Automaton41 UnglareUnglare removes harsh glare from cymbals, synths, drums, vocals, and full mixes — without EQ, reverb, or losing brightness. Phase dispersion pushes harsh frequency content back in the mix by changing when frequencies arrive, not what's there. The result is a smoother, more controlled sound that retains its brightness and energy. Features: - Asymmetric saturation for subtle, musical coloration. - Magnetic hysteresis (Jiles-Atherton model) for warm, analog-style transient interaction. - Pitch drift to loosen rigidity in static-sounding material. - Real-time 3D spectrum analyzer. - Wet Mix knob for parallel processing. - Controls: Depth, HF Smear, Tube Bend, Drive, Softening, Pitch Drift, Anti-Digital, Bloom, Trans Bend, Stereo, Output, Wet Mix. Works on individual tracks (cymbals, drums, synths, vocals) and on the mix bus. Lightweight (under 1.1 MB). Pay-what-you-want pricing from $0. Includes four builds in a single purchase: - Windows x64 VST3 (512 KB) — all Windows DAWs. - Windows ARM64 VST3 (442 KB) — Surface Pro, Snapdragon laptops. - macOS Universal VST3 (1.1 MB) — Reaper, Ableton, Bitwig, etc. - macOS Universal AU (960 KB) — Logic, GarageBand. Read More

Scaler Music Carbon Electra 2 Carbon Electra 2 is a four-oscillator instrument that offers wavetable and wave terrain synthesis, but its standout feature is the inclusion of a whole host of “musical intelligence” features.

Get Audio Assault’s Voice of Reason bass enhancer plugin for FREE
You can now download Audio Assault’s Voice of Reason bass enhancer plugin for free. Audio Assault is the developer behind Amp Locker and Mix Locker, two collections with lots of free content. Amp Locker is a collection of amp sims, cabs, and FX pedals that includes the Prestige 1950 (a British hot-rodded amp) and various [...]
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IK Multimedia release Royal 45 Legends Signature Collection The newest addition to IK Multimedia’s ever-growing TONEX line-up introduces a set of three incredibly rare British-made amps that helped to shape the sound of classic rock. 

Audio Plugin Deals launches June Mega Bundle with five tools for $9.99
Audio Plugin Deals has launched the June Mega Bundle, a $9.99 collection of virtual instruments, sound libraries, and cinematic assets. The June Mega Bundle is listed at $9.99 throughout June, down from a combined claimed value of $626. I think this kind of bundle is fun if you want to experiment with new sound sources. [...]
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Gooey Controlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqeFEeTOtBs Control is a Feedback Delay Network designed to capture diffusion, echoing, and instability in a warped yet cohesive way. Inspired loosely by the classic Schroeder reverb architecture, Control does not behave like a traditional reverb. Its matrix of delay lines has been altered and destabilized, creating reflections that smear, morph, and collapse into unpredictable sonic textures. As the feedback is pushed further, Control transforms from a reflective and dispersed echo reverberator into a machine capable of screeching resonance, spectral howls, and collapsing atmospheres. Built around diffused feedback networks and immersive diffusion chambers, Control moves fluidly between epic soundscapes tearing through washed-out frequency fields and more familiar reverb-esque spaces. With a powerful Squash control and hefty pre-gain staging, the plug-in excels at driving reverberations deep into the audio field, saturating and reshaping signals in uniquely aggressive ways. The result is a one-of-a-kind plug-in that exists somewhere between a reverb processor, a feedback experiment, and an unstable convolution-inspired machine — capable of everything from subtle spatial enhancement to complete sonic obliteration. Read More

Production Music Awards 2026 The Production Music Awards (PMA) have announced that submissions are now officially open ahead of this year’s ceremony at the spectacular Bloomsbury Big Top, London on Thursday 19 November 2026.

Maniac Audio Dark2ADark2A — Tube Optical Leveling Amplifier. A schematic-accurate emulation of the legendary Teletronix LA-2A — the smoothest, most musical vocal and bass compressor ever built. Authentic T4B electro-optical attenuator, 12AX7 tube gain stage, and UTC HA-100X output transformer modeling, calibrated against the original hardware spec. Topology: T4B Photocell — dual-stage release with program dependency (the signature LA-2A "self-adjusting" feel). 12AX7 tube gain stage with authentic harmonic profile. UTC HA-100X output transformer modeling. 18 Hz sidechain HPF (LA-2A 15 Hz spec). Always-on R30/C6 sidechain tilt (intrinsic to the LA-2A schematic, independent of HF Emphasis). 30 ms RMS detector, 450 ms GR decay, 3 s slow release — calibrated for the relaxed, "rounded" LA-2A response. Peak Reduction tuned to pin the needle at 20 VU on typical program material. x2 / x4 / x8 Kaiser FIR oversampling. Read More

Flame Sound offers Blaze Tension Builders FREE for BPB readers until June 1st
Flame Sound is offering Blaze Tension Builders, a pack of 50 cinematic tension-builder sound effects, as a free download for BPB readers until June 1st. The offer brings the price down from $29 to $0. At the time of publishing, that gives you around 48 hours to claim the pack for free. To get it, [...]
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FuruSamples releases FuruBass-JB1965 Lite, a FREE vintage Jazz Bass library for Kontakt
FuruSamples has released FuruBass-JB1965 Lite, a free vintage Jazz Bass library for the full version of Kontakt. The library is based on a real 1965 Fender Jazz Bass, sampled using the recording setup of Takahiro Furukawa, the bassist, composer, and producer behind FuruSamples. The important thing to note right away is that this is the [...]
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Semedo Audio semedo NOTESmacos soon. Semedo Notes is an audio-to-MIDI transcription plugin. You play or sing. something — it listens, analyses the audio, and converts it into clean MIDI. notes that you can use in your DAW. AUDIO TO MIDI — THE CORE. Drop any audio file onto the plugin — WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 or OGG — and. Semedo Notes analyses it and produces a full MIDI transcription in seconds. It works on single instruments: guitar, piano, bass, voice, strings, flute, synth lead — any source where individual notes can be identified. Read More

Genelec update Aural ID Said to represent a new standard in uncompromised stereo and immersive headphone monitoring, Aural ID 2.1 promises to deliver truthful headphone mixes with accurate spatial positioning, depth and tonal balance.

Get any 10 Safari Audio plugins for $89 in exclusive BPB offer
Safari Audio is running an exclusive BPB offer that lets readers build a custom bundle of any ten Safari Pedals plugins for $89. The custom Safari Audio bundle gives you 25 plugins you can choose from, and you can make any combination you want as long as you select ten plugins before checkout. The offer [...]
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Bjooks Beat Gems Kickstarter continues Following a successful launch at Superbooth 2026, Bjooks have revealed that they will be continuing the Kickstarter campaign for Beat Gems: Drum Machines in Modern Music until 7 June 2026.

MousePlugins releases X-Or, a FREE mono bass synth for Windows and Linux
MousePlugins has released X-Or, a free monophonic bass synthesizer for Windows and Linux. X-Or is a two-oscillator synth with dual free-running saw waves, a resonant low-pass filter, a filter contour envelope, a loudness envelope, and glide. I love programming synths, but I rarely reach for dedicated mono synths in my own workflow because I do [...]
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