Beatport has launched the Global Remix Challenge, and everyone who enters gets a free copy of Excite Audio Bloom Drum Machine Lite. Bloom Drum Machine Lite is a compact drum plugin that blends vintage drum machine sounds with modern sequencing features. Despite being a lite version, it typically costs around $35, so getting it for…
Fuse Audio Labs has discounted Flywheel, its excellent reel-to-reel tape emulation plugin, to just $18.24 until August 31st (regular price $71.74) at Plugin Boutique. In my opinion, Fuse Audio Labs plugins are criminally underrated. They consistently offer high-end plugins (especially if you’re into different flavors of retro saturation) at very fair prices, especially during sales…
Plugin Alliance has released updates for its NEOLD Plugins. NEOLD big AL Version 1.4.0 Integrate VST3 SDK 3.7.7 and adapt NEOLD / FuseLib client code. Fix open manual feature via ?-menu in AU hosts. Fix version number entries in AU so they are properly exposed to Finder. Add numeric input feature (double click parameter caption…
Native Instruments has announced the release of Erosia, a new cinematic sound design instrument. Erosia focuses on capturing the sounds of friction and tension, using a combination of contact microphones and traditional close-micing techniques to record unconventional textures. Sounds were created from materials like bowed glass, rusted hinges, cracked pianos, and splintered wood. The instrument…
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Universal Audio is giving away the Teletronix LA-2A Tube Compressor plugin for free, with no UAD hardware required, as part of its Labor Day Flash Sale running until September 1st. This isn’t the first time UAD has offered the LA-2A plugin for free, so there’s a good chance many BPB readers already have it in…
Taking the Introducing spotlight, Qrauer and Tape Shifter explore the interplay of live instruments, machines, and rhythm in their electronic sets Who are you? We are qrauer and Tape Shifter. Where are you from? We’re from Dresden, Germany. What do you sound like? Our sound is shaped by live instruments, drum computers, samplers, and tape players. We…
I recently interviewed DJ gear reviewer extraordinaire Mojaxx for a special 15th birthday edition of our podcast, where we geeked out about DJing with 7″ singles – something that (perhaps surprisingly to some) we both thoroughly enjoy doing. However, he’s the expert, and I thought it’d be useful to collate his biggest tips here. If…