Hot Shower Audio has released bathROOMs, a free pay-what-you-want reverb plugin for macOS and Windows. This one is a bit weird, but I don’t mind it. It’s basically a reverb that simulates five different bathroom spaces. The selectable spaces are Porcelain, Cove, Greenhouse, Lavender, and Baldosa, ranging from small and bright rooms to larger ones….
Wild Surmise Music has released Ispín, a free saturation plugin for macOS, Windows, iPhone, and iPad. Ispín is a saturator that adds weight and grit through four controls, moving from gentle thickening to obvious distortion. I tested Ispín on full mixes first, but found it really hard to tame. It gets aggressive very quickly, and…
Standalone Audio has announced the release of Stella ’71 for macOS and Windows (AU, VST3, AAX). Stella ’71 is modeled around a 1971 American silverface 5-watt combo, capturing the interaction between its preamp, tone stack, power section, speaker, and cabinet. Separate Volume and Master controls let you shape breakup without losing level control, while the…
Tamber has launched Tamber 2.0, a major redesign that turns the platform into five connected creative apps and adds native Windows support. The five tools are Gestures, Tamby, Librarian, City Packs, and Sonic Atlas. They now operate as dedicated apps within the same suite, so you can simply open the part you need instead of…
DonutsDelivery has updated DonutStudio to version 0.7.2. Since the 0.2.5 release listed at KVR, 19 releases have expanded the free cross-platform workstation across composition, recording, mixing, plug-in hosting, and music-video production. Major additions since 0.2.5 Music/Video Workstation: audio, MIDI, automation, and video share one beat grid, with beat warping, live compositing, grading, effects, transitions, text,…
Liljeholmen DSP has updated Trumsynt-16 to version 1.3. Changes: Improved sequencer logic: The update refines the built-in sequencer’s reset, run/stop and host-sync behavior for more predictable pattern playback. Trumsynt-16 is available for macOS and Windows as AU and VST3 on macOS, and VST3 on Windows. The price is EUR 49 including VAT. A free 7-day…
Stemwire has released Zero Sweep Filter and Subkeeper Saturator, two freeware effects for macOS and Windows. I love the minimal design of these plugins. White on black looks clean, and I think it fits the general idea behind these plugins because they both address a specific production problem without adding a bunch of controls you…
Venus Theory has released forms:steel Free Edition, a free handpan library for Decent Sampler. We have covered a lot of Venus Theory freebies on BPB, including forms:tongues, forms:piano, and several Auras instruments. If you enjoyed those, this one is a super easy recommendation. forms:steel has the same layout and quality I expect from Venus Theory’s…