Plugin Boutique has launched the UJAM $9 No Brainer Deals Sale, reducing 11 virtual instruments to $9 each through October 11th. The UJAM No Brainer Deals Sale features drum machines, synths, virtual bassists, and virtual guitarists, with discounts of up to 93%. No coupon is required. One of the strongest bargains is Virtual Guitarist IRON…

Thanks to developer sd88me, you can now run native VST2 plugins on first-generation Akai MPC/Force standalone units. MPC users are familiar with the various pros and cons of working in standalone and controller modes. One of the main complaints about the standalone workflow is that you can’t run third-party plugins on MPC OS. Well, you…

Dave Whiting has released Wave Emulation, a free and open-source software recreation of the Waldorf Wave for macOS. If you’ve been following our recent news, you already know there’s absolutely no shortage of hardware synth emulations that require you to own the original hardware firmware. Wave Emulation is another one of those projects, but the…

WET VST has released WetChorus, a free and open-source stereo chorus and vibrato plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The new plugin is modeled after the chorus/vibrato circuit in the Roland Jazz Chorus. Instead of treating the design as a simple delay with an LFO, the developer also modeled the original’s quirks and characteristics such…

Force56 Audio Software has released Thunder660 Drums VST, a sample-based virtual drum machine based on the sounds and workflow of the classic Boss DR-660 drum machine. Designed for producers, retro hardware enthusiasts and musicians looking for the distinctive character of early-90s digital drum machines, Thunder660 Drums VST brings the complete sound collection of the DR-660…

Ross Audio has updated Substance, a bass processor for VST3 hosts and a standalone app on Windows and Linux, to v1.0.4. Substance starts with a 30-second Learn My Bass read of the instrument (attack, dynamics, noise and string response) and builds a starting point from it. Five engines, Tequila, AI Mentor, Joker, Future Adviser and…

killihu has released GraphEQ for Ableton Live, a 31-band stereo graphic equalizer. It provides independent gain control at every ISO standard 1/3-octave center frequency from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, paired with a shared bandwidth (Q) control, and independent high pass and low pass filters with selectable slope up to 96 dB/octave. Each band’s fader…

Interaktiv Audio has updated Interaktiv Tap, a multi-touch iPad instrument that plays Traktor Pro 3 and 4, to version 1.3, and has released Interaktiv Bridge, a free companion app for Windows. Interaktiv Tap connects to Traktor Pro over one USB cable. On a Mac the connection is built in. On Windows, Interaktiv Bridge carries the…