UJAM has released Beatmaker BOUNCE and Usynth BOUNCE, two plug-ins inspired by late-’90s and early-2000s R&B, hip-hop, and club music. The instruments pair MPC-inspired drums and grooves with sounds influenced by digital workstation synthesizers. They can be used together or independently. Beatmaker BOUNCE Beatmaker BOUNCE focuses on the drum machines and sampling techniques associated with…
Ultimate MIDI Plugin has updated UPhrase (Ultimate Chord Phrase Plugin), a VST that creates chord progressions by generating custom phrase patterns directly within the built-in sequencer, to version 1.1. A free Demo version is also now available. Updates Added multichannel voicing editor. Added starter chord group. Added chord navigation. Added direct live pattern drag. Added…
Parallel Minds has updated Reverie, its standalone ambient soundscape generator for macOS, Windows, Linux and iPad, to version 1.15. The update adds a Source Filter and Layer Mode on every platform. The Source Filter is a low cut and a high cut applied to the source file before it is stretched. Two handles on a…
Plugin Alliance is now offering six plugins for free, including the bx_console N channel strip, Lindell Audio 254E compressor, and bx_masterdesk mastering tool. We covered Plugin Alliance’s previous 20-plugin bundle in 2024. Their free plugins page now offers a completely different set of six plugins, available with any free Plugin Alliance account. Plugin Alliance’s support…
Developer Venus Theory has released Auras:Eria, a free cinematic vocal synthesis instrument for Decent Sampler. Sometimes, when a developer adds a new instrument to a free collection, we rely on the description and demos to decide whether to download it. Other times, we automatically put every new release on the “must try” list. For me,…
23audio has released two products for the spoken voice: V-23 Voice Processor, a channel strip plugin for narration, audiobooks, podcasts and voiceover, and Audiobook Checker, a free app and plugin that checks audiobook chapters against ACX’s audio requirements. Both are available for macOS and Windows in VST3, AU and AAX formats. V-23 Voice Processor V-23…
Patrick Alavi has released PA.1, a multiband compressor for macOS in VST3 format, built around free routing. PA.1 splits compression into five stages: Comp, Attack, Release, Lofi and Sidechain. The stages can be dragged into any order and patched with cables into any of five frequency bands, so the same controls can form a different…
Squaremoss Plugins has released Canopy, a ‘Dattorro-style’ plate reverb for Windows and macOS. Canopy combines a plate algorithm with two built-in mix tools. Saturation can be placed before the reverb, inside the reverb tank, or after it, shaping the character of the tail. Self-fed ducking pulls the reverb back while the source is playing, with…