Until September 20th 2018, you can get a 50% discount on Steinberg’s flagship synths Padshop Pro, Retrologue 2 plus selected expansions. Go to Steinberg’s site and enter coupon code SYNTH18 before 20th September to grab a bargain or three!

When the summer sales on Komplete start to kick in, you know a new version is not far off! Native Instruments have announced the full details of Komplete 12, which is available to pre-order now, with a release date of 1st October, 2018. Starting at £159 for Komplete 12 Select, all the way up to

All About That Bass! Loopmasters have announced their first VST instrument and it’s got one thing on its mind – BASS! Bass Master is an incredibly versatile bass synth that allows you to choose from 217 waveforms across two layers to give almost 50,000 possible combinations! Choose a waveform for each layer and then tweak

Propellerhead have today released their proprietary Reason “shapeshifting synth”, Europa as a standalone plugin. Available both in VST/AU formats, it should be supported by all 64 bit DAWs. They are offering a 34% discount until the 30th June but the best news is, registered Reason owners get the standalone plugin free – login to your

I had an issue over the weekend, whereby Reason (I’m using version 10) was taking an absolute age to open. I had recently installed some new plugins and Reason did appear to be doing a full scan, but after a few hours I gave up and closed it using CTRL-ALT-DELETE (yes, I’m using Windows). I

VST Buzz have launched a new site, Audio Bundle Deals, where you can bundle up your own selection of their Kontakt Sample Libraries for huge discounts. If you purchase all 6, you pay just €199, a saving of €913! The deal includes the following products: Epic Sound Lab’s “The Forge” RRP €159 Aria Sounds’ “Aurora Choir” RRP €450 SampleTraxx’s

Native Instruments are giving away their premium drum VSTi Battery (worth £169) for free, when you purchase any two of the 50 or so available expansion packs. In effect, you get the full version of Battery and 2 x expansions for just £88. You have until May 1st 2018 to take advantage. Full details of

Save $100/€90/£90 on the Reason 10 with all new premium synths, fantastic new organic instrument collections and a greatly expanded sound bank. Strike now! This deal is valid until April 30, 2018.

If you sometimes load a plugin in to your DAW  (I use Cubase, but it may be the same in others) and your DAW software hangs, not crashing but just taking forever and ever to load, then check this before hitting CTR – ALT – DELETE! Is the plugin licenced through the iLok software? If

Steinberg are offering their awesome VST collection, Absolute 3 with a 50% discount using coupon code ABSOLUTE2018 until April 12, 2018. The offer cover new customers as well as upgrades and crossgrades from the likes of Groove Agent and Halion. Full details and purchase options here.