The JUCE team has announced the launch of JUCE 9, which focuses on UI features and performance, embedded support and cross-platform compatibility.

Pricing and licensing terms have been kept identical to JUCE 8, and all JUCE 8 subscriptions have been automatically upgraded to JUCE 9.

New in JUCE v9.0.0

• Added a new SVG parser.
• Added support for variable fonts.
• Added a new macOS CoreAudio implementation.
• Improved the performance of the software renderer.
• Added OpenGL ES support to Linux.
• Improved multi-touch support on Linux and Windows.
• Improved the CMake build system for headless environments.

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The public beta of the free KVR Studio Manager application for macOS and Windows has been updated to v0.4.0.3.

You can download directly from www.kvraudio.com/kvr-studio-manager or if you launch KSM it'll offer the download automatically.

Changes in KSM v0.4.0.3 (Public Beta):

• AAX scan log now more verbose.
• Fixed version number detection for Roland AAX plugins.

Changes in KSM v0.4.0.2 (Public Beta):

• AAX Scanner now saves progress in the log file.
• Fixed: Unsynced message sticks after syncing for some plugins.
• More fixes for unmatchable developer and plugin names

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CodeFarmer has released PatchRig FX 2.0 for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The standalone music-production app lets musicians create, audition, edit, save, and export adjustable effects rigs for guitar, bass, keys, vocals, drums, and reference audio.

Users can begin with a written tone description, a bundled song-tone trait profile, imported reference audio, a ready-made board, or direct manual editing.

Version 2.0 includes:

• 500 bundled pedalboards, 500 pedals, and 60 Super Pedals.
• 31,777 song-tone trait profiles for inspiration and analysis.
• Built-in guitar, bass, keyboard, acoustic, vocal, and drum audition performances.
• Pedal, amp, preamp, voice, MIDI, spectral, and bounded DSP editing.
• Live Rig routing and meters, A/B comparison, graph editing, saving, audio export, private sync, and sharing.
• Hosting of registered Audio Unit effects in the standalone Mac app.

PatchRig FX creates original editable rigs from broad tone traits. It does not claim exact song, artist, amplifier, cabinet, impulse response, preset, sample, or recording clones, and the app itself is not an Audio Unit plug-in.

Availability

PatchRig FX is a free download. An optional $59.99 one-time PatchRig Pro unlock is available on each platform; no subscription is required.

Downloads: iPhone and iPad | Mac

Watch the PatchRig FX 2.0 demonstrations:

Turn iPhone, iPad, or Mac into a real effects rig

Describe a tone and get a playable board

Create boards, pedals, amps, voices, and MIDI tools

PatchRig FX Workstation on Mac

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SongKeyPad v0.1.0, a standalone Windows application for analysing BPM, musical key and timestamped chord changes from local audio, is now available.

The application supports MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A/AAC and WMA files, as well as microphone recording. Results include confidence information and alternate readings, while the chord timeline can be edited and exported as text, CSV or JSON.

SongKeyPad performs all analysis locally, without uploads, accounts, advertising, analytics or networking code.

SongKeyPad 0.1.0 is available for Windows 10/11 64-bit, priced at $2.99 USD at songkeypad.com

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AAFTools has released AAF Bridge, a macOS utility that converts video editors' timelines into native Ableton Live projects and finished Live Sets back into editor formats.

On the way in, an AAF (DaVinci Resolve, Pro Tools, Media Composer, Premiere Pro, Nuenod, etc), XML, FCPXML or FCPXMLD file becomes a regular Live project: clips placed sample-accurately, named tracks, fades and crossfades, clip gain, volume and pan automation, markers, track and clip colors, and the picture cut on its own muted video track for working to image. MXF-wrapped audio converts to WAV automatically.

On the way out, a Ableton Live Set exports to AAF, Premiere XML, FCPXML or FCPXMLD — with real crossfade transitions, a timecode track, and optionally all media collected into one turnover folder.

AAFTools explains:

AAF Bridge is currently the only Ableton Live converter that also covers the XML and FCPXML / FCPXMLD routes, and it converts in both directions. Crossfades get particular attention: every blend maps to the target's native construct — Live's own crossfade encoding on import, real AAF dissolves on export — at full blend length, with no level dip. The developer is equally direct about the format's limits: AAF carries no MIDI and no plugins, time-stretched clips are flagged for consolidation rather than silently rendered, and every conversion writes a plain-text report of what transferred and what could not. AAF Bridge is available now for macOS and Windows.

