Developer DAWJunkie has released Drumbo Jr, a free drum machine for macOS and Windows. Drumbo is something of a departure from the norm, as we typically see synth tributes (like the DT-600 Mini) and quirky FX plugins (like Knobs) from DAWJunkie. This time, we’ve got Drumbo Jr, the developer’s first drum machine, and it’s free…
Plugin Boutique is offering 87% off Solid State Logic’s SSL Native Channel Strip 2, bringing the price down from $149 to just $19. The important part is that the offer ends today, June 26th. If you have been waiting for a low price on a proper SSL channel strip plugin, this is the perfect opportunity…
Sketch Audio has released Series 9000, a free low-pass filter and distortion plugin for macOS, Windows, and iOS. Series 9000 features a sixth-order low-pass filter based on a late-1980s rackmount sampler. The developer does not name the original unit, but I’m pretty sure that it emulates the Akai S900/S950 family. That is definitely a fun…
The updated popular bass drum synth combines synthesis, samples, wavetable generation, internal effects and multi-output routing. PunchBox 2 is built around four sound generators. Three of these are universal sample-based layers, designed to add transients, body, noise or supporting material around the main kick. The main Kick generator can run in five modes: Sample, 909,…
quanta has updated gen, the MIDI arpeggiator plugin for macOS, to v1.2. What’s New: Range Rand settable by note parameter (note, velocity, duration and octave). Rest Threshold Knob – notes generated with a velocity bellow rest threshold will be muted. UI – Each note toggle button blinks as note is triggered to play. Selected notes…
FX-Mechanics has released MechanOdd, a polyphonic physical-modelling synthesizer plugin (VST3/AU) built with JUCE. It synthesizes sound by exciting simulated mechanical resonators (strings, plates, membranes, and beams) and routing the results through a feedback matrix, effects chains, and a modulation engine. Concept MechanOdd is built around the idea that interesting timbres arise from the interaction between…
Noisebud has released Hiss, a spectral processor for targeting resonant and noise-like parts of a signal independently. Hiss began with a mastering problem: a great mix with vocal sibilance that was too sharp, where conventional de-essers, dynamic EQs, and existing spectral processors either did not catch the right part of the sound or changed too…
Waldorf has released Version 2 of its Microwave 1 Plugin, the software recreation of the company’s first hardware synthesizer from 1989. The update raises the instrument’s polyphony from eight voices to 32 by emulating additional voice cards, and adds two arpeggiators, new voice-allocation modes, and a multi-effect delay. The original Microwave was a rackmount wavetable…