Tuva 1.5 adds project playback across five major DAWs (30% OFF)
Tuva has released its biggest update so far, adding audio and MIDI playback directly inside DAW project previews. BPB readers get 30% OFF with code SUMMERBPB30. We first covered Tuva earlier this year as a smart sample manager with AI tagging and project browsing, followed by the Tuva 1.4 update, which added customizable views, tabs, [...]
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UJAM introduce Virtual Drummer Neon The latest addition to UJAM’s virtual drum line-up has been designed with contemporary pop, disco, dance, and electronic productions in mind, and promises to deliver the punch and precision of electronic drums while preserving the groove and feel of a real drummer.

Ravine DSP update Inter::State Ravine DSP's latest Inter::State update kits the plug-in host out with a Slot Scenes function that offers yet more modulation and control possibilities. 

What happens when a plugin finally meets its users
When VATRA launched, it finally stopped living in a vacuum of my own ideas. I knew v1.0 wasn’t the end, but after almost two years of development, it felt like the plugin had finally left my hands as the thing I wanted it to be. Then the customer feedback started coming in. People loved VATRA, [...]
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KNALWERK Hard Techno Sample Pack BundleGet all 3 KNALWERK Hard Techno Sample Packs for the price of 2. The complete Vol. 1–3 collection gives you 165 production-ready samples built for aggressive Hard & Industrial Techno, plus 5 bonus Serum 2 presets. What's inside 30 Industrial Kicks. 30 Rhythmic Kicks. 30 Rumble Kicks. 45 Top Loops. 30 Screaming Vocal Phrases. 5 Bonus Serum 2 Presets. Built for Hard Techno · Industrial Techno · Schranz · Bochka. Each sound is crafted with club and festival playback in mind. Powerful, clean, and designed to hold its weight on large sound systems. Read More

Immanent Audio releases IA De-Esser, a FREE de-essing plugin
Immanent Audio has released IA De-Esser, a free de-essing and resonance suppression plugin for macOS and Windows. IA De-Esser does things a bit differently. Instead of a single module, it has four filter slots for taming sibilance, harshness, and resonant peaks. Each slot can work in De-Ess mode, where it automatically responds to sibilance, or [...]
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VAEMI announce the Synterra The Synterra analyses changing data from a wide range of sources including plants, fungi, fruits, organic materials, conductive surfaces, light and human touch, turning them into evolving musical structures.

AudioRoute from Arvital Audio Depending on your setup, capturing system audio in a DAW can be a tedious process, so much so that Arvital Audio have set about developing a tool dedicated to making the process quicker and simpler. 

Hell Yes Loop Lab Tape It EasyTape It Easy is a tape-inspired audio effect by Hell Yes Loop Lab for saturation, weight, movement, wear and analog instability. It can be used subtly to soften peaks, add density and introduce gentle movement, or pushed further into heavier low-end bloom, darker wear, pitch drift, hiss and unstable transport behavior. The main controls are: Push: saturation and input drive. Glow: openness and tape brightness. Weight: low-end body, pressure and bloom. Wear: transient softening, darker tone and aged compression. Drift: non-repeating wow, flutter and transport instability. Dust: hiss, grit and worn texture. Blend: dry and processed signal balance. Level: final output level. Tape It Easy includes three tape speeds: Slow, 7.5 IPS: darker, heavier and less stable. Classic, 15 IPS: balanced body, saturation and motion. Fast, 30 IPS: more open, tighter and controlled. It also includes seven factory presets, user presets and A/B/C snapshot slots for comparing temporary plugin states. Tape It Easy is available for macOS as Audio Unit and VST3, and for Windows as VST3. Read More

Dusk Audio releases Tape Echo 2, a FREE Space Echo-style delay plugin
Dusk Audio has released Tape Echo 2, a free three-head tape delay and spring reverb plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. I am a massive fan of tape delays, especially when there is a spring reverb involved. This one is clearly going for the classic Space Echo-style workflow, which has been emulated many times already. [...]
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Triton Audio launch the Tilt EQ Triton Audio's latest compact device packs 22dB of gain and a one-knob EQ circuit into an enclosure that's around the same size as an XLR connector. 

Raccoon Audio RoboCompRoboComp RoboComp is a flexible compressor built for both everyday dynamics control and creative stereo shaping. Dial in clean, musical compression with familiar Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release, Makeup Gain, and Mix controls, then take things further with M/S Focus. M/S Focus lets you shift RoboComp's compression toward the Mid or Side information of your signal. Tighten the centre while leaving the stereo field more open, control wide material independently, or use long release settings to create dramatic stereo movement and blooming effects. RoboComp works just as well for subtle control as it does for aggressive sound design. Tighten drums, add sustain to guitars, smooth vocals, glue buses together, create pumping effects, or make reverb and delay tails gradually expand from mono into stereo. Key Features Flexible Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release, and Makeup Gain controls. M/S Focus for Mid/Side compression and stereo shaping. Create evolving mono-to-stereo bloom effects Mix control for instant parallel compression. Ideal for drums, guitars, bass, vocals, synths, buses, reverbs, and effects. From transparent dynamics control to exaggerated pumping and movement. Available for macOS and Windows AAX, VST3, and AU plugin formats. RoboComp. A compression with a wider perspective. Read More

Boris FX reveal Sequoia 2026.5 Sequoia 2026.5 introduces a new Spatial Panner that unifies the software’s stereo, surround and immersive audio panning capabilities, along with a whole host of other new features and improvements. 

GIVEAWAY: Win Buckets And Decay delay plugin by Bjango
Bjango has released Buckets And Decay ($49), a BBD and PT2399 delay, chorus, flanger, and vibrato plugin for macOS and Windows. We are giving away five free Buckets And Decay licenses to BPB readers. To enter the giveaway, leave a comment below, and we will randomly pick five winners from the comments. We have already [...]
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Picking Fingers is a FREE plugin for changing bass pick and finger tone
Box of Rules has released Picking Fingers, a free bass guitar processing plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Picking Fingers is designed to process a bass recording played one way so it sounds as if it were played the other way. In other words, you can push fingerstyle bass toward a picked sound, or move [...]
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