Dusty Plugins releases Dusty Tube 2, a FREE guitar/bass amp sim for Windows
From developer Dusty Plugins comes Dusty Tube 2, a free guitar & bass amp sim for Windows. We covered the original Dusty Tube plugin in early 2025, and for anyone who missed it, it’s an amp simulator built on the Neural Amp Modeler (NAM). Dusty Tube 2, as you’d expect, is the same thing with [...]
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Safari Pedals gives away 10,000 Gorilla Drive licenses to BPB readers
Safari Pedals is giving away 10,000 free Gorilla Drive licenses exclusively to BPB readers. Gorilla Drive normally costs $39.99, but you can get it for free at checkout with the coupon code BPB-Gorilla100. The offer is limited to 10,000 copies, so it is absolutely worth grabbing sooner rather than later if you want it. Gorilla [...]
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Darkpalace Studio releases PIRANHA multi-band waveshaper and clipper (GIVEAWAY)
Darkpalace Studio has released PIRANHA, a multi-band waveshaper and clipper plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. We’re taking a closer look below and giving away one free copy to one lucky BPB reader. You might remember Darkpalace Studio from CATERPILLAR, the free stereo enhancer we featured on BPB before. PIRANHA is a more aggressive tool than [...]
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Jeesonic releases EQ Pro, a FREE 24-band dynamic EQ plugin
Jeesonic has released EQ Pro, a free dynamic equalizer plugin for macOS and Windows. EQ Pro is a surgical EQ with up to 24 dynamic bands, per-band stereo routing, selectable phase modes, and a real-time analyzer. That’s still crazy for a free plugin, if you ask me, even though I recently wrote that ZL Equalizer [...]
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Just 48 hours until GearExpo UK! GearExpo UK is now upon us, with just two days to go until 150 of the world's top pro-audio brands and industry names gather for a day of exhibits, panel talks and networking. 

MintoTsukino HotelCurrySpiceHotelCurrySpice is a free harmonic spice effect — it does not crush the original signal, but adds a precise "single sting" of harmonics to bring depth and character. Three controls only: SPICE (the amount of seasoning), HEAT (direction from rounded to biting), and TYPE (the harmonic recipe). Features: SPICE 0% — bit-transparent dry signal, true bypass. 4 harmonic recipes: 欧風 (European) / キーマ (Keema) / マサラ (Masala) / hidden 裏メニュー (Secret Menu). A/B comparison stores SPICE, HEAT, and TYPE together. Animated pot character GUI with 8 expressions. Safety peak guard to prevent dangerous output. Made by Minto Tsukino as part of the Minto Shokudo (Audio Tools) series. Free for personal and commercial use. Read More

Waves V17 now available Waves V17 introduces a range of new features and improvements, including a completely redesigned preset management system, new live sound and post-production enhancements, and Mix Unlock, a premium stem-separation feature within StudioVerse.

Waved Studio is a FREE browser-based wavetable editor
Speight Audio has released Waved Studio, a free browser-native wavetable editor for producers and sound designers. I wasn’t expecting too much when the developer first sent this over (I’ve seen quite a few lackluster browser-based tools for music producers), but Waved Studio is far more advanced than a quick browser toy. I’m not sure how [...]
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Gator introduce the Frameworks Studio Mic Boom 2000 The Frameworks Studio Mic Boom 2000 features a weighted base along with locking castors and a counterbalanced boom, allowing for controlled positioning of heavier microphones.

Audiolatry releases Apus, a FREE lo-fi virtual instrument
Audiolatry has released Apus, a free/pay-what-you-want lo-fi virtual instrument for macOS and Windows. I haven’t seen anything new from Audiolatry for a while, so I was happy to get an email about this one. We’ve featured quite a few Audiolatry releases on BPB in the past, including LoQuest last year and Easy Strings in 2023. [...]
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KORG Collection 6 is 50% OFF at Plugin Boutique
Plugin Boutique is offering 50% off KORG Collection 6, dropping the software instrument bundle from $399 to $199 until July 21st. KORG Collection 6 is a huge bundle of official KORG software instruments and effects. It covers A LOT of stuff, including analog classics, digital workstations, physical modeling, pianos, organs, grooveboxes, and effects. If you [...]
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Undertone Audio’s MPEQ-1 goes virtual Undertone Audio’s MPEQ-1 plug-in is said to capture the sound and flexibility of the real thing, while adding some creative tools that extend its capabilities beyond what was possible in the hardware version.

Karanyi Sounds Cloudmax 3Cloudmax 3 turns any audio into rhythmic patterns, harmonic layers, or musical textures. Cloudmax 3 is not a reverb and not a straight granular tool. It pairs a granular texture engine with a tuned modal resonator — so you get both the smear and a musical body underneath it. If you've tried to get this sound with reverb + granular + EQ chained together, you'll understand what's different in 30 seconds of demo. Vocals Make vocals huge. Smear a single take into a wall of breath. Cloud Models stack grains under the dry signal, dual reverb pushes it into the room. Guitars Add depth to guitars. Slide a granular tail under a clean DI. Resonator adds body, motion modulates the air around it. Percussion Build crazy rhythmic FX. Tempo-synced grains chop loops into new patterns. Texture Pitch Modes lock everything in key. Foley & Sound Design Ambiences from anything. Drop in a field recording, footstep, or breath. Cloudmax 3 stretches it into a cinematic bed. Read More

DNA Track Purifier is a FREE Trackspacer-style plugin for Windows
Mike Sorrentino has released DNA Track Purifier, a free Trackspacer-style sidechain dynamic processor designed to reduce frequency masking between competing tracks. Mike is a musician, composer, producer, and solo developer from Rome, Italy. DNA Track Purifier is his first software release, and it comes as a free plugin with an optional paid PRO version. The [...]
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Minimal Audio launch Memory Rites Minimal Audio's latest Current expansion kits the soft synth out with an array of new sounds, and launches alongside a new plug-in that provides users who don’t own Current with access to the sounds in its individual expansion packs.