UB DSP has released Vowel Blender, a formant filter built around a 2D phonetic pad rather than the usual menu of preset vowel shapes. It is the developer’s second plugin, following Grit Blender, and it treats vowel selection as something you play rather than something you dial in. The central control is an XY pad…
Tone2 updates Gladiator to v4.2
Tone2 Audio has released an update for their harmonic-content-morphing synthesizer Gladiator. The update to v4.2 is free for anyone who bought Gladiator 4. Owners of Gladiator 1,2 or 3 can upgrade with a discount. New in Gladiator 4.2 New additive synthesis modes for the ‘UNISON MODE’: ‘Additive partials’ stacks 4 disharmonic ‘organ’ oscillators. You can…
M Media Audio releases FREE Violet Crown channel strip plugin
M Media Audio has released Violet Crown, a free stereo channel strip plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. This is the first freebie from M Media Audio, although the developer also has three paid plugins on the site. Alternate Timeline is a bus and mastering processor, Speaker Breaker focuses on low-end balance, and Velvet Crush…
Flame Sound celebrates 5th anniversary with $5 Firestarter SFX deal
Flame Sound is celebrating its 5th anniversary with a limited-time $5 offer on the Firestarter SFX cinematic sound effects collection. I launched Flame Sound five years ago as my cinematic sound label, and at the time, it was pretty much a passion project, much like Bedroom Producers Blog was in the beginning. I was not…
sonible learn:bundle is on sale for €49 until June 8th
sonible is offering its learn:bundle for €49 instead of €199 until June 8th. The learn:bundle includes five AI-assisted mixing plugins made to help newer producers improve their mixes while learning what each processor is doing. The included tools are learn:EQ, learn:comp, learn:limit, learn:reverb, and learn:unmask. It helps producers who want help getting started with core…
Tesseract Echo is a FREE multi-tap tape delay and reverb plugin
Trebless has released Tesseract Echo, a free multi-tap magnetic tape delay and FDN reverb for macOS, Windows, and Linux. I still miss the old arcDev ET-301 delay plugin, which is sadly discontinued. But because of that, I still test every new delay plugin that pops up, hoping I will find something with a similar sound….
HiPan is a FREE dual-band panning plugin for macOS and Windows
Eli & Flo has released HiPan, a free dual-band panning utility plugin for macOS and Windows. HiPan is a simple tool that lets you pan high and low frequencies independently instead of moving the entire signal left or right. I like having a folder with simple utilities like this when mixing. It is not that…
Ekho Releases Contura Spectral Audio Processor Plugin (VST3 & AU)
Ekho has released Contura, a spectral audio processor that reshapes sound using harmonic generation, spectral filtering, and feedback. It adds new harmonics with ten shaping modes, filters audio in the frequency domain, and feeds the processed signal back into itself. Pricing & Availability Contura is available for €29.99 for macOS and Windows in VST3 and…