Dreamtonics has stepped away from vocal synthesis to launch Instrument X, a Neural Acoustics Modeling platform that models orchestral strings, woodwinds and brass rather than streaming them from disk. Here's what it does and what it costs.

Lewitt's Space Replicator 2.0 adds a standalone app, per-room EQ, an EBU-standard virtual mixing room and three new headphone simulations, a free update for existing users.

PSPaudioware has officially launched PSP BBDelay, a bucket-brigade delay plug-in inspired by the Dynacord VRS 23, with detailed BBD chip modelling, transient shaping, ducking, gating and analogue-style saturation.

D16 Group's PunchBox 2 reinvents the cult kick-drum plugin with a new wavetable engine, multi-segment envelopes, refreshed effects and multi-output routing.

Waves has released V17, a major catalogue-wide update with a completely redesigned preset system, live and studio workflow upgrades, and Mix Unlock — real-time stem separation of finished stereo audio inside your DAW.