Leit Audio has released Evil Clown, a free creative audio effect for macOS, Windows and Linux that turns incoming sound into the unstable machinery of a broken, possessed sideshow. Evil Clown transforms the source fed into it. Three character controls shape different parts of the effect: SNARL gives the sound a distorted, overdriven character with…
No Type No Tag Beats updates Contraflow to v1.2.0 for Windows
No Type No Tag Beats Contraflow has been updated to version 1.2.0, with a redesigned workspace and improvements to musical generation, MIDI importing, and instrument handling. Contraflow is a Windows VST3 MIDI generator and instrument. Start with your own Harmony MIDI or generate a guide in a chosen key and scale, then build a composition…
AethisDSP updates Aethis to v1.1.0 – Neural Guitar Amp Sim with a built-in Harmonizer
AethisDSP has updated Aethis to v1.1.0, a guitar amp simulator built around neural amp models. They say: Aethis is one plugin rather than a suite. Three amp models, cabinet simulation, a parametric EQ, a harmonizer and a full set of pedals, all in one window. It spent its whole development in a free public beta,…
mfkne releases Tonebleed and Grainwash free VST3 effects
mfkne has released Tonebleed and Grainwash, two VST3 effect plugins for macOS and Windows. Tonebleed Tonebleed is a fuzz that multiplies the signal before it distorts, so the distortion stage saturates a chord instead of a single note. It has four controls: BLEED stacks drifting unison voices and granular octave copies in front of the…
GIVEAWAY: Win BS-203 MacroAcidizer, a 3-in-1 acid synth with generative sequencer
Developer Born Second has released BS-203 MacroAcidizer, a component-level analog-modeled acid synthesizer plugin for macOS and Windows. The plugin combines three switchable acid machines with a scale-aware pattern generator, and we are giving away one free copy to a lucky BPB reader. You will find the entry question at the end of this article. BS-203…
Septabee: A FREE, unique, and sometimes bewildering DAW for Windows and Linux
Unlike anything you’ve seen before, Septabee is a free DAW for Windows and Linux. Even though well-established software like Tracktion’s Waveform Free often dominates the free DAW conversation, more options keep popping up constantly. Check out our top free DAWs; there’s something to suit everyone, whether you’re a complete beginner or looking for a professional…
SoundBoost updates its browser-based mastering service with Engine v4
SoundBoost has released Engine v4 for its browser-based mastering service, which lets you guide the result with ordinary language instead of building a complete mastering chain from scratch. The basic workflow is pretty simple. You need to upload your mix, describe the result you want, and let SoundBoost prepare a master that you can compare…
Plea Tech releases Super Wide, a FREE stereo widening plugin for Windows
Plea Tech Audio has released Super Wide, a free stereo widening plugin for Windows. Plea Tech is a one-person independent plugin company based in Denmark, and Super Wide is their first plugin I’ve tested. First impressions are positive. Super Wide is built to add stereo width while keeping the center stable, and Plea Tech says…