Tracktion, the makers of the fantastic Waveform DAW (of which the free version is probably the best freebie out there), have announced Novum. Developed by Dawsome (love that name too), it is a synth/sampler that “elegantly combines spectral, granular and subtractive synthesis”. Tracktion describe the new plugin’s process as the sonic equivalent of how white light is split into its colours by a prism. Novum does the same with sound, creating layers and “providing the freedom to edit them individually”. It costs $179 and we’ll have a review soon.