Solo developer Thales Pereira has released StemDeck, a free and open-source stem separation tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Thales says he built StemDeck to help his kid practice drums, after wanting a way to pull stems without paying a subscription or uploading music to someone else’s server. We’ve covered a few stem tools over…
ZEKAVEO is offering two free Quantum UI & Computers Discovery Edition sample packs, plus an exclusive 70% discount for BPB readers on eligible paid libraries. There’s a lot to cover here, so I’ll start with the freebies and then tell you more about the BPB discount. ZEKAVEO’s Quantum UI & Computers is a series of…
HARMONICO dsp has released Airy, a free stereo widening plugin for macOS and Windows. Airy was developed by Nicolas Barreau, a sound engineer and acoustician based in Paris. He reached out via email and described the plugin as a “point source widener,” inspired by the Airy diffraction pattern, in which a single point of light…
Hot Shower Audio has released bathROOMs, a reverb plugin built from five different bathrooms. bathROOMs is made by Alejandro Ramirez (Ramalejo), a mix engineer who has been part of 4 Latin Grammy-winning projects across 23 nominations. Features: Reverb plugin built from five different bathrooms. Each bathroom has its own size and tonal balance: Porcelain, Cove,…
HARMONICO dsp has released its first four plug-ins for macOS and Windows. Each one is built around a mechanism drawn from physics rather than an emulation of existing hardware. The company says at least four more titles are in development. Airy Airy is a stereo widener that synthesises side content rather than relying on phase…
dBaton has released CUE, a plugin that solves an everyday problem in remote work: getting someone who isn’t in the room to actually hear what is coming out of your DAW. They say: Until now the options were all bad ones. Bounce a file, upload it, and wait a day for notes. Share your screen…
Notewerks has updated StepStrum, its real-time MIDI strumming sequencer, to v1.1. StepStrum turns chords played on a MIDI keyboard into tempo-synced performances for guitar libraries, synths, samplers and other virtual instruments. Version 1.1 expands the sequencer beyond full-chord strums, allowing patterns to combine strummed motion with individual notes from the held chord. New in StepStrum…
Yurt Rock has announced the release of Dr. Fill, a new plug-in that puts custom drum fills on demand inside the producer’s DAW. Drum fills are one of the most persistent pain points in modern production. Programmed fills sound stiff, sample-pack fills rarely match the track’s tempo or feel, and AI-generated drums lack the touch…