Free Supermassive reverb gets a silky, stellar new mode: Pleiades

Few plug-ins at any price can compare with the free Valhalla DSP Supermassive echo/reverb – and version 4 brings what might be its best mode yet. It’s smoother, more natural, more organic, more versatile than anything Valhalla has added before. Plus, let’s go visit that object cluster in space.

Magnetic Masking demonstration in Final Cut Pro 11 running on a MacBook, showing a car highlighted in green in the edit window plus a status dialog, timeline view open.

New in Final Cut Pro: AI you’ll actually use, more mature iPad version

Final Cut Pro 11, like Logic Pro 11, marks new machine learning-powered functionality – but don’t fret; some of this is stuff you’ll actually use. There are non-AI improvements, too, like overdue keyboard shortcuts. And its iPad version is gradually becoming more mature, too. Here’s a breakdown of what’s new in the free Mac update and latest iPad release.

Peter Kirn - November 17, 2024

VDMX6 is the biggest live visual news on Mac in over a decade – and it’s $99

VDMX6 is the biggest update for the live Mac visual tool in over a decade. Wait, no – it’s the biggest single-day news for Mac visuals in over a decade, full stop. Metal support, TouchDesigner integration, HAP updates, and more have implications beyond VDMX6 to other live visual tools, too.

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2024

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