Amy Nicola McBride has released Fishtail, a generative MIDI instrument and composition system for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It uses algorithmic rules grounded in music theory rather than generative AI to create complete, repeatable multi-section pieces. Fishtail generates MIDI and requires a receiving synthesizer, sampler or software instrument for sound. On iPhone and iPad, Fishtail…
Stemwire releases Mica – Synthesizer with experimental sound sources
Stemwire has released Mica, a synthesizer for macOS and Windows. Synthesizers with experimental sound sources often leave out conventional controls. No standard envelopes, limited modulation, no familiar filters. The source material is interesting, but finishing a patch for a track means working with what the instrument gives you. Mica pairs its experimental engines with the…
CVA Labs releases FREE Aether Stereo Exciter for macOS and Windows
CVA Labs has released Aether Stereo Exciter, a free and open-source harmonic enhancer for macOS and Windows. Aether is an interesting take on the stereo exciter concept. It gives us two independent channels with Drive, Frequency, Contour, Air, limiter Threshold and Release, Makeup Gain, and Mix controls. You can shape the left and right channels…
NoirSonance releases FREE Headroomer channel cleanup plugin
NoirSonance has released Headroomer, a free/pay-what-you-want channel cleanup plugin for macOS and Windows. We recently featured the developer’s Decompressor upward dynamics plugin, which followed NoirSonance’s decision to make its entire 12-plugin collection free with optional donations. Headroomer is another streamlined yet useful tool from NoirSonance, and it might be their simplest plugin yet. The interface…
5 Must-Watch Sets At CRSSD Festival Next Month
CRSSD Festival returns to San Diego’s Waterfront Park at the end of September, bringing another sprawling lineup across its waterfront stages. With so much on offer over the weekend, narrowing down a schedule is no small task. Here are five sets worth building your CRSSD around. There’s a particular kind of joy that comes with…
Cross DJ Review 2026: Is It Still Worth Using?
Cross DJ is still here. We take a fresh look at Mixvibes Cross DJ in 2026, including stems, Android, controller support, streaming and whether it is still worth using. Read the full story
mfkne releases PUNCHDUST: punch, dust and upward density in one move (free VST3, Mac & Windows)
mfkne has released PUNCHDUST, a character dynamics and texture plugin for macOS and Windows, free to download. PUNCHDUST works on three coupled ideas at once. PUNCH drags the attack forward through a dual-stage transient shaper into a soft clipper at 2x oversampling, using a 97-tap linear-phase half-band filter so the boosted highs stay clean instead…
Shadaloo Audio DSP makes Density EQ permanently FREE
Shadaloo Audio DSP has made Density EQ, its four-band presence and weight-shaping equalizer, permanently free. Fabio “Shadaloo” Caterino shared the news in the BPB Community yesterday (thank you!), explaining that he wanted to make the plugin accessible to anyone who would like to try it. Density EQ previously cost €19, but it is now available…