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Native Instruments has released Maschine 3.4, a free update that introduces an updated modulation and automation editor and more.

What’s new in Maschine 3.4:

• Modernized Modulation Editor – The editor has been rebuilt on a new technical foundation for a smoother, high-DPI visual experience.
• New Linear Point Workflow – Maschine now creates smooth, linear transitions between any two modulation points, allowing you to create predictable ramps and sweeps with ease.
• Curve Editing – You can now create smooth, curved slopes by simply holding Alt (Option on macOS) + dragging any line segment. This is perfect for filter sweeps, synth swells, and dynamic, expressive modulation.
• Optimized Hardware Automation Recording – Your hardware performances are now captured as clean, optimized linear points. This means no more cluttered lanes with micro-steps, just the smooth performance you played, ready to be edited.
• Improved Editing Tools:
  • Pencil Tool: Freely draw complex modulation shapes. Turn on the grid to draw quantized, stepped automation, just like the classic workflow.
  • Advanced Selection: Use the Marquee Tool to select groups of points at once , or use Shift-Click to select multiple individual points, even if they aren’t next to each other.
• Smarter Workflow & Visuals:
  • Modulation in the Arranger: You can see a preview of your modulation directly on clips in the Arranger view, letting you see modulation in context.
  • New Visuals: The editor has a refreshed design, a new background grid, and helpful tooltips that show you the precise value of a point when you hover over it.
  • New Zoom Shortcut: Use Cmd + Scroll (macOS) or Ctrl + Scroll (Windows) for quick horizontal zooming in the editor.
• Play Series & Effects for Maschine+ – This update also brings massive new power to standalone. A selection of Play Series instruments (like Empire Breaks, 24K Keys) and studio effects (like Solid Bus Comp, Replika) are now compatible with Maschine+.

Visit the Native Instruments site for details.

Instrument designer Leon Dewan (Dewanatron) shared this sneak preview of a new synth, The Modulo.

“This is a rough prototype of the D1 Synthesis Modulo,” he notes, “a new analog synthesizer optimized for sonic exploration.”

Details on The Modulo are still to come at his site.

Antelope Audio drops free EQ plugin to celebrate the release of individual perpetual licenses for 75+ plugins.

MG4+ is Antelope’s take on a popular 500-Series six-band analogue EQ renowned for introducing top-end shine and clarity

Back in 2023, Antelope Audio announced that it was making its stable of Synergy Core plugins – which could previously only run on Antelope’s DSP-equipped audio interfaces – available natively on macOS and Windows.

Available exclusively via a subscription plan on launch, Antelope Audio’s collection of Synergy Core Native plugins has since expanded to encompass 75+ titles. Today, the company has announced that it’s making individual licenses for the native plugins available for purchase for the first time.

To mark the occasion, Antelope Audio is giving away a free plugin: MG4+. This is a 6-band EQ based on the Mäag Audio EQ4, a popular 500-Series hardware EQ. EQ4 is known for its Air Band functionality, renamed by Antelope as Sky Band, that opens up a signal’s top end and adds high-frequency shine without introducing harsh sibilance.

MG4+ features boost/cut knobs for five frequency bands (40Hz, 160Hz, 650Hz, 2.5kHz and a sub band around 15Hz) along with frequency selection and gain controls for the Sky Band. Simple but effective, MG4+ should work its magic on vocals, acoustic guitars, or any signal in need of some extra top-end presence and clarity.

Antelope Audio’s catalogue of native plugins is made up of a wide variety of emulations of classic studio gear, from vintage-inspired channel strips, preamps and compressors to recreations of hardware reverbs and delays. These are joined by a number of original plugins designed in-house, such as the InTune pitch correction tool and Space Flanger modulation effect.

“Our plugins are built on a legacy of great sound,” reads a statement from Antelope Audio. “After years of perfecting ultra-realistic analogue modeling for FPGA and DSP processors, we’ve brought that same expertise into the world of native software. The result is a collection that captures the warmth, precision, and musicality of legendary studio gear, now available right inside your DAW.”

Features:

• On/Bypass button
• Sub frequency boost/cut knob
• 40Hz boost/cut knob
• 160Hz boost/cut knob
• 650Hz boost/cut knob
• 5kHz boost/cut knob
• Sky band frequency select knob
• Sky band gain control knob

Antelope Audio’s MG4+ is compatible with macOS and Windows and available in AAX/AU/VST3 formats.

Visit Antelope Audi website to download the plugin and find out more.