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Plugins & DAWs · 109 stories, +47 vs last week

Plugins & DAWs: 109 stories in seven days, +47 on the week before.

DAW & pluginsGlasswerks releases MUEDvox vocal harmonizer effect plugin Rekkerd

Europe“Doveland” : Django Django enfin de retour au meilleur de son electro-pop Les Inrocks — Musique

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Rolling Stone IndiaAsiaThe Best Upcoming K-Dramas to Watch in November 2026 Shin Min-a , Ju Ji-hoon , Lee Jong-suk , Park Min-young , Son Suk-ku , and Jang Na-ra are just some of the big names arriving on screens this November.

RekkerdDAW & pluginsGlasswerks releases MUEDvox vocal harmonizer effect plugin Glasswerks has introduced a new vocal harmonizer plugin that takes one lead vocal and writes up to four harmony voices and a bass part that follow the key and the chords of the song.

Guitar Pedal XGuitarsPeterson launches StroboStomp EVH Edition Tuner with 13 Exclusive Eddie Van Halen Sweetened Tunings used on the debut 1978 Van Halen Album This is essentially a special edition of the compact HD edition of the StroboStomp versus my own preferred Mini Edition.

Bandwagon AsiaAsia‘Ah Girl’ wins Best Film as SGIFF 2026 closes with 27 sold-out screenings & record ticket sales Singapore film Ah Girl has won Best Film in the Asian Feature Film Competition at the 37th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) , which closed on 1 November with 27 sold-out screenings and a…

Bandwagon AsiaAsiaThee Marloes & Badkiss headline Flavours’ debut showcase in Singapore this December Thee Marloes and Badkiss are heading to Singapore for the first showcase by Flavours , a new live music series from the collective behind Ice Cream Sundays and Sunda Festival .

Bandwagon AsiaAsiaBen&Ben, Valentina Ploy, Amateur Takes Control, Grrrl Gang, My Anh & more set for Bangkok Music City 2027 Bangkok Music City returns to Bangkok’s Charoen Krung Creative District on 30 and 31 January 2027 , bringing together more than 100 artists from Thailand, Asia, and beyond for two days of live…

RekkerdDAW & pluginsFREE: Musio Studio DAW built around 3,700+ legendary virtual instruments Musio has released a free music-writing application for macOS, Windows and Linux. Plenty of free DAWs exist. None of them is built around a library like this.

Rolling Stone IndiaAsiaHarry Styles Ended His Historic Madison Square Garden Run — And This Song Captured It All Each night during his 30-show run at Madison Square Garden, Harry Styles posed the same string of questions to his audience through “Season 2 Weight Loss,” from his fourth album, Kiss All the Time.

Rolling Stone IndiaAsiaWatch Aerosmith Play ‘Walk This Way’ With Run-DMC at Final Hollywood Bowl Show Aerosmith staged their second and final California Dream On concert at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl on Sunday night, and they tweaked their set in a few significant ways from the first evening even though…

Mixmag AsiaAsiaPolice arrest over 400 people following raid on Kuala Lumpur nightclub A police chief said that all detainees were taken for drug testing

Magnetic MagazineLive & DJInside Joachim Garraud’s Solar-Powered Desert Recording Studio Joachim Garraud has spent decades working at the intersection of electronic music production, technology, and live performance, collaborating with artists including David Guetta, Jean-Michel Jarre…

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