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Image Image Credit Gilbert Flores / Contributor via Getty Images and Steve Granitz / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Cash Cobain at the 2025 iHeart Radio Music Awards and Cardi B at 2024 Vanity Fair Oscars Afterparty Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: Cash Cobain clapped back at fan confusion after being named on Cardi B’s AM I THE DRAMA? album. The New York rapper is a key figure in the sexy drill movement, with past collabs including Drake and J. Cole. His confident response shows he is unfazed by the chatter, trusting Cardi B’s co-sign to speak for itself.…

JoEunsoo has released Transient Pepper, a currently free plugin (normally $14) for macOS and Windows that uses transient detection to layer rhythmic noise onto your audio. Transient Pepper is available as a free download until October 1, 2025. At first glance, Transient Pepper might look like a typical transient shaper. But it’s not. Instead of adjusting the volume envelope of your transients, it analyzes them and adds a layer of noise, essentially using transients to “trigger” noise bursts. It’s like layering a shaker with your snares or hi-hats, except the noise is dynamic and perfectly locked to the transients in…

My Happy Tape is a free vintage tape machine plugin for macOS and Windows, created by Yuri Semyonov. Yuri Semyonov is an indie developer with a stellar reputation among audio enthusiasts for recreating the core character of classic vintage hardware. The “My Happy” project also includes My Happy Bus Compressor and My Happy Channel Strip. If you aren’t familiar with those plugins yet, you might be more familiar with the EQ Classic OLD 2M and OLD 2M Classic OLD 2M Compressor, which Yuri released under the PsuedoStereo banner. My Happy Tape is available in AU, VST2, and VST3 formats for…

Trying to turn ideas into full songs? Great songs use hidden blueprints—structure, contrast, repetition—that guide the listener. Once you understand that blueprint, your tracks go from chaotic to clear, every time.   Step 1: What Makes a Blueprint Every great song has a shape. A roadmap. Even if it’s subtle, you feel it when a song “knows” where it’s going. Blueprint parts usually include: Intro Verse Pre-chorus (optional) Chorus / Refrain Bridge or Break Outro These parts help you build tension, release, contrast, and resolution. Songwriting & Beatmaking:…

Q-Series Sahara Compressor ($49) is the latest entry in Pulsar Modular’s growing line of compressor plugins, arriving with a focus on speed, simplicity, and musical transparency. Sahara is an excellent candidate for becoming your go-to insert compressor if you need a versatile dynamics tool that doesn’t bog you down with too many parameters. The plugin is designed around a fixed-threshold compression circuit with adaptive timing, and it delivers immediate results without much of a learning curve. I was able to get good results immediately after loading it, and the manual, although very well-written and informative, isn’t necessary to get started…

Plugin Boutique offers the UVI HX-ODDY, a hybrid virtual instrument based on the classic ARP Odyssey Mk1, for just $19 (75% off) until September 22. HX-ODDY is part of UVI’s HX Series, which blends deep multi-sampling with physically-modeled synthesis. This time, the team focused on the white-face Odyssey Mk1. It is ARP’s original duophonic analog synth from 1972. As expected from UVI (who are among my favorite creators of sample-based emulations), the result is a super flexible sound design tool that captures the original synthesizer’s tone while expanding far beyond its capabilities. HX-ODDY runs on a three-layer engine. You get…

Analogy Instruments has released Mothership Lite, a free sample-based virtual instrument plugin for macOS and Windows. Based on the same concept as their earlier release, AnaMatrix Lite, this new instrument offers a taste of the full Mothership plugin. Both instruments are built on a collection of multi-samples captured from hardware synths. Like its predecessor, Mothership Lite is built with Maize Sampler, although you wouldn’t guess it from the interface alone. This is easily one of the nicest-looking Maize-based plugins I’ve seen. The GUI is super stylish and intuitive, with all the usual Maize Sampler features nicely laid out and fully…

Image Image Credit Jerritt Clark / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Quavo and Young Thug perform at Hollywood Palladium on November 18, 2019 Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: A leaked jail call revealed Young Thug making dismissive comments about the Migos. The rapper later posted a message to Quavo, calling him “brada” and referencing Takeoff. Fans are speculating about whether this signals a reconciliation or just damage control. Young Thug’s apology tour over leaked jails call is still going strong. The latest artist to a get a mea culpa, of sorts, is fellow Atlanta rapper Quavo. On Sunday (Sept.…

Image Image Credit Kevin Mazur / Contributor via Getty Images, Monica Schipper / Staff via Getty Images, John Lamparski / Stringer via Getty Images, and Taylor Hill / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Cardi B at the 2025 Grammy Awards, Summer Walker at the 2024 Baby2Baby Gala, Megan Thee Stallion at the ‘Mean Girls’ premiere in New York, Tyla at the 2025 MTV VMAs Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: The forthcoming album includes a wide range of collaborators, from Megan Thee Stallion to Janet Jackson. Several collaborators have worked with Cardi B in the past, hinting at a mix…

Learn everything about UA’s flagship USB audio interfaces for musicians and creators. Whether you’re building your first desktop recording setup, upgrading your existing studio, or building a mobile recording rig, selecting a new audio interface is no small task. Sound, versatility, and convenience all compete against a backdrop of price. With Volt USB Recording Studios, you get a thoughtfully designed all-in-one option from Universal Audio that checks every box.   Built-In Vintage Preamps with Colorful Tube Tone After your microphone, the next thing your signal hits is the preamp of your audio interface. Short for “pre-amplifier,” a preamp’s primary purpose…