Born from the depths of Moog Music’s legacy in bass synthesis, Mariana breathes new life into electronic sound design techniques for the modern player or producer.

A powerful creative companion, Mariana is designed for intuitive audio layering and processing, merging the soul of Moog bass with user-friendly technology for all digital creators. Optimized for vibrant bass sounds, Mariana invites users to dial in tones that span genres, easily form modulation pathways to create complex timbres, and sculpt distinct sounds that sit perfectly in any mix with built-in effects and compression.

Mariana: The Next Evolution of Moog Bass

Mariana is a dual-layer synthesizer, allowing you to mix together two completely different synthesizer sounds that can dynamically complement each other or be played duophonically. Each layer is built around two oscillators with precise and inventive controls to make your bass tone punch through a mix and stand out from the rest, with a sub-oscillator adding even more low-end weight. Two resonant Moog filters and a third filter specifically for the sub-oscillator let you shape your sound, adding warmth while rolling off high frequencies or pushing up the resonance for added bite. With stereo oscillators and crossover filter functionality, Mariana is optimized for quickly fine-tuning stereo content while simultaneously preserving a powerful mono bass foundation.

Warm tube, tape, and overdrive saturation and a tight compressor add heaviness and glue to your bass lines while an illuminating real-time metering section lets you monitor your sounds and dial them in to a professional standard. Flexible built-in delay and chorus effects operate on separate layers and can expand the stereo image of your sounds while preserving a solid mono signal with high-pass filters. Whether designing your own bass tones from scratch or using one of the 200 included presets as a starting point, Mariana is an accessible and versatile tool for any modern production environment. And although Mariana is optimized for bass, it is fully capable of producing strong leads, punchy percussion, and multidimensional effects, making it possible to craft an entire song using this single instrument.

Mariana’s intuitive user interface is designed for quick and efficient workflow while being fully equipped with three LFOs, three envelopes, and two random generators per layer. Combined with a creative and extremely deep modulation editor, Mariana excels at in-depth sound design and sounds that dynamically evolve over time. Nearly every parameter of Mariana can be modulated internally via MIDI, MPE, and virtual CV to build an interconnected ecosystem right in your DAW. With an optimized resizable user interface, expressive on-screen keyboard for iPad and standalone desktop versions, and seamless integration into any DAW (digital audio workstation), Mariana is the most accessible way to add the unmistakable Moog bass sound to your productions.

Nightfox Audio has introduced its inaugural suite of plugins—Grand Piano Suite, Plucks & Mallets and String Central. All three are virtual instruments with creative inspiration at the core, giving layers of authentically sampled instruments to create brand new, hybrid tones, and are now available at www.nightfoxaudio.com and through most major plugin retailers.

Nightfox Audio’s plugins are compatible with all major DAWs and support both Windows and MacOS. With customer experience at the forefront, they also offer a suite of tutorials and a dedicated support forum to make sure their users have not just the tools, but the knowledge to create their best work. The three plugins are available to purchase now, each for $99. The company also offers two-week trials for each plugin with no restrictions.

Grand Piano Suite is a stack of 11 grand pianos recorded at multiple unique velocities, ranging from a large concert grand piano in a huge chamber to a vintage electric grand piano and even an array of prepared textures. The plugin allows users to blend them all together to provide a rich tapestry of sounds, with over 70 presets and the functionality of a synthesizer with full effects.

Plucks & Mallets is a collection of 10 uniquely sampled plucked and struck instruments. The interface allows users to blend any and all of them together to easily create brand new sounds to inspire your creative process. Bring pizzicato cello and concert pedal harp together with steel tongue drum and shape it quickly with an onboard arpeggiator and a full range of effects.

String Central brings the depth and richness of stringed instruments to the digital realm. It includes 13 layered textures from a virtuoso cellist and vintage synth strings, allowing for a blend of organic and synthesized tones and patterns. It’s sampled with loads of character and movement and can be easily stacked together for an incredibly rich tone.

Musicians and producers have praised the intuitive design and quality of Nightfox Audio’s plugins. One user said, “I love the Nightfox Audio plugins! They’re visually stunning and super intuitive!” Another said, “The interface pushes me to be more creative and takes me places sonically where I would never have gone without it.”

In celebration of this launch, Nightfox Audio is offering an exclusive discount for early adopters by offering a Launch Bundle containing all three products for $199. Musicians are invited to explore these new sonic landscapes and find inspiration in the unprecedented versatility of these plugins.

