Get 75% off VirtualCZ phase distortion synth + FREE Plugin Boutique gifts
Plugin Boutique’s VirtualCZ synth is currently 75% off, bringing the price down from $79 to $19. The sale runs until April 30th. On top of that, Plugin Boutique is running a new tiered free gift promotion this month, and I’ll cover the freebies you can pick up with your purchase below. VirtualCZ is a phase [...]
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Universal Audio’s Voice Of God now native The latest Universal Audio plug-in to become available outside of the company’s DSP-powered UAD2 platform has just been announced, making yet another of their acclaimed processors available to all. 

Minimal Audio offers a FREE vocal sample pack: Elevated Vocals
April is Vocal Month at Minimal Audio, and the developer behind Ripple Phaser, Poly Flanger, and the free Formant plugin is kicking off proceedings with a free vocal sample pack – Elevated Vocals.   It’s worth noting that Audio Plugin Deals is offering a massive 90% discount on Ripple Phaser for a limited time. You [...]
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Get the entire April Mega Bundle from Audio Plugin Deals for $9.99 in LIMITED time offer
Audio Plugin Deals is throwing a huge sale this month, and you can now get their April Mega Bundle for $9.99. The original price is a whooping $507, so to say this is a massive discount (98% off) is almost an understatement. If you’re into cinematic and ambient atmospheres or on the lookout for percussive [...]
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Christian Alexander SingleGrainSingleGrain — Granular Synthesizer VST3 / AU by LuvNote LLC. SingleGrain is a granular synthesizer built for producers and sound designers who want deep control without losing their workflow. Load any audio sample and reshape it at the grain level — sculpting texture, movement, and timbre that no standard synthesizer can produce. Core Engine. At the heart of SingleGrain is a real-time granular playback engine with independent control over position, grain length, attack shape, decay shape, and playback speed. Speed runs forward or in reverse. Lock Position mode pins the read head while grains continue cycling, creating evolving textures and freeze effects that are impossible in traditional sample playback. Modulation System. Three fully featured LFOs with free, envelope-triggered, and tempo-synced modes feed into a 32-slot modulation matrix. Eight macro knobs sit above the matrix, letting a single knob sweep multiple destinations simultaneously for expressive live performance and automation. Every modulation slot includes Fine Controls — a zoom lens that scales the modulation range down to microscopic precision — and a Direction mode for bipolar, split, upward-only, or downward-only modulation behavior. Frequency Shifter. A built-in single sideband frequency shifter using an IIR Hilbert transformer adds harmonic motion that sits entirely outside of what pitch shifting or chorus effects can produce. Use it for subtle detuning or extreme spectral transformation. Sample Recorder. Record audio directly from your session into the plugin, load it instantly, and begin granularizing it without ever leaving the instrument. No routing, no bouncing, no extra steps. Factory Content. Ships with 121 factory presets across 9 categories — Loops, SFX, One Shots, Downlifters, Risers, Subs, Sustains, Riddim Delay Fills, and Vocals — plus a curated set of samples and LFO shapes. All content is embedded in the installer. Specifications. Format: VST3 (Windows), VST3 + AU (macOS). Platform: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit), macOS 11.0+. Architecture: Universal Binary (Apple Silicon + Intel). License: Single user, unlimited installs. Developer: LuvNote LLC. Read More

ESSENCE RS from Aim Audio Aim Audio's latest creation becomes the world’s first and only pro-grade microphone that doubles up as a fully functioning TV remote. 

The Crow Hill Company announce Crystal Pianos Rather than faithfully capturing an acoustic instrument, The Crow Hill Company's latest release uses sampling to invent a completely new one. 

