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Tracktion’s Waveform Free has been updated to v14, remaining our best free DAW for macOS, Windows, and Linux. We’ve covered Tracktion’s Waveform Free multiple times, and we like it. The reason we chose Waveform Free as our favorite is that it offers incredible flexibility without the major restrictions that you might expect from a free DAW. It’s cross-platform (macOS, Windows, and Linux), supports third-party plugins, and works offline, unlike the browser-based alternatives. Since we’ve covered all things Waveform Free before, we’re just taking a look at what’s new in v14. One of the most talked-about additions to Waveform Free v14…

The Crow Hill Company has released its latest addition to the free Vaults collection – Vintage String Synth.  The Crow Hill Company’s Vaults collection is an absolute treasure trove of incredible sounds. Although I’m a big fan of cinematic and atmospheric sounds, which is where the Vaults shines most, one of my favorite things about the collection is its wide and diverse selection of instruments. We have Vaults like Amp Bass bringing classic P-Bass tones, experimental options like Glass Beaker, and retro 80s vibes from the Prophet-VS-Inspired 1986. If you’ve ever assumed that Vaults instruments are all about cinematic scoring,…

Writing a good bassline sounds simple until you actually have to do it. I know this problem well. You start with chords, drums, maybe a synth hook or vocal chop, and then the bass becomes the thing you add at the end because the track needs low end. That is how you end up with basic root notes, eighth notes, and the occasional octave jump when things get too boring. Reason’s Bassline Generator is built to prevent that from happening. It is a Player device, which means it sits above an instrument in the Reason Rack and generates MIDI notes…

Moloko Instruments has released Luch, a free sample-based instrument for macOS and Windows. I absolutely love the organic sound here. Especially lately, when we are being bombarded with AI and vibe-coded tools that often feel anything but organic or human-made, something like Luch feels like a much-needed breath of fresh air. Luch is based on a rare Soviet-era children’s metallophone found at a flea market. Moloko Instruments recorded it through vintage Oktava microphones and hardware from the same era, aiming for a sound that feels imperfect (and I love it for that). This is the sort of instrument that can…

Unusable Engineering has released Binaural Modulator, a free spatial modulation effect for macOS and Windows. Binaural Modulator is basically an auto-pan plugin on steroids. The thing that makes it pretty cool is that it is built around a small room model, with a fixed listening point in the middle and one or two moving sound-source nodes orbiting around it. That whole setup gives it a more physical control model than a standard left-right panner. You move the source around the room, and the plugin translates that movement into stereo position, delay, Doppler pitch movement, and some psychoacoustic filtering. It’s really…

CapybaraSoftware has made CapySynth permanently free after the response to last week’s BPB coverage. We first covered CapySynth last Saturday when it was free for 24 hours. The developer later emailed to say the support from BPB readers was overwhelmingly positive, with over 5,000 downloads, and that it changed his mind about the pricing. So, good news if you missed the short promo. CapySynth is now free forever, with no account needed and no subscription. Here’s the developer’s message: A few days ago, you featured my synthesizer CapySynth after I made it free for 24 hours, expecting maybe a few…

More Than One Waveform  Imagine you had a synthesizer with only one waveform. A saw wave. You could shape it with filters and envelopes. That’s how many classic analog synthesizers work. Now imagine instead of one waveform… You had hundreds. And instead of choosing one… You could smoothly move through them while playing. That’s wavetable synthesis. It’s one of the most expressive and visually intuitive forms of synthesis available today.   Quick Summary 👉 Wavetable synthesis creates sound by scanning through a collection of digital waveforms called a wavetable. Instead of using a single oscillator shape, the waveform can change…

YMCK has released Magical FDS Plug, a free software synthesizer that emulates the sound of the FDS sound chip. This is an absolute blast from the past for me, because YMCK’s Magical 8bit Plug was one of the first plugins I ever installed. I was deep into chiptune music back then, and I was using it in MuLab, the first DAW I ever used. And wow, writing that now makes me feel so old. It was the early days of VST plugins for me, and it is a little surreal to see something new from the developer of Magical 8bit…

BPB reader Wiseman has released WiseTracker, a free public beta tracker that runs as both a Windows standalone app and a VST3 instrument plugin called WiseTrax. This one has an interesting backstory. Wiseman is not a developer in the traditional sense, but he has used trackers for decades and wanted something that felt like FastTracker 2 inside a modern DAW. So he used Claude to build it. Yes, this is a vibe-coded plugin on a vibe-coded website. I covered YMCK’s Magical FDS Plug earlier today, another new music tool made with AI assistance, and I guess this is the new…

Developer DAWJunkie has released Drumbo Jr, a free drum machine for macOS and Windows. Drumbo is something of a departure from the norm, as we typically see synth tributes (like the DT-600 Mini) and quirky FX plugins (like Knobs) from DAWJunkie. This time, we’ve got Drumbo Jr, the developer’s first drum machine, and it’s free for a limited time. Although Drumbo Jr is a first for DAWJunkie, most elements of the product and process are very familiar. Drumbo Jr is available in AU, VST3, and AAX formats for macOS and Windows, and it’s free for a limited, but undefined, time.…