SnowTec has released Probe, a free plugin analyzer available as a standalone app and a plugin for macOS and Windows. This one is very useful for testing other plugins and seeing what they really do to the signal. You can inspect an EQ’s frequency response, see the harmonics a saturator adds, or check how a…
Sample Roll offers SPCE adaptive sidechain plugin for FREE
Sample Roll is offering SPCE, an adaptive sidechain plugin for macOS and Windows, for free for a limited time. It normally costs $39, and it’s currently available as a freebie for a limited time. There is no confirmed end date for the giveaway, though. The website has a countdown for its paid plugin bundle, but…
Arswerk Harmonia EQ makes room in your mix without sidechain routing
Arswerk has updated Harmonia EQ, a dynamic and spectral equalizer that lets tracks respond to one another without manually routing sidechains. We briefly covered it alongside the developer’s free Nyx reverb earlier this month. Now at version 1.1.3, Harmonia EQ costs €79 and includes a seven-day trial with full features and exports. You can place…
SampleScience releases Compact Acoustic Piano, a FREE lightweight piano plugin
SampleScience offers Compact Acoustic Piano, a free sample-based piano plugin for macOS and Windows. I think SampleScience always delivers nice sample-based instruments, and we’ve covered plenty of them here on BPB, including the free Cozy Piano earlier this year. Compact Acoustic Piano definitely isn’t the deepest free piano out there, but I think it’s very…
Rast Sound Releases Splitz – Split Effects Rack Plugin (AU, AAX & VST3)
Rast Sound has released Splitz for macOS and Windows, a plugin that splits an audio signal into parts and processes each part with its own factory effects or third-party VST3 and AU plugins. The signal can be split by mid and side, frequency bands, level or transients. Typical uses include reverb on the tails only,…
Våld Labs Releases Vekte Algorithmic MIDI Sequencer v1.3.0
Våld Labs has released Vekte 1.3.0, the first commercial desktop version of its generative MIDI sequencer for macOS and Windows. A lighter version of Vekte’s sequencing engine is also used in Våld Labs’ Tresse and Kurare synthesizers and Ravik drum synthesizer. Vekte combines note generation, modulation sequencing and LFOs, with user-defined scales, chords, timing and…
Venomode updates Phrasebox to v2.5.0
Venomode has updated Phrasebox 2 to version 2.5.0. This update adds new export and mutate options. It also offers new themes and phrase offsets. Changes since 2.3.1: Added: Phrases can be rendered to a MIDI file from a MIDI chord file. Added: Each phrase can start from a draggable position in the piano-roll timeline. Added:…
W3PC Audio Releases WAV3+CORE – Free Harmonic Wavetable Synthesizer for Windows VST3
W3PC Audio has released WAV3+CORE, a free wavetable synthesizer for Windows in VST3 format. WAV3+CORE is built around six wavetable oscillators. Each oscillator holds four waves (A to D) and can morph between them, with a harmonic EQ for boosting or cutting individual harmonics, formant control and 16 Wave Effects such as Fold, Warp and…