With over 8000 samples supplied, XO is able to collect and sort your one-shot samples then sequence and add effects - but it's much more than that.

The first virtual instrument from FX specialists Brainworx is a recreation of a 70s classic. Here's what you need to know about bx_oberhausen VI.

Time + Space are giving away a high quality AAS Richard Devine Sound Design Plugin Bundle WORTH: £58/€65/$78 FREE with any paid purchase in April. Here's how to get it.

Heard on classic tracks by Bowie, Cyndi Lauper and many more, Eventide brings the sound of the Instant Flanger to your DAW with this competitively priced new plug-in.

With a custom audio engine that uses sampled attack transients and specialized synth oscillators to generate a big body sound, K1CK from 2getheraudio really packs a punch.

Import your own sounds, including the special sampled Berlin set the team put together to coincide with this release. Here's the details.

Take control of your Behringer Deepmind 12 in software with this new and very affordable plug-in MIDI-based controller.

These two plugs - a modulator and a tape delay - bring K-Devices' processing to the masses. Noah Pred road tested them and liked what he discovered...

Get the sound of classic 60s Mellotrons in your productions, and it won't cost you a bean. Here's how to do it...

Audioplugin Deals has teamed up with IK Multimedia to offer the powerful Memory V synthesizer completely free for a limited time. Here's how to get it.

Mash and mangle your sounds in Reaktor with these powerful effects from Flintpope - available for the crazy low price of just $2.

Get the sound of the legendary Weiss DS1-MK3 in your tracks with the latest plugin from processing experts Softube. See and hear it in action here.

Flow Motion combines the best elements of FM (frequency modulation) and analog-style subtractive synthesis in one powerful instrument.

Save on this bundle of one-knob audio mix and repair processors for a limited time only.

Multiband compression can be one of the lesser-understood types of processing but used correctly, it's one of the most powerful ways to control a mix. Joe Albano explains how and when to use it.

In this head to head shootout, Matt Vanacoro pits his native plugs against DSP-powered models to see how the sound quality and CPU requirements compare.

A solid set of orchestral instruments and articulations for use in your productions, all for under $150? Jay Asher wonders if it can be true...

Kontakt-based instruments just keep getting better, and 2018 saw some of the most ambitious and great-sounding releases ever. Here are the boldest and best Kontakt instruments of the year.

2018 saw a raft of updates and new releases, from emulations of vintage gear to new and totally unique soft synthesizers. There's never been a better time to make music with virtual synths.

16 voice polyphonic with 2 oscillators per voice, Bolt is a confident first foray into the world of plug-in synthesis from the maker of Impakt and T-series hardware controllers.

Rob Papen's Explorer 5 is a bundle of great sounding, unique synthesizers and effects now including Master Magic, RAW Kick and Go2. Noah Pred unwrapped it, and here's what he discovered.