23DSP has released Dualite, a multi-effect plugin that runs two independent effect chains and processes either the left and right channels or the mid and side of a stereo signal. The choice between the two modes determines what each chain carries. In mid/side mode a filter, a compressor or a reverb can be applied to…

Best Service has released Totem, a Native American flute library for Engine Player recorded and performed by Eduardo Tarilonte. The collection brings together 12 flutes built from Spanish cedar, aromatic cedar, walnut, ebonized walnut, quilted maple, and bamboo, covering a range of tunings from contrabass to soprano register. Eleven of the 12 flutes are sourced…

A-Tom Soundware has released KANAL42, a saturation plugin designed to capture the character, density and feel of pushing a vintage cassette multitrack input. KANAL42 captures the character of pushing a vintage cassette multitrack input from clean into saturation, crunch and distortion. The plugin uses the interaction between DRIVE and TRIM to explore different ways of…

Growl Audio has announced the availability of gFractor 1.2.3 Beta via their preview channel. New: LUFS / LU pills switch the loudness readouts between absolute LUFS and LU relative to a target. Draggable TARGET badge sets the target in 0.5 LU steps; the bar marks it as a dashed line at 0 LU. CREST readout:…

RIPPLES has released Pulse, a free (with account sign up) rhythmic volume shaper for macOS and Windows. Pulse draws the duck: sidechain pumping, gating and LFO shaping, synced to the host tempo or triggered from a sidechain input. Five shapes, PUMP, SOFT, TRI, SAW and GATE, plus FLIP to invert any of them. SYNC mode…

Developer ukdf has released GrainCharlie, a free granular synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows. The developer, who also releases music as uknowdatfeel, created GrainCharlie after spending around a year looking for an affordable granular synth without unnecessary complexity. Granular synthesis can be intimidating at first, so the idea behind GrainCharlie is to provide the essential…

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Naturl Audio has released a free v1.1 update for AL-1, its limiter plugin, adding a second limiting engine and a dedicated true peak stage on top of the zero look-ahead design the plugin launched with in March. AL-1 processes audio sample by sample rather than predicting peaks with a look-ahead buffer, a design the company…