AberrantDSP releases Lofi Oddity, a free lo-fi sound mangler VST plugin. This one is a fun one, for sure. I love the stuff AberrantDSP puts out. Their SketchCassette plugin is one of my absolute favorites for hitting the vibe and grunge of an old cassette deck (another recommendation is our new free BPB Dirty VHS…

ValhallaDSP updated its free Valhalla Super Massive plugin with two new reverb modes. Regarding algorithmic reverbs and delays, Sean Costello is an absolute wizard. ValhallaDSP has been one of those top choices for years now, and we’ve got a wonderful freebie in the form of Super Massive. Of course, Super Massive is already featured on…

Pulsar Audio offers most of its plugins at bargain prices during the Black Friday sale. It is the most wonderful time of the year if you have some disposable income burning a hole in your wallet. For a limited time, you can get Pulsar Audio’s catalog for sale during this event, which runs until December…

AI has been one of those big buzzwords bandied about in the audio DSP realm for some time. There are plenty of mixing and mastering assistants to help you corral a song. However, there aren’t many ways to generate a sound powered by AI. Now, we’ll ignore the newly released Synplant 2 for just a…

Up until the 1st of December, you can get your hands on the mighty Soundtoys‘ catalog of plugins at highly discounted prices on PluginBoutique. Some of them are discounted up to 80% off during the SoundToys Black Friday Sale, starting from $29 to $49 for single plugins. Alternatively, if you want to go ‘all in,’…

Is reducing techno down to 15 or 30-second social media clips, changing the direction of techno production? Is it techno anymore? Or is it something completely new? As far as electronic music genres go, techno is arguably the most versatile. From the stripped back sparsity of minimal to the tribal maximalism of schranz, the techno…