Singular Sound is now shipping BeatBuddy 2 BeatBuddy 2 is a revolutionary drum machine delivered in a robust stompbox format, expertly engineered to provide musicians—from solo performers and singer-songwriters to full bands—with the responsive, human-feel percussion of a professional live drummer. Moving beyond the static limitations of traditional drum machines and pre-recorded backing tracks, the…
Sound Particles releases GrainDust Granular Synthesizer Plugin
Sound Particles has announced the release of GrainDust, a powerful granular synthesizer with 4 fully independent granular layers, giving you the freedom to create rich and evolving textures. Every grain can move, shift, and breathe, creating results that feel alive and truly three-dimensional. It comes loaded with an exclusive library of unique sounds you won’t…
Initial Audio releases SlowMo 2 Half-Time Effect Plugin for Windows and macOS
Initial Audio has announced the release of SlowMo 2, an advanced half-time effect plugin for Windows and macOS designed to slow down your mixes, instruments, vocals, and effect channels by up to 50% (or more) in real-time. Building on the original, it introduces multiband processing for precise control over low, mid, and high frequency bands,…
EastWest updates Hollywood Strings 2 and Opus
EastWest has updated Opus to v1.6.0 and released a major new update for Hollywood Strings 2. Hollywood Strings 2 This free update for all Hollywood Strings 2 owners and ComposerCloud subscribers is all about giving you more control, flexibility, and instant playability. The highlight is Movie Mixes, a brand-new feature that lets you dial in…
BLVCKAUDIO updates Ecstasy Neural Saturator Plugin to v1.0.2 with 4 New Models
BLVCKAudio has updated the neural saturator plugin Ecstasy to v1.0.2 for Windows VST3. Changes in Ecstasy v1.0.2 4 new models: Obsidian Supernova Vulcan Chromium Stability improvements. Minor tweaks and adjustments. Demos have also been reset, uninstall Ecstasy (with its uninstaller) and download the new installer to try it again if you had previously tried it….
Ewan Bristow releases UZU frequency domain filter, will be FREE if 10k followers reached on X
If you’ve been around BPB for a while, you’ve likely heard the impact of some of Ewan Bristow’s weird and wonderful creations. His latest release is UZU, a frequency domain filter, inspired by Harmor’s Phaser. Ewan is a Bristol-based (UK) developer who has given us freebies like EB-CatNip (frequency-shifting delay – Plugdata), EB-Diøne (sampler –…
Witch Pig releases Apocalypsis, a FREE multi-FX-mangling plugin for macOS and Windows
Developer Witch Pig releases Apocalypsis, a free multi-FX-mangling plugin for macOS and Windows. If multi-FX-mangling sounds a bit out there, my other consideration was calling it a free doomsday device, because this plugin is absolute chaos. We’ve covered quite a few Witch Pig plugins now, like Black Mirror Reverb, Angel Dust, and Starscraper. If those…
2B Played Music offers QFX Wax for FREE until October 24
2B Played Music is once again giving away one of its popular one-knob plugins. This time, QFX Wax is free until October 24, 2025, using the coupon code WAX25. If you’ve been following BPB for a while, you probably already have a handful of 2B Played freebies in your plugin folder. The developer regularly runs…