AAF Bridge is available for macOS and Windows for $49.

Import: YouTube/kmHC6qtpw54

Export: YouTube/AjP9YOZgafQ

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Photosounder has updated Photosounder to version 1.12.1.

Changes since v1.12:

• Road roller restored to its original behaviour.
• Fixed lossless processing on long sounds.
• Fixed sound artifacts heard in lossless mode.
• Fixed not going back to live synthesis after turning off lossless mode.
• Made lossless export faster by not having to resynthesise everything.
• Added a dialog to show lossless export progress.
• Fixed "Fill from Maxima" operations.
• Fixed crashes.
• Fixed gamma knob changing when lossless mode is enabled.
• Added support for extensible WAVE files.
• Higher quality waveform display that updates live.
• Three new undocumented commands: Waveform height 55 px, Export gradient image and Export waveform 100 px

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SoliderSound has launched Go-Denoise, a spectral neural based desktop audio restoration desktop app that removes background noise and recording contamination from speech and singing vocals aiming to preserve clarity, tone, and detail. It runs on-device, with offline processing, with a drag-and-drop workflow, and one-time purchase model.

Go-Denoise processes vocals directly in the frequency domain, preserving both magnitude and phase information rather than reconstructing the voice from a simplified representation. It removes background noise and restores vocal detail in a single neural pass, avoiding multi-stage resynthesis chains that can compound artefacts.

Price: $78.

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Arvital Soft has updated AudioRoute to version 0.3.3.

Release Notes

0.3.3 (2026-07-16):

• Windows: the system-tray icon now follows your light or dark Windows theme — no more near-invisible icon on a light taskbar.
• Windows: clearer first run — a one-time hint points out where AudioRoute lives in the system tray and suggests pinning it so it's easy to find.
• When your free trial ends, getting a license is now a single click — a new Buy button opens checkout directly, instead of asking you to find the website and menu on your own.

0.3.2 (2026-07-15):

• Multi-channel interfaces (e.g. Audient EVO16, Ableton Push 3) now capture at full, bit-perfect level by reading the exact stereo pair from the device instead of boosting after the fact.
• Fixed recordings coming out too fast or too slow after switching between audio interfaces that run at different sample rates (e.g. a 48 kHz interface and a 44.1 kHz one).
• Windows: improved plug-in crash diagnostics and reliability.

0.3.1 (2026-07-14):

• Fixed quiet captures on multi-channel audio interfaces (e.g. Audient EVO16, Ableton Push 3). AudioRoute now compensates for the level drop macOS applies when the default output device has more than two channels, so recordings match the source loudness.
• Added a Level Compensation toggle in the menu (on by default) if you ever want to disable it.
• Windows: maintenance update with under-the-hood improvements.

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MuTools has updated MuLab App and Plugin to 10.2.37.

Highlights:

• Improved plugin support.
• New Audio Gate module.
• Enhanced Drum Note Processor module now featuring flexible number of pads, various pad layouts, choking, ...
• Enhanced Audio Dispatcher module now with full independent input and output controls featuring realtime 1->N, N->1, N->N and N->M audio dispatching.
• Enhanced Virtual MIDI Keyboard now featuring multi-channel and Always Active key map options.
• Live Scenes can now be played on top of other live scenes and clips.
• Composers can now also have their own front panel.
• Improved level meters and modular cable editors.
• Many more improvements and fixes.

Detailed change log: MuTools.com/mulab-mux-change-log.html

All info & downloads on MuTools.com

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Aurally Sound has released Song Master 5 and Song Master Pro 5, bringing major upgrades to stem separation, audio-to-MIDI, MIDI editing, project management, and day-to-day workflow.

Here are some of the headline improvements.

Trident, Third-Generation Stem Splitter

Song Master 5 introduces Trident, a new stem separation engine. It can extract high-quality vocal, drum, bass, and "rest" stems, with Song Master Pro adding guitar and piano separation through the 6-stem model.

