Snorkel Audio has released Little Duck, a free tempo-synced ducker for Mac and Windows, with iPad coming very soon. We just wanted a simple ducker of our own – and once we had the duck, we figured we’d share it. Free. Rather than routing in a sidechain signal from another track, Little Duck locks to…
Arvital Soft updates AudioRoute to v0.2.5
Arvital Soft has updated AudioRoute to v0.2.5. Release Notes 0.2.5 (2026-07-05) Menu bar icon now Retina-quality (was noticeably softer than the SF Symbols alongside it on high-DPI displays). Floating overlay gets a hover-revealed close button in the top-right corner — hidden while recording so it can’t be accidentally clicked mid-capture. 0.2.4 (2026-07-03) Plug-in editor now…
Quiet Music releases MotionTones – A generative instrument you play with physics
Quiet Music has released MotionTones, a generative instrument you play with physics. Users drop balls onto a 2D canvas. Gravity pulls them down, they bounce off the frame and off any walls, circles, triangles and gravity fields you draw, and every collision plays a note from the scale or chord you have set, voiced by…
Get Safari Audio Sun Bear Bus Compressor for $4.99 (96% OFF)
Safari Audio’s Sun Bear Bus Compressor is on sale at Plugin Boutique for $4.99, down from $129. The 96% discount runs until July 31, and Plugin Boutique is also including a choice of free gifts with the purchase. At the time of writing, the available gifts are Cloudmax Breeze Black Edition by Karanyi Sounds, AXXESS…
iZotope leaves the Native Instruments family after being acquired by Boris FX
iZotope has been acquired by Boris FX. It’s fair to say 2026 has been an eventful year so far for Native Instruments and all involved with the audio industry powerhouse, including iZotope. Recent months have been a time of uncertainty for staff and customers alike, with the future of multiple well-established brands hanging in the…
Beatsurfing releases VRAC: turn any sample into a drum kit for FREE
VRAC is a free plugin from Beatsurfing that allows you to Drumify any sample/sound. You can take any sound, whether it’s originally percussive or not, and turn it into a punchy percussive hit. VRAC is available in AU, VST3, and AAX formats for macOS and Windows. One of the first things people want to know…
Sound Magic Announces Piano Tracks – Audio/MIDI rendering/composition service
Sound Magic has announced Piano Tracks, an Audio/MIDI rendering/composition service with their piano collections. Sound Magic Says. Experience your music performed through some of the world’s most celebrated piano sounds. Whether you already have a MIDI performance, need a professional piano arrangement, or simply want to hear your music on different grand pianos, Our Piano…
Dreeemwave updates Bassliner to v1.5 – Adds Offline Mode
Dreeemwave has updated Bassliner to version 1.5 and introduced ‘Offline Mode’. They say: Creating a version of Bassliner that can seamlessly generate MIDI patterns even without an Internet connection has been a major request since the beginning of the project. Today, we are happy to announce that we made this a reality. Offline Mode becomes…