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Priya Raman

Priya teaches the craft — arrangement, mixing, sound design — in plain language that doesn’t assume a music degree. She edits Dubspot’s tutorials and production features and still finishes her own tracks at 2am.

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Latest from Priya

Carbonated Audio FOAM ducking reverb plugin showing the Size and Bloom field and the Tail Shaper

Software

Carbonated Audio FOAM Ducks Reverb Into the Gaps

Carbonated Audio FOAM is a $49 ducking reverb that pulls its own tail down while the dry signal plays, then lets it bloom in the gaps. Specs, comparison, FAQ.

Priya RamanOct 10, 202612 min read

Software

Baby Audio HyperWarp Sequences Time in Grains

Baby Audio HyperWarp is a time-bending granular effect at $49 intro, from $99. A graph sequencer and seven profiles cover stutters, scratches, and warps.

Priya RamanOct 7, 202613 min read

Leit Audio Places free reverb plugin interface showing its space selector and three controls

Software

Leit Audio Places: A Free Reverb With Twelve Spaces

Places by Leit Audio is a free algorithmic reverb with twelve spaces, three controls and VST3/AU builds for macOS, Windows and Linux. Specs, comparison, FAQ.

Priya RamanOct 7, 20267 min read

Parish Audio Warpfield time-manipulation plugin reshaping audio into new melodies and rhythms

Software

Warpfield: Parish Audio's Six-Mode Time Manipulator

Parish Audio Warpfield is a $34.97 intro time-manipulation effect with six modes that turn any audio into new melodies and rhythms. Specs, pricing, FAQ.

Priya RamanOct 5, 20268 min read

Plugin Boutique Analogue Emulations campaign art showing Roland and Universal Audio plugin interfaces

Software

Analogue Emulations: October Picks at Plugin Boutique

Plugin Boutique Analogue Emulations: Roland JUPITER-8 at $69, the polysynth bundle at $199, plus UA Minimoog, Ampex ATR-102, 1176, Distressor, and Pultec.

Priya RamanOct 5, 20268 min read

W.A. Production Asymo Reverb plugin interface showing the geometric room display with draggable boundary nodes and orbital motion controls

Mixing & Mastering

W.A. Production Asymo Reverb Rotates the Room in Real Time

W.A. Production Asymo Reverb is a dynamic reverb whose room geometry warps and rotates. Launch price is $14.90, regular $49.90. Specs, FAQ, and who it suits.

Priya RamanOct 3, 20267 min read

Jas-i Khorlo physical-modeling synth plugin with its rotating cylinder of strings

Software

Jas-i Khorlo: A Free Synth Built on a Spinning Cylinder

Jas-i Khorlo is a free physical-modeling synth built on a rotating cylinder with eight strings and eight pluckers. Full feature breakdown, specs, and how it compares.

Priya RamanOct 1, 20268 min read

Atavism spectral pad effect from Parallel Minds, with the main knob and a dusk landscape behind the controls

Sound Design

Atavism Makes a Pad From the Track Itself

Atavism by Parallel Minds turns a track into an in-key spectral pad. Launch price is $29, then $39. VST3 and AU on Mac and Windows, about 300 ms latency.

Priya RamanSep 30, 202610 min read

AudioThing The Orb 2 vowel formant filter plugin interface

Software

AudioThing The Orb 2 Adds Custom Vowels and an iOS App

AudioThing The Orb 2 is a free update to the vowel formant filter, adding custom vowels, stereo controls, a new interface and a first iOS version, on sale at $19.

Priya RamanSep 29, 20268 min read

Thenatan DIAL radio plugin with the tuning dial, Warm Tube, Transistor, Shortwave, and Cheap Speaker models

Sound Design

Thenatan DIAL Puts Your Track on the Radio

Thenatan DIAL is a radio-signal plugin with seven stations, four radio models, and zero latency. The intro price is $12 until 16 October 2026, then $50.

Priya RamanSep 29, 202612 min read

Reso Audio ResoPlate physically modeled plate reverb interface showing four metal plates and focused controls

Mixing & Mastering

ResoPlate Models Four Metal Plates in Real Time

Reso Audio ResoPlate is a physically modeled plate reverb that solves four metal plates in real time, with six metals, MIDI control, and sidechain motion.

Priya RamanSep 27, 20268 min read

AutoTune Advanced plugin window with retune speed, humanize, flex-tune, and a pitch display

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AutoTune Advanced Tunes Hard and Keeps Vibrato

AutoTune Advanced is Antares' flagship automatic tuner, with a DVA vibrato engine and Live mode under 1 ms. The perpetual license from Antares is $450.

