noizplay has released nyVERB, an algorithmic reverb with a dense, silky tail and two highly practical controls built right into the plugin: focus and duck. Both cover jobs that usually require extra plugins and routing around the reverb — an EQ in front of the send, a sidechain compressor on the reverb bus. From tight…
Kirin Mastering releases Kirin OS 1.0, a standalone app for audio measurement and version comparison
Kirin Mastering has released Kirin OS 1.0, a standalone macOS and Windows application for measuring audio, comparing versions and keeping the files and production records around a song together. Drop an audio file and measurement begins on the computer. READ shows song-level loudness, True Peak, LRA, stereo width, phase and dynamics. INSPECT lists detected hiss,…
NOMZ Studios Releases StemMaster — Stem Mixing and Mastering for Windows
StemMaster is a standalone Windows application from NOMZ Studios that mixes and masters full multitrack stems in a single pass, rather than treating mixing and mastering as separate stages. Where conventional mastering software processes a finished stereo mix or a handful of submix stems, StemMaster works from the complete multitrack: it makes mixing decisions first…
Fx-Mechanics updates Mango Modular Sound Glitcher to v0.1.1
Fx-Mechanics has updated Mango to version 0.1.1. This a workflow release: editing blocks is much faster, the block language understands chords, and two annoyances are fixed. Sessions, presets and automation from 0.1.0 load unchanged. No existing parameter was renamed, renumbered or reordered. New Chords in the block language: ‘mididur’ and ‘midifreq’ now take a voice…
Shadaloo Audio DSP releases APD Compressor vocal compressor for FREE
Shadaloo Audio DSP has released APD Compressor, a free/pay-what-you-want vocal compressor plugin for macOS and Windows. We recently covered several plugins from Fabio “Shadaloo” Caterino, including the free H tone and loudness enhancer, the Wide spatial enhancement plugin, and the excellent Vinland Drive tape emulator. APD Compressor continues the developer’s pay-what-you-want approach. You can enter…
ZL Audio releases ZL Spectrum Equalizer, a FREE dynamic spectrum EQ
ZL Audio has released ZL Spectrum Equalizer, a free and open-source dynamic spectrum equalizer plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. I already expected something like this coming from ZL Audio at some point. The developer is behind the excellent ZL Equalizer 2 and ZL Compressor, both of which received some fantastic feedback from the BPB…
ENIGMA releases ASTER Drum Lab – Drum Machine Plugin Designed for Fast Workflow
ENIGMA has released ASTER Drum Lab, a streamlined 48-pad drum sampler plugin for building, editing, and organizing custom drum kits inside a DAW. ASTER Drum Lab combines sample layering, waveform editing, per-layer sound design, flexible pad customization, kit management, and multi-output routing in a single focused interface. ASTER Drum Lab Building a detailed drum kit…
kyamerA releases TELSTAR drum instrument plugin
kyamerA, the plugin company founded by producer Alex Greggs (*NSYNC, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, M.I.A.), has released TELSTAR, a drum instrument built around playable performance features rather than vintage emulation. TELSTAR includes 40 original kits with no shared sounds between them, all effects baked in, and a low CPU footprint. Features: Key Switching…