New Gear Alert: Mosaic Leads by Heavyocity, KIT Plugins’ Core EQ, Appassionata Strings from Spitfire & More

Heavyocity announces Mosaic Leads.

Heavyocity furthers their popular Mosaic Series with Mosaic Leads.

Mosaic Leads is the next installment in Heavyocity’s acclaimed Mosaic Series line of virtual instruments. Mosaic Leads explores the cinematic potential of big, analog synth leads—featuring lush and aggressive sources combined with organic attacks and unique noise elements—designed to push these rich, signature synths into the realm of modern scoring.

With over 100 expertly-crafted snapshots, ranging from beautiful to beastly, Mosaic Leads is a stand-out addition to this inspiring series, embodying the kind of score-ready synth that only Heavyocity can deliver.

For a limited time, Heavyocity is offering Mosaic Leads for $99 (reg. $119). In addition, owners of other Mosaic Series instruments will receive an additional 20% off. Offers end January 27th.

KIT Plugins introduces the Core EQ.

Meet Core EQ—the second in KIT Plugins’ growing Core series.

KIT Plugins has released the Core EQ, a flexible and superb sounding EQ which you can use to mix and produce with speed, and certainty—all while enhancing the tonality of any source material without altering character.

Core EQ is the second installment in KIT’s Core Series line of plugins, following the recently released Core Compressor. It offers transparent sonics packed into an analog workflow, which allows for tonal balancing with ease—plus the 4-band EQ with two fully-parametric mid bands enables you to sculpt your mix quickly and precisely.

To learn more about Core EQ, click here.

Core EQ is available now, priced at $29.99.

Spitfire Audio unleashes Appassionata Strings: a stand-out progression in the world of string legatos.

Appassionata Strings is the perfect complement to other Spitfire libraries such as Symphonic Strings and Chamber Strings.

Spitfire Appassionata Strings is made to create melody lines that deliver unrivaled passion, emotion and intensity. These beautiful long and flowing notes—performed by some of London’s finest musicians at Lyndhurst Hall in AIR Studios—beautifully complement AIR libraries such as Spitfire Symphonic Strings and Spitfire Chamber Strings, as well as other libraries. Inspiration will come in moments, as these legatos require minimal tweaking and offer instant gratification right from the keys.

Delve in deeper with a wide variety of legato types available in great detail. The main “combi” patch features a combination of slurred, bowed and intense Sul I intervals (Sul I only available in ​​V1, V2 and Celli) with repetition based alt-attacks. These techniques offer five dynamic layers delivering incredibly smooth and expressive performances, four round robin attacks, vibrato, and velocity-controlled switching between legato types. Simply put, Appassionata lets the composer focus on the pure joy of creating beautifully passionate and realistic melodies.

Appassionata Strings is available now for a special introductory promo price of $179 (reg. $249).

Plug-in Collective & Sound Collective members can now access Baby Audio‘s Parallel Aggressor for free.

Focusrite and Novation join forces with Baby Audio to offer Parallel Aggressor free of charge.

Unlock unparalleled powers with parallel processing, which plays a fundamental role in getting a punchy mix sound, thanks to this special offer from Focusrite and Novation in partnership with Baby Audio. It works by duplicating the same track into multiple copies and processing each duplicate with different levels of intensity. By blending these duplicates together, you can add more power while still preserving your track’s natural dynamics.

The plugin hosts three parallel busses internally: Dry is your original signal, Spank is a heavily compressed duplicate, and Heat is a heavily saturated duplicate of the original audio signal. Combine all three signals to squeeze every drop of sonic juice out of your track.

Normally sold for $49, Parallel Aggressor is free to download for Plug-in Collective and Sound Collective members until March 17th.

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