It’s time to announce the winners of last month’s Roland interactive and immersive experience. Read on to see if it’s you. Despite being a little delayed we are pleased to finally announce we have now chosen, at random, the winners of our recent Roland interactive and immersive experience. Thank you to all 40,000 participants who…

Korg have added more memory, features, and connectivity options—including micro USB for sample loading—to their popular compact sampler.  The Japanese company’s first product release of 2020 since the Wavestate is the new, upgraded Volca Sample. The original version of the sample-based drum machine was released in late 2014, and it has remained popular throughout its…

HoRNet Plugins has updated MasterTool, the automatic mastering plugin, to version 1.0.1. This update fixes some issues: Fixed random crash when exiting “learn” mode…. Read More Read the full story

Count Shelly, Pioneer of British Sound System culture has died aged 88. Ephraim Barrett, AKA “Count Shelly”, passed away on August 16th. His death was confirmed by close friend Anthony “Chips” Richards, who described him as “a gentle giant.” A bricklayer and mason by trade, Count Shelly was a pioneer of British Sound System culture….

As clubs in Italy and Spain close again amid rising COVID infections, Harold Heath wonders if it might be time for DJs and club culture to show some responsibility? The sound of the summer this year hasn’t been some super-fresh beat or a catchy ear-worm song from the clubs of Ibiza and the festivals of…

Reverb is offering the Berzerk ($99 value) multi-mode distortion effect by Waves as a free download from their website for a limited time only. This is the second Waves freebie we’re featuring on BPB this week. In case you missed it, the first one is the MaxxVolume ($129 value) plugin, which you can still download…