CarbonDSP has launched its first four audio plugins, including two freebies for Windows users. The free pair is Vellum, a vocal-focused reverb, and Biased, a component-modeled tube preamp. The other two launch products are paid dynamics processors. Black Ion 76 is a FET limiter inspired by the classic 1176-style circuit, while Carbon CL-610 is based…
Panorama Audio Labs, a company developing mastering tools for real-world mastering solutions, has released Panoramic, its debut mastering-grade stereo field plugin. Panorama Audio Labs was founded by 2x Grammy-nominated mastering engineer Nicholas Di Lorenzo after years of developing custom processing chains, conducting sandbox experiments, and implementing unique routing systems for his mastering projects. Some became…
Black Rooster Audio has announced the release of the PS-VC1 Vocal Chain, a complete vocal channel strip and the first release of the company’s Professional Series. The PS-VC1 brings six processing modules – Low End, High End, Compress, Reverb, Echo and Width – onto a single panel and into one signal path. The chain runs…
FrozenPlain has released Floe 2.0, the largest update yet to Floe, the free, open-source plugin its sample libraries run in. Two New Engines Any of Floe’s three layers can now play its samples as grains, turning a plucked or struck sound into something sustained — the free music box, run through the granular engine, becomes…
discoDSP has announced the release of version 7 of Corona, a hybrid synthesizer combining virtual analog and wavetable synthesis, with three VA/WAVE oscillators, 16 combine modes, dual zero-delay feedback filters, a 32-step arpeggiator and an 8-destination modulation matrix. Version 7 adds MPE support routed into the modulation matrix, a Sequencer arpeggiator mode with step recording…
Extendo Audio has announced the release of ExtendoClip, a clipping and saturation plug-in for adding loudness, punch, warmth, and controlled distortion to tracks, buses, and masters. ExtendoClip offers two distinct processing modes: Clean Mode provides transparent peak control and precise clipping. Fat Mode adds weight, saturation, and harmonic character. The plug-in includes Drive, Ceiling, output…
Pro2Max has released Unirock HumStrat, a free HSS electric guitar virtual instrument for Windows. HumStrat is available as a VST3 plugin and a standalone application. The important detail is that this is not a lite edition or teaser version of a larger instrument. The complete instrument is free, with no paid upgrade or feature-restricted tier…
OpenTune is a free, open-source pitch-correction tool for Windows and macOS. The project is still in beta, but it’s worth checking out if you are looking for a free Melodyne or Auto-Tune-style alternative with an AI-based approach. The biggest blocker for potential users like me, though, is that the interface is in Chinese. Part of…