SOMA Laboratory launch the Enigma The latest instrument from SOMA Laboratory is said to be the first synthesizer in the world that is entirely controlled by the positioning and movement of metallic objects. 

Noise Trip Drive Collection brings 16 overdrive pedals to your DAW (30% OFF + extra BPB discount)
Noise Trip has released Drive Collection, a new plugin that brings 16 classic, modern, and rare guitar overdrive circuits to macOS and Windows. This is the debut release from Noise Trip, a solo independent plugin developer from England. Drive Collection is available at a 30% launch discount until September 9th, and BPB readers get an [...]
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Jeesonic releases Metering Cockpit, a FREE loudness meter for macOS and Windows
Developer Jeesonic has released a free loudness meter for macOS and Windows, called Metering Cockpit. Loudness meters or analysers are rarely the first thing on our minds when we have some spare cash for plugins, but they are often the unsung hero of any music-maker’s workflow. Luckily for us, we don’t need to spend a [...]
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NatLife Sounds ACID & Trance V4 for D16 Phoscyon 2ACID & Trance V4 for D16 Phoscyon 2 – is a fresh soundbank of Phoscyon 2 Presets & Scenes, with reincarnation of famous "Blade movie theme" and "Voodoo People" by Prodigy. You will get the closest and even more refined sound from these famous themes. Also, besides this, there is naturally a large number of new acid sounds, with a previously unheard sound that couldn't only be achieved from the Roland TB-303 & clones. Soundbank contains: 32 presets. 32 Scenes. https://youtu.be/8ACeSUqSvdU Read More

Groove Synthesis update the 3rd Wave Groove Synthesis have just launched a free firmware update that kits the 3rd Wave out with a new Shimmer Reverb and improves the Make Waves wavetable creator.

MONO Music Conference programme announced The first wave of programming for this year's MONO Music Conference in San Francisco has been officially announced.

Studio Kozak releases SK Rust, a FREE lo-fi effect for macOS and Windows
Studio Kozak has released SK Rust, a free lo-fi coloration plugin for macOS and Windows. The developer describes it as “the sound of something forgotten in a damp Eastern European cellar,” which is honestly a pretty good summary, especially regarding the interface (speaking from experience). I really like the GUI because it reminds me of [...]
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HOFA SYSTEM can now host one third-party plugin for FREE
HOFA-Plugins has released SYSTEM ThirdPartyPluginLoader, allowing the free version of HOFA SYSTEM to host one third-party plugin at a time. HOFA SYSTEM is a modular environment for custom effect chains, routing, and modulation. We previously covered its free DigiDestroy bitcrusher, which works inside SYSTEM or separately. The new loader supports VST2, VST3, and AU plugins, [...]
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Shane Audio Shane FETA FET compressor. Fast, aggressive, and happiest when you push it — with a blend knob so you can keep the transients you just flattened. CONTROLS: THRESHOLD — how hard it grabs, -48 to +12. ATTACK — .1 to 10. RELEASE — 10 to 1k. RATIO — 1:1 up to 20:1. MAKEUP — bring the level back, ±24 dB. BLEND — parallel compression in one knob, 0 to 100%. SC HPF — keep the lows out of the detector, 10 Hz to 1k. LINKED — tie both channels together, or let them work apart. Backlit gain-reduction VU meter, plus a GR indicator lamp. Watch the ghost above the logo — it gets squashed flat right along with everything else. The harder you compress, the flatter it gets. Read More

Rust Romance releases BigBlockPre LE, a FREE API-style preamp plugin
Rust Romance has released BigBlockPre LE, a free discrete console preamp plugin for macOS and Windows. BigBlockPre LE is inspired by the classic API 312-style signal path, combining an input transformer, a 2520-style discrete op-amp gain stage, and an output transformer. It does not emulate one particular hardware unit. Instead, this is a custom channel [...]
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SvalaC-Audio offers its LA-2A emulation for FREE for until August 26
SvalaC-Audio is offering Es-A2, its $45 analog-modeled optical compressor plugin for macOS and Windows, as a free download for a very limited time. The Payhip product page currently says the sale ends in two days, so I would claim this one quickly if you’re interested. Es-A2 is the flagship release in SvalaC-Audio’s new Es-Series and [...]
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Black Rooster Audio launch PS-VC1 Vocal Chain Channel PS-VC1 Vocal Chain Channel brings together six powerful processing modules, offering an array of tonal-shaping tools that have been fine-tuned for use on vocal tracks. 

