Mastering is where a lot of independent tracks fall short. The mix sounds good in your headphones, then it goes quiet and dull next to commercial releases, and the last step – the master – turns into a wall. There is a new tool built to knock that wall down: Sauce Mastering, an AI mastering…
Ample Sound releases Ample Guitar M Lite 4, a FREE acoustic guitar plugin
Ample Sound has released Ample Guitar M Lite 4, a free acoustic guitar virtual instrument for macOS and Windows. Free acoustic guitar plugins are hard to find, and Ample Sound’s free Martin D-41 instrument has been one of the best options out there since the early 2010s. We covered Ample Guitar M Lite II back…
Pocket Strings by The Crow Hill Company is now FREE
When it comes to free orchestral libraries, we are spoiled for choice. The latest on offer is the free Pocket Strings by The Crow Hill Company. If, like me, you remember when collections like HALion String Edition Volume 1, which weighed in at a whopping 5GB (roughly), represented a significant step up from any native…
FRCTL Audio releases AURA Lite, a FREE ducking reverb plugin
FRCTL Audio has released AURA Lite, a free ducking reverb plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. FRCTL has been on a nice run of free tools lately. We recently covered DLAY Lite, and before that, SWRL Lite and GRN Lite. I like FRCTL Audio’s free plugins so far, and AURA Lite is another useful one….
Get Bloom Synth Analogue Lite for $3 at Plugin Boutique
Plugin Boutique is offering Excite Audio’s Bloom Synth Analogue Lite for $3 with the coupon code l9ueiios. The plugin normally costs $29 and is currently on sale for $19 until August 31, but the code brings it down to $3 at checkout. I don’t know how long the coupon will work, so hurry if you…
Tunary Instruments Releases REHEAT – Generative Bass Instrument (VST3 & AU)
Tunary Instruments has released REHEAT, a generative bass instrument built as a writing tool first and a synth second. Pick one of ten genre grooves, press New LINE, and REHEAT composes a bassline from a real chord progression — root on the change, chord tones on the beats, passing notes between, and a chromatic approach…
I reviewed 2,000 plugins. Making my own took 2 years.
I’ve been reviewing audio plugins on Bedroom Producers Blog for more than 15 years. I don’t have an exact number, but I’ve probably tested more than 2,000 plugins in that time. Maybe close to 2,500, depending on how strictly we count the ones I installed, disliked, and uninstalled right away. During all that plugin testing,…
reFX releases Rippler, a dual‑layer physical modelling synthesiser
New plugin combines resonator‑based acoustic emulation with subtractive synthesis, launching at an introductory price of $99. reFX has released Rippler, a new plugin that combines physical modelling with subtractive synthesis across two independent layers. The plugin is available now for macOS 10.13 and later, supporting both Apple Silicon and Intel processors, and for Windows 10…