Thursday, July 24, 2025
Introducing Soundtoys 5.5 & SpaceBlender!
video upload by soundtoys
"The Soundtoys V5.5 bundle has arrived, and there’s a lot to cover! From the new SpaceBlender experimental reverb in Effect Rack to resizable plug-in interfaces, our latest upgrade offers both enhanced creative possibilities and an improved user experience. This video walks you through the new features and shows off a handful of the 67 inspiring presets we’ve added to Effect Rack. Save 50% on bundle purchases and upgrades through August 5.
Learn more about resizable UIs: https://www.soundtoys.com/resizable-u..."
0:00 - Introducing Soundtoys 5.5
0:17 - The Soundtoys 5.5 Bundle
0:43 - SpaceBlender in Effect Rack
1:46 - New Presets in Effect Rack
2:41 - Resizable User Interfaces
3:05 - Upgrading from 5.3
3:26 - Thank You
Introducing Soundtoys SpaceBlender
video upload by soundtoys
"Meet SpaceBlender, a new imaginary space machine from Soundtoys. It's an experimental reverb that create shapes, textures, and tones that don’t exist in the natural world.
In this video, we’ll walk you through SpaceBlender’s interface and demonstrate some cool ways to get started with the plug-in. From ambient soundscapes to reverse gated verbs, from skittering delays to wild pitch shifting– this deceptively simple plug-in has much to offer.
Learn more at www.soundtoys.com/product/spaceblender/
0:00 - Introduction
1:46 - Time Display
3:25 - Warp Button
4:28 - Color Knob
4:54 - Texture Knob
5:16 - Mod Knob
5:43 - Mix Knob
6:30 - Freeze Button
7:08 - Preset Management"
Press release follows:
Soundtoys Releases Version 5.5 Bundle Featuring SpaceBlender, New Presets, and Resizable GUIs
July 22, 2025 (BURLINGTON, VT): Soundtoys is proud to announce the release of Soundtoys 5.5, a major update to its flagship effects bundle. The update introduces the new SpaceBlender plug-in, a suite of new factory presets, and resizable user interfaces across the collection of Soundtoys plug-ins.
In the Soundtoys V5.5 bundle, the new SpaceBlender experimental reverb integrates seamlessly into Effect Rack, giving users powerful possibilities to create multi-effect chains. This update adds a wide selection of 67 curated presets that showcase the creative potential of the full suite.
Effect Rack plug-in owners can now add SpaceBlender to Effect Rack by purchasing a SpaceBlender license and downloading the latest Effect Rack installer in their Soundtoys user account.
"Our latest plug-in, SpaceBlender, lets users explore experimental spaces and ambient effects in a fun, but musical way," said Ken Bogdanowicz, CEO and founder of Soundtoys.
"But when you drop SpaceBlender into Effect Rack, it opens up a whole new world – like using Tremolator to add pulsing rhythms to SpaceBlender’s long ambient swells, creating out-of-this-world psychedelic spaces with FilterFreak and PhaseMistress, or adding analog vibes with EchoBoy, Decapitator, and Radiator. Sound designers, producers, mixers, or anyone looking to push their sound in new directions will love this."
Soundtoys users who want to update their plug-ins with resizable UIs can do so (for free) to the V5 products they already own by downloading the installers from the My Products tab in their Soundtoys user accounts.
Soundtoys 5.5 bundle is available now at an introductory price of $599 $299, with 50% off upgrades for existing users. The Soundtoys 5.5 Academic bundle includes the same updates and is priced at $299 $149 for qualified students and educators.
The release of V5.5 also kicks off the Soundtoys Summer Sale, offering up to 75% off individual plug-ins for a limited time – including Little AlterBoy $99 $49, Decapitator
Current version 5 plug-in owners can unlock resizable UIs with the free 5.5 update, available now in Soundtoys user accounts. Log in to upgrade to the full Soundtoys 5.5 bundle.
Learn more and download the update at soundtoys.com.
Prophet 5 Horror Sound Design - Making Stingers and Dark John Carpenter sounds
video upload by Sonic Neutronic
"Looking for those Escape From New York, Christine, Halloween textures, drones, stingers and FX.
Just a recording of a live sound design session - making John Carpenter/Alan Howarth style Prophet 5 FX, Stingers and textures on the Prophet 5 Rev 4 Synthesizer.
The Prophet 5 is the warmest place to hide."
Monoculture: The Story of the Bass Station
video upload by Alex Ball
"A look at the story of the Novation Bass Station, a small synthesizer that's part of a big story.
