Line 6 has finally released their Helix Native plugin. It brings the same exact amps, effects and overall sound as the Helix hardware in plugin form to use in a DAW. Helix Native is a full-fledged amp sim package. It comes with over 62 amps, 37 cabs, 16 mics, and over 100 effects. You can […]
Superior Drummer 3 Finally Getting Released, Comes With 230GB of Sounds
It’s finally happened. Toontrack is going to release Superior Drummer 3 on September 12th (that explains all the recent sales on SD2). People have been waiting for an update for a really long time. It’s been nine years since Superior Drummer 2.0 was first released—that’s like a century in software years, but it’s still one […]
Amazon’s Prime Music is Surprisingly Good
Amazon first launched Prime Music, a streaming music service free for Amazon Prime members, back in 2014. I never paid much attention to it until recently, but Prime Music turned out to be the main reason I decided to pay for another year of Prime membership—I didn’t want to give up all the good songs […]
Get Overloud TH3 Amp Sim Free Edition
There’s an ongoing promotional offer over at Time+Space where you can get an amp sim suite for free. They’re giving away a trimmed down version of the Overloud TH3 Guitar Amp Simulator. It comes with three amps and three cabinets, plus four effects. There are two microphone models, and up to four can be used […]
TSE BOD v3.0 Released – Free SansAmp Bass Plugin
Makers of the TSE X50 amp sim, TSE Audio has updated their TSE BOD bass plugin to version 3.0. The TSE BOD is a SansAmp Bass Driver DI pedal simulation. The free plugin is available in VST, AU, and AAX formats for Mac and Windows, with support for 64 and 32 bit systems. The new […]
Free Version of Syntronik Released Along with Full Version
Today IK Multimedia officially released their latest product, a multi-sampled virtual synthesizer collection called Syntronik. It includes seventeen instruments, thirty-eight effects, and over 2,000 presets, with 50GB of sampled content. I was tempted to cash in some JamPoints to buy it when they had the low intro offer, but there was no way in hell […]
New Bulldozer High Gain Amp Sim from Audio Assault (Video)
Audio Assault has released a new 2 channel high-gain amp sim called Bulldozer that is designed to deliver powerful metal tones. The plugin comes with 10 pedals and effects, including a tube screamer, reverb, wah pedal, and doubler. It also comes with four cabinet simulations and offers customizable mic placement and high and low pass […]
Kuassa Releases New Guitar Pedal Plugins, Free Noise Gate (Videos)
Kuassa has added three new guitar effects pedal plugins that were previously only available as rack extensions for Reason to their lineup of products. There’s a distortion pedal, an overdrive pedal, and a fuzz pedal, and each includes 5 separate simulations so they cover a wide variety of tones. Kuassa also released a free noise […]