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FSK Audio has released Bark24 | Dyn v1.1, a major update to its 24-band psychoacoustic dynamics processor developed in collaboration with Mark Jeffery, the original designer and primary developer of Pro Tools. We’re checking out the update and also giving away two free copies of the plugin. First, the giveaway. To enter the giveaway, sign up below with your email address. CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY The two lucky winners will be selected at random and announced on April 10th. And now, let’s take a closer look at Bark24 | Dyn. Bark24 | Dyn Overview So what makes Bark24 |…
Artists in DSP have updated the free Amorph text-to-DSP plugin, which now lets you create custom user interfaces. If you missed Amorph on its initial release, here’s a quick recap. Amorph is a text-to-DSP plugin that allows you to create any instrument or effect you can imagine from simple, plain language prompts. Potentially, Amorph is every plugin you’ll ever need inside a single plugin, and you don’t need any coding knowledge to use it. When you submit a simple prompt, like “Make an overdrive effect similar to the Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808”, Amorph will create an AI prompt that you…
Developer Mr Jefferson has released Stepista, a free AI-assisted MIDI pattern generator. Chord and Pattern generators have been around for a long time, and while the simplicity of 1980s hardware MIDI sequencers is still desirable to many, software offerings have come a long way. Although we have long seen new MIDI-generation plugins come along fairly often, such as Granvia’s Fantamidi (a free version is available), we see more than ever now due to the use of AI in music production. Whether it’s bassline, melody, chord progression, or pattern generation, AI-powered tools are constantly expanding the possibilities. Despite the potential of…
Fuse Audio Labs has released Tube Lab, a vintage channel strip plugin built around a multi-tube preamp, a Baxandall-style EQ, and an optical compressor with flexible module routing. If you’re familiar with Fuse Audio Labs (we covered the excellent free VPRE-72 Vintage Tube Preamp and VREV-666 Spring Reverb plugins in the past), you know the developer has serious analog modeling credentials. Reimund Dratwa, the company’s founder, has designed modeling plugins for brands like ACME, Black Rooster, elysia, Millennia, Neold, and Vertigo, among others. And it makes sense that this experience shows in Tube Lab. The preamp section offers five classic tube…
We’re giving away three free copies of Chimera, the cinematic Vital soundbank by HydraTek. But stick around, because there’s a 30% OFF Easter Sale happening right now with a hidden Easter egg that could save you a lot more than 30%. Let’s check out the giveaway first. The Giveaway To enter the Chimera giveaway, just sign up below with your email address. CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY This will subscribe you to the BPB newsletter, where we share the best freebies and deals every week. If you’re already subscribed, you still need to enter your email to participate. You…
Sojus Records has released a free and open-source VST3 emulation of the Ensoniq SD-1/32 synthesizer. It’s the first plugin emulation of this synth. But the coolest part for me is that it’s built on MAME, the same emulation framework used to preserve arcade machines and vintage hardware. I’ve spent hours playing some of my favorite arcade machine games on MAME (Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, anyone?), and knowing that it’s now running a synth plugin in my DAW is wild. The synth it’s running is also pretty cool. The Ensoniq SD-1, released in 1990, sits in a long line of Ensoniq’s Transwave…
Plugin Boutique’s VirtualCZ synth is currently 75% off, bringing the price down from $79 to $19. The sale runs until April 30th. On top of that, Plugin Boutique is running a new tiered free gift promotion this month, and I’ll cover the freebies you can pick up with your purchase below. VirtualCZ is a phase distortion synth inspired by Casio’s CZ series from the 1980s. I’m a huge sucker for retro synths, especially Casios. The CZ synths were everywhere in the late 80s and early 90s, showing up on countless techno, house, rave, and synth-pop records. Now, phase distortion itself…
Vocal Gate is a free, open-source AI noise gate plugin that separates clean speech from unwanted microphone artifacts like coughs, sneezes, keyboard clicks, and heavy breathing. It’s available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The concept reminds me a little of Goyo Voice Separator, which was free for a limited time a few years ago. Goyo let you tweak the levels of voice, ambience, and reverb individually, giving you more control over the separation. Vocal Gate is kinda similar, but it takes a simpler approach. It works more like an enhanced gate, trained specifically to recognize speech and duck everything else.…
Dusk Audio has released Chord Analyzer, a free MIDI chord detection and music theory analysis plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. We’ve covered a few Dusk Audio releases recently, including DuskVerb and the 4K EQ, MultiComp, and Tape Machine trio. Chord Analyzer is a different kind of tool. Instead of processing audio, it reads incoming MIDI and tells you what chord you’re playing in real time. If you’re still learning music theory (I also have a tutorial for that) or just want a quick reference while writing, this is a neat little plugin to have sitting in your DAW. You…
The Studio Inside Your Computer “The tools change. The process stays the same.” Before computers, music was made in studios filled with gear. Big mixing consoles. Tape machines. Racks of equipment. Miles of cables. Today… All of that lives inside one thing: A DAW — Digital Audio Workstation. Quick Summary 👉 A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) is software used to record, edit, arrange, and mix music. It replicates the core components of a traditional analog studio inside your computer. The Best DAWs for Beginners 💻 A DAW is your entire music production environment. It allows you to: …