Nakst has made Altitude, an advanced hybrid synthesis workstation for Windows, macOS, and Linux, available as freeware. We have covered several nakst instruments on BPB over the years, including Apricot, Regency, ExtraBold, and the now-free Integrate. Altitude was previously one of the developer’s paid instruments, so this is a nice, and somewhat unexpected, addition to…
Kieran Foster, the developer known as illformed, dblue, and MaDHaTTeR, has passed away. He was 47. I never knew Kieran personally, but his work was a significant part of my music production journey. When I first started making music on a computer, around 2008, the original dblue Glitch was one of the first plugins I…
SOUNDRAW has launched SOUNDRAW Grid, a sample creation and music production tool for iOS and macOS. BPB readers can use the coupon code BPBLOG to get a discount on SOUNDRAW Grid. The code gives 15% off the Pro Annual plan in the iOS App Store, bringing it from $99.99 to $84.99. The bigger discount is…
Mastering is where a lot of independent tracks fall short. The mix sounds good in your headphones, then it goes quiet and dull next to commercial releases, and the last step – the master – turns into a wall. There is a new tool built to knock that wall down: Sauce Mastering, an AI mastering…
Ample Sound has released Ample Guitar M Lite 4, a free acoustic guitar virtual instrument for macOS and Windows. Free acoustic guitar plugins are hard to find, and Ample Sound’s free Martin D-41 instrument has been one of the best options out there since the early 2010s. We covered Ample Guitar M Lite II back…
When it comes to free orchestral libraries, we are spoiled for choice. The latest on offer is the free Pocket Strings by The Crow Hill Company. If, like me, you remember when collections like HALion String Edition Volume 1, which weighed in at a whopping 5GB (roughly), represented a significant step up from any native…
FRCTL Audio has released AURA Lite, a free ducking reverb plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. FRCTL has been on a nice run of free tools lately. We recently covered DLAY Lite, and before that, SWRL Lite and GRN Lite. I like FRCTL Audio’s free plugins so far, and AURA Lite is another useful one….
Plugin Boutique is offering Excite Audio’s Bloom Synth Analogue Lite for $3 with the coupon code l9ueiios. The plugin normally costs $29 and is currently on sale for $19 until August 31, but the code brings it down to $3 at checkout. I don’t know how long the coupon will work, so hurry if you…