Parish Audio has released Vocal Smoother, a new vocal processing plugin designed to reduce harshness, sharp sibilance, and distracting resonances while helping vocals retain their clarity, presence, and natural tone. Vocal Smoother analyzes the incoming signal and responds dynamically as problem areas appear. Rather than applying a fixed tonal cut across the entire performance, it…
Moloko Instruments releases Luch, a FREE Soviet-era metallophone plugin
Moloko Instruments has released Luch, a free sample-based instrument for macOS and Windows. I absolutely love the organic sound here. Especially lately, when we are being bombarded with AI and vibe-coded tools that often feel anything but organic or human-made, something like Luch feels like a much-needed breath of fresh air. Luch is based on…
Unusable Engineering releases Binaural Modulator, a FREE spatial auto-pan plugin
Unusable Engineering has released Binaural Modulator, a free spatial modulation effect for macOS and Windows. Binaural Modulator is basically an auto-pan plugin on steroids. The thing that makes it pretty cool is that it is built around a small room model, with a fixed listening point in the middle and one or two moving sound-source…
CapySynth is now FREE forever after 5,000+ BPB reader downloads
CapybaraSoftware has made CapySynth permanently free after the response to last week’s BPB coverage. We first covered CapySynth last Saturday when it was free for 24 hours. The developer later emailed to say the support from BPB readers was overwhelmingly positive, with over 5,000 downloads, and that it changed his mind about the pricing. So,…
WiseTracker is a FREE tracker plugin and standalone app for Windows
BPB reader Wiseman has released WiseTracker, a free public beta tracker that runs as both a Windows standalone app and a VST3 instrument plugin called WiseTrax. This one has an interesting backstory. Wiseman is not a developer in the traditional sense, but he has used trackers for decades and wanted something that felt like FastTracker…
YMCK releases Magical FDS Plug, a FREE FDS sound chip synth
YMCK has released Magical FDS Plug, a free software synthesizer that emulates the sound of the FDS sound chip. This is an absolute blast from the past for me, because YMCK’s Magical 8bit Plug was one of the first plugins I ever installed. I was deep into chiptune music back then, and I was using…
Fine Classics Saturator is FREE again for a limited time
Fine Classics Plugins is offering Fine Classics Saturator as a free download again for a limited time. We featured Fine Classics Saturator on BPB last year when it was also available for free, so this is a nice second chance for anyone who missed it. To claim the plugin this time, enter your name and…
DAWJunkie releases Drumbo Jr, a FREE drum machine for macOS and Windows
Developer DAWJunkie has released Drumbo Jr, a free drum machine for macOS and Windows. Drumbo is something of a departure from the norm, as we typically see synth tributes (like the DT-600 Mini) and quirky FX plugins (like Knobs) from DAWJunkie. This time, we’ve got Drumbo Jr, the developer’s first drum machine, and it’s free…