores, to conjuring underground sounds – KOMPLETE 13 is curated for genre-bending versatility and endless inspiration, whatever you create. Get it all for less with a huge saving on the combined cost of each product in KOMPLETE 13. Revamped, redesigned, and reimagined with new amps, effects, and ways to sculpt your sound. An eight-voice, modern take on vintage polysynthesis. Warm tones and a wide sweet spot. The signature sound of Nils Frahm’s evocative concert grand, captured at its home in Berlin’s Funkhaus complex.Starting Price: $599 one-time payment -
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AudioThing
AudioThing
AudioThing is an audio software company focused on audio plugins (VST2, VST3, AU, AAX). We are committed to developing professional yet affordable products for every kind of composer, producer and sound designer. We offer a wide range of audio plugins, including vintage tape and valve emulations, analog tape echos, analog drum machine emulations, complex convolution processing effects, and more. Our copy protection is simple and user-friendly, no iLok, no dongles, no internet required. To activate a plugin you can choose between online and offline authorization. Create an account, log in through the plugin to activate, or download your license file for offline activation. Motor is a plugin effect that uses side-chaining to combine signals in new and interesting ways. Put in any two signals and they will dance around each other like courting birds drunk on fermented cherries.Starting Price: $35 one-time payment -
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Blindfold EQ
AudioThing
Blindfold EQ, a plugin designed for you to mix with your ears. Blindfold EQ is a freeware EQ plugin inspired by a quote by Matt Wallace from the book Recording Unhinged by Sylvia Massy. It has 4 bands (LowShelf, LowMid, HighMid, HighShelf), but each knob is blind. There are no indicators or numbers to show frequency values, gain values or Q values. Multi-band resonant filter, lightweight on CPU, preset system with randomizer. Blindfold EQ is a freeware plugin. Just put your email address in the form to get your download links. No connection required to activate. We offer a wide range of audio plugins, including vintage tape and valve emulations, analog tape echos, analog drum machine emulations, complex convolution processing effects, and more. We are committed to developing professional yet affordable products for every kind of composer, producer and sound designer.
