Defuse Audio DYSEKTDYSEKT is a sample slicer, drum sampler and multisampled instrument in one plug-in. Load a loop, a one-shot kit or a SoundFont, and every slice, pad or zone gets its own sound settings, effects and stem choice. Three modes: Slice: cut a sample into up to 128 slices by transient, beat, region, random or by hand, and play them from MIDI. Drum: load a different sample on each of 128 pads (8 banks of 16), with choke groups, mute and solo. Keys: map samples across the keyboard as zones, with key and velocity ranges, root notes and chord memory. SoundFont (SF2) and SFZ instruments load with their whole key map. Stems on every slice: DYSEKT separates a sample into drums, bass, music and vocals on your computer, with no upload. Each slice can play a different combination of stems. There are two engines: Best for final results, and Fast for trying ideas. Per-slice sound design: Pitch and time: Stretch, Tight, Beats, Repitch and Cyclic modes, with tempo sync per slice. ADSR envelope and tempo-synced LFO (pitch, filter, level, pan). Trigger modes (One Shot, Gate, Toggle), reverse, loop, note repeat with swing. 16 effect types, including EQ, filter, drive, chorus, delay, reverb, compressor and tape stop, per slice or on the master. Up to 16 stereo outputs. Performance and automation: 8 bipolar macros with MIDI learn, each driving several destinations. 48 host automation parameters, assigned from 16 automation pads. Poly (up to 64 voices) or mono, with portamento in Keys mode. Files: WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, OGG and M4A, plus SF2 and SFZ in Keys mode. If a project's samples have moved, DYSEKT searches nearby folders and lets you locate the rest. Licence and trial: The installer is the full product with a 14-day trial. One licence activates on up to three of your own computers, Mac or PC. Updates are free. Read More

RiverFlux Audio adds RF-E FREE channel strip to the Relic bundle
RiverFlux Audio has released RF-E, a free channel strip plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux, as the latest addition to its Relic collection. We covered the original Relic bundle earlier this month, when it included twelve analog-style processors. RF-E brings that total to thirteen, joining the five compressors, five equalizers, and two tape machines already [...]
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TDR Nova FREE dynamic EQ now supports Linux
Tokyo Dawn Labs has updated TDR Nova, its free dynamic equalizer, to version 2.2.3 with native Linux support. The update arrived on October 12, and it marks the first official Linux version of Nova. I’m not a Linux user, but I know many of you are, and one of the best free plugins is now [...]
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Voidscan Audio offers Parasite FM synth for €59 until October 23
Voidscan Audio is offering Parasite, a three-operator FM synthesizer for macOS and Windows, for €59 until October 23, when its price increases to €89. Parasite is the first plugin from the French developer Voidscan Audio, who spent a year building it, focusing on gritty textures and experimental sound design. It comes with per-voice distortion and [...]
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Air-G Audio Air-G PedalboardAir-G Pedalboard is the unified virtual pedalboard of Air-G Audio's Guitar Collection: all ten pedals of the series, together in a single plugin. Every pedal in the collection is built on the open-source work of Airwindows, Chris Johnson's long-running project known for some of the most distinctive free DSP code in the audio world. Bringing them together on one board was the long-term goal from the very first pedal, and this is it. The board has six slots in series, just like a real pedalboard: the signal enters slot 1 and leaves through slot 6. Any slot can hold any of the ten pedals (EQ, Dist, Comp, Dual Drive, Chorus, Trem, Autopan, Vibra, Delay and Verb) or be left empty. Each pedal runs the exact same engine as its standalone version, with the same controls and the same sound. To reorder the chain, just grab a pedal by its body and drop it onto another slot: the two swap places, knobs and all. On the right sits the control strip: a main footswitch that turns the whole board on and off (linked to the host's own bypass) and a retro LCD screen with two modes. Presets: 32 locations in 8 banks (A1 to H4), stored on disk so they are available in every project and every DAW. Step through them with the arrow keys, save with SAVE, and double-click a name to rename it. A "*" tells you when something has changed since loading. Presets can also be switched from the DAW, through an automatable Preset parameter or MIDI Program Change. Nine factory presets are included to get you started, from CLEAN and CRUNCH to AMBIENT, SURF and STEREO WIDE. Tuner: press TUNE and the output mutes while you tune, like a hardware pedalboard tuner. It listens to the board's input, before any pedal, and offers GUITAR and BASS modes with alternate tunings (Drop D, Half Down, Full Down, Drop C, Open G, Open D, DADGAD, 5-string bass) plus a chromatic mode. It guides you to the note of the string you're playing, not just the nearest note. The board is stereo in, stereo out. Each pedal also remains available on its own, with its own manual. Air-G Pedalboard includes a full manual covering the board, the presets and the tuner. Air-G Audio is a collection of plugins built on the open source code of Airwindows. The project is built around adding a graphical interface that makes the experience more comfortable and visual, along with a few features that expand the possible uses without straying from the original sound. The simplicity and lightness of Chris's code are the starting point and the guide. Thanks to Chris Johnson for making his work public and accessible. Air-G Audio exists because Airwindows exists. The Airwindows code used in the pedals of this plugin is published under the MIT License. The pedalboard itself (slots, presets, screen and tuner) is Air-G Audio's own work. Air-G Pedalboard is free, no strings attached, same open spirit as Chris's own work. It also took real hours to build: designing, coding, testing, writing the manual. If it earns a spot on your setup, a donation of any size makes a real difference in keeping this collection going. And if you want to support where it all comes from, Chris Johnson's Patreon is the most direct way to back Airwindows itself: patreon.com/airwindows. Available for Windows and Linux. *There's no macOS version yet (sorry! I don't have access to a Mac at the moment), but I hope to make one someday! Read More

