The 3 free plugin bundles I tell every beginner to install

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the only five free plugins a beginner actually needs, and the argument was simple. Stock plugins in modern DAWs are good enough for almost everything, so don’t drown yourself in 50 free downloads on day one. This is the follow-up to that piece. At some point, you do…

New SyncPlacement Platform Aims To Simplify Sync Research For Independent Artists

New platform, SyncPlacement, aims to help independent artists, labels and managers identify sync opportunities and research music supervisors. Innovation Syndicate LLC has launched SyncPlacement, a new software platform focused on music sync research and outreach for independent artists, managers and labels. The platform is designed to help users identify where similar artists have secured placements…

Komplete 26: Pros, Cons & Best New Features

New name. New products. New owners! Is Komplete 26 the most significant Komplete update yet?  Don’t you love it when a huge announcement tramples on your big announcement? Well, just as we were putting the finishing touches on this review, inMusic announced the acquisition of Native Instruments (NI), including iZotope, Plugin Alliance, and Brainworx.  It’s pretty…

AudioThing releases Environments – Acoustic Spaces Reverb Plugin

AudioThing has released Environments, a reverb plugin based on real-world acoustic spaces. Environments turns architectural spaces into playable instruments. Its convolution engine blends multiple impulse responses for depth and realism, while the Room section, modulation, and Gestures layer let you reshape each space with movement, resonance, and found sounds. Pricing & Availability Environments is available…

Three-Body Technology releases Unmask Dynamic EQ Plugin (VST, AU & AAX)

Three-Body Technology has released Unmask, a “psychoacoustically informed dynamic EQ” plugin. Unmask continuously analyzes your signal and applies real-time corrections to reveal detail, improve tonal balance, and enhance clarity. It operates across three perceptual dimensions—spectral, tonal, and temporal—each handled by a dedicated module with a single Depth control. Turn them up, and your sound opens…

Bjt2 Updates Free “Crescendo” Programmable VST Plugin to v1.0.196 for Windows

Bjt2 has updated the free Crescendo plugin to version 1.0.196 with various enhancements and bug fixes. Changes in 1.0.196 from 1.0.192: Introducing Non-Local Means (NLM) denoising engine. Directly from medical research, MRI denoising algorithm applied to the 1D audio domain. Added BIQUADEQDB function for invertible equalization. Bugfixes and performance enhancements. Compiled with the latest Visual…