Kobito ChordGenius is FREE for a limited time: crate digging for chords
Developer Kobito has made its ChordGenius free for a limited time. We’ve covered a few MIDI Chord generators recently; we’ve had the Bloomer emotional chord engine by The Freequency, UChord by Ultimate MIDI Plugins, and we can now add ChordGenius to the list. Additionally, if you want to add the right bassline to your chord [...]
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Bitwig Studio 6.1 enters beta testing Bitwig Studio 6.1 focuses on the built-in Sampler tool, which has been treated to a significant overhaul and now boasts a whole host of new capabilities. 

Dreeemwave Bassliner: Instant no-AI baselines and exclusive discount
We first covered Bassliner during its open beta stage in late 2024. It’s been a while since then; Bassliner is now a fully fledged commercial plugin, and I’ve been putting it to the test over the last couple of days. What is Bassliner? Bassliner (25% off using the promo code “BPB25”) is a MIDI bassline [...]
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Parish Audio MultiplierMultiplier turns a single vocal into multiple copies, resulting in a wider, fuller, more exciting performance by adding natural doubles, stacked backing vocals, and spacious movement without losing the clarity of the original take. Multiplier is built to make a single vocal feel bigger, wider, and more complete. Instead of leaving a lead vocal sitting alone in the center, Multiplier lets you surround it with natural doubles, subtle movement, and layered backing voices that help the performance feel more finished without needing to record every part again. At its core, Multiplier is designed around the sound of real vocal layering. Each added voice can have its own timing, pitch, pan position, distance, level, and tone, so the result feels less like a simple chorus effect and more like multiple performances working together. You can keep the effect tight and believable for a natural double, spread voices wide for a polished pop vocal sound, or build larger stacks that add depth and energy behind the lead. The global controls let you shape the overall feel quickly. Spread controls how wide the voices reach across the stereo field, Depth changes how much space the voices occupy, Timing adjusts the separation between the layers, and Humanize adds the small timing and pitch variations that keep the effect from sounding static. The Mix control makes it easy to blend the added voices into the track, whether you want a barely noticeable lift or a much more obvious vocal stack. Multiplier also gives you control over the main voice and each additional copy when you want to fine-tune the arrangement. You can move voices left or right, push them closer or farther away, add small delays, shift pitch by cents or musical notes, filter the top and bottom end, adjust level, and mute or solo parts while building the sound. This makes it easy to create anything from a clean lead vocal double to a wide backing vocal section, a crowd-like stack, or a spacious vocal wash. The result is a vocal tool that helps tracks feel larger, more polished, and more emotionally engaging. Whether you are trying to thicken a lead, widen a hook, create backing layers, add depth to a chorus, or make a vocal sit bigger in the mix, Multiplier gives you a direct way to turn one performance into something that feels fuller, wider, and more alive. Read More

VSL update Vienna Ensemble Pro 8 VSL's latest update for VEP8 and VEP8V makes it possible to use AI assistants to help build templates, as well as introducing a number of other new features and improvements. 

Calloga releases Unshuffle FREE open-source sample library organizer
Calloga has released Unshuffle, a free open-source sample library organizer for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Unshuffle is designed for producers with messy sample folders, which is probably most of us at some point. My main samples are nicely sorted into folders, but I have an insane amount of other samples scattered across hard drives, mostly [...]
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CodWaves launches WaveBalance auto gain staging plugin
CodWaves has released WaveBalance, an auto gain staging plugin for macOS and Windows. WaveBalance is designed to solve one of the most common mixing problems: inconsistent track levels before the rest of the processing chain. You place WaveBalance early in the chain, usually as the first plugin, and it adjusts the incoming level so compressors, [...]
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Two notes unveil Genome 2.0 Two notes Audio Engineering have just announced the launch of Genome 2.0, a significant update that brings a wealth of new features to their all-in-one amp, cabinet and effects emulation software suite. 

Clack.DIGITAL releases FREE Amp Squeezer overdrive plugin
Clack.DIGITAL has released Amp Squeezer, a free frequency-shaped overdrive plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Amp Squeezer was originally developed for the Darkglass Anagram pedalboard and released through the Anagram Marketplace. It is now available as a regular plugin, and you can download it directly from the Clack.DIGITAL website without creating an account, entering an [...]
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Bram Vocal SeparatorVocal separator DAW plugin (CLAP format, x86_64) for Linux, using an offline AI model that runs on your device, and it is light enough to not require a GPU. On my regular laptop it processes a second of audio in roughly one second. This plugin also has no DRM or activation, so if you get it once you will be able to use it forever, also without an internet connection. The plugin is powered by Demucs, a state-of-the-art music source separation model. You can load .mp3 and .wav audio files, and adjust the selection where you want to separate the vocals with the sliders in the GUI. You can play any note on the track to hear your selection. When you are happy with the selection, you can click "Isolate vocals" to separate the vocals. Now, you can play a note of the track to hear the result. You can use the isolated vocals by playing notes on the track with the plugin, or export the result to a .wav file and load it in your favorite sampler to use it in the rest of your song. You can see a demo video here: https://youtu.be/aHLQoB0BuBk Also, here are some results from using this plugin: (see audio files). If you are interested in a plugin that separates other stems as well (drums, bass, etc.), let me know at audio@btertoolen.eu. You can also email me there for any support or other questions / feedback. Read More

Genelec introduce the 9402A System Management Device The latest expansion of Genelec’s UNIO monitoring ecosystem expands AoIP support with Dante and AES67 options, and offers system management for everything from stereo to 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos rigs. 

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Schematic Sound makes Aurora waveform visualizer plugin FREE and open-source
Schematic Sound has made Aurora, its DJ-style waveform visualizer plugin, open-source and available as a free pay-what-you-want download. Aurora is a VST3/AU plugin that brings the frequency-colored waveform display you see in DJ software like Rekordbox, Traktor, and Serato into the DAW. I used DJ software quite a bit in the past (mostly at friends’ [...]
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Portway DSP launches PINGPAN physics-driven auto-panner plugin (GIVEAWAY)
Portway DSP has released PINGPAN, a physics-driven auto-panner with a ping-pong delay, sweepable filter, and, believe it or not, a playable Pong-style game mode. We are taking a closer look at the plugin and giving away one free copy to one lucky BPB reader. PINGPAN is the debut plugin from Portway DSP, created by developer [...]
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Get Solid State Logic SSL X-Limit for $10 at AudioDeluxe
AudioDeluxe is offering Solid State Logic’s SSL X-Limit limiter plugin for $10 in an exclusive deal. SSL X-Limit normally costs $49, so the current $10 price cuts 80% off the regular price. It ends in 13 days, which means it should run until around June 30th. If you already had X-Limit on your wishlist, I [...]
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