Nembrini Audio’s $137 Cali Reverb guitar amp plugin is FREE again until October 31
Nembrini Audio is offering Cali Reverb, its Mesa Boogie-inspired guitar amp plugin for macOS and Windows, for free again until October 31, 2026. The regular price is $137. We covered the previous Cali Reverb giveaway in October 2024, so I guess this is another chance to pick it up if you missed it back then. [...]
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Roland update the TD-07 V-Drums line-up Roland's entry-level V-Drum series has just gained two new kit options that promise to deliver the best balance of value and playability in their class.

TriMixxx Is a DIY CDJ Built on a Raspberry PiA DJ built his own deck from a Raspberry Pi and a salvaged CDJ jog wheel, and it joined the club’s Pro DJ Link network like any other player.
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Minikod Spectravox RecallSpectravox Recall is a VST3/AU plugin for Windows and macOS that helps you write down patches for your Moog Spectravox directly in your DAW session. Load it as an insert effect, adjust parameters on your hardware, replicate them in your Minikod Recall plugin and save the exact state of your hardware with your project. Key Features: Faithful representation of the hardware interface. Save/load patches with project. Instant recall. Simple text editor to write down notes about your patch. Notes are saved with presets and DAW sessions. Workflow Example: Load the plugin. Design your sounds on your patchless hardware. Mirror the settings in your Minikod Recall plugin. Save DAW project. Reopen later Open the Minikod Recall plugin and manually copy the settings back to your hardware. Read More

Forma Labs Audio release Filament 1.2 Forma Labs Audio have recently launched a significant update that brings some powerful new features to their real-time MIDI orchestration software. 

Zero-G introduce Elements Silentium Elements Silentium comes packed with an array of source sounds and provides users with the tools to transform them into “complete sonic and musical worlds”.

That Worship Sound offers Mammoth Bass Moog one-shots FREE until October 31
That Worship Sound is offering Mammoth Bass – Moog Subsequent 37 One Shots, a collection of analog synth bass samples, for free until October 31. The pack normally costs $15. With so many new plugins appearing daily, I think it’s actually becoming more interesting to cover things that involve some real human interaction with gear. [...]
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NoiseWorks releases PloseAssist, a FREE plugin for removing vocal plosives
NoiseWorks has released PloseAssist, a free plugin that automatically reduces the low-frequency pops caused by hard P and B sounds in vocal recordings. Back when I was learning to record vocals for the first time, the standard bedroom studio trick was to put a thin sock or similar material in front of the mic as [...]
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Mozzaik Audio Mozzaik MonitorMozzaik Monitor adds noise of a very low level to the signal that goes to the DA converter. Delta-sigma converters can produce idle tones and limit cycles when the signal is very quiet or constant. A small amount of noise at the input breaks these patterns up. How much it helps depends on the converter. The signal itself is not changed: the plugin only adds the noise. Mozzaik Monitor goes last on the monitoring path. For export it is turned Off, or left On in front of the dither if you think that the noise will help the converter of the listener. The noise can help an AD converter in the same way: send the output of Mozzaik Monitor through a DA converter and mix it with the signal in the analog domain, before the conversion. Features: - Off/On with a fade of 10 ms, without a click. In the Off position the signal passes unchanged. - Amount from -100 dB to -40 dB, -80 dB by default. - Shaping between 0 and 20 kHz: Flat (white noise), Medium (rises 6 dB per octave) or High (rises 12 dB per octave), so most of the noise is at the top of the band, where hearing is less sensitive. - Gaussian noise, not correlated between the channels. - Sample rates from 44.1 to 384 kHz, with the same level of the noise between 0 and 20 kHz at every sample rate. - From 88.2 kHz up the noise falls above 20 kHz with 12 dB per octave, so it does not fill the ultrasonic range. - Low processor load. Read More

RYK Modular reveal the Side FX RYK Modular's latest Eurorack module houses a set of four effects blocks that can be combined in series or parallel, and can be controlled both by external sources and a collection of built-in modulation tools.