Soft Loop Audio has released Harmonic Echo, a free generative MIDI delay plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. I was contacted by the developer behind Soft Loop Audio about this release, and instantly loved the concept. After spending some (very short, unfortunately) time with Harmonic Echo, I can safely say it’s unlike any MIDI effects I’ve…
Developer the Usual Suspects has officially released JE-8086, their free Roland JP-8080 emulation for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The Usual Suspects announced plans to release a Roland JP-8080 emulation a while back, and as expected, it generated quite a buzz. The excitement over any release from The Usual Suspects is merited and comes from an…
Emily Hopkins, a harpist and composer uniquely blending the traditional and modern, has released Chippo, a free chiptune-inspired sequencer plugin for macOS and Windows. In addition to performing live and working on music for film and video games, Emily has a popular YouTube channel where she showcases the harp in some weird and wonderful ways….
rncbc.org has announced the End-of-Year’25 release of Qtractor version 1.5.11, for GNU/Linux. Changes for this release: Refactored Clip/Tempo Adjust.. tempo/beat-detection function to Breakfastquay:miniBPM as a submodule, in alternative to the now being deprecated (lib) aubio. See also: Qtractor 1.5.11 – An End-of-Year’25 Release Qtractor is free, open-source Linux Audio software, distributed under the terms of…
Vexon Audio has released Mirra, a hybrid convolution reverb designed to simulate real recording sessions by combining microphone impulse responses, room impulse responses, and spatial movement within a single signal flow. Mirra is built around a dual impulse response architecture, allowing users to blend a microphone IR with a room IR in real time. This…
2025 was probably the best year ever for free VST plugins. And that’s not an exaggeration. We covered well over 200 free plugins on BPB this year, ranging from simple utilities to genuinely mind-blowing tools that rival (and sometimes outperform) commercial software. Narrowing that list down wasn’t easy, but after months of testing, mixing, and…
Tritonet has released Tritonet v3, a major update to their harmonic composition system for Ableton Live. Tritonet treats harmony as an active structure rather than static theory, using the Circle of Fifths as a navigable control surface for chord progressions, pitch mapping, and tonal movement across an entire Live set. Harmony is stored as clips,…
194dB Audio has released VoxRelief Lite and updated the recently released Auralume Saturator Lite to v1.0.1. Both plugins are free and available for macOS and Windows in VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats. VoxRelief Lite VoxRelief Lite is a vocal plugin that reduces boxiness and harshness to help vocals sit naturally in the mix with…
