Muse Group updates Musescore to v4.7

Muse Group has updated Musescore, the free music notation software, to v4.7. This version is packed with new features, including: New engraving tools: chord brackets, chord parentheses, arrow lines, and more control over many existing elements. Searchable mixer menus. Improved playback and ASIO support. Powerful new guitar features: dive lines and new capo transposition options….

killihu releases Simpler Sample Loader for Ableton Live

killihu has released Simpler Sample Loader for Ableton Live, a tool for quickly loading samples into the Simpler instrument. It features a browser for loading samples with a single click. And it also offers random sample loading that can be triggered on multiple instances of Simpler at the same time. To use the device, simply…

Inlet Audio releases Rebuilt Upright – Rebuilt Upright Piano from 1880 for Kontakt

Inlet Audio has announced the release of Rebuilt Upright for Kontakt, an upright piano from 1880 rebuilt to perform emotion – shaped into two distinct characters. A piano sample library crafted for thoughtful, emotional scores. This is not a piano built to sound pristine. It’s built to keep the intimacy, warmth and unevenness that made…

Polarity releases Polarity-RES, a FREE resonator effect

Polarity is a name that many readers will be very familiar with. The developer has now released Polarity-RES (v0.1.0), a free resonator effect for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It wasn’t too long ago that we covered Polarity-MD, a free multiband dynamics processor (something like a four-band OTT). But many of you will know Polarity best…

Get 87% off SSL Native Bus Compressor 2 at Plugin Boutique

You can now save 87% on the SSL Native Bus Compressor 2 at Plugin Boutique for a limited time. The offer, which ends on May 20th 2026, means you can grab the plugin for just $19, rather than the regular price of $149. I know when we recently featured Plugin Boutique’s 92% discount on the…

Warmth releases Touched Lite, a FREE shoegaze-inspired multi-FX plugin

Touched Lite from developer Warmth is a free multi-FX plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. aimed at shoegaze producers, but that dreamy character fits a variety of genres. The plugin features Fuzz and Reverb effects at the heart of that dreamy, ethereal shoegaze sound. The Fuzz stage is inspired by the legendary Electro-Harmonix Big Muffin…

The 3 free plugin bundles I tell every beginner to install

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the only five free plugins a beginner actually needs, and the argument was simple. Stock plugins in modern DAWs are good enough for almost everything, so don’t drown yourself in 50 free downloads on day one. This is the follow-up to that piece. At some point, you do…