nClear has released Sibalance and VocRide, two pay-what-you-want vocal processing plugins for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Both plugins are available through Ko-fi, and you can optionally enter zero to download them for free. That said, these are full versions of these two plugins, not lite versions or time-limited trials. The tools started as more complex…
ProjectSAM has given us some very good orchestral freebies in the past, including a Lineage Percussion Kit as part of The Free Orchestra 2 collection. This time around, ProjectSAM has released a free version of the full Lineage Percussion Pro library (three versions are available: Pro, Core, and Free). On paper, the gap between the…
OTODESK has released Quad Morph Filter, a free and open-source VST3 filter plugin for Windows. Quad Morph Filter is built for real-time sound design instead of the more static tone shaping we typically use filters for. It lets you morph between up to four different filter models using an XY pad, with equal-power blending and…
Plugin Boutique is offering Celemony’s Melodyne 5 Essential for $24 until June 30, 2026. The regular price is $99, so this is a 75% discount. The same promotion also includes Melodyne 5 Assistant for $71 instead of $248. That one is still a bigger purchase, but it is a nice discount if you know you…
Juno Download, one of the original DJ-focused music download stores, has closed for good. On Monday 1 June 2026 the site stopped trading without warning, replacing its storefront with a short farewell message and pointing customers towards rival stores. There was no countdown, no closing-down sale, and no advance notice to the DJs who had…
Modartt has updated Pianoteq to v9.2.0. Changes: Performance improvements for most instruments. Grand K2: added presets “a la Flanagan”, “Improv” and “Sweet”, plus small revoicing. Shigeru Kawai SK-EX Warm: small revoicing. Pedal and key noises reduced in several Felt presets (NY Steinway D, Bösendorfer, Petrof, Steingraeber, YC5). Improved graphical keyboard (3D/2D view can be toggled…
Initial Audio has updated SourceLab to version 2.3.0. New Features: Added new polyphonic wavetable filter. Use the Wavetable designer to create your wavetable, then send it to any filter. Or load an exist wavetable. It also has a wrap control to stretch and compress the shape. Also included is a wavetable position control so you…
TonalBrain Mix is now in open beta and available as a free download. Here’s what they say: Every mixing plugin ever made processes one track at a time. Your kick has no idea your bass exists. Your vocal compressor doesn’t know how loud the guitars are. You spend hours making solo decisions that sound wrong…