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Våld Labs has released Ravik, an eight-channel drum synthesizer with generative sequencing, as a free public beta for macOS, Windows, and iOS. It’s s…
→ ContinueBig Man Labs is offering BPB readers a 20% discount on Bigulator, an analog-modeled mastering clipper for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Use the coupon code BPB20 a…
→ ContinuePhotonDSP has released TapeEngine, a free tape emulation plugin for Windows with twenty individually adjustable processing modules. TapeEngine is surprisingly d…
→ ContinueThere aren’t many technologies that transcend from professional use into pop culture; AutoTune is one. In fact, the term AutoTune is a registered trademark of A…
→ ContinueHarmonyKeen is a standalone app and plugin that writes editable harmony parts around your MIDI melodies, with a free seven-day trial for macOS and Windows. It&#…
→ Continue  idealism has launched hetki, a character piano plugin for macOS and Windows. The instrument is based on recordings of a 1908 Steinway Model O and is avai…
→ ContinueTeletone Audio has launched Lunaverb, an algorithmic modulation reverb plugin designed to create moving, extended reverberant spaces. The plugin was originally …
→ Continue  Soniccouture and Scanner have launched Scanner: Library, a sound-layering instrument for Kontakt 7.10 or later. Developed with artist Robin Rimbaud, also…
→ ContinueOdd Duck Audio has launched 9Volt, a fuzz plugin designed to model the behaviour of a pedal powered by a battery that is running down. The plugin uses a single …
→ ContinueOdd Duck Audio has launched Torn, a distortion plugin designed to model the behaviour of a damaged loudspeaker cone. The free plugin introduces a rattle effect …
→ Continue  Sound Particles has launched Energy Panner 2 and Brightness Panner 2, updated versions of its dynamic panning plugins. The plugins are designed to genera…
→ Continue  Cherry Audio has launched Pentaphonic, a virtual synthesizer based on the five-voice Pentaphonic hardware instrument produced by Gleeman Instruments in 1…
→ Continue  Soniccouture has launched Scanner: Library, a tape-fragment sampler instrument for Kontakt Player created in collaboration with artist Robin Rimbaud, als…
→ Continue  Bellweather Studios has launched Barometer, a metering and signal utility plugin for macOS, Windows and Linux. The plugin is designed to combine audio me…
→ ContinueTonal Matter AB has launched Säve River, an environmental sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt 8 and the free Kontakt Player. The instrument is the fir…
→ ContinueDuring a recent visit with middle school music students, Soul Surplus' co-founders shared practical advice on creativity, collaboration, and building a life in …
→ ContinueThe producer picks an Orange County snare as one of his six items in his fantasy Forever Studio. The post The perfect snare sound is the holy grail – and Kaelin…
→ ContinueDeveloper Your Smile is Art has released bubblegum, a free pitch editing plugin for macOS and Windows. Bubblegum is a free pitch editor for vocals and melodies,…
→ ContinueThe Cove line can sync up for multi-room audio listening, with the bonus of the JBL Cove P1 being battery powered to extend to the outdoors. The post Step aside…
→ ContinueSoftube has announced Limit Pro and Limit Go, a pair of new limiter plugins for mastering, mixing, and single tracks. Limit Pro is the full-control version and …
→ ContinueDeveloper zc devices has launched thicket, a polyphonic node-based modular synthesizer available in a free open beta for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The beta run…
→ ContinueSix Walls has released The NanoFlux, a free multi-effect plugin for macOS and Windows modeled on the chorus, flange, delay, gated reverb, and rotary programs of…
→ ContinueImage-Line is offering FL Studio Fruity Edition for $49, down from $99, in a flash sale ending October 7, 2026. That’s today, so there isn’t much ti…
→ ContinueLos Angeles-based drummer and producer Florian Gouëllo is offering Free Drum Loops, a free collection of more than 50 live drum loops, breaks, and one-shot…
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