Trident runs on your computer, so your audio is not sent to the cloud for stem processing. Version 5 also adds clearer progress feedback with estimated time remaining and the ability to abort an extraction in progress.

Prism Audio-to-MIDI in Song Master Pro

Song Master Pro 5 now uses the Prism algorithm for audio-to-MIDI conversion. This is especially powerful when paired with stem separation: isolate an instrument, convert it to MIDI, then edit and refine the result inside Song Master Pro.

A New MIDI Editor

Song Master Pro 5 adds a full MIDI editor for direct note editing. You can edit converted MIDI, adjust note timing and duration, quantize starts and lengths, join notes, remove overlaps, work with velocity, and re-run Prism conversion settings per track.

The result is a much smoother path from audio to editable musical data.

Improved MusicXML Export

MusicXML export has also been expanded in Song Master Pro. You can now choose MIDI tracks to export as musical notes, making it easier to move ideas from Song Master Pro into notation tools such as MuseScore, Dorico, Finale, Sibelius, and others.

Song Projects

Song Master 5 introduces Song Project folders, a new way to keep song data, analyzed MIDI notes, optional stems, and optional source audio together in one self-contained folder.

This makes it easier to archive a song, move it between computers, or zip it up and share it with bandmates or collaborators.

Workflow and UI Improvements

Version 5 also includes improvements across playlists, color themes, the Mixer view, lyrics handling, audio device recovery, Pitch view scrolling and zooming, file browser icons, stereo panning, and many smaller fixes.

For the full walkthrough, including screenshots and additional notes, see What's New in Song Master 5 page.

For existing owners, this is the first time Aurally Sound is charging for the update. To see the update price, add it to your cart and the update will automatically be applied (be sure you are logged in to see your update price).

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rncbc.org has announced the (northern) Summer'26 release of Qtractor version 1.6.2, for GNU/Linux.

Changes for this release:

• Warn about the danger in changing the MIDI clip file in the MIDI Clip Editor's File/Properties... dialog.
• Also send MIDI Hold pedal off (CC#64) on Transport/Panic.
• Plugins are now added/inserted before the current selected one or appended to the list as before if none is actually selected.
• Show tool-tip when turning the mouse-wheel over a direct-access plugin parameter value slide. Shift/Ctrl+mouse-wheel modifiers now differing as coarse/fine direct-access adjustments resp.
• Fix MIDI Controller (un) mapping on tool-tips and whether it's currently (un) mapped on the respective (un) checked context-menu entry.
• Optionally reset a previously selected/saved LV2 Plug-in UI type when View/Options.../Plugins/Editor (GUI) /Select plugin's editor type if more than one are available option is turned off.
• New user preference option introduced (cf. View/Options.../Plugins/Editor (GUI) /Keep plugin editors always on top).
• Fixed crash when selecting the "Don't ask this again" option on some message-box prompts.
• Updated to CLAP v1.2.9.

See also: Qtractor 1.6.2 - A Summer'26 Release

Qtractor is free, open-source Linux Audio software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.

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Hell Yes Loop Lab has released Ears and Ears, a standalone application for macOS and Windows designed for comparing mixes, masters and reference tracks without the loudness illusion.

Ears and Ears lets users load up to eight audio files and switch between them instantly. Its Fair Compare mode matches playback to the quietest loaded file by turning louder files down rather than boosting quieter files. This makes it easier to judge tonal balance, dynamics, punch and detail without automatically favoring the louder version.

The app also includes LUFS and True Peak readouts, Listen Mode with streaming loudness previews, a Focus Loop for repeating the same musical section across different versions, waveform navigation and Find Hot Spot for locating the loudest section. Users can mark their preferred version with The One.

Ears and Ears does not master, limit, normalize, export or modify the original audio files. It is designed as a focused listening and decision-making tool.

Main Features

• Compare up to eight audio files.
• Instant switching between versions.
• Fair Compare loudness matching.
• LUFS and True Peak readouts.
• Listen Mode and streaming loudness preview.
• Focus Loop with Set In and Set Out.
• Waveform click to seek.
• Find Hot Spot.
• The One marker.
• WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 and M4A support.
• Standalone operation with no DAW required.

Pricing & Availability

Ears and Ears is available now for macOS and Windows. The introductory price is $12 until September 30, 2026. The regular price is $19.

