Matari Audio has released BUFFR, a free public beta of a retrospective audio, system audio, and MIDI capture plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Important note before we get into the details: the public beta is free, but each beta license lasts 21 days from first use. There is no announced beta program end date,…
Expressive E has released Noisy 2.6, a major update to its noise-through-resonance software synthesizer. Noisy 2.6 is a free update for existing Noisy 2 owners. For a limited time, new users can get it for €89/$89 (40% off), before it returns to its regular €149/$149 price. I remember playing one of Expressive E’s early keyboards…
Parallel Minds Studio has brought Reverie, its ambient soundscape generator, to iPad. The app is available now on the App Store as a free download, running the same native C++ audio engine as the macOS and Windows versions. Reverie Ambient Soundscape Generator The idea is simple: take a sample, a loop, a song, or a…
MMPR Technologies has released Diodorus, a synth plugin based on the idea: “what if the ideal virtual analog machines of the late 90s were condensed into one software plugin?” Diodorus isn’t an emulation of one specific virtual analog synth but instead gives the sounds that a generation of virtual analog hardware supplied, like saw stacks,…
Friendgineer Labs has released Chance, a free random multi-FX plugin for macOS and Windows. Chance is another 2026 KVR Developer Challenge entry I liked this year. I will take a closer look at a few more KVRDC plugins separately, but this is one of my favorites because I simply love plugins that can give you…
Westwood Instruments has relaunched Roots, its series of free virtual instruments, in the developer’s own plugin format. We have covered the Roots series several times on BPB while the instruments were available for Kontakt Player, including Untold Strings and Dust Piano. My favorite one was Dust Piano, but overall these are very cool instruments with…
KIT Plugins has released Blackbird Chamber D, a new plugin that captures the sound of Blackbird Studio’s Studio D Reverb Chamber—an iconic space heard on countless hit records—and brings it into your DAW with modern flexibility. Beyond faithfully modeling its lush depth and musical decay, BB Chamber D adds adjustable Size and Width controls to…
Expressive E has released Noisy 2.6, a free update that expands the synth’s original acoustic and analog resonance engine into a five-way synthesis architecture covering analog, acoustic, FM, harmonic, and wavetable sound generation. The update is available now for all Noisy 2 owners at no cost. Noisy is built around what Expressive E calls a…