The high-end recording, editing, mixing, and mastering DAW streamlines video and audio post-production pipelines, delivers faster performance, and improves overall stability.
Miami, FL, U.S.A. — January 29, 2026 — Boris FX, the award-winning post-production plugin and application developer, cements its position as a bridge between video and audio professionals with a major new release. Sequoia 2026 is now available with a powerful new GPU-accelerated video engine that drastically speeds up video and audio post-production workflows and offers audio engineers, mastering engineers, music producers, and sound editors a modern, more user-friendly experience.
“We’re excited to introduce our first Sequoia release since the renowned DAW joined our product family last fall,” states Boris Yamnitsky, President and Founder of Boris FX. “The 2026 release reflects our commitment to provide best-in-class tools across audio, broadcast, and post-production workflows as they are inherently intertwined. Sequoia 2026 represents a giant leap forward for video and audio post-production workflows, includes deeper integrations, and has many under-the-hood refinements that help users work at their most efficient.”
“The audio and video engine improvements have had a significant impact on my workflow,” remarks Lukas Drozd, composer/producer. “Audio is now much more stable at any buffer size, hardware video decoding makes working with video far smoother, and the new OSC remote control is a great addition. Sequoia 2026 is a very strong release.”
Boris FX Sequoia: New Video Engine (download image)
A new video engine meets the demands of today’s audio engineers and post-production studios. The fully GPU-accelerated engine (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel) delivers vital workflow enhancements and speedier performance. The engine supports modern codecs (AVC, HEVC, AV1), offers smoother playback with native Apple ProRes support, and features full-resolution monitoring without downscaling or reduced preview quality. Additionally, it improves overall responsiveness and supports higher frame rates up to 60 fps.
Boris FX Sequoia: New OSC Remote Support (download image)
Sequoia 2026 further streamlines audio production with new OSC (Open Sound Control) remote support, which allows Sequoia to seamlessly integrate into complex studio infrastructures. Audio engineers using broadcast and large-format consoles, StreamDecks, or any OSC-based app can trigger the DAW’s recording, editing, mixing, and transport functions across a network, making it ideal for studios and multi-room setups.
Boris FX Sequoia: Updated VST3 SDK Audio Engine (download image)
Sequoia 2026 empowers mastering engineers and high-end music producers to work at their most efficient on complex, multi-track, multi-plugin projects. The VST3 SDK audio engine receives a substantial performance boost, optimizing multicore performance through smarter CPU distribution. The update reduces unnecessary processing load on high-latency plugins, or AUX sends, and improves playback reliability through strengthened engine testing and error handling.
Boris FX Sequoia: Performance Boosts (download image)
The release also adds a new optimized plugin buffer dialog and one-click exports that bypass any applied effects. These combined improvements provide a safer and more controlled working environment during critical mastering and editing tasks.
Boris FX Sequoia: New Soundly Integration (download image)
New Soundly integration gives users access to a large, cloud-based sound library with thousands of sound effects, Foley, atmospheres, and field recordings at various sample rates. The library includes search tools, built-in sound previews for instant auditioning, and an organized asset management system with custom libraries, tags, and favorites.
Users can seamlessly transfer any sound into Sequoia, speeding up workflows when adding theme music, stingers, and intros/outros across film and TV sound design, podcast and broadcast production, and post-production dialogue editing.
Boris FX Sequoia: Enhanced FX/IO Matrix (download image)
The addition of an enhanced FX/IO Matrix also expands creative flexibility. The improvements allow detailed multi-channel signal routing through plugins, including channel remapping, side-chain configurations, and “Thru” mode for distributing mono or stereo effects across surround and immersive buses.
Boris FX Sequoia: Improved Crossfade Editor (download image)
Sound editors and classical music producers gain speed and accuracy through Sequoia 2026’s reworked Crossfade Editor and a unified fade-shape workflow. Key highlights include better visual context and usability, instant real-time shape previews for faster fade and crossfade editing, quicker access to all fade shapes via the object handle, and the ability to easily apply precise fade curves and loop previews while editing without interrupting workflows.
Sequoia is a standalone digital audio workstation (DAW) with subscription, perpetual, and upgrade & support renewal options. Prices start at $595/year or $95/month. See webshop for details.
Customers with active Sequoia or Boris FX Suite subscriptions, or with a Sequoia upgrade & support plan, receive the 2026 product release as a complimentary update. Learn more about Sequoia.
Boris FX Sequoia 2026: Branding Toolkit
Boris FX Sequoia 2026: What’s New (video)
Boris FX Sequoia 2026: Getting Started (video)
Jessie Electa Petrov
Director of Marketing, Boris FX
jessiep@borisfx.com
617-451-9900
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