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VybeCode DSP has announced the release of VybeCode VST, a complete agentic, no-code VST development platform, and VybeCode UI, desktop VST/i interface designer.

VybeCode VST is a four-tool platform, a 316-module DSP library, a visual drag-and-drop GUI designer, and a human who will fix your plugin for free in under 48 hours.

You type "warm tape saturator with wow and flutter." The platform writes a spec, generates real DSP C++ against a curated 316-module library, designs a GUI, produces presets, assembles a complete JUCE 8 project, and compiles it locally into a plugin you can drop into your DAW. You own all of it.

The Four Tools:

• Spectre - turns plain English into a portable .psf specification file.
• DSP - the hub -- a seven-step wizard that generates a complete JUCE 8 C++ project with real, working DSP, a modulation matrix, a GUI, and presets. Full source download on every tier, including free.
• UI - the visual GUI designer with 30 audio-native component types that exports production JUCE C++. Also sold standalone as a desktop app.
• Unite - desktop VST/i compiler. Drop a ZIP, get a plugin. It auto-provisions its own toolchain on first run -- CMake, JUCE, even MSVC Build Tools -- so users need nothing installed. Free for everyone, forever.

The tools share one open format, the .psf, so they compose rather than lock.

"Fix My Plug" - Free For Everyone, Under 48 Hours

VybeCode DSP says:

Every AI code generator eventually hands a non-programmer a wall of compiler errors and walks away. That's where the dream usually dies.

Unite's Diagnose tab analyzes the project, and when it finds something it can't repair automatically, one click sends the project and a diagnostic report to a real human being, who fixes it and sends the repaired project back, straight into Unite, ready to build. Turnaround is said to be under 48 hours.

VybeCode DSP says:

It's not an add-on and not a Suite perk. It's free on every tier, including for people who have never paid a cent, and it doesn't require an account.

Support works the same way: a person answers you. No deflection bot, no chatbot maze.

The Desktop UI Designer, Usable Entirely On Its Own

VybeCode UI Desktop is a one-time $79 purchase and it doesn't need the rest of the platform to be useful. It's a native app that works fully offline and exports production JUCE 8 C++ for any plugin project, whether VybeCode generated it or not.

If you're an existing JUCE developer with your own DSP and no interest in AI code generation, this tool enables you to design your interface visually, export the C++, drop it into the project you already have. You never touch the web platform. Suite subscribers crossgrade for $59.

You Own Your Work

From the Terms of Service, verbatim:

You own 100% of the code you generate. All source code, specifications, GUI designs, and presets generated through VybeCode VST are your intellectual property. VybeCode Software claims no ownership, license, or other rights over your generated output.

VybeCode DSP explains:

No revenue share. No attribution requirement. No clause that wakes up when your plugin sells well. And if you walk away from VybeCode tomorrow, everything you made keeps working -- it's just a normal JUCE project.

Pricing:

• Free: $0 forever. 2 code generations, 2 GUI exports and 10 spec per month, full source download, unlimited compiling, full "Fix My Plug" access. Metered, not walled.
• Suite: $29/month. Unlimited generations, exports and specs.
• UI Desktop: $79 one-time. The standalone designer. $59 crossgrade.
• Unite: Free for everyone, forever.

Coming Soon:

• Mod SDK: write and register your own DSP modules into the library.
• Plugin Marketplace: a storefront for selling what you build.
• Moonbase Licensing: copy protection baked into your generated plugins.
• MacOS and AU: in development for the next major version.

Availability

VybeCode VST is available now at www.vybecod.ing. It outputs VST3, CLAP and Standalone.

Builds on Windows (10/11, x64) and Linux (x64) are both available today; macOS is in development for V2. No toolchain required.

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discoDSP has announced free updates across their product line, featuring host-wide plugin delay compensation, higher-quality linear-phase offline rendering, a new Custom unison mode, and reverb and delay refinements.

Discovery Pro 8.24

Discovery Pro is a virtual analog synthesizer and sampler with 4 layers, 12 oscillators, SFZ/WAV/SoundFont support, PADSynth re-synthesis, and Nord Lead 2 SysEx import/export.

