Session Loops releases PitchNet, a FREE Melodyne alternative
Session Loops offers PitchNet, a free, open-source vocal pitch editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux. This is the second free Melodyne alternative we’ve seen this month, following bubblegum by Your Smile is Art. It’s crazy that we went so long without any real free Melodyne-style alternatives, and now we have two to try in the [...]
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Fracture Sounds intros FREE Blueprint: Alt Woodwind Ensemble for Kontakt Player
Developer Fracture Sounds has released the free Blueprint: Alt Woodwind Ensemble for Kontakt Player. Alt Woodwind Ensemble is number 28 in the Fracture Sounds Blueprint series, and it’s business as usual. As always, this Blueprint release is compatible with the free Kontakt Player. By business as usual, I mean it’s another outstanding freebie for any [...]
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soundbyarsen Authentic Armenian Qanunhttps://youtu.be/JYREb_93KPoAuthentic Armenian Qanun Kontakt Library — a professionally sampled traditional Armenian Qanun for Native Instruments Kontakt. Capturing the mesmerizing, intricate acoustic resonance and expressive charm of this classical oriental instrument, this library brings authentic dynamic depth and organic warmth directly into your DAW. Recorded in a professional studio environment, this library is built for film scoring, media composers, world music, ethnic fusion, and modern pop productions seeking genuine acoustic authority. Key Features: • Pristine Studio Capture: High-definition 24-bit / 48 kHz uncompressed WAV samples for maximum acoustic detail and clarity. • Deep Dynamic Response: 3 Velocity Layers per note paired with 3 Round Robin (RR) variations to eliminate any mechanical "machine-gun" effect and ensure natural expressiveness. • Dual Mic / Layer Architecture (Mono & Stereo): Features 6 individual sample groups (3 Mono + 3 Stereo layers) with an intuitive blend control on the GUI to mix between direct focus and ambient spatial width. • Custom Built-In FX & EQ: Integrated 4-band EQ (LF, LMF, HMF, HF) alongside custom Reverb, Delay, and Chorus units to fine-tune your sound in the mix without external plugins. • Instant Playability: Ready to load and play directly out of the box with zero complex setup. Library Specs: • Disk Footprint: 989 MB (Uncompressed 24-bit / 48 kHz WAVs) • Structure: 6 Sample folders (3 Mono groups: MN1, MN2, MN3 + 3 Stereo groups: ST1, ST2, ST3) • Format: Native Instruments Kontakt Engine (.nki, .nkr, .nkc files and Samples folder included). System Requirements: • Requires the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 6.7.1 or higher (Compatible with Kontakt 7 & 8). Does not work with the free Kontakt Player in full edit mode. Read More

SnowTec releases Probe, a FREE plugin analyzer for macOS and Windows
SnowTec has released Probe, a free plugin analyzer available as a standalone app and a plugin for macOS and Windows. This one is very useful for testing other plugins and seeing what they really do to the signal. You can inspect an EQ’s frequency response, see the harmonics a saturator adds, or check how a [...]
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Erica Synths reveal the Konstrukt-8 Assembled Erica Synths have just introduced a new bundle that brings their praised Eurorack drum modules together into a complete all-in-one system. 

SOS Awards: Voting Open! The annual SOS Awards are now underway, and as always, we’re asking readers to help us choose the best pro-audio releases from the last 12 months.

SampleScience releases Compact Acoustic Piano, a FREE lightweight piano plugin
SampleScience offers Compact Acoustic Piano, a free sample-based piano plugin for macOS and Windows. I think SampleScience always delivers nice sample-based instruments, and we’ve covered plenty of them here on BPB, including the free Cozy Piano earlier this year. Compact Acoustic Piano definitely isn’t the deepest free piano out there, but I think it’s very [...]
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Defuse Audio DYSEKTDYSEKT is a sample slicer, drum sampler and multisampled instrument in one plug-in. Load a loop, a one-shot kit or a SoundFont, and every slice, pad or zone gets its own sound settings, effects and stem choice. Three modes: Slice: cut a sample into up to 128 slices by transient, beat, region, random or by hand, and play them from MIDI. Drum: load a different sample on each of 128 pads (8 banks of 16), with choke groups, mute and solo. Keys: map samples across the keyboard as zones, with key and velocity ranges, root notes and chord memory. SoundFont (SF2) and SFZ instruments load with their whole key map. Stems on every slice: DYSEKT separates a sample into drums, bass, music and vocals on your computer, with no upload. Each slice can play a different combination of stems. There are two engines: Best for final results, and Fast for trying ideas. Per-slice sound design: Pitch and time: Stretch, Tight, Beats, Repitch and Cyclic modes, with tempo sync per slice. ADSR envelope and tempo-synced LFO (pitch, filter, level, pan). Trigger modes (One Shot, Gate, Toggle), reverse, loop, note repeat with swing. 16 effect types, including EQ, filter, drive, chorus, delay, reverb, compressor and tape stop, per slice or on the master. Up to 16 stereo outputs. Performance and automation: 8 bipolar macros with MIDI learn, each driving several destinations. 48 host automation parameters, assigned from 16 automation pads. Poly (up to 64 voices) or mono, with portamento in Keys mode. Files: WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, OGG and M4A, plus SF2 and SFZ in Keys mode. If a project's samples have moved, DYSEKT searches nearby folders and lets you locate the rest. Licence and trial: The installer is the full product with a 14-day trial. One licence activates on up to three of your own computers, Mac or PC. Updates are free. Read More

