Plugin Boutique is offering XLN Audio’s hugely popular RC-20 Retro Color for $39 until June 14, 2026. The regular price is $99, so this is a 60% discount. RC-20 Retro Color has been around for a while, but it remains one of the most recognizable character plugins for lo-fi, vintage, and slightly broken textures. I…
Nikolozi has updated Mela, a modular AUv3 plug-in for iOS and macOS, to version 7.9. Changes in Mela v7.9 This update focuses on simplifying patch management and reinforcing Mela’s “everything is a module” philosophy. As Mela has evolved, Presets, Preset Groups, and the Preset Browser have become better described as Patches, Folders, and the Library….
Osterhouse Sounds has released Note Walker, a MIDI plugin designed to help keyboard players break free from muscle memory and discover unexpected runs and melodies. How it works: Play a note to set the Anchor note. While holding the Anchor, play other keys, to move the pitch cursor around. Play a chord in the blue…
Rockheyday has announced the release of two new VST3 equalizers in the Spectral Series: Balance 5 and Balance 2 (Free). Balance 5 Balance 5 is a high-precision 5-band parametric equalizer designed for accurate tonal balancing, critical listening, and real-time visual feedback. It combines transparent zero-latency processing with an intuitive node-based workflow, allowing precise frequency shaping…
Impact Soundworks has released Deputy Distortion, a tube-powered drive/distortion plugin. At the heart of Deputy Distortion is a legendary Marshall tube circuit, neural-modeled to perfection so that it sounds and feels like real analog hardware. It’s brash, punchy, and perfect for smashing drums, heavy guitar, and thick synths. Dial it back to low gain for…
APU Software has updated Loudness Leveler, TrueGain, Loudness Contour, Spectrum Analyzer, Loudness Meter, Loudness Compressor, Dynamics Optimizer, and Loudness Limiter to version 5.5.7. Recent changes include: Fix macOS code signing. New chip-based user interface layout (limiter). Average/Integrated gain compensation feature (limiter). Reduce CPU in certain cases when enabling/disabling limiter types (limiter). Support keyboard preset navigation…
nClear has released Sibalance and VocRide, two pay-what-you-want vocal processing plugins for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Both plugins are available through Ko-fi, and you can optionally enter zero to download them for free. That said, these are full versions of these two plugins, not lite versions or time-limited trials. The tools started as more complex…
ProjectSAM has given us some very good orchestral freebies in the past, including a Lineage Percussion Kit as part of The Free Orchestra 2 collection. This time around, ProjectSAM has released a free version of the full Lineage Percussion Pro library (three versions are available: Pro, Core, and Free). On paper, the gap between the…