HARMONICO dsp has released Airy, a free stereo widening plugin for macOS and Windows. Airy was developed by Nicolas Barreau, a sound engineer and acoustician based in Paris. He reached out via email and described the plugin as a “point source widener,” inspired by the Airy diffraction pattern, in which a single point of light…
Hot Shower Audio has released bathROOMs, a reverb plugin built from five different bathrooms. bathROOMs is made by Alejandro Ramirez (Ramalejo), a mix engineer who has been part of 4 Latin Grammy-winning projects across 23 nominations. Features: Reverb plugin built from five different bathrooms. Each bathroom has its own size and tonal balance: Porcelain, Cove,…
HARMONICO dsp has released its first four plug-ins for macOS and Windows. Each one is built around a mechanism drawn from physics rather than an emulation of existing hardware. The company says at least four more titles are in development. Airy Airy is a stereo widener that synthesises side content rather than relying on phase…
dBaton has released CUE, a plugin that solves an everyday problem in remote work: getting someone who isn’t in the room to actually hear what is coming out of your DAW. They say: Until now the options were all bad ones. Bounce a file, upload it, and wait a day for notes. Share your screen…
Notewerks has updated StepStrum, its real-time MIDI strumming sequencer, to v1.1. StepStrum turns chords played on a MIDI keyboard into tempo-synced performances for guitar libraries, synths, samplers and other virtual instruments. Version 1.1 expands the sequencer beyond full-chord strums, allowing patterns to combine strummed motion with individual notes from the held chord. New in StepStrum…
Yurt Rock has announced the release of Dr. Fill, a new plug-in that puts custom drum fills on demand inside the producer’s DAW. Drum fills are one of the most persistent pain points in modern production. Programmed fills sound stiff, sample-pack fills rarely match the track’s tempo or feel, and AI-generated drums lack the touch…
FrozenPlain has released Floe 2.0, a major update to its free and open-source sample library player for Windows, macOS, and Linux. We covered Floe in beta last year, when it was already looking like a more modern successor to FrozenPlain’s older Mirage engine. Version 2.0 feels like a big update, and it’s worth checking out…
Beatport has expanded its partnership with Beatdapp to detect and block AI-generated music before it reaches the online store. The policy itself is not new, as Beatport announced its stance on AI-generated music in January 2025, but the important change lies in how it’s enforced. Under the updated content guidelines, tracks identified as fully or…