RiverFlux Audio adds RF-E FREE channel strip to the Relic bundle
RiverFlux Audio has released RF-E, a free channel strip plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux, as the latest addition to its Relic collection. We covered the original Relic bundle earlier this month, when it included twelve analog-style processors. RF-E brings that total to thirteen, joining the five compressors, five equalizers, and two tape machines already [...]
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TDR Nova FREE dynamic EQ now supports Linux
Tokyo Dawn Labs has updated TDR Nova, its free dynamic equalizer, to version 2.2.3 with native Linux support. The update arrived on October 12, and it marks the first official Linux version of Nova. I’m not a Linux user, but I know many of you are, and one of the best free plugins is now [...]
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Voidscan Audio offers Parasite FM synth for €59 until October 23
Voidscan Audio is offering Parasite, a three-operator FM synthesizer for macOS and Windows, for €59 until October 23, when its price increases to €89. Parasite is the first plugin from the French developer Voidscan Audio, who spent a year building it, focusing on gritty textures and experimental sound design. It comes with per-voice distortion and [...]
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Air-G Audio Air-G PedalboardAir-G Pedalboard is the unified virtual pedalboard of Air-G Audio's Guitar Collection: all ten pedals of the series, together in a single plugin. Every pedal in the collection is built on the open-source work of Airwindows, Chris Johnson's long-running project known for some of the most distinctive free DSP code in the audio world. Bringing them together on one board was the long-term goal from the very first pedal, and this is it. The board has six slots in series, just like a real pedalboard: the signal enters slot 1 and leaves through slot 6. Any slot can hold any of the ten pedals (EQ, Dist, Comp, Dual Drive, Chorus, Trem, Autopan, Vibra, Delay and Verb) or be left empty. Each pedal runs the exact same engine as its standalone version, with the same controls and the same sound. To reorder the chain, just grab a pedal by its body and drop it onto another slot: the two swap places, knobs and all. On the right sits the control strip: a main footswitch that turns the whole board on and off (linked to the host's own bypass) and a retro LCD screen with two modes. Presets: 32 locations in 8 banks (A1 to H4), stored on disk so they are available in every project and every DAW. Step through them with the arrow keys, save with SAVE, and double-click a name to rename it. A "*" tells you when something has changed since loading. Presets can also be switched from the DAW, through an automatable Preset parameter or MIDI Program Change. Nine factory presets are included to get you started, from CLEAN and CRUNCH to AMBIENT, SURF and STEREO WIDE. Tuner: press TUNE and the output mutes while you tune, like a hardware pedalboard tuner. It listens to the board's input, before any pedal, and offers GUITAR and BASS modes with alternate tunings (Drop D, Half Down, Full Down, Drop C, Open G, Open D, DADGAD, 5-string bass) plus a chromatic mode. It guides you to the note of the string you're playing, not just the nearest note. The board is stereo in, stereo out. Each pedal also remains available on its own, with its own manual. Air-G Pedalboard includes a full manual covering the board, the presets and the tuner. Air-G Audio is a collection of plugins built on the open source code of Airwindows. The project is built around adding a graphical interface that makes the experience more comfortable and visual, along with a few features that expand the possible uses without straying from the original sound. The simplicity and lightness of Chris's code are the starting point and the guide. Thanks to Chris Johnson for making his work public and accessible. Air-G Audio exists because Airwindows exists. The Airwindows code used in the pedals of this plugin is published under the MIT License. The pedalboard itself (slots, presets, screen and tuner) is Air-G Audio's own work. Air-G Pedalboard is free, no strings attached, same open spirit as Chris's own work. It also took real hours to build: designing, coding, testing, writing the manual. If it earns a spot on your setup, a donation of any size makes a real difference in keeping this collection going. And if you want to support where it all comes from, Chris Johnson's Patreon is the most direct way to back Airwindows itself: patreon.com/airwindows. Available for Windows and Linux. *There's no macOS version yet (sorry! I don't have access to a Mac at the moment), but I hope to make one someday! Read More

Nembrini Audio’s $137 Cali Reverb guitar amp plugin is FREE again until October 31
Nembrini Audio is offering Cali Reverb, its Mesa Boogie-inspired guitar amp plugin for macOS and Windows, for free again until October 31, 2026. The regular price is $137. We covered the previous Cali Reverb giveaway in October 2024, so I guess this is another chance to pick it up if you missed it back then. [...]
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Roland update the TD-07 V-Drums line-up Roland's entry-level V-Drum series has just gained two new kit options that promise to deliver the best balance of value and playability in their class.

Minikod Spectravox RecallSpectravox Recall is a VST3/AU plugin for Windows and macOS that helps you write down patches for your Moog Spectravox directly in your DAW session. Load it as an insert effect, adjust parameters on your hardware, replicate them in your Minikod Recall plugin and save the exact state of your hardware with your project. Key Features: Faithful representation of the hardware interface. Save/load patches with project. Instant recall. Simple text editor to write down notes about your patch. Notes are saved with presets and DAW sessions. Workflow Example: Load the plugin. Design your sounds on your patchless hardware. Mirror the settings in your Minikod Recall plugin. Save DAW project. Reopen later Open the Minikod Recall plugin and manually copy the settings back to your hardware. Read More