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Splice unveils a flagship virtual instrument player featuring over 1,200 presets available at launch, providing a large set of ready-to-use sounds for immediate music creation. The instrument focuses on fast workflow and accessible sound design for producers building tracks in home studios and professional setups.

Kontakt users get 110 free instruments highlighted for 2025, covering a wide range of creative tools without cost. The selection offers producers and composers an expanded palette for arranging, sound design, and scoring, useful for building a home studio library on a budget.

Heritage Audio brings its Tubesessor optical tube compressor to plugin format, translating the hardware unit’s character into software for in-the-box use. The release enables producers to apply an optical tube compression approach inside DAWs for mixing tasks without the physical unit.

Akai Pro introduces MPC Live III as a new iteration of its standalone music production center for capturing ideas and building tracks. The unit continues the MPC workflow for beatmaking and music production in portable or home studio setups.

Robot Rocket aims to deliver Daft Punk–style vocoder tones without relying on a DigiTech Talker, offering a path to robotic vocal textures for electronic music. The tool caters to producers seeking iconic vocoder character for hooks, ad-libs, and creative processing in studio or live use.