Plugoff is a FREE audio plugin manager for macOS and Windows
Midifex has released Plugoff, a free app for macOS and Windows that scans, organizes, and offloads your audio plugins. It supports AU, VST, VST3, and AAX formats. Plugoff is currently free, but the developer stated that it will become a paid product in the future. So, now is the perfect time to get it. When [...]
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Audio Assault releases Amp Locker 98, a FREE guitar amp sim in full Windows 98 style
Audio Assault has released Amp Locker 98, a free guitar amp simulation plugin dressed head-to-toe in Windows 98 aesthetics. Yes, it’s an April Fools’ release, but no, it’s not a joke. Well, it is, but it’s also a real guitar amp plugin. If you grew up in the late 90s like me, this will be [...]
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Tokyo Dawn Labs OD LimenOD Limen – named after the Latin word for "threshold" – is a high-frequency acceleration limiter designed for mixing and mastering. Rather than limiting the full signal, Limen isolates and processes only the high-frequency content above a user-defined crossover point: Depth controls the intensity of the limiting process, from subtle taming to aggressive control. Crossover sets the split point using a linear-phase filter with adaptive slope for perfect signal reconstruction. Tilt shapes the spectral balance of what the limiter sees, controlling the focus between low and high frequencies. Recover preserves your tonal balance – ensuring Limen only affects the dynamics, not the character of your sound. Values above 100% add a silky high-frequency quality that conventional EQ cannot achieve. Traditional high-frequency limiters rely on a fixed threshold and require careful calibration to match the input level. Limen instead responds to high-frequency acceleration directly, adapting automatically to any input level. The processor features Focus Listen for soloing individual frequency bands, an external sidechain input, configurable keyboard shortcuts, and flexible L/R or M/S channel processing. Ohlhorst Digital is a brand by Jan Ohlhorst. Initially developed exclusively for his work as a mastering engineer, these well refined products are now being made publicly accessible. Read More

Two notes unveil the Captor X+ The Captor X+ offers deeper control, enhanced stereo functionality and some new tone-shaping tools, all of which have been designed specifically for real valve amplifiers and modern silent stage/studio rigs. 

dBdone releases Glas, a FREE spectral chaos engine for macOS and Windows
Developer dBdone has released Glas, a free spectral chaos engine for macOS and Windows. dBdone has been a fairly busy developer early in 2026. In January, we looked at Pentimento (a collaboration with the musician and YouTuber TAETRO), a texture-layering plugin available in both paid and free versions. In February, we covered AI Chords, a [...]
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Make Noise Music introduce the GTE Make Noise Music have recently announced the launch of the latest addition to their New Universal Synthesizer System range, the Gestural Time Extractor, or GTE. 

Ciderka Labs FermentFerment is an expressive sound exploration engine built for musicians who perform live and want deep, real-time control over their sound. It's not a chain of stock effects — it's a unified instrument that adapts to your playing style, your instrument, and your creative direction. 92 parameters. One coherent signal path. Zero menu-diving. Four ways to work Machine — the full signal chain, all hands on deck. Input filter, wavefolder/clipper/bitcrush shaping, multi-voice chorus, octaver, tempo-synced delay, spatial processing, character section, dual LFOs, envelope follower, and post EQ. Every parameter is visible, mappable, and automatable. Magic — describe a sound in plain language ("warm, spacious, with gentle movement") and AI generates a matching preset across all 92 parameters. A radar chart shows the sonic profile across 8 perceptual dimensions. You hear three suggestions, pick one, and refine from there. Every generated value is fully editable — no black boxes. Material — acoustic instrument profiling. Record a few notes on your instrument and Ferment analyzes spectral content, dynamic range, attack, sustain, and harmonic structure. The profile optimizes the processing chain for your specific sound source. Built-in profiles for violin, cello, double bass, guitar, piano, organ, vocals, percussion, and more. Library — browse, preview, and manage presets. Built-in presets, community contributions, and downloadable preset packs. One-click audio preview before loading. Designed for live performance Full MIDI CC mapping and expression pedal support for hands-free control. Low-latency processing — built for real-time use, not offline rendering. Works with any instrument: acoustic strings, guitar, synth, voice, field recordings. Runs in any DAW (Ableton, Logic, Reaper, Bitwig...) or standalone host. Transparent about AI Ferment uses AI (Gemini Flash) to translate creative intent into parameter values. But every single value AI generates is visible and editable in Machine view. There are no hidden layers, no locked parameters. If you don't want to use AI at all, Machine and Material work completely offline. Specs Formats: VST3, AU, CLAP. Platforms: macOS 10.15+ / Windows 10+. Parameters: 92. Trial: Full features, 3 preset saves. License: $29 one-time purchase, no subscription. Beta: Currently in public beta — join the beta and help shape the final release. Feedback welcome at labs@ciderka.com Made with care by a solo developer from the Czech Republic. Questions or feedback: labs@ciderka.com Read More

KERN Audio offers a complete plugin mixing chain (SMOOTH, WARM, WIDE + free CHECK)
You’ve probably read our article about the free KERN CHECK spectral mono compatibility analyzer earlier this month. We absolutely loved it. CHECK shows you where your stereo image collapses in mono across 40 frequency bands, and it’s a very useful little diagnostic tool. The developer behind CHECK, Jonas R, also makes three paid mixing plugins [...]
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