Underground Music Production News

Viiri Audio's debut plugin Aava lets you modulate impulse response parameters in real time. Here is what it means for drum and bass texture and sound design.

Rob Papen ships eXplorer-11 with two new plugins: RAW-Kick 2, a three-layer kick drum synth, and FilterField, an XY morphing filter effect built for DnB producers.

oeksound Soothe3 ships with a rebuilt DSP algorithm, zero-latency tracking mode and redesigned controls. Here is what changed and why it matters for DnB producers.

Roland TR-1000 firmware 1.20 is a free update from Superbooth 2026 adding ACB 808 and 909 bass generators, four new Master FX and a rebuilt LFO section.

Polyend unveiled Drums at Superbooth 2026: an 8-track hybrid machine with analog SSI voices, digital synthesis, generative sequencing, and 8 individual outputs. Here is what DnB producers need to know.

Knobula Drum Farm packs 16 drum synthesis models, 16 effects and a background sampler into 24HP. Here is why DnB producers should pay attention.

Ableton Live 12.4 releases May 5 as a free update. Link Audio, a redesigned Erosion effect, new Delay modulation and smarter Stem Separation matter for DnB producers.

u-he Zebra 3 launched April 20 2026 — a full rewrite with spline wavetables, physical modelling, through-zero FM and 1200+ presets. Here is what changed.

Elektron Tonverk OS 1.3 adds Wavefinder wavetable synthesis for free. Here is what the update means for DnB and dubstep producers using hardware.