DAW Working Group meets Face To Face In Berlin

Here’s is some news for product developers from the MIDI Association. When we started working on MIDI 2.0 we knew it would be a long process to rebuild the entire infrastructure that had been built up for MIDI 1.0. The path to MIDI 2.0 We needed to take the following steps to move MIDI 2.0…

Soundspear releases “Superlimit” Warm Analog Limiter

Soundspear has released Superlimit, a limiter plugin that is designed to bring a punchy analog flavor without hard clipping. They say: Superlimit redefines dynamic control by integrating classic analog warmth with modern precision. This limiter adds rich harmonic content, giving your tracks that sought-after glow and musical character. Its advanced lookahead architecture with signal ballistics…

Klaus Scheuermann releases FREE PodcastPlugins bundle for Speech Enhancement

Klaus Scheuermann has released PodcastPlugins, a free plugin bundle designed to simplify speech processing for podcasters on Windows, macOS, and Linux. As regular BPB readers might know, I’m always interested in plugins designed with a specific purpose in mind, or as I like to call them, specialty plugins. While all-purpose EQs, compressors, and limiters are…

Get IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 for Only $29.99

IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 virtual guitar amp suite is just $29.99 at Plugin Boutique, a whopping 84% off its regular price and a no-brainer for guitarists. I’ve tried dozens upon dozens of virtual guitar amps over the years, and can confidently say that AmpliTube 5 is a must-have tool in any guitarist’s software rig at…

Darkpalace Studio release Caterpillar, a FREE stereo enhancer

Caterpillar is a 64-bit stereo enhancement tool by Darkpalace Studio. It is available as AU, LV2, VST3, and CLAP and is completely free. You might already have a stereoizer and stereo-widener, so what’s the deal with Caterpillar? In short, the plugin applies bell-shaped peak filters with alternating gain to your audio channels. This results in…

Universal Audio’s PolyMAX vintage-inspired synth plugin is FREE for a limited time

Universal Audio’s PolyMAX usually costs around $199, but for a limited time, you can download this outstanding synth plugin for free. You might be experiencing a feeling of déjà vu, and that’s because Plugin Boutique offered PolyMAX as a freebie in February last year. The difference between the two offers is that Plugin Boutique offered…

RJ Studios releases “BIG” – Binaural Image Generator

RJ Studios has released BIG, a Binaural Image Generator plugin for macOS and Windows. BIG is a “Binaural Image Generator” plugin that will generate a pseudo-stereo image from mono sources or add a spacious “aura” to stereo sources. It does this using a combination of cross-fed micro-pitch shifting and Haas delays. BIG incorporates two high…