Never Found has released MG-Mini, a free MIDI grabber for Windows that turns played audio into MIDI notes directly inside your DAW. MG-Mini is built around three simple actions: GRAB, DRAG and DROP. Press GRAB to capture what just played and place the detected notes onto your project’s timeline. The resulting MIDI can then be…
Hakuna Audio releases FREE Hakunizer one-knob enhancer plugin
Hakuna Audio has released Hakunizer, a free one-knob enhancer plugin for macOS and Windows. The workflow immediately reminded me of Image-Line’s old Soundgoodizer. Just like in FL Studio’s old multiband sound enhancer, you choose one of four programs labeled A, B, C, and D, then turn a single large knob until the result sounds good….
Pfundstein Audio Plugins Releases Tiefkraft, a Virtual Bass Guitar Collection
Pfundstein Audio Plugins has released Tiefkraft, a virtual bass guitar collection that brings eight sampled bass guitars together in a single VST3/AU instrument. The new plugin combines the developer’s previous bass instruments into one MIDI-playable suite for macOS and Windows. Tiefkraft is designed around a straightforward workflow. All eight basses can be selected from a…
Intrect introduces de-artifact audio restoration plug-in for AI-generated music (VST3, AU, CLAP)
Intrect introduces de-artifact, an audio restoration plug-in designed to reduce artifacts in AI-generated music, separated stems and lossy-codec audio. Version 0.3.16 is available for macOS and Windows. The plug-in combines harmonic/percussive separation with a learned spectral mask to target RVQ ghosting, codec residue and high-frequency artifacts. It can process a full mix or an individual…
Best Slowdown & Vari-Speed Plugins (2026)
Slowdown and vari-speed effects recreate the old tape trick of dropping playback speed – the sound gets lower, slower and heavier all at once. It is the core of screwed, phonk and lo-fi, and a staple transition tool in every genre. Here are the best slowdown plugins in 2026, ranked and compared by price, CPU…
Best Chopped & Screwed Plugins (2026)
The chopped-and-screwed sound – slowed tempo, dragged-down pitch, chopped and repeated phrases – started in Houston with DJ Screw, two turntables and a tape deck. Decades later it runs through phonk, cloud rap and lo-fi, and you no longer need turntables: one plugin can do the whole thing. Here are the best chopped-and-screwed plugins in…
Best Beat Repeat & Stutter Plugins (2026)
Beat-repeat and stutter effects – rolls, gates, machine-gun retriggers and glitch fills – are how producers add movement, tension and drama to drums and vocals. They are the difference between a loop that just plays and a beat that lurches into the drop. Here are the best beat-repeat plugins in 2026, ranked and compared by…
ModeAudio Quiet Piano Ambient Loops: Cinematic upright piano samples
ModeAudio has released the Quiet Piano Ambient Loops, a collection of 833MB worth of royalty-free music loops and MIDI. The piano is arguably the most versatile instrument; a single performance can be percussive, rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic all at once, with as much polyphony as your fingers can manage. But despite having all that potential…