Golden DSP has released Silkbrush Reverb, a ducking reverb plugin for macOS and Windows, priced at $39 during launch. Silkbrush is designed for vocals and other lead sounds that need ambiance without being pushed back by the reverb tail. It combines a modulated hall-style reverb with built-in ducking, so you do not need a separate…
Rob Clouth’s Noise Canvas is a FREE spectral sound design tool
Rob Clouth calls its spectral sound design tool Noise Canvas “kind of like Photoshop, but for sound,” which already paints a picture of something more freeform and visually intuitive than typical sound design. Some of you may already be familiar with Noise Canvas, since Rob has been working on the free and open-source project for…
GIVEAWAY: Win Bjango Reality Distortion resynthesis plugin (5 copies)
Bjango has released Reality Distortion, a creative resynthesis plugin for macOS and Windows, and we are giving away five copies to BPB readers. To enter the giveaway, answer the question at the bottom of the article in the comments section. We will randomly select five comments and announce the lucky winners on this page on…
DAWJunkie releases VinylSynth Jr, a FREE vinyl-sample-inspired synth
DAWJunkie’s latest release is VinylSynth Jr, a free vinyl-sample-inspired synth for macOS and Windows. I would say it’s that time again when we have a new DAWJunkie release to play with, but it feels like it’s almost always that time; there’s never too long to wait for the next freebie. DAWJunkie, of course, developed releases…
Toontrack Releases “LA Sessions SDX” for Superior Drummer 3 – Niko Bolas Records Nine Kits at The Village in Los Angeles
Toontrack has released the LA Sessions SDX, a Superior Drummer 3 expansion recorded by producer, engineer, and mixer Niko Bolas at The Village in Los Angeles. The library covers eight classic drum kits and one percussion combo kit, captured across four microphone positions in two rooms of the studio’s Studio D. Bolas recorded the sessions…
Oxo Music releases Oxo Sample – lo-fi 12-bit sampler and sequencer
Oxo Music has released Oxo Sample, a lo-fi sampler, sequencer and drum machine for macOS, Windows and iPad, inspired by classic mid-80s hardware samplers: mono 12-bit / 32 kHz, live sliders, and of course that crunchy character. The start, end and loop sliders are live: they directly access the audio buffer, e.g. placing start after…
Sample Logic releases Animation Station PRO
Sample Logic has released Animation Station Pro, a virtual instrument plugin developed in partnership with Pitch Innovations. Animation Station Pro hosts VST3 and Audio Unit instruments and effects inside itself and drives them with two animation engines: The MIDI Animation engine is the step sequencer and arpeggiator from Animation Station 2.0, with four-pattern ABCD switching,…
NOMZ Studios Brings StemMaster to macOS – Now at v1.1.46
Nomz Studios has brought StemMaster to macOS, extending the stem-based mixing and mastering application beyond Windows to Apple Silicon. The Mac build shipped on August 30 at version 1.1.46. Rather than mastering from a stereo bounce, StemMaster works directly from a multitrack’s individual stems. One license key covers both platforms and activates up to three…