2025 was probably the best year ever for free VST plugins. And that’s not an exaggeration. We covered well over 200 free plugins on BPB this year, ranging from simple utilities to genuinely mind-blowing tools that rival (and sometimes outperform) commercial software. Narrowing that list down wasn’t easy, but after months of testing, mixing, and…
Tritonet has released Tritonet v3, a major update to their harmonic composition system for Ableton Live. Tritonet treats harmony as an active structure rather than static theory, using the Circle of Fifths as a navigable control surface for chord progressions, pitch mapping, and tonal movement across an entire Live set. Harmony is stored as clips,…
194dB Audio has released VoxRelief Lite and updated the recently released Auralume Saturator Lite to v1.0.1. Both plugins are free and available for macOS and Windows in VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats. VoxRelief Lite VoxRelief Lite is a vocal plugin that reduces boxiness and harshness to help vocals sit naturally in the mix with…
Harpist Emily Hopkins has released Chippo, a free VST3 and AU instrument plugin for macOS and Windows. Chippo is a really simple way to get started making some chiptune inspired music. Set the parameters to your liking, and you can even play along with another instrument – a synth, a harp perhaps – as Chippo…
Garuc Audio has announced the release of MacHead: At Garuc Audio, our mission is to develop the highest caliber digital audio tools for the world’s most demanding music creators. Our approach combines advanced algorithms with a deep understanding of studio workflows to create plugins distinguished by three fundamental pillars: Pristine Sound, Efficiency and Performance, and…
A recent discussion in the mobile DJ community on Reddit has highlighted something that experienced DJs have been noticing at gigs far and wide: 90s Eurodance is rapidly becoming the new 80s. Those anthems from 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Snap!, and Corona that once filled provincial nightclubs are now getting the same response that “Don’t Stop…
Yossi Barel has announced the release of Nexora, a new plugin that features a multi-track glitch FX grid for rhythmic slicing, stutters, repeats, reverses and creative modulation. Build patterns on a step grid and stack effects per track from a library of 20 effects, from filtering and modulation to time/pitch and creative destruction. Key features:…
Peter Semiletov has updated Drumlabooh, the free VST3/LV2 drum machine for Linux and Windows, to version 12.1.0. Key changes: Added MIDI mapping support for Hydrogen drum kits. Fixed MIDI mapping support for SFZ. MIDI note numbers for slots are now shown as tooltips. Automatic fallback to Auto-mapping mode if no mapping is defined in Kit…