Analogue Samples

Bogren Digital has released IRDX Studio, a free modern IR loader plugin for macOS and Windows. Honestly, I haven’t loaded an IR in a while. Somewhere along the way, I realized IR loaders were leading me into micromanaging mode. I would audition dozens of cabinets, swap between mic positions, second-guess every choice, and never quite…

Sound Development has released AudioDice, a free plugin host that randomizes the parameters of other plugins. AudioDice loads inside your DAW as a VST3 or AU plugin (in either FX or Instrument mode), and you then load the third-party plugin you actually want to randomize inside it. From there, you can roll the proverbial dice…

Unfiltered Audio has released BattleFX, a free multi-FX plugin built around the send effects section of its Battalion drum synth. I downloaded this immediately because the screenshots had me sold before I’d even finished reading the product page. It looks amazing, clean and crisp, just the way I like it! But the sound is probably…

091Audio has released 091HPDoctor, a free precision high-pass filter plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. 091Audio is a small plugin project by Andy Leuckert, a software developer from Chemnitz, Germany, whose day job involves post-processing of measurement data. HPDoctor is his first release, and it’s a high-pass filter unlike any other plugin I’ve seen. Most…

Darkstarz Technologies has released DustBox, a lo-fi grime processor for producers working with boom-bap drums and lo-fi drum sounds. It normally goes for $19.99, but it’s free for a limited time (the developer hasn’t announced an end date). DustBox is for fast shaping. It’s more than just a basic bitcrusher, and I think what they’re…