0:00 Intro
0:49 Electronic Dream Plant
5:47 Oxford Synthesiser Company
12:07 Novation
13:04 The Bass Station
16:25 Rack and Super
17:44 Supernova & Nova
19:26 Software Perils
20:15 Reboot & Ultranova
21:58 Bass Station II
23:55 AFX Station
25:32 Peak & Summit
27:07 Mantis and Tributes
28:36 WARP, Swifty and GForce
29:55 Summary and Patreon Jam
Huge thank you to Focusrite, Novation, PWM, Source Distribution, Paul Wiffen, GForce, Dave Grant, David Hilowitz and my Patrons on Patreon."
Softpop SP2 V1.3 Update Overview/Manual | Bastl Instruments
video upload by Bastl Instruments
"The Softpop SP2 has received a complete overhaul of its editing and recording workflow, offering an entirely new user experience and introducing exciting new features. We've also fixed various bugs and made numerous improvements under the Softpop's hood!
🫲 @soffter 🫱
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Gate/Step Recording
01:15 Direct Step Edit Mode
04:26 Making New Patterns
7:22 Clock/Reset Enhancements
7:45 Other New Features & Improvements
8:46 How to update your SP2?"
Arturia Solina V: The magic sounds of a classic string synthesizer
video upload by CatSynth TV
"We proudly present the Solina V from Arturia's V Collection. It is a recreation of the legendary string synthesizer Solina from Eminent, which was also distributed as the ARP String Ensemble. After a brief history, we delve into the Solina V's features in detail, and wrap up with a few of the factory presets.
To find out more, please visit https://www.arturia.com/products/soft...
00:00 Introduction
00:26 History
01:53 Overview
02:19 Upper voice sounds
05:53 Bass sounds
08:28 Sound modifiers
11:28 Advanced panel: Upper Section Resonators
16:36 Bass section filter
19:16 Bass arpeggiator
20:43 LFO
24:05 Master section
25:35 Effects
35:51 Factory presets
42:58 Conclusion
Please consider supporting this channel to help us bring you more synthesizer tutorials and other content.
Merch: https://shop.catsynth.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/catsynth
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/catsynth"
Korg Minilogue - Dreamy Sounds [SOUNDSET] • Custom Presets
video upload by Mr. Card Synths
"Discover the lush, atmospheric side of the Korg Minilogue with my Dreamy Sounds custom preset collection. This soundset is designed for creating warm pads, soft leads, airy textures, and evolving sequences — perfect for ambient, chillout, cinematic, and synthwave productions. No talking – just pure Minilogue sound showcasing the presets.
📥 Get the soundset here:
👉 https://www.mrcardmusic.com/product/k..."
Sequential Pro 3 Synthesizer And Software Editor
video upload by James Dyson
"Sequential Pro 3 Synthesizer And Software Editor
Trying the editor to show settings etc for you, sound design fun"
Novation SUMMIT // A 2025 Synth from 2019... and beyond!!
video upload by Starsky Carr
"Sonically we're in control iykyk :) .... Coming out of Leftfield - was the market ready for the Novation SUMMIT and PEAK FPGA oscillators back in 2018? Did we really understand what they were? .. digital .. yes, but not as we knew it, not old school tech type of digital.
Get my SUMMIT and Peak Patches here:
Vintage Classics https://www.starskycarr.com/patches/p...
Oberheim https://www.starskycarr.com/patches/p...
Clocking at 24MHz these were something new. Bringing out a hybrid when everyone was going analog crazy was a brave move, but one that's still paying dividends.
Building on ideas from vintage classics, it seems to have come from the future... well ahead of it's time - it's always been a 2025 synth but was originally released in 2019.
AND - it's packed full of features...
In this I look at some of the more overlooked features, and the flexibility.In my previous demos i've showed how it can emulate the functions of loads of classic synths, so in this i take it a little further. Looking at binaural mode, complex modulation, 3 distortions, dual filter modes and wavetables.
... and a big thanks to @AlexBallMusic for his cameo :)"
Novation Peak: An Essential Free Soundpack
video upload by mylarmelodies
"Sit back and I'll take you through all 32 "Essential Sounds" presets for Peak & Summit I made for Novation, which you can now grab for free. The theme is 'useful classic sounds, with descriptive names, to write with or shape into your own sounds' - basses, strings, pads, plucks. By proxy the video is also me demoing the Peak for an hour and 20 minutes. Grab the pack now through the Novation Components app and go make some music, willya?
LINKS
▶︎ Grab my soundpack via the Components app: https://components.novationmusic.com/...
▶︎ More on Peak: https://bit.ly/_Novation_Peak_
▶︎ More on Summit: https://novationmusic.com/products/su..."
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