Decksaver’s Sping 2026 Drop Decksaver's new collection introduces hard-shell covers for major new releases from a wide range of manufacturers, including Akai, Roland, Behringer, Moog, Dreadbox, Erica Synths, AlphaTheta, Allen & Heath, Native Instruments, Reloop, Ecler, Expressive E, OXI Instruments, Melbourne Instruments and Novation.

Umbral Audio AetherAether is an AI co-producer that lives on a track in your session. Instead of clicking every note into a piano roll, you tell it what you want, "a dark, driving minor-key bassline at 124 BPM," or "a warm lo-fi chord progression in F minor," and it plans the part, generates the MIDI, and hands you notes you can drag straight onto a track. Aether reasons about key, scale, voice leading, and rhythm, so the parts it writes sit in your track instead of fighting it. Don't like something? Ask for a change in the next message and it refines the MIDI it already wrote rather than starting over, so you iterate toward the idea in your head. Generate separable Bass, Harmony, and Lead parts on their own MIDI channels, solo or mute any of them, capture and reload earlier takes from the built-in MIDI Library, clean things up in the piano roll, and export multi-track MIDI with tempo and time signature intact. Everything Aether produces is standard, editable MIDI. Aether is bring-your-own-AI. Connect the model you already pay for with your own API key, or run a model locally and generate offline. You own the plugin outright for a one-time price, with no forced subscription. Key features: Text-to-MIDI: generate melodies, chord progressions, basslines, and full multi-track ideas from natural-language prompts. Conversational refinement: follow-up messages edit the MIDI it already wrote. Music-theory-aware phrasing (key, scale, voice leading, rhythm). Separable Bass, Harmony, and Lead parts with per-part solo, mute, and MIDI channels. Drag-to-DAW MIDI and multi-track .mid export with tempo and time signature. MIDI Library with idea and version history. Built-in piano roll, post-processing, MIDI capture, and reusable custom prompts. Supported AI providers Claude (Anthropic), ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), Grok (xAI), DeepSeek, OpenRouter, and Hugging Face via your own API key, or local models through Ollama and LM Studio. Formats and system requirements: Formats: VST3, Audio Unit (AU), and Standalone. OS: macOS and Windows. Runs in Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper, and other AU/VST3 hosts, or standalone with no DAW. Requires an AI provider API key, or a local model via Ollama / LM Studio; internet connection required for cloud providers. Pricing and licensing One-time purchase of $60. Includes free lifetime updates across Aether 1.x and activation on up to three machines. No subscription required when you use your own API keys. Read More

Spitfire Audio bring Originals to Akai MPC Following on from their partnership announcement at NAMM 2026, Spitfire Audio and Akai Pro have announced the release of two new sample libraries that can be run entirely on MPC hardware. 

Xilentch releases FREE Xhannel S channel strip plugin
Xilentch has released Xhannel S, a free channel strip plugin and the first dedicated mixing tool in the XM family. Until now, the XM Series has mostly focused on mastering tools. The first Xilentch plugin I tried was XMLimiter last year, and it quickly became one of my go-to limiters for use across mixes and [...]
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GearExpo UK: Monitor Update We’ll have monitors of all shapes and sizes at GearExpo UK, so whether you’re looking to upgrade or expand your setup, or searching for your first set of speakers, there’s plenty to check out and take a listen to. 

Hell Yes Loop Lab releases FREE HYLL Pressure soft clipper plugin
Hell Yes Loop Lab has released HYLL Pressure, a free/pay-what-you-want soft clipper plugin for macOS and Windows. Does the world really need another soft clipper? Probably not. Definitely not, even. Do I need this soft clipper? I don’t. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth a look because, the way I see it, with plugins, [...]
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Hell Yes Loop Lab HYLL PressureHYLL Pressure is a free / pay-what-you-want soft clipper and peak-shaping audio plugin by Hell Yes Loop Lab. It is designed for producers, beatmakers, musicians and sound designers who want a simple way to shape peaks, add density, saturation and controlled loudness without turning the process into a complex technical mixing session. HYLL Pressure can move from clean peak control to more obvious saturation and pressure, making it useful on drums, synths, bass, loops, mix bus material and creative sound design. The plugin includes a parallel blend control, allowing you to push the processed signal hard and then mix it back with the original sound. This makes it easier to add pressure, density and character while keeping some of the natural dynamics and clarity of the source. Features: - Soft clipping and peak shaping - Density and saturation control - Parallel blend between dry and processed signal - Simple, direct interface - Useful on drums, bass, synths, loops and mix bus material - Designed for music production, beatmaking, mixing and creative sound design - Free / pay-what-you-want. Formats: - macOS: AU - Windows: VST3. HYLL Pressure is available from the official Hell Yes Loop Lab website. Read More

Soundgas Sounds: Latest prize draw announced Soundgas have announced the launch of their latest prize draw, giving entrants the opportunity to purchase a sample pack and be in with a chance of winning a pair of preamp pedals. 

