AOFN Audio GrizzlyGrizzly is a free stereo modulator modelled on the 1979 Gristleizer circuit, as used by Chris Carter of Throbbing Gristle. An internal LFO drives a modelled JFET stage in two modes: VCA, which controls the amplitude of the signal, and VCF, which sweeps a lowpass filter across it. Features: VCA mode: tremolo, rhythmic gating, choppy pulse effects, ringmod-adjacent tones above 20 Hz. VCF mode: autowah, dub filter pulses, slow cutoff sweeps. LFO waveforms: triangle, square, saw up, saw down. Speed: 0.01 Hz – 30 Hz free, or host-synced 1/1 to 1/32 note divisions. Shape control: slope asymmetry (triangle) / duty cycle (square). Offset: controls what fraction of each LFO cycle drives the effect. Bias: sets the resting position of the modulation (attenuation floor in VCA, base filter brightness in VCF). Drive: −12 to +24 dB pre-gain modelling the original op-amp stage. Spread: inter-channel LFO phase offset for stereo widening and auto-pan. Level: output trim. No presets, no menus. Get Grizzly here Read More

Sonic Republic releases Pluginize! plugin manager for macOS
Sonic Republic has released Pluginize!, a native macOS plugin manager for producers with large and messy plugin folders. I’m pretty sure that most of us who have been collecting plugins for years know the problem. The DAW takes longer to scan, some plugins break, and eventually, you spend more time looking for the right tool [...]
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Push and Groove releases FREE RMS LEVEL LIMITER plugin
Push and Groove has released RMS LEVEL LIMITER, a free stereo dynamics plugin for Windows and macOS. We have featured a couple of Takahiro Oishi’s previous releases on BPB, including the free Filtronix filter plugin and the more recent GROOVE60 MIDI timing processor. RMS LEVEL LIMITER is a different kind of tool. Instead of working [...]
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Audeze launch the Maxwell 2 ANC Audeze have announced the launch of the Maxwell 2 ANC, a new headset which adds active noise cancellation to the list of improvements introduced by the Maxwell 2.

Silverdaw is a FREE open-source Windows DAW for remixing and mashups
Silverdaw is a free and open-source Windows DAW built for remixing, mashups, and sample-based music production. The developer sent this to me via email, and I wasn’t expecting a lot (new free DAWs are popping up like mushrooms nowadays), but I ended up impressed. The key thing here is that Silverdaw is not trying to be [...]
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Graph Tech Guitar Labs open UK Online Store Graph Tech Guitar Labs have just announced the launch of a new UK Online Store that makes it quicker and easier than ever for musicians, repair shops and guitar builders to get their hands on genuine Graph Tech products. 

Kreativ Sound Juno Nocturnes — 96 Arturia JUN-6 V PresetsJuno Nocturnes is a KREATIV Sound preset collection for Arturia JUN-6 V. It focuses on dark ambient pads, deep drones, pulsing sequences, shadowed basses, fragile leads, dusty keys, and atmospheric FX for cinematic and experimental production. What's Inside. - 96 Arturia JUN-6 V presets. - 32 pads, 16 drones, 13 sequences, 8 basses, 9 leads, 9 keys, and 9 FX. - README, preset list, license, product description, and cover image. Best For. - Dark ambient, drone, cinematic, sci-fi, and experimental electronic music. - Soundtrack-ready pads, chorus-heavy analog motion, and long evolving notes. - Producers who want a complete JUN-6 V bank with a nocturnal character. Requirements / Format. - Arturia JUN-6 V required. - Recommended: JUN-6 V 1.6.x or newer. - Delivered as a JUN-6 V preset bank in .junx format inside a ZIP download. License / Usage. You can use the included presets royalty-free in personal and commercial music, film, game, and client projects. Do not resell, redistribute, repackage, or share the source preset bank itself. Load Juno Nocturnes into JUN-6 V and build darker cinematic parts fast. Read More

Acustica reveal Mystic 2 Mystic 2 now offers a choice of three preamp models, with a new Vintage option delivering a more aggressive sound character, and Modern offering a more refined and flexible sound. 

Stemwire Zero Sweep FilterA high-pass and low-pass filter that leaves the signal unchanged at zero, without clicks or wet/dry artefacts. Sweep the filter. Not the bypass. The sweep is the easy part. Getting the filter completely out again is where the workaround starts. With Zero Sweep, the signal moves smoothly from fully transparent to filtered, then back to clean. Zero Stays Clean No residual filtering at the resting position. Put it on a channel, bus or master without keeping a bypass lane beside it. One automation lane Draw the sweep itself. No separate bypass and wet/dry moves to keep in sync. Made for transitions Builds, breaks and DJ-style cuts without the usual bypass clicks, phasey wet/dry crossfades. Read More

Frap Tools update the Magnolia A second production run of the Magnolia is now complete, and the company have also been hard at work on a firmware update that delivers some enhancements and bug fixes. 

IK Multimedia add Brown Panel Signature Collection to TONEX Widely used across surf, country, blues and early rock records, the amps were behind everything from the expressive tones of Chris Stapleton to the pristine clean sounds embraced by Mark Knopfler.

Morphoice releases EightyTen, TWO vintage Roland synths in one (free beta)
Developer Morphoice has released EightyTen, consisting of two vintage Roland synths in one (free beta). Morphoice is back with another vintage synth emulation, and we all know the drill by now. In a relatively short time, Morphoice has released emulations of the Yamaha CS-80 (Unstable), the Roland Juno-6 (EightySix), and the Roland Jupiter-8 (EightyEight). EightyTen [...]
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AAF Tools AAF BridgeConvert AAF and XML to Ableton Live Sets, and back. AAF / XML Ableton Live (Resolve, Pro Tools, Avid, Premiere/FCP, Nuendo, etc): - import AAF, XML, FCPXML or FCPXMLD - Sample-accurate clip positions and source offsets, named tracks - Fades & crossfades (become Live-native crossfades), clip gain, volume automation, pan, markers, track/clip colors (some editors don't write automation or pan in AAF, please see our guide) - Picture cut on its own video track — mix to image inside Live - MXF-wrapped audio (Resolve) converts to WAV automatically. Ableton Live AAF / XML (Resolve, Pro Tools, Avid, Premiere/FCP, Nuendo, etc): - export AAF, XML, FCPXML or FCPXMLD - Named tracks, sample-accurate positions, full handles - Real AAF crossfade transitions, clip gain, volume curves - Timecode track at the session frame rate - Optional "collect media": one movable turnover folder. Every conversion writes a plain-text report — what transferred, what needs attention (e.g. warped clips to consolidate). No MIDI, no plugin chains: AAF can't carry those, and the report says so plainly rather than dropping things silently. www.aafbridge.com Read More

Dirk Ulrich reacquires Plugin Alliance & Brainworx As of 15 July 2026, Plugin Alliance and Brainworx are now officially owned by Ulrich once again, joining high-end hardware companies Manley and Apogee as part of the new RCKFRC audio group. 

Dirk Ulrich reacquires Plugin Alliance and Brainworx from inMusic
Dirk Ulrich has reacquired Plugin Alliance and Brainworx from inMusic. Well, it’s that time again; it’s time for another chapter in the Native Instruments story. With no more obvious moving parts left, I’m fairly confident that this chapter will be the last, but I never thought they’d make eleven Fast & Furious movies, so who [...]
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