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Fred Anton Corvest has released FAC Bandit 2, a multi-band AUv3 plugin for iOS and macOS that splits your audio signal into three independent frequency bands, each processed with its own effect and then recombined to create the final sound.

You can choose from a set of effects, including saturation, lo-fi degradation, ring modulation, delay, and reverb, and blend them precisely within each band.

The new version features a redesigned UI/UX, including new touch gestures, a new output limiter, enhanced linked controls, all effects included (no IAP), and full universal support (iOS/macOS/VisionPro).

Features:

• 3-Band Multi-Effects Processor
• Compact design with massive sonic versatility
• Each band provides its own effect with mix blending control
• Band effects include Saturator, LoFi, Ring Modulator, Delay, and Reverb
• Frequency isolator equalizer (DJ style filter)
• Two adjustable crossover points for low and high bands with a slope up to 48dB
• Separate Dry/Wet output controls with an optional master Brickwall limiter
• Multi-output support: each band can be routed to separate channels in your host
• Linked Controls: Control several parameters at once
• Advanced Responsive Design, portrait and landscape views
• Universal Purchase: AUv3 for iOS (iPad/iPhone), macOS and Vision Pro

BANDIT 2 is available with an intro price of $9.99 USD through April 30th, 2026 (normally $12.99).

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SRM Sounds is a virtual instrument brand headed up by composer Max Richter and his partner visual artist Yulia Mahr. Recorded in Richter’s Oxfordshire studio space, Studio Richter Mahr, the company’s libraries are developed in partnership with Song Athletics, a creative studio founded by ex-Spitfire Audio CEO Will Evans.

Having previously released Kontakt instruments based on the sounds of his Steinway D SPIRIO | r  and a 15-piece timpani ensemble, Richter has focused SRM’s next library on the phenomenon of ASMR, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, the euphoric tingling sensation some of us experience in response to soft, gentle or particularly tactile sounds.

“A palette of choral and string textures that provides a really special colour to add both a purity and ‘humanness’ to your score”

ASMR Choir is a vocal and string library made up of four separate instruments, all sharing a “low-dynamic, ultra-close” vibe, that Richter says is “the musical equivalent of someone whispering in your ear”.

“This instrument is super evocative,” Richter says. “It’s extraordinary. You start playing it and you don’t really want to stop. It leads you into this hypnagogic state which is quite beautiful.”

“This comes out of spending years in recording studios working with singers and instrumentalists and thinking about a category of sounds which is super magical, but we don’t often get to experience in isolation – all these tiny sounds that you can capture with close-mic’ing techniques.”

At the heart of the instrument is a small choir specializing in Renaissance music, recorded in the main room at Studio Richter Mahr and led by soprano Grace Davidson. Also included is a small string section of solo violin and cello, recorded on its own and also together with the choir. The vocal and string recordings were also run through Richter’s analogue vocoders to create a fourth processed instrument with a more synthetic character.

Each sound source was recorded with three mic treatments, which can be blended together before the results are shaped via the ADSR envelope and processed via onboard filter, drive and reverb.

Max Richter is a Grammy-nominated German-British composer and pianist known for his works for stage, opera, ballet and screen. Richter recently received an Academy Award nomination for his score to Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet.

“We decided to launch SRM Sounds because, even though there are a million sample libraries out there, I could find hardly any that really hit the spot for me. For composers, sound is an incredibly personal and emotional thing,” Richter says of SRM Sounds. “These instruments have the colours that I love to use to tell the stories I want to tell.”

Key Features:

• 4 instruments total ~24.6GB
• Choir instrument
• String instrument (violin and cello)
• Choir + String instrument (ensemble performance)
• Processed instrument (via analogue vocoders)
• 3 mic mixes
• ADSR envelope and effects
• Kontakt Player library (Version 7.10 or higher required)
• NKS compatible

ASMR Choir is available currently priced at £149. You’ll need Native Instruments Kontakt version 7.10 or higher to run it, or the free Kontakt Player plugin.

Find out more on the SRM Sounds website.

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Temecula DSP has introduced MDV-II, a free virtual effects unit, for macOS and Windows, inspired by the Alesis MIDIVerb II.

The heart of the MidiVerb II is the custom DASP-16 (Digital Audio Signal Processor) chip designed by Keith Barr. The MDV-II faithfully recreates this chip, reproducing the signal flow of all 100 factory programs at the original 31,250 Hz internal sample rate. Every program produces the same output as the original hardware — including its characteristic warmth and bandwidth-limited charm.

The MDV-II goes beyond the original hardware, though, with two mathematically-modeled DASP-16 chips running in series. Unit A feeds into Unit B, so you can stack a reverse reverb into a chorus, run a gated verb into a delay, or chain any two of the 100 programs together. Each unit has independent program selection, mix, and bypass controls.

Here’s what they have to say about it:

“There are two types of producers: those who think this reverb sounds “too colored,” and those who refuse to mix a track without it.

We meticulously recreated this cult-classic unit because sometimes, perfection is boring. You use it when you want your synth to float in space, your guitars to smear into a lush nostalgic wash, and your mix to have a sound that’s unmistakably its own.”

Temecula DSP MDV-II is available now as a free download.

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