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Plugins & DAWs · 89 stories, +28 vs last week

Plugins & DAWs: 89 stories in seven days, +28 on the week before.

Live & DJOutline launches Bitfocus Companion plug-in TPi Magazine

DAW & pluginsBitlantis updates Kveik MIDI Step Sequencer to v1.4 with CC sequencing, per-parameter loops and a standalone app KVR Audio News

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RekkerdDAW & pluginsFREE: Field Four 4-track recorder for Windows by Filmic Gaze Filmic Gaze has recently released a free 4-track recorder software for Windows inspired by the tactile way of recording with classic hardware 4-trackers such as the TASCAM Portastudio.

DJ MagLive & DJFred again.. speaks out against AI music: “The process is the magic” The UK artist shared his thoughts in a series of Instagram stories

DJ MagLive & DJThe Prodigy’s ‘Breathe’ set for 30th anniversary vinyl reissue The release includes the original track, an instrumental version, and two remixes

DJ MagLive & DJMITHER - Be Kind EP Music Reviews S I N G L E S - E P s Release date: 25 September 2026 | Kristan J Caryl MITHER Be Kind EP RPMA Recordings Soft but striking sounds

TPi MagazineLive & DJOutline launches Bitfocus Companion plug-in Outline Newton, the patent-awarded FPGA-based digital signal processor is about to ramp up its user experience with the launch of a new, just-released Bitfocus Companion native plug-in for…

GearnewsGearAcoustic Guitar Deals from Guitar Days 2026: Gibson, Martin & More at Thomann! Martin, Taylor, and more? Thomann’s Guitar Days promotion * not only includes electric guitars and pedals, but also loads of acoustic guitars and ukuleles.

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJL-Acoustics goes Wide on the beach in Albania [Albania] Drymades Beach on the ‘Albanian Riviera’ features a long curve of ivory pebbles, clear Ionian water and pine slopes running down to the sand. Moyo Drymades sits directly on…

RekkerdDAW & pluginsrekordbox for Mac/Windows and PRO DJ LINK Bridge now support SoundSwitch AlphaTheta has announced that is DJ software rekordbox for Mac/Windows and synchronization app PRO DJ LINK Bridge now support SoundSwitch, the lighting automation software from inMusic that…

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJRobert Juliat followspot upgrade on Margaret Island [Hungary] Two Robert Juliat Arthur LT 800W LED long throw followspots have recently been installed in Budapest’s Margitsziget Theatre

Guitar PlayerGuitarsTodd Rundgren takes aim at Taylor Swift: “There’s an argument to be made that she ruined music” Todd Rundgren has never been shy about taking aim at pop music, but his latest target is one of the biggest stars in the world.

Production ExpertStudios & prosFerrofish Launches VERTOpro Series Of Dante Converters And Routers With ADAT And MADI Ferrofish has announced the VERTOpro series, three compact Dante converters that replace its long-running VERTO range.

Lighting&Sound InternationalLive & DJLeyard Europe expands UK team, opens London showroom [UK] Leyard Europe has strengthened its UK and Ireland operations with a series of strategic appointments and expanded leadership roles

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.