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Arturia Rev OCEAN tidal reverb plugin interface

Arturia Rev OCEAN: What's New and Is It Worth It?

Arturia Rev OCEAN is a new FDN reverb with Abyss, Tide, and Foam modes plus a tail freeze. Here's what's new, who it's for, and what it costs in 2026.

Dubspot TeamJun 28, 20262 min read

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Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II sampler running firmware 2.5

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Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II Firmware 2.5: What's New?

Teenage Engineering's free EP-133 K.O. II firmware 2.5 adds USB audio, sample reverse, an arpeggiator, 40-second recording, and auto-chop. Here's what's new.

Dubspot TeamJun 26, 20263 min read

Akai MPC 3.9 oscillator synth engine update on a standalone MPC

Production

Akai MPC 3.9: The Update That Turns Your MPC Into a Synth

Akai MPC 3.9 adds a built-in oscillator synth engine, hybrid keygroups, new Arrange tools, and flexible time signatures. Here's what's new and if it matters.

Dubspot TeamJun 23, 20263 min read

Software

Cherry Audio Ensoniq ESQ-1: What's New and Is It Worth It?

Cherry Audio's Ensoniq ESQ-1 brings the 1986 hybrid wavetable synth back as an officially licensed $69 plugin. Here's what's new and whether it's worth it.

Dubspot TeamJun 23, 20263 min read

Suno Advanced Stem Separation interface showing multiple extracted stems

Software

Suno Advanced Stem Separation: What's New and Is It Worth It?

Suno's updated stem separation adds an Advanced Split mode with cleaner, near-100-instrument extraction. Here's what changed and whether it is worth it.

Dubspot TeamJun 23, 20263 min read

Akai MPC One G2 and MPC Key 37 G2 standalone grooveboxes

Hardware

Akai MPC One G2 and MPC Key 37 G2: What's New and Is It Worth It?

Akai's MPC One G2 and MPC Key 37 G2 add an 8-core CPU, 64GB storage, and the MPC 3.9 OS synthesis engine. What's new, the price, and who should upgrade.

Dubspot TeamJun 22, 20263 min read

Bitwig Studio 6.1 rebuilt Sampler device interface

Software

Bitwig Studio 6.1: What's New in the Rebuilt Sampler and Is It Worth It?

Bitwig Studio 6.1 rebuilds the native Sampler with Spectral and Fragments play modes, automatic tempo and pitch detection, and faster slicing. What's new.

Dubspot TeamJun 22, 20262 min read

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ElevenLabs Music v2 AI music generation interface

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ElevenLabs Music v2: What's New in the AI Music Model and Is It Worth It?

ElevenLabs Music v2 improves vocals, arrangement, and inpainting, and trains only on licensed data cleared for commercial use. What's new and the cost.

UVI Rumble multiband bass synthesizer plugin interface

Software

UVI Rumble: What's New in the Multiband Bass Synth and Is It Worth It?

UVI Rumble is a new multiband bass synth with Body, Character, and Air engines, 9 oscillator models, and 500 presets. Here's what's new and the price.

Software

GForce Prophet-5: The First Official Sequential Plugin

GForce and Sequential ship the first officially licensed Prophet-5 plugin. We cover the features, the Rev1/2/3 models, price, and whether it's worth it.

Software

Arturia Memory V: Is the Memorymoog Worth It?

Arturia Memory V revives the 1982 Memorymoog as software with triple oscillators, a ladder filter, Multi-Arp, and modern modulation. Here's what's new.