KIT Plugins release BB Chamber D In their latest collaboration with Blackbird Studios, KIT Plugins have captured the sound of the reverb chamber housed in the iconic facility's Studio D.

Spektralisk Obsydian: Raw Expressions for GenerateObsydian: Raw Expressions is 50 presets for Newfangled Audio Generate built around exposed tone and direct performance response. The palette moves from acoustic-like instrument emulations and tactile keys to synthetic leads, basses, experimental gestures, and complex aural structures. Delay, reverb, chorus, and other spatial processing stay restrained, allowing the raw oscillator character and expressive modulation to remain present. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_doJOW1P6Q Each preset is designed to respond through MPE and conventional performance controls. Pressure, slide, velocity, modulation, and expression turn the sounds into material that can be shaped in real time rather than static patches that only occupy a mix. Raw Expressions works independently and also completes the first three-part Obsydian arc alongside Dark Energy and Motion Arps. What's Included: 50 presets for Newfangled Audio Generate. Acoustic-like emulations, keys, leads, basses, experimental gestures, and complex structures. MPE-responsive performance design. Restrained spatial processing for a close, exposed sound. Requirements Newfangled Audio Generate 1.7.4 or later. An MPE controller is recommended but not required. Read More

SRM Sounds introduce Max Richter Strings The latest sample library to be created at Max Richter’s Studio Richter Mahr facility captures the string sound at the heart of the composer’s music.

Friendgineer Labs releases Chance, a FREE random multi-FX plugin
Friendgineer Labs has released Chance, a free random multi-FX plugin for macOS and Windows. Chance is another 2026 KVR Developer Challenge entry I liked this year. I will take a closer look at a few more KVRDC plugins separately, but this is one of my favorites because I simply love plugins that can give you [...]
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Westwood Instruments relaunches FREE Roots instruments as plugins
Westwood Instruments has relaunched Roots, its series of free virtual instruments, in the developer’s own plugin format. We have covered the Roots series several times on BPB while the instruments were available for Kontakt Player, including Untold Strings and Dust Piano. My favorite one was Dust Piano, but overall these are very cool instruments with [...]
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Expressive E Noisy 2.6 arrives Noisy 2.6 introduces a selection of new synthesis engines and resonators, and now spans sampled acoustic instruments, modelled analogue, FM, harmonic and wavetable techniques. 

Low End Candy release Preverb Preverb comes with six onboard reverb models that can be used to create riser, transition and lead-in effects without needing to bounce tracks and manually reverse the resulting clips.

RIPPLES Music Industries CascadeCascade runs audio through four fixed parallel chains - C1 Distortion/EQ/OTT/Spectral, C2 Bitcrush/OTT/EQ/Envelope Shaper, C3 Reverb/DigiClip/Comb/OTT, C4 Noise/Feedback/OTT/EQ - and a 16-step by 4-channel sequencer gates which chain is live per step, in time with your track. Two synced LFOs (four shapes) modulate up to 40 targets; per-chain mute and solo. With the sequencer off it is a deep parallel multi-effect; on, it is a stutter and glitch performance engine. The UI is a canal lock system with four color-coded water lanes. VST3 and AU for macOS and Windows. Read More

Electro-Harmonix launch the Deluxe Big Muff Pi 2 Electro-Harmonix say that the new Deluxe Big Muff Pi 2 offers their latest take on the classic dual-op-amp design and represents the final chapter in the long-lost Big Muff 2 story.

Fracture Sounds releases Blueprint: Textural Sax, a FREE experimental woodwind library for Kontakt Player
Blueprint: Textural Sax is the latest addition to the free and wonderful Blueprint collection by Fracture Sounds. More specifically, it’s the latest addition to Blueprint’s Textural cinematic libraries. Previous releases include Textural Cello and Textural Violin. Like the other Textural libraries, Textural Sax isn’t about making an exact recreation of the instrument. It’s about taking [...]
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Cloudvocal's improved FlashTrack FT-15 DSP Microphone Cloudvocal have just refreshed the design of their all-in-one mic, audio interface and DSP processor, introducing a series of new features which they say make the recording process more intuitive and efficient than ever before.

UnplugRed and BlepFX release FREE Sucrose harmonic generator
UnplugRed and BlepFX have released Sucrose, a free harmonic and subharmonic generator for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Sucrose was created as an entry for the 2026 KVR Developer Challenge, and I will cover several plugins I really liked from this year’s KVRDC. This is definitely one of them. I love the overall concept a lot. [...]
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Remi Blaze OxidexOxidex is an analog tape saturation plugin for macOS. It models the behavior of real magnetic tape — hysteresis, head-bump resonance, wow and flutter, and spectral aging — so tracks take on genuine tape character rather than a static EQ curve. A single Wear knob ages the tape from a pristine studio reel to a crinkled cassette. Saturation engine: Magnetic hysteresis model with frequency-dependent behavior. Oversampled S-curve saturation (2×, 4×, 8×), anti-aliased. Three tape speeds — 7.5, 15 and 30 IPS. Asymmetric clipping for natural even-harmonic content. Tone and texture: Head Bump — resonant low-end lift that tracks tape speed. Tilt EQ — dark to bright on a single knob. Wear — wow and flutter, high-frequency loss and dropouts, pristine to worn. Tape Hiss and Vinyl Mode for period-correct noise. Performance effects: Tape Stop / Start — one-button slowdown and spin-up. Motor Pressure — momentary flange build with a drive boost. Tape Speed Shift — smooth glide between speeds. Workflow: Auto-Gain matching for honest A/B comparison. Dry/Wet for parallel saturation, output trim with a safety limiter. Flux Meter that responds to saturation. 22 factory presets, preset save/load. Resizable interface. Formats: AU, VST3, and Standalone — Universal Binary (Apple Silicon + Intel), code-signed and notarized by Apple, so it installs cleanly on macOS. Pay-what-you-want, from $5. Read More

Dirty Boy Jr. Series from Warm Audio The new Dirty Boy Jr. Series promises to bring the authentic Dirty Boy tone to a broader audience while preserving the all-important character of the original designs.

cloph-dsp releases Grungr, a FREE drive pedal plugin
cloph-dsp has released Grungr, a free/pay-what-you-want drive pedal emulation for guitar, bass, and anything else that needs more bite. You might remember Pedro Castro from Freeze95, the fun little stochastic stutter and freeze effect we featured on BPB earlier this year. I loved that one, so Grungr is another interesting free effect from the same [...]
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