Stemwire has released Zero Sweep Filter and Subkeeper Saturator, two freeware effects for macOS and Windows. I love the minimal design of these plugins. White on black looks clean, and I think it fits the general idea behind these plugins because they both address a specific production problem without adding a bunch of controls you…
Venus Theory has released forms:steel Free Edition, a free handpan library for Decent Sampler. We have covered a lot of Venus Theory freebies on BPB, including forms:tongues, forms:piano, and several Auras instruments. If you enjoyed those, this one is a super easy recommendation. forms:steel has the same layout and quality I expect from Venus Theory’s…
dBdone has released Feuer, a free creative drum-processing plugin for macOS and Windows that’s a lot more fun than I anticipated. We recently covered dBdone Glas, a free spectral chaos plugin for turning pads, synths, and vocals into glassy textures. Feuer is somewhat similar, but aimed at drums, percussion, breaks, and rhythmic loops. Anyway, based…
Minimal Audio has released Lucid, a new real-time granular effect plugin for macOS and Windows. We have covered Minimal Audio several times on BPB, including Current, Rift, and Morph EQ. Lucid fits the same general pattern we’re used to from Minimal Audio. It looks sleek, works great for sound design, and makes a complex process…
Every piece of gear you own started as money that used to be yours. Somewhere down the line, if you play enough shows, that money comes back. The question almost nobody sits down and answers is when. Musicians track setlists, mileage, streaming numbers, follower counts — but the date a piece of equipment finally pays…
An offer lands in your inbox. A club in another country wants you, the fee looks better than anything you’ve been paid at home, and the flights are covered. It feels like the moment things start working. Then the gig happens, the money eventually arrives, and the number in your account bears little resemblance to…
Mathemagical Music has released Mathemagical Timbres 1.0.3, a unique additive VST3 synthesizer for Windows. It generates 2048 partials and uses mathematical number sequences like Prime or Fibonacci numbers to adjust or modulate their volume, panning and pitch. This enables it to create some very unique timbres that you may not have heard before. Its resonant…
Dystopian Waves has released Arche, a bassline generator designed for creating, editing, and exploring bassline ideas from a key and scale or an imported MIDI chord progression. Arche includes 16 dedicated style engines, each built around a different musical approach, including Disco, House, Acid, Pop, Cinematic, and more. Each style engine generates basslines according to…
