UVI announces the release of Thorus XT, an extended chorus designer and a new take on their original chorus plugin. Advanced DSP drives a morphable eight-voice architecture, joined by a second engine that faithfully models the analog bucket-brigade circuits that chorus was born on. Here’s what they say: Two worlds, one plugin, from brilliant digital…
Codwaves releases BassXtend – Psychoacoustic Bass Enhancer
Codwaves has released BassXtend. BassXtend is a psychoacoustic bass enhancement plugin designed to help low-frequency content translate to phones, laptops, earbuds, and other playback systems that cannot reproduce deep bass effectively. Instead of simply boosting the low end, BassXtend generates a tuned series of harmonics above a user-defined crossover frequency. These harmonics preserve information about…
APU Software releases Harmonic DJ
APU Software has released APU Harmonic DJ, a standalone application for analyzing local music libraries and planning harmonic DJ sets. Harmonic DJ analyzes BPM, loudness, and harmonic content for each track. It retains separate key evidence for the first and second halves of a track and distinguishes Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, and Aeolian. The…
Dropshot Audio updates Smackbox V2 to v1.1.3 with improved preset and sample management
Dropshot Audio has released version 1.1.3 of Smackbox V2, their hybrid drum synthesizer combining synthesis and sampling for electronic music production. DA says: Due to the addition of sounds and not just kits in the preset management, I recommend you backup any kits you have saved before upgrading. Should be smooth to migrate to new…
Noise Trip Drive Collection brings 16 overdrive pedals to your DAW (30% OFF + extra BPB discount)
Noise Trip has released Drive Collection, a new plugin that brings 16 classic, modern, and rare guitar overdrive circuits to macOS and Windows. This is the debut release from Noise Trip, a solo independent plugin developer from England. Drive Collection is available at a 30% launch discount until September 9th, and BPB readers get an…
Jeesonic releases Metering Cockpit, a FREE loudness meter for macOS and Windows
Developer Jeesonic has released a free loudness meter for macOS and Windows, called Metering Cockpit. Loudness meters or analysers are rarely the first thing on our minds when we have some spare cash for plugins, but they are often the unsung hero of any music-maker’s workflow. Luckily for us, we don’t need to spend a…
Dreamtonics Releases Instrument X – Neural Acoustic Modeling Replaces Sample Libraries
Dreamtonics has released Instrument X, an instrument platform built on neural acoustic modeling rather than sample-based playback. The engine translates notation directly into simulated sound-wave radiation, aiming to give composers, film scorers, and producers continuous control over bow, breath, and key articulation instead of triggering static recorded loops. The product is the third entry in…
Matari Audio releases BUFFR – retrospective audio and MIDI recorder with offline processing
Matari Audio has released version 1.0 of BUFFR, the retrospective multichannel recorder for macOS, Windows and Linux. BUFFR continuously keeps recent audio, system audio and MIDI available so a performance can be recovered even if you didn’t hit record. That’s the core of BUFFR, under the hood it has a lot more. From Sound To…