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The Crow Hill Company has added 1986, a Prophet-VS-inspired synth plugin, to the FREE Vaults series
1986 is the latest addition to The Crow Hill Company’s Vaults series, and it’s available in AU, VST, VST3, and AAX formats for macOS and Windows. As always, Vaults releases are free to download for six months before moving into the donationware category. At which point, they are available to purchase with a £3 donation, [...]
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Best Service launch Desert Winds The latest library to join Best Service’s ever-growing range includes four solo wind instruments that capture the spirit of traditional music from Armenia, Persia, Turkey and the Middle East. 

DeadLoop MoonPadMoonPad is a polyphonic synthesizer built for atmospheric sound design — from lush evolving pads to aggressive textured leads. 128 voices, 50+ presets, ~3% CPU. Synthesis Engine Dual oscillators with 6 waveforms (SuperSaw, Wavetable, Saw, Square, Triangle, Sine). PolyBLEP anti-aliasing, PWM, wavefold, hard sync, and FM synthesis. Shimmer Reverb 8-line FDN with allpass diffusion, modulated delays, dual-band damping, and granular pitch shifting at +12 semitones. Tidal Granular Engine 8-grain processor with pitch shift, scatter, stereo spread, feedback, and freeze mode. Filters 12 models: SVF, Moog Ladder, MS-20, Sallen-Key, Formant vowels, and resonant Comb. Effects & Modulation Multiband compressor with Linkwitz-Riley crossover. Full parametric EQ (HP, LP, 2 mid bands, shelves). Stereo chorus and syncable delay. 8-step trance gate with per-step level. BPM-synced arpeggiator (4 modes, up to 4 octaves). 8-slot mod matrix (9 sources, 13 destinations). Interface GPU-accelerated lunar UI with interactive Moon XY pad, crater snap points, and audio-reactive particles. Built in C++ with JUCE — 6MB install, ~180MB RAM. Important Notes MoonPad is developed by DeadLoop, an independent one-person studio. Our installers are not yet code-signed by Apple or Microsoft: Windows: SmartScreen may show a warning. Click "More info" then "Run anyway". macOS: Right-click the file, select "Open", then click "Open" again. These warnings are standard for independent developers. MoonPad contains no malware or tracking software. 14-day free trial available — no credit card required. Perpetual license with free lifetime updates. Activate on up to 2 machines. Bugs or issues? Contact us at contact@deadloop.fr — we respond quickly. Read More

FX-Mechanics Black Widow DrumsThe Black Widow Drums project is the first published drum sampler showcase for FxmeSampler's advanced spatial and processing features. Recorded on a Gretsch Black Widow kit, it utilizes an original microphone array and signal processing chain to deliver a studio-ready drum sound. Video demo here Microphone Configuration: Overheads: Rode NT-SF1 First-Order Ambisonic microphone, capturing a full 360° sound field. Kick: Blue Kick Ball. Snare/Toms: Three Shure SM57s (Snare, High Tom, Low Tom). Advanced Ambisonic-Mono Routing: Each drum element leverages the ambisonicmono hybrid strip. This routes the 4-channel B-Format overhead signal plus the dedicated proximity microphone into a single channel strip. This allows for: Spatial Sculpting: Precision control over the elevation, azimuth, and width of the overhead "view" for each specific drum. The Virtual MS Mic: The ability to treat the ambisonic field as a virtual Mid-Side pair that can be panned and balanced. Hybrid Mixing: An equal-power mix control to blend between the localized spatial field and the punch of the close-mic proximity signal. Room Modeling To optimize performance and reduce the plugin's memory footprint, the room sound is not played back from raw multi-channel files. Instead, a transfer function was calculated between the omnidirectional (W) component of the ambisonic overheads and the physical room microphones. This resulted in Impulse Responses (IRs). The Room channel in the mixer functions as a real-time convolution engine, applying these IRs to the dry signals. This provides an authentic room character while saving gigabytes of sample data. Processing & Mix Architecture: Channel Processing: Every strip features a dedicated effect chain consisting of a 4-band EQ, Dynamics (Compressor/Limiter), and Tube Saturation for harmonic enhancement. Parallel Compression Bus: A dedicated stereo bus for "New York style" parallel compression to add weight and density to the kit. Spatial FX Bus: A secondary bus hosting a combined Delay and Convolution Reverb for additional depth and atmosphere. Read More