RME unveil the ADI-2 Pro EX The all-new ADI-2 Pro EX offers professional users the comprehensive functionality of the company’s previous reference-grade converter, but comes kitted out with a redesigned chassis, enhanced output performance and further comprehensive hardware protection.

M Media Audio releases FREE Violet Crown channel strip plugin
M Media Audio has released Violet Crown, a free stereo channel strip plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. This is the first freebie from M Media Audio, although the developer also has three paid plugins on the site. Alternate Timeline is a bus and mastering processor, Speaker Breaker focuses on low-end balance, and Velvet Crush [...]
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Flame Sound celebrates 5th anniversary with $5 Firestarter SFX deal
Flame Sound is celebrating its 5th anniversary with a limited-time $5 offer on the Firestarter SFX cinematic sound effects collection. I launched Flame Sound five years ago as my cinematic sound label, and at the time, it was pretty much a passion project, much like Bedroom Producers Blog was in the beginning. I was not [...]
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sonible learn:bundle is on sale for €49 until June 8th
sonible is offering its learn:bundle for €49 instead of €199 until June 8th. The learn:bundle includes five AI-assisted mixing plugins made to help newer producers improve their mixes while learning what each processor is doing. The included tools are learn:EQ, learn:comp, learn:limit, learn:reverb, and learn:unmask. It helps producers who want help getting started with core [...]
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M Media Audio Violet CrownViolet Crown is a heavy-iron buss stereo channel strip built to do what expensive rack hardware does on a mix bus: nicely squish the dynamics together, add presence to the top end, and make the whole thing feel bigger and completely glued together. It combines a three-band parametric EQ with a custom RMS compressor engineered specifically for bus work but does extremely well in other areas, drums, bass, etc... a little goes a very long way. Six filters, one bus compressor, zero dollars. Three independent EQ bands, custom RMS compression, analog-style VU metering, and no attacks on your wallet. The compressor uses a 10ms RMS detector per channel - the same approach that defines the sound of classic British and American bus compressors. RMS detection responds to the energy of the program, not the instantaneous peak, which means it catches the body of a mix rather than just the loudest transients. The result is compression that feels solid and deep. The release section includes a full auto-release mode, engaged by turning the Release knob fully to the left. In auto mode, the release adapts continuously - pulling back quickly when the compressor is working hard, then settling into a slow, transparent recovery as gain reduction lightens. Set it and it sounds right immediately. The EQ offers six independent filters across three bands. Low Boost and Low Cut are separate shelf filters with independent frequency selectors. Mid Boost and Mid Cut are independent peak filters sharing a Q control. The high band extends from 800 Hz to 16 kHz for the boost shelf, with a separate cut filter for high-end control. EQ and compressor can be routed in either order - honestly, I'm still experimenting... Dual VU meters with 300ms ballistic RMS response show output level independently on L and R. No activation. No account. No internet connection. Free forever. Enjoy. Cheers! :D. Features Three-band parametric EQ with independent boost and cut filters per band. Six EQ filters total: 2 low shelves, 2 mid peaks, 2 high shelves. Low band: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 Hz. Mid Boost: 200 / 400 / 700 / 1.5k / 3k / 5k Hz. Mid Cut: 300 / 400 / 500 / 700 Hz. High band: 800 Hz to 16 kHz. Shared Q control per band: 0.6 / 0.8 / 1.0 / 1.4 / 1.7. Custom RMS bus compressor - per-channel independent processing. Threshold: -60 dB to 0 dB, default 0 dB. Ratio: 1.5:1 to 8:1 (Harder/Softer knob). Attack: 1 ms to 200 ms. Program-dependent auto-release (fully left) - fast under heavy gain reduction, slow when barely touching. Fixed release: 50 ms to 2000 ms. Makeup Gain: -10 dB to +10 dB, 0 dB at 12 o'clock, double-click to reset. EQ-first or Comp-first routing toggle. Input level trim: -8 dB to +8 dB. Dual VU meters, 300 ms ballistic RMS, independent L/R. Hardware bypass switch. Resizable UI (1000x373 to 2000x745). No activation, no internet, no telemetry. Free. Free. Freeeeeeeeee. System Requirements Windows: Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit. macOS: macOS 11 Big Sur or later, 64-bit (Apple Silicon + Intel universal binary). Linux: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or equivalent, 64-bit. Format: VST3 (all platforms) + AU (macOS). Read More

DAWJunkie releases Peggio Jr, a FREE arpeggiator synth for macOS and Windows
Developer DAWJunkie has released Peggio Jr, a free arpeggiator synth for macOS and Windows. Whenever we speak about a new freebie from DAWJunkie, we rarely have to wait too long before the next one comes around. It has only been a few weeks since we covered Mini-Menace, DAWJunkie’s free nod to the Arturia MicroBrute, and [...]
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Positive Grid launch Reactor amp range Available in 50W and 100W models, the Reactor series introduces a new Amplifier Intelligence engine that makes it possible for users to create new sounds based on a voice, text or image prompt.