Hell Yes Loop Lab has released HYLL Pressure, a free/pay-what-you-want soft clipper plugin for macOS and Windows. Does the world really need another soft clipper? Probably not. Definitely not, even. Do I need this soft clipper? I don’t. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth a look because, the way I see it, with plugins,…
Ambience is an algorithmic reverb VST3 built around a 16-channel Feedback Delay Network, released free and open-source under GPLv3 by OTODESK, the one-person project of developer Makoto Iida. There is no convolution and there are no impulse responses anywhere in the signal path. The hall and studio presets are algorithmic approximations shaped by RT60 curves,…
Texture Loom is a dual-sample atmosphere engine from S1gns Of L1fe, built for turning your own recordings into evolving pads, drones, cinematic beds, and slow-moving ambient material. The concept is straightforward: load two samples, blend between them, shape the result with filtering and modulation, then push everything through a stereo space section. It started life…
UB DSP has released Vowel Blender, a formant filter built around a 2D phonetic pad rather than the usual menu of preset vowel shapes. It is the developer’s second plugin, following Grit Blender, and it treats vowel selection as something you play rather than something you dial in. The central control is an XY pad…
Tone2 Audio has released an update for their harmonic-content-morphing synthesizer Gladiator. The update to v4.2 is free for anyone who bought Gladiator 4. Owners of Gladiator 1,2 or 3 can upgrade with a discount. New in Gladiator 4.2 New additive synthesis modes for the ‘UNISON MODE’: ‘Additive partials’ stacks 4 disharmonic ‘organ’ oscillators. You can…
M Media Audio has released Violet Crown, a free stereo channel strip plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. This is the first freebie from M Media Audio, although the developer also has three paid plugins on the site. Alternate Timeline is a bus and mastering processor, Speaker Breaker focuses on low-end balance, and Velvet Crush…
Flame Sound is celebrating its 5th anniversary with a limited-time $5 offer on the Firestarter SFX cinematic sound effects collection. I launched Flame Sound five years ago as my cinematic sound label, and at the time, it was pretty much a passion project, much like Bedroom Producers Blog was in the beginning. I was not…
sonible is offering its learn:bundle for €49 instead of €199 until June 8th. The learn:bundle includes five AI-assisted mixing plugins made to help newer producers improve their mixes while learning what each processor is doing. The included tools are learn:EQ, learn:comp, learn:limit, learn:reverb, and learn:unmask. It helps producers who want help getting started with core…