HOFA-Plugins has announced the release of ThirdPartyPluginLoader, an add-on for its modular processing environment HOFA SYSTEM. The ThirdPartyPluginLoader allows producers, mixing and mastering engineers to load their existing plugins directly into HOFA SYSTEM and combine them freely with SYSTEM’s modules, routing structures and modulation sources. HOFA-Plugins explains: The result is a significant expansion of an…
Leap Into Void releases “Timeless” soundset for U-he Repro-5
Leap Into Void has announced the release of Timeless, a new soundset for u-he Repro-5. Timeless for U-he Repro-5 brings together the best of classic analog synthesis and modern sound design in a carefully curated collection of presets. Inspired by iconic vintage tones yet refined for contemporary productions, Timeless delivers expressive leads, warm pads, fat…
Sonniss offers two FREE SFX libraries until September 3
Sonniss is giving away two sound effects libraries from 344 SFX until Thursday, September 3: Historical Weapons Vol. 1 and Ultimate Horror – Mini. We regularly cover Sonniss giveaways on BPB, including the massive GDC 2026 Game Audio Bundle and the recent Pinball Machines library. This offer is smaller but much more focused, with two…
Hot Shower Audio releases bathROOMs, a FREE reverb built from five bathrooms
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 releases Ispín, a FREE saturator for desktop and iOS
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 Releases Stella ’71 Guitar Amp Emulation Plugin (VST3, AU & AAX)
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 2.0 adds gesture control, natural-language DAW tools, and Windows support
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 updates DonutStudio to v0.7.2 with Music/Video Workstation, Session Graph and harmonic tools
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,…