Dawesome launches Abyss II synth with sample-to-colour engine (Intro Price)
Developer Dawesome has launched Abyss II, a visual synthesizer for macOS and Windows, with an introductory price of €89 (regularly €149). The developer describes Abyss II as a synth for musicians rather than engineers. Instead of building sounds around pages of technical parameters, you place visual Tone Colors on a Gradient and move between them [...]
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Dr. Fill from Yurt Rock Yurt Rock's latest release is dedicated entirely to creating drum fills, and has been created by capturing real performances, with no AI in sight. 

Numerical Audio MIDIRackMIDIRack is a MIDI toolkit for iPad: a control surface builder combined with an optional visual MIDI processing graph. Users build a custom touch surface from keyboards, step sequencers, knobs, faders, XY pads and buttons on a snapping grid, and send MIDI to any synth, app or hardware. It runs standalone or as an AUv3 MIDI processor in hosts such as AUM, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubasis, Drambo and Loopy Pro. MIDIRack is the successor to the KB-1 Expressive Keyboard Suite. Performance surface (base app) Six keyboards from KB-1, each a routable node with latch and octave shift: velocity-sensitive piano, diatonic chord pads, scale-locked keyboard, MPE Seaboard-style ribbon (per-note glide and slide), MPE Strings grid in 4ths, and a 4×4 GM drum-pad grid. A suite of tap-to-edit sequencers: drum, melody, chord, analog and CC step lanes plus a Matrix note grid — per-step velocity, probability, tie, trigger conditions and microtiming; 4 pattern banks per lane with chaining; a 4-pad scene launcher that switches every lane's pattern at once. Analog Seq: a knob-per-step sequencer with slide steps and a built-in key/scale quantizer that re-roots live from played notes. Knobs, faders, XY pads, buttons and live visualizers, bindable to raw MIDI CC or graph parameters. Built-in polyphonic synth (MPE-aware) and drum kit, so the app plays out of the box. CoreMIDI in/out plus an always-on virtual port ("MIDIRack Out"); connects to desktop DAWs over USB (IDAM) or Bluetooth MIDI with no driver or helper app. Output on all 16 MIDI channels plus a dedicated MPE connector. Graph Editor (in-app unlock) A visual canvas wiring MIDI In processors MIDI Out, with 60+ node kinds: arpeggiator, scale/key quantizer, transpose, chord, echo, ratchet, humanize, swing, euclidean rhythms, LFO, envelope, sample & hold, CC tools, and more. Generative "emergence" nodes: Conway's Game of Life, Turing machine, Wolfram rules, Markov chains, bouncing balls and a Lorenz attractor. Instrument nodes: Synth, Drums, Sampler and a loop Slicer (auto-slices a loop into 16 one-shots with a sequencer lane per slice). Every surface keyboard is its own node in the graph; surface controls bind to graph parameters and move on screen as LFOs modulate them. Factory patches by category (control surfaces, generators, keyboards, utilities), including self-playing patches such as the Amen Engine breakbeat machine. Without the unlock, factory graph patches can be opened and run; editing and saving require the purchase. Pricing One-time purchases, no subscription: base app $14.99, Graph Editor unlock $14.99. Introductory pricing of $7.99 each through August 31, 2026. Requires an iPad on iPadOS 18 or later. iPhone and Mac (Apple silicon) versions are in development. Read More