About Nightfox Audio

Founded by producer/musician Philip Zach in 2023, Nightfox Audio creates virtual instruments that capture the sound and character of real instruments. Nightfox’s products are used by song writers, producers, and composers to create original hybrid sounds

Waldorf Music has released the popular and powerful software synthesizer Largo in a new look and with scalable user interface as Largo 2. A fully-fledged Waldorf synthesizer for the virtual rack. ‍

The UI has been redesigned and now enables continuous scalability. Whether using a 5K monitor or a laptop FHD screen, whether viewing in full size or as a small status display – the plug-in always remains in focus.

Three fat oscillators per voice(two of them with sub oscillators) with classic waveforms and 68 Wavetables taken from the legendary Microwave and Wave synthesizer and also the Q and Blofeld – 2 independent multimode filters – up to 4 layers per sound and 4 stereo outputs. Waldorf Music added a variety of three formant filter types which mimic the frequency response of the human vocal tract. By using the cutoff parameter the user can morph between the vowels a-e-i-o-u for all favourite choir and voice-like modulations.

Largo 2 offers native 64-bit support for macOS (Apple silicon & Intel) and Windows.

Largo 2 is fully compatible with all existing soundsets and and users can import all the sounds they have created so far.

Largo 2 is available as full version or upgrade directly from Waldorf Music’s online Shop here:https://waldorfmusic.com/produkt/largo-2 or through Waldorf Music’s growing global network of distributors at an introductory promo price of €99.00 EUR for the full version / €29.99 for the upgrade (including German tax) until end of November

For more in-depth info, visit the dedicated Largo 2 webpage here:https://waldorfmusic.com/largo-2/ 

Arturia has expanded its software instrument line-up with Acid V — an enhanced emulation of the legendary Roland TB-303 bass synth. Combining Arturia’s benchmark modelling authenticity with creative and experimental enhancements, Acid V brings the classic acid sound into the modern production era for today’s music makers and sound explorers.

Acid V is a software instrument inspired by the cult-classic bass synth that pushed the underground into overdrive. Reactive ever-evolving bass grooves, mutated sequences fizzing with distortion, and revitalised rave experimentations await.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Little Box, Big Bass

A simple synth that changed bass for good, reborn in plugin form with component-level accuracy, capturing the pure sonic essence of a certified classic for today’s producers.

In Constant Motion

Acid V is all about movement; users can instantly spawn jagged polymetric sequences, hypnotic scale-based patterns, and endless sonic mutations.

Rave Revitalised

The strobe-lit dance movements of the ‘80s right through to modern day share the same analog DNA; now it’s ready to be manipulated, reinvented, and transformed in any DAW.

A Mutated Classic

Steer the 303 sound into experimental territory with upgraded features and effects delivering sounds far darker, deeper, and more impactful than the original.

Introductory Offer

To celebrate the launch, new and existing users can unlock limited-time introductory discounts on Acid V, plus a bundle with V Collection 9. Users can login at the website to unlock their exclusive discounts, available until September 14th.

Discover a new era of cinematic sound, from emotive chamber ensembles to thunderous synth-infused fanfares. Beautifully-recorded Brass samples; powerful synth and sampling engines; and sweeping musical controls that navigate the territory between them. Introducing Augmented Brass.

Dynamic Sample Library: From full orchestral brass, to chamber horns and trumpets, to wild tape-degraded sustain. The perfect foundations for modern brass sounds.

Cutting-Edge Synth Engines: Augment familiar brass sounds with synthesis, from virtual analog bass to the new ‘Simpler’ engine for impacts and noise textures.

Expression & Morphing: Make sweeping changes to any sound with the Morph control, or intuitively alter key sonic characteristics with quick-fire macros.

Deep Sound Design: Fine-tune your sample and synth layers, and add custom modulation, arpeggiation, effects, and macros in one place.

Versatile Presets: Hundreds of expertly-crafted presets, from familiar brass timbres to experimental sounds, designed for every style.

Interface Improvements: With user feedback in mind, Arturia has updated the modulation workflow, visual feedback, and added features like individual part panning and keyboard offset — for all Augmented instruments.

Augmented Brass Intro Offer
To celebrate the launch, new and existing users can purchase Augmented Brass with limited-time introductory discounts. At the same time, Arturia will launch the Cinematic Trio, a bundle of three sound-banks featuring dynamic film-scoring presets. This bundle will be available at a one-time discounted price for owners of Augmented Strings, Voices, and Grand Piano, or free for new buyers of these instruments.

Users can login at arturia.com to unlock their exclusive discounts, available until May 11th.