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IK Multimedia’s Mic Room is currently available for just $22 (70% off) at Plugin Boutique until August 31st. As a bonus, any purchase this month also gets you a free copy of Hertz Instruments GainStage Pro. Mic Room is a mic modeling plugin designed to reshape the tonal character of recorded audio by simulating over 20 classic and modern microphones. It’s part of the T-RackS suite, but it works just fine as a plugin in any modern DAW. I picked this up on sale earlier and have to say, it’s a handy tool for getting a great vocal sound at…

Singomakers has released a new Tech House sample pack with a fiery flair of Mexico. With over 460 loops, one shots and MIDI files, Mexican Groovers delivers Spanish guitars, catchy female vocals and body-moving grooves.Mexican Groovers brings you a sizzling fusion of modern Tech House energy and the timeless soul of Latin culture. Inspired by the global rise of Latin Tech House, this collection is packed with live-recorded Spanish guitars, catchy female vocals, and hypnotic grooves that will instantly transport your listeners to sun-soaked fiestas and underground dancefloors.Inspired by trendsetter of Latin Tech House – San Pacho, Hugel, Matt Sassari,…

Cardi B’s “Imaginary Playerz” channels ’90s Hip-Hop with a JAY-Z–approved sample and bars that have fans declaring she’s officially back. AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now! Subscribe Cardi B lit up the internet with her new single “Imaginary Playerz,” released August 15 as the second offering from her upcoming sophomore album, Am I the Drama? (out September 19, 2025). The track samples JAY-Z’s 1997 classic “Imaginary Players,”…

Plugin Boutique has announced a promotion on Bogren Digital’s virtual drum instrument geared towards metal music production. The Kontakt Player-powered Trivium Drums is 30% off for a few days only.Harness the blistering performance of Trivium’s Alex Bent for your productions. Trivium Drums gives you album-ready metal drums right out of the box, with all the power and precision needed for dense rock and metal mixes.Producer Jens Bogren (Opeth, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Ibaraki) has put his proven engineering skills into crafting a perfect and unique sound. Over 100 MIDI grooves and fills performed by Alex Bent are included so that…

VST Buzz has launched an exclusive promotion on a virtual drum instrument from Spectre Digital. The Icon Drums Classic Rock plugin is offered at a 75% discount for one week only.Icon Drums Classic Rock delivers the powerful, organic drum sound heard on timeless rock anthems. This virtual drum library stands apart by meticulously capturing “full drum kit bleed” on every microphone, providing unparalleled realism. This ensures your programmed drums sound genuinely live, like they were recorded in a professional studio, eliminating the typical “programmed” feel.This acclaimed virtual drum library lets you shape the beloved drum sounds of rock icons, giving…

Hot on the heels of the review of the Vocal Studio all-in-one vocal mixing plugin by Pulsar Audio, Aphelion’s Orbit returns with his thoughts on Neural DSP’s newly released modern vocal production plugin; Mantra.EvolutionFull disclosure: I’m a Neural DSP junkie. Got hooked in 2024 and now I practically own the whole catalog. I’m a beatmaker and keyboard player who knows just enough guitar to be dangerously bad—but that’s exactly why Neural DSP works for me. Their plugins aren’t just amp sims. They’re creative instruments.Neural DSP has always hinted at something bigger than guitar tone. From day one, I’ve used their…

Samplestate has introduced a new sample pack with a collection of rhythmic grooves and rich melodic textures. Packed with hypnotic melodies, intricate percussion, rich textures and syncopated beats, the royalty free Afro Tech House brings authentic Afro-inspired rhythms fused with cutting-edge tech house and modern production techniques.Inside you’ll find a diverse selection of afro and organic inspired drum loops, hypnotic basslines, enchanting synth melodies, and detailed percussive elements designed to elevate your productions. Every sound is expertly processed and perfectly balanced to fit seamlessly into your next track, either inspire your next full production or add some afro-tech magic to…

TapeFi has announced the release of a tape emulation effect plugin for Windows and Mac. Designed to bring the chaotic beauty of real, worn-out cassette tapes to your music, Fail features 6 modeled cassettes, authentic cassette hiss, and custom tape distortion for true analog warmth or gritty saturation.The plugin also comes with dropout glitches to recreate the broken, unpredictable soul of old tape decks and a MELT effect adds realistic tape wobble and pitch drift for pure lo-fi magic.We spent months capturing the unpredictable nature of real tape – warmth, grit, texture, and nostalgic saturation – each one telling a…

Steinberg has introduced a virtual string instrument which blends the worlds of sampled organic and synthetic sounds.Previously released as a hybrid string sound library for Kontakt, Stratum by Cinematique Instruments is now available for HALion 7 and HALion Sonic.With a single slider, you can effortlessly blend a lush, symphonic violin with the raw beauty of analog synths. Designed for musicians who seek depth, tension, and nuance, this hybrid toolkit offers a palette which moves effortlessly between the intimate and analog grit.Stratum featuresA creative playground: blend string sounds from more than 70 sample sources.Classic sounds from violins, cello, basses, ensembles and…

Sonimus has released DelaySon, a free analog-style delay plugin for macOS and Windows. If you’ve been producing music for a while, the name Sonimus might bring back memories. I first discovered them fifteen years ago when they released SonEQ, a rare kind of freebie back then. With its sleek (especially for 2010) GUI, analog-style saturation, and musical EQ curves, it was one of the few freeware plugins that genuinely rivaled paid plugins in terms of features and polish. Since then, Sonimus has continued to deliver high-quality software like console emulations and other effect plugins, many of which include their signature…