Producer/developer Tim Exile has introduced Finalist, a new application for Mac and Windows that’s designed to let you create “release-ready” mixes in minutes.
Finalist presents you with simple aesthetic choices, and then uses audio analysis and DSP to create a mix, based on your preferences.
It features 40 varied mix presets, which you can tweak to your taste. Strength and gain knobs give you extra control over each group. Module locks allow you to lock individual modules to different presets.
Finalist’s mix engine was developed from the ground up to respond to the 300 data points it extracts from your audio during the analysis process. Analog warmth emulation, mid-side processing, multiband dynamics, transient-shaping, clipper-limiters and more are used to map your source material to targets set in each mix preset.
Finalist handles up to 32 stems and supports MacOS 11-15 and Windows 10-11 via Native Instruments’ free Reaktor Player.
Here’s an example of Finalist in action:
Finalist is available now, with an intro price of £89 through the end of October 2025 (normally £99).
Native Instruments has introduced Odes, the third entry in their Evolution series, alongside Lores and Fables.
Odes lets you create an ensemble of up to three instruments from across cultures, each with independent looping rhythms and one-shots. NI says that the result is a “living, rhythmic soundscape that feels immersive, expressive, and ready for the screen.”
Features:
Eclectic ensemble of instruments – Blend the horse fiddle, nyckelharpa, kamanche, and more into a diverse palette of striking sounds that effortlessly harmonize together.
Three-layer articulation engine – Stack and sculpt up to three moving articulations per instrument for intricate, shifting performances that form the rhythmic foundation of your score.
Professional ambience control – Add cinematic depth with convolution reverb and flexible mic mixing.
Polyphonic aftertouch – Subtly shape volume, panning, filters, pitch, and modulation with the keys.
Odes is available now, with an intro price of $149 through Oct 30, 2025 (normally $199).
Supercritical let us know that they’ve released a free firmware update for the Redshift 6.
Firmware Update 1.4 introduces MPE, an arpeggiator, multi-part editing for multitimbral patches, new oscillator waveform variants, envelope reset option, and a Sample & Hold waveform for the LFO. There are also 18 new factory presets to showcase the arpeggiator and more.
The arpeggiator is per part, so each part can have its own dedicated arpeggiator. In practice this means six independently running arpeggiators when all six multitimbral parts are in use.
What’s New in Redshift 6 Firmware v1.4:
New Features:
MPE
Arpeggiator
Multi-part editing for multitimbral patches
New oscillator waveform variants that reset on incoming note
