Shadaloo Audio DSP releases APD Compressor vocal compressor for FREE
Shadaloo Audio DSP has released APD Compressor, a free/pay-what-you-want vocal compressor plugin for macOS and Windows. We recently covered several plugins from Fabio “Shadaloo” Caterino, including the free H tone and loudness enhancer, the Wide spatial enhancement plugin, and the excellent Vinland Drive tape emulator. APD Compressor continues the developer’s pay-what-you-want approach. You can enter [...]
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ZL Audio releases ZL Spectrum Equalizer, a FREE dynamic spectrum EQ
ZL Audio has released ZL Spectrum Equalizer, a free and open-source dynamic spectrum equalizer plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. I already expected something like this coming from ZL Audio at some point. The developer is behind the excellent ZL Equalizer 2 and ZL Compressor, both of which received some fantastic feedback from the BPB [...]
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Acustica introduce Dangerous Music BAX EQ Plugin Following on from the launch of the 500-series version of their BAX EQ unit, Dangerous Music have now teamed up with modelling experts Acustica Audio to create an officially licensed plug-in.

Get Native Instruments Reaktor Synthesizer Bundle for $99 at Plugin Boutique
Plugin Boutique is offering the Native Instruments Reaktor Synthesizer Bundle for $99 until August 16th. Reaktor Synthesizer Bundle normally lists for $1,109, so this is a pretty heavy discount if you want a lot of Reaktor-based instruments in one purchase. Native Instruments has had a complicated year, as James recently covered in our articles, including [...]
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Remi Blaze Tunix RawTunix Raw is a one-knob pitch corrector for macOS. A single TUNE knob takes a vocal from natural, transparent correction to a hard robotic snap, addressing quick pitch fixing and the hard-tuned vocal effect without setup. Key features: A single knob spanning natural correction through to a hard robotic snap. No key or scale to set: it snaps to the nearest note automatically, so it works on any vocal in any key. Level-matched output, so turning the knob never changes your gain staging. Formant-locked, so the voice never chipmunks, and consonants stay crisp. Low-latency corrector you can monitor through, reported to your DAW for clean bypass. Formats: AU, VST3, and Standalone. Universal Binary (Apple Silicon and Intel), code-signed and notarized by Apple. Read More

Auburn Sounds releases Psypan 2 Free, a stereo multi-effect plugin
Auburn Sounds has released Psypan 2 Free Edition, a free stereo multi-effect plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. We have covered several Auburn Sounds plugins on BPB over the years, including Panagement, Lens, and Inner Pitch. Psypan 2 follows the same Free/Full model, with a very usable free version and a paid upgrade for the [...]
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Nakst’s Altitude hybrid synthesis workstation is now freeware
Nakst has made Altitude, an advanced hybrid synthesis workstation for Windows, macOS, and Linux, available as freeware. We have covered several nakst instruments on BPB over the years, including Apricot, Regency, ExtraBold, and the now-free Integrate. Altitude was previously one of the developer’s paid instruments, so this is a nice, and somewhat unexpected, addition to [...]
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Harmonic Piano from The Crow Hill Company Harmonic Piano captures the sound of a pair of two grand pianos played without lids, and with a finger lightly placed around a quarter of the way down each string!

Smart Audio Plugins Session InspectorSession Inspector reads a DAW project and shows you what is inside it without opening the DAW. Drag a Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase, Pro Tools or Reaper project onto the page and you get the session back in about a second. It is read-only, and nothing is uploaded: the project is parsed in your browser and never leaves your machine. What it reports: tempo, time signature, key, sample rate, track count and frame rate; every plugin and instrument used in the session, third-party ones marked as such, with details on each; and the full audio pool with file count and total running time. Each audio file lists channel count, sample rate, bit depth and duration, with a waveform you can click to play from a point or drag to scrub. Ableton sessions are also checked for sample rate mismatches. Drag the whole project folder to get the audio pool; the project file on its own still reads version, tempo, tracks and plugins. Runs in Safari on macOS. Light and dark themes, multiple languages. Free. Read More

PSPaudioware release PSP BBDelay PSP BBDelay aims to capture not only the unmistakable sound of classic analogue Bucket Brigade Device (BBD) hardware, but also the musical unpredictability that made the devices so inspiring.

Ample Sound releases Ample Guitar M Lite 4, a FREE acoustic guitar plugin
Ample Sound has released Ample Guitar M Lite 4, a free acoustic guitar virtual instrument for macOS and Windows. Free acoustic guitar plugins are hard to find, and Ample Sound’s free Martin D-41 instrument has been one of the best options out there since the early 2010s. We covered Ample Guitar M Lite II back [...]
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Pocket Strings by The Crow Hill Company is now FREE
When it comes to free orchestral libraries, we are spoiled for choice. The latest on offer is the free Pocket Strings by The Crow Hill Company. If, like me, you remember when collections like HALion String Edition Volume 1, which weighed in at a whopping 5GB (roughly), represented a significant step up from any native [...]
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Get Bloom Synth Analogue Lite for $3 at Plugin Boutique
Plugin Boutique is offering Excite Audio’s Bloom Synth Analogue Lite for $3 with the coupon code l9ueiios. The plugin normally costs $29 and is currently on sale for $19 until August 31, but the code brings it down to $3 at checkout. I don’t know how long the coupon will work, so hurry if you [...]
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Sonarworks expand SoundID VoiceAI library The new C-pop Voices Expansion Pack contains 10 new SoundID VoiceAI models built specifically for Mandopop, Cantopop or any track searching for the style of vocal that dominates those genres.

I reviewed 2,000 plugins. Making my own took 2 years.
I’ve been reviewing audio plugins on Bedroom Producers Blog for more than 15 years. I don’t have an exact number, but I’ve probably tested more than 2,000 plugins in that time. Maybe close to 2,500, depending on how strictly we count the ones I installed, disliked, and uninstalled right away. During all that plugin testing, [...]
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