Steven Braines on why balanced lineups start years before the poster, and why “fewer women DJs” doesn’t hold up. Debates about representation in electronic music tend to get heated fast. Comment threads and panel soundbites distort arguments that deserve more space, whether that’s about lineup balance, studio access, mentorship or safety. With that in mind,…
SoniX Audio releases DRUMFLX, a FREE drum machine plugin
SoniX Audio has released DRUMFLX, a free drum machine plugin for macOS and Windows. DRUMFLX is a sample-based instrument built by producer KXVI, whose credits include work with Future, SZA, 21 Savage, and Lil Tjay. It is aimed mainly at hip-hop, trap, R&B, drill, and related styles, although the included processing lets you tweak the…
Mixed In Key Upgrades Wingman To Version 3.0
Mixed In Key’s upgraded Wingman 3.0 music composition assistant listens to audio captured from a producer’s DAW and suggests chord progressions and basslines that fit the music already in progress… The post Mixed In Key Upgrades Wingman To Version 3.0 appeared first on FutureMusic the latest news on future music technology DJ gear producing dance…
ZAK Sound releases Atmospheres 2 – Free reverb with text prompts (VST3, AU & AAX)
ZAK Sound has released Atmospheres 2 version 2.0.0, a free reverb effect for macOS, Windows and Linux. This major update to its original one-knob reverb adds text prompts, a revised Random function and reverb technology from Deep Waters 2. Atmospheres 2 combines prompt-generated textures with water-inspired reverb from Deep Waters 2. Both prompt generation and…
CRQL Releases CRUMPETS – Cepstral Formant Shifting Plugin (VST3/CLAP/AU)
CRQL has announced the release of CRUMPETS, a cepstral approach to formant shifting, and cepstral gating. CRUMPETS is actually an anagram of “CEPSTRUM”, the domain of audio that CRUMPETS works in, for separating formant and harmonic content. The cepstrum is essentially “the spectrum of a spectrum”, and with the right processing, it can reveal the…
Clearroom Released – Room and Headphone Calibration for macOS (VST3 & AU)
Clearroom has released version 1.0 of Clearroom, a room and headphone calibration app for macOS with an AU / VST3 plugin and a system-wide audio driver. Clearroom measures a room with any measurement microphone that has a calibration file, scores the measurement before it corrects anything, and shows one of four words: Full, Tone, Limited…
Moog Mariana bass synthesizer drops to $39 at Plugin Boutique
Plugin Boutique is offering Moog Mariana for $39 through September 30, a 60% discount off its regular $99 price. We previously covered Moog Mariana at $49 in 2024, so the current offer takes another $10 off that deal. A purchase also includes one of Plugin Boutique’s current free gifts. At Mariana’s price, I could choose…
BPB EXCLUSIVE: Get Vitric Audio Colonnade Delay FREE until September 30
Vitric Audio is giving BPB readers a free copy of Colonnade Delay, normally priced at $35, through September 30. This is an exclusive BPB offer, and we have an unlimited number of copies available for our readers. Every reader who claims it before the deadline receives the complete plugin with a perpetual license and three…