Freelance Soundlabs Newsletter for July 2026
New NKS library releases and updates
Redacted from the FSL subscribers newsletter (covering release news from June)
NKS Library: UVI Vintage Vault (2 / 3 / 4 / 5)
NKS Library: UVI Vintage Casio Legacy
New updated NKS releases for UVI Vintage Vault 5 library and the Vintage Casio Legacy (included in the Vintage Vault 5 collection).
Detailed controller maps offering more in-depth control and Workstation or Falcon compatibility. Upgrade options available for users who have the previous Vintage Vault 2/3/4 release.
Other than possibly Falcon expansions this will likely be the last releases or update for UVI instruments although many have requested future support especially as these libraries are more in-depth than UVI created ones and work in Falcon it is just not feasible anymore to invest time into new libraries for UVI.
NKS Library: GForce Prophet-5
NKS library is available for the newly released GForce Prophet-5 plugin.
This library offers full browsing of all GForce created and OG presets, fully tagged with NKS tagging details converted directly from GForce tagging with sound previews, library artwork and a detailed controller map.
controller mapping covers all the layer A and layer B controls, mod controls and effects, basically everything apart from the XLFO and XADSR section as these have per-parameter control sets totalling several hundred control possibilities but you can add your own if you need XLFO/XADSR control and 2 positions on the main page are reserved for quick access of additional parameters for a loaded preset if needed.
NKS Library: Cherry Audio ESQ-1
NKS support is now available for the Cherry Audio NSQ-1 synth!
This library offers full browsing of all factory presets with detailed tagging (done by hand) and a comprehensive control template offering 20 pages of pre-mapped and labelled controls.
This is a pretty large synth with dual layer controls so there are hundreds of possible parameters to map and while the template designed should offer pretty comprehensive control it is simply not possible to map everything available however as with all libraries, user feedback from experienced users is welcome on controls you would like access too or changes to the structure of the template layout so if you feel you have a good idea, use the contact form or post in the comment section on the websitewith your ideas.
Cherry Audio are now using a modular effects section for each of their plugins which while it offers flexible effects options it is just not possible to map all the parameters like on older Cherry Audio plugins. The best that can be done reasonably is to map the global adjustments and FX layer adjustments to allow at least the level of the effects section to be adjusted or an FX section to be bypassed otherwise it would require approx 30 or more pages just for the effects!
That’s it for this month…
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