HoRNet Plugins is giving away Butterfly, its €37.99 mastering processor and channel strip, exclusively to BPB readers until October 10th. This is a BPB-exclusive offer running from October 6th through October 10th, 2026. To get the freebie, visit the giveaway page, click the claim button, and the coupon code BPBBUTTERFLY should be applied automatically. Butterfly…
Idle Foundry releases CA-72, a FREE open-source Minimoog synth plugin
Idle Foundry has released CA-72, a free, open-source synthesizer plugin modeled on the early-1970s Minimoog Model D, with versions for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The specific reference is the 1972–73 instrument with the CA3046 oscillator board. In addition to the familiar mono basses and leads that we all expect from a Minimoog clone, CA-72 adds…
Baby Audio releases HyperWarp granular glitch effect for $49
Baby Audio has released HyperWarp, a granular multi-effect for drawing stutters, speed changes, reverses, and tape-stop-style motion into incoming audio. The plugin launches at $49, which is 50% off its regular $99 price. Existing customers can sign in to check their additional loyalty discount. HyperWarp breaks the incoming signal into microscopic grains, stores them inside…
Mastering The Mix releases CARBON Q connected EQ for $56
Mastering The Mix has released CARBON Q, an 11-band connected EQ that controls the tonal and volume balance of several mix buses from a single window. The usual price is $80 / £59 / €70.95, but the introductory 30% discount reduces the US price to $56 until November 6th, 2026. Existing Mastering The Mix customers…
Beatport Launches Indie Tech Genre Category
Beatport has launched indie tech, a standalone genre category with its own Top 100 chart, separating it from indie dance. Beatport has added indie tech to its store as a standalone genre, giving the heavier, club-focused strand of contemporary indie dance its own page and chart. The change separates two sounds that had shared a…
Unofficial DJ Software & Firmware: Should You Use It?
An hour and a half. That’s how long one DJ told me it took him to get 5,613 tracks onto a USB stick using Rekordbox. Then he did the same job, on the same computer with the same stick, in a minute and a half – using software he wrote himself. He’s far from the…
Arturia Releases AstroLab 2.0 – Front-Panel Sound Editing and 60+ New Sounds
Arturia has released AstroLab 2.0, a firmware update for its stage keyboard range that adds instrument-specific sound editing from the front panel and more than 60 new sounds. The new Sound Edit view organizes each instrument’s key parameters into dedicated pages. These include envelopes, filter and glide, with each page mapped to AstroLab’s four macro…
DSPTone releases Diodrive Plugin (VST3, AU, AAX)
DSPTone has released Diodrive. They say: From the classic overdrive to distortion pedals, Diodrive isn’t trying to replace them. Its purpose is different. Rather than recreating one specific circuit, DioDrive brings these diode-clipping territories into a single flexible plugin, with modern control. What if that character had the control and flexibility expected from a modern…