Priya RamanSep 25, 202610 min read

Leapwing CenterOne 3 interface with three-band left, center, and right level controls, dual EQ, and sidechain

Mixing & Mastering

Leapwing CenterOne 3 Controls the Phantom Center

Leapwing CenterOne 3 raises or lowers the phantom center without mid-side math. Intro price is $174 through 22 October 2026, with dual EQ and sidechain.

Priya RamanSep 23, 202611 min read

Scaler EQ Pro interface showing note-aware harmonic peak filters, dynamic EQ bands, and the MIDI Live Mode

Mixing & Mastering

Scaler EQ Pro: Play Your EQ From MIDI

Scaler EQ Pro adds a MIDI Live Mode, dynamic bass and high-frequency compression, and an all-new filter engine to the note-aware EQ. Priced $99, $29 to upgrade.

Priya RamanSep 23, 202611 min read

zplane TIMBRE plugin with dual-band formant shift, carrier noise, resolution, and dry/wet controls

Mixing & Mastering

zplane TIMBRE: Dual-Band Formant Shift Without Pitch

zplane TIMBRE is a real-time formant shifter with dual bands and a 36-semitone range. Intro pricing through 30 September 2026, specs, and comparisons.

Priya RamanSep 21, 202610 min read

Song Cage Melody Rack MIDI piano roll with a sung melody, chord bed, and harmony-aware effect strips

Software

Song Cage Melody Rack Writes Chords From Your Melody

Song Cage Melody Rack turns a sung melody into MIDI, then fourteen harmony-aware effects write chords and parts. $59, or $39 for owners. AU and VST3 formats.

Priya RamanSep 15, 202611 min read

Aqeel Aadam Sightlines harmonic filter with a tuned resonant bandpass bank and cairn-style band faders

Sound Design

Sightlines: A Playable Harmonic Filter for Any Sound

Aqeel Aadam Sightlines is a playable harmonic filter and resonator for desktop and iOS. $20 sale against $30 list; iOS AUv3 is $7.99. One-week free trial.

Priya RamanSep 14, 20269 min read

Teletone Nora instrument showing the Mood, Movement, and Space macro knobs, Filter and Expression sliders, and ADSR envelope

Software

Teletone Nora Builds Cinematic Beds Without Kontakt

Teletone Nora is an $89 cinematic texture instrument: 148 sounds, Mood, Movement, and Space macros, VST3/AU/AAX/standalone, plus a 7-day trial. No Kontakt.

Priya RamanSep 9, 20268 min read

Sugar Bytes Graindad granular effect plugin interface showing grain controls and the Harvester modulation panel

Sound Design

Sugar Bytes Graindad Review: Granular Sound Design

Sugar Bytes Graindad is a real-time granular effect that freezes, slices and re-textures any audio, triggered by transients, clock or MIDI. Full review.

Priya RamanSep 8, 20268 min read

Snorkel Audio Disto Disco interface in Roar mode with Amount, Crush, Tone, and a 16-step modulator

Software

Snorkel Disto Disco Turns Distortion Into Movement

Snorkel Audio Disto Disco is a €59 distortion effect with 28 modes and a 16-step modulator on every dial. Specs, official price, and who should buy it.

Priya RamanSep 7, 20268 min read

Ask the Dust plugin interface with Pull, Strike, Wire, Trail, Print, and Level controls

Software

Ask the Dust: One Spring Voice for Electric Guitar

Ask the Dust is a $9.50 spring-driven electric guitar voice with six controls. Specs, formats, license, comparisons, and who should buy it at $19 regular.

Priya RamanSep 4, 202611 min read

KeySolutions Traveler cinematic hybrid synthesizer interface with three oscillators and motion effects

Software

KeySolutions Traveler: A Cinematic Hybrid With Motion FX

KeySolutions Traveler is a cinematic hybrid synth with three oscillators, dual filters, and launch FX. Intro $99 through 30 September 2026 versus $149 list.

Priya RamanSep 3, 202610 min read

Lewitt Space Replicator Free plugin simulating a studio control room on headphones

Mixing & Mastering

Lewitt Space Replicator Free: A Studio in Your Headphones

Lewitt's free Space Replicator lets you mix on headphones as if you were in a real studio room, with 800+ headphone profiles. Full features, limits, specs and comparisons.

Priya RamanSep 3, 20267 min read

Sonible smart:chain intelligent channel strip plugin interface

Mixing & Mastering

Sonible smart:chain Review: AI Mixing Across Your Session

Sonible smart:chain is an AI channel strip that shares one analysis across EQ, compression and leveling, and connects every track in your mix. Full review.

Priya RamanSep 2, 20268 min read