Parish Audio has released X1 Exciter, a frequency-focused harmonic enhancement plugin designed to add clarity, presence, articulation, pop, and high-frequency detail to individual tracks and full mixes. Rather than simply boosting an existing frequency range, X1 generates new harmonic content from the original signal and blends it back into the sound. This can help vocals…
FeelYourSound updates free SongEngine to v1.5.0 – adds new Live Mode for real-time chord transformation
FeelYourSound has released version 1.5.0 of its free MIDI generator plug-in SongEngine (VST + AU). SongEngine automatically turns any chord progression into new arpeggios, basslines, and complex piano phrases. SongEngine is suitable for all genres, and it comes with a big list of presets for all occasions. New in SongEngine 1.5.0: New Live Mode for…
UJAM and Rhodes offer UFX LOFI plugin for FREE
UJAM and Rhodes are offering UFX LOFI, UJAM’s retro degradation effect plugin, as a free download for newsletter subscribers. This is a separate Rhodes/UJAM giveaway page, and the process was a bit smoother than the V-Rack offer I covered earlier today. I entered my email on the promo page, and about a minute later, I…
Get Rhodes V-Rack for FREE via UJAM’s newsletter
UJAM is giving newsletter subscribers a free copy of Rhodes V-Rack, but there are a few hoops to jump through. The offer is available until July 19, so I’m posting this one literally minutes after getting the plugin so that BPB readers catch this on time. I received an email from UJAM with the subject…
Reyes Amplifonics recreates the Harmony H303 tube amp with three new plugins (two freebies)
Developer Reyes Amplifonics has recreated the Harmony H303 tube amp with three new plugins (two of which are freebies). Reyes Amplifonics’ three new plugins include Triode, Reyes 303, and Kill Filter. Triode is a paid plugin, costing $39.99, while the other two are free to download. Before we get into the plugins, let’s take a…
Venn Audio updates its FREE essential mixing suite to v1.5: includes four new plugins
Developer Venn Audio has updated Free Suite, its free essential mixing suite to version 1.5, adding four new plugins. You might remember we covered Venn Audio’s Free Suite a few years ago – a collection of nine essential plugins to help you reach professional standards without reaching into your pockets. The collection went down well…
Baby Audio releases SubCulture pitch-tracking bass enhancer plugin
Baby Audio has released SubCulture, a pitch-tracking bass enhancer plugin for macOS and Windows. SubCulture is designed to add low-end weight that stays in tune with a monophonic input signal. In other words, instead of boosting a fixed frequency or adding a static sub-layer, the plugin detects the incoming pitch in real time and uses…
Why Practising DJing Is Not A Crime
Some DJs get weirdly offended by the idea of other DJs practising. Falling back on set routines, rehearsing transitions, planning the run of a mix – apparently all of that makes you somehow less of a “real” DJ. I think that’s nonsense, and so does our tutor James Hype. He recently posted this on social…