Shadaloo Audio DSP releases H, a FREE tone and loudness enhancer plugin
Shadaloo Audio DSP has released H, a free tone and loudness enhancer plugin for macOS and Windows. H was built by Fabio “Shadaloo” Caterino, an Italian multi-platinum certified mix and mastering engineer. He originally designed the plugin for his own mixes and then decided to release it publicly as a pay-what-you-want download. First of all, [...]
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Win a FREE copy of maniFold Omega FULL by Strange Audio
Strange Audio is giving away two free copies of maniFold Omega FULL (worth €29 each) to BPB readers. We featured the free maniFold Σ experimental microlooper from the same developer last year, and it was included in our popular roundup of unusual free plugins released in 2025. maniFold Omega is a hybrid real-time effect processor [...]
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Sonora Cinematic launch Movimento Strings The latest addition Sonora Cinematic's range of Soundbox instruments throws some chamber strings into the mix, and aims to tackle the issue of long, sustained notes sounding too clean or static. 

SampleTekk Singularis vintage piano plugin is FREE for two weeks ($49 value)
Audio Plugin Deals is offering the Singularis piano by SampleTekk for free for the next two weeks. The plugin normally costs $49. Singularis is a virtual piano instrument designed to recreate the sound of recordings from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Back then, studios worked with a few microphones, limited tape tracks, and most [...]
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Harrison launch LiveTrax 3 Harrison’s live recording and virtual soundcheck software has just reached its third major version, which among other improvements, delivers direct integration with DiGiCo consoles.

Shadaloo Audio DSP HH is a tone and loudness enhancer designed for mixing and mastering. I'm a multi-platinum certified mix and mastering engineer based in Italy, and I originally built this tool for my own sessions before deciding to release it. The goal is to increase density, harmonics and perceived loudness while keeping the signal controlled, stable and musical. The processor is built around a straightforward workflow: push the signal into saturation, shape the character, then bring it back using parallel blending. Main features: - Push control for input drive and saturation - Output control designed to work together with Push for gain staging - 5 Color modes: Smooth, Soft, Edge, Grit, Crush - Blend control for stable parallel processing - Peak and RMS modes for accurate level comparison - Oversampling up to 4x. H works well on buses, groups and full mixes, as well as on individual tracks when needed. Formats: - AU / VST3 macOS (Apple Silicon + Intel, signed & notarized) - VST3 Windows (64-bit). Available as free / pay-what-you-want. Read More

WET VST releases WetReverb and WetDelay, two FREE open-source 80s-style effect plugins
Ronald Klarenbeek has released WetReverb and WetDelay, two free and open-source VST3 plugins with an 80s rack unit aesthetic. Both are part of the WET VST project, which is a growing line of plugins built directly on the Steinberg VST3 SDK without JUCE or any third-party framework. In a recent email conversation, Ronald told me [...]
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Sonarworks release SoundID Tools app Available for iOS and Android devices, SoundID Tools promises to deliver improved spatial accuracy when monitoring immersive mixes on headphones, and has been officially approved by Dolby themselves.

W.A. Production offers FREE plugin bundle + exclusive BPB deal on BeatQuake
W.A. Production is celebrating its 12th anniversary with a site-wide 60% discount, a free bundle of 12 products, and an exclusive discount for BPB readers on the BeatQuake plugin. Let’s start with the exclusive deal. BeatQuake is a multi-FX plugin designed by award-winning sound engineer Emrah Celik, who mixes over 300 productions per year. It’s [...]
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Wide Blue Sound releases Tracer, a free beat-synced oscilloscope plugin
Wide Blue Sound has released Tracer, a beat-synced oscilloscope plugin that is free for a limited time. After the promo period, it will cost $39. There is no clear information about when the free offer ends, so if this sounds interesting, download it as soon as you can. To get it, you can simply enter [...]
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