New Audio Gear Alert: Heavyocity’s Emotive Choir, V8 plugins from Rhodes, Dual Listen from Pliant Technologies & More

Heavyocity introduces FOUNDATIONS | Emotive Choir.

Emotive Choir is the newest addition to Heavyocity’s growing FOUNDATIONS line.

FOUNDATIONS | Emotive Choir is the newest entry into Heavyocity’s line of free virtual instruments. It is a dynamic introduction to the power of the human voice. Featuring evolving, sustained vowels and textures paired with a layer of Heavyocity’s signature sound design, all housed in a highly customizable interface—FOUNDATIONS | Emotive Choir is an instant mood setter and valuable addition to your scoring toolkit.

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Rhodes announces the V8 & V8 Pro virtual instrument plugins.

Meet the V8 and V8 Pro virtual instruments from Rhodes.

The V8 plugins are modeled directly from the acclaimed Rhodes MK8 hardware, with both drawing on over 30,000 samples across 100 velocity layers, for all the nuance and character of the definitive Rhodes piano.

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Pliant Technologies announces Dual Listen for Microcom XR.

Pliant Technologies implements a crucial firmware update for their popular Microcom XR.

Pliant Technologies has announced the latest MicroCom XR firmware update, which includes the addition of a new Dual Listen feature. Dual Listen gives you the ability to listen to two intercom channels simultaneously. This provides the benefit of monitoring communications on both the A and B channels, while also allowing you to switch between talking on either channels A or B independently. In addition, this new feature is selectable on each pack in the system, giving you the choice between Dual Listen and normal A or B channel communications.

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Arturia’s MiniFreak V softsynth is now available for all users.

All Arturia users now gain access to the MiniFreak V softsynth.

Arturia has made the MiniFreak V available for all users to purchase and download. MiniFreak V is a like-for-like emulation of their 2022 hybrid polysynth MiniFreak, and was previously only available for owners of the hardware instrument. Now, new & existing users alike can enjoy the same hybrid sound, flexible modulation, and DAW-optimized workflow that MiniFreak V offers.

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