Version 8.24 adds a Custom unison mode with a hands-on detune and pan editor, restores the four Layer outputs to the AU, VST3 and VST plugin formats, and reports oversampling latency to the host for sample-accurate delay compensation.

What's New

• Custom Unison Mode: A new unison type with an in-editor overlay where you drag up to four voice dots across a detune x pan plane, setting per-voice pitch spread and continuous stereo placement by hand. Settings are stored per bank and mirrored globally. Open it from Poly â–¸ Unison Detune â–¸ Custom...
• Multi-core Classic Wavetable Generation: The first-run Classic oscillator cache is now built on a background thread across every CPU core, so plugin load and the interface never block. Output is bit-identical to before.
• Higher-Quality Offline Bounces: The bounce oversampler now uses linear-phase FIR equiripple filtering for cleaner offline renders, while realtime playback keeps its low-latency polyphase IIR path.
• Plugin Delay Compensation: Oversampling latency is now reported to the host, so oversampled playback and bounces stay in sample-accurate sync with the rest of your project.
• Bug Fixes: Restored the four Layer A/B/C/D outputs to the AU, VST3 and VST formats, fixed a bounce oversampling sample-rate miscomputation, a MIDI Out feedback loop, and a Windows-only hang on plugin unload.

OB-Xd 3.23

OB-Xd is a classic virtual analog synthesizer that recreates the Oberheim OB-X with enhancements like micro random detuning, unison, and bi-directional MIDI control.

Version 3.23 refinements fix a Pro Tools load crash, let unregistered AAX and LV2 play in real time, and stop a macOS MIDI Out feedback loop.

What's New

• Unregistered AAX/LV2 Playback: These formats now play in real time when unregistered; only bouncing and offline rendering remain disabled until you register.
• Pro Tools Load Crash: Fixed a crash when loading OB-Xd (AAX) on an unregistered install.
• MIDI Out Feedback Loop (macOS): Notes and controller changes sent to the virtual MIDI port no longer echo back and multiply, most commonly seen with the Audio Unit in Logic Pro and GarageBand.

Bliss 3.17

Bliss is a professional sampler with VST/AU instrument recording capabilities, Visual Key Mapper, built-in wave editor, and comprehensive format support including AKAI S1000/S3000/S5000/S6000, NKI, EXS, SFZ, and SoundFont2.

Version 3.17 reports plugin delay compensation for effects oversampling and brings reverb, delay and chorus refinements.

What's New

• Plugin Delay Compensation: Effects oversampling latency is now reported to the host using a linear-phase FIR when bouncing.
• Reverb Improvements: Reverb parameters now show in real units instead of percentages and process at the base sample rate for lower CPU use, producing identical results without oversampling.
• Interface Polish: Reworked pitch and mod wheel shading for a rounder 3D look, with consistent button label fonts and dropdown arrow spacing.
• Bug Fixes: Fixed synced delay presets being four times too short, chorus rate and feedback errors, reverb predelay unit and stereo desync, delay cross mode feedback, send effects not flushing on preset load, and loop/cue points not updating when replacing a zone's sample.

FX Bundle 3.10

discoDSP FX Bundle is a collection of mastering and mixing effects including ThrillMe, NightShine, Schroeder, Finalizer, Distortion and EQ10.

Version 3.10 adds bundle-wide host delay compensation, linear-phase oversampling for cleaner renders, and an EQ10 filter-frequency fix.

What's New

• Bundle-wide Delay Compensation: Every oversampled plugin now reports its processing latency to the host, so tracks stay sample-aligned against parallel busses, dry/wet returns and other tracks. Added to ThrillMe 3.12, NightShine 2.6, Schroeder 2.2, Distortion 1.3 and EQ10 1.1.
• Linear-Phase Oversampling: Nonlinear processors now use a linear-phase FIR anti-aliasing filter for cleaner offline exports. ThrillMe, Finalizer and Distortion switch to the FIR only when bouncing, keeping the low-latency IIR for real-time tracking, while NightShine runs the high-quality FIR at all times.
• EQ10 Filter Frequency Accuracy: Corrected a sample-rate scaling error so every band, high-pass and low-pass now lands at exactly the frequency you set.
• Platforms & Formats: EQ10 now ships as an AAX plugin for Pro Tools alongside its existing VST, VST3, AU and standalone builds.

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