Arturia has released Pigments Play, a free software synthesizer powered by its flagship Pigments instrument. Pigments Play is not the full version of Pigments, but it gives you a free and approachable way to use some of its sound engine and preset content. It feels like Arturia’s Pigments equivalent of Analog Lab Play, which we…

Analog Obsession has released THEDI, a free coloration plugin inspired by a famous colored DI box. The developer describes THEDI as a “colored DI box in the box” that tightens the low end, enhances the mids, and adds sparkle to the high end. Analog Obsession doesn’t name the exact hardware unit, but my guess is…

Jesus Oyola has released The Bass Particle, a free bass saturation and sub-resonator plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This is a cool little plugin for saturating and thickening bass frequencies. To some extent, it reminds me of our own free BPB Bassaturator plugin, although the control setup is very different. The Bass Particle is…

Steinberg has re-released five of its classic VST plugins in the free Steinberg Classic Collection, available now at Plugin Boutique. The bundle includes Neon, CS-40, Karlette, VB-1, and LM7. These are some of the plugins that helped define the early days of computer-based music production, going back to the time after Steinberg introduced VST in…

Mastering The Mix has released MIXVAULT, a new immersive EQ plugin for macOS and Windows. The launch follows several recent Mastering The Mix releases we covered on BPB, including REFERENCE 3 and STEREOVAULT. MIXVAULT is the ultimate upgrade to the developer’s earlier EQ tools, especially MIXROOM and BASSROOM. The idea behind MIXVAULT is to make EQ moves…

Two of UAD’s most established reverb plugins, the EMT 140 Classic Plate Reverberator and the EMT 250 Classic Electronic Reverb, are now available in native format for macOS and Windows, running on CPU without an Apollo audio interface or UAD-2 accelerator. The plugins have existed as DSP-only titles for close to two decades, restricted to…