Autor: Producer Gang

Okay Synthesizer has released Okay Distortion, a free distortion plugin with six layered engines in a single reorderable signal chain. I’m all for fun and creative distortion plugins (check out our free BPB Dirty Filter if you like this kind of stuff), so I’m always looking forward to testing another one. The cool thing here is that this one wasn’t even planned as a standalone product originally. The distortion engine was built inside Okay Synthesizer’s Bingo Drum Machine, where it apparently became one of the most talked-about features. Thankfully, the developer eventually pulled it out, gave it its own signal…

Many people consider 8DIO to be the masters of deep sampling, and that reputation has led to collaborations with iconic manufacturers like Sequential (Prophet X). Now, you can get Synthetic Shadows, their cinematic synth orchestra for Kontakt, for free for a limited time. The downside of that stellar reputation, for the average bedroom producer, is that 8DIO products can be relatively pricey, and we don’t often come across many freebies. With that in mind, picking up Synthetic Shadows (usually $39) for free is a nice treat, especially for media composers. Synthetic Shadows is a Kontakt library that requires the full/paid…

Softube’s Model 82 Sequencing Mono Synth is currently 70% off at Plugin Boutique, which brings the price down from $99 to $29 until April 19th. We actually have two excellent deals in this article, but let’s take a look at Softube’s acid monster first. Softube Model 82 Model 82 is Softube’s take on the Roland SH-101, the iconic mono synth that went from commercial flop to defining the sound of acid house and many other styles of electronic music. The original was always a bit plasticky, but its nose-diving secondhand price during the late ’80s put it in the hands…

From developer Timerift Audio comes Oh My Grain, a free granular delay for macOS, Windows, and Linux. We’ve seen a few creative delay plugins appear in recent weeks, and one standout is Sirial by TiagoLR (TiagoLR is responsible for some of the best freeware plugins around, so check out the entire range). This time, we’re adding Oh My Grain to the free creative delay list. Oh My Grain is a free granular delay plugin from Timerift Audio, available as a VST3 plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The plugin, like many much-loved delay plugins, features a dual-playhead design. Each playhead…

Orra Audio has released Tone Zone, a free (pay-what-you-can) tonal curve corrector plugin for macOS and Windows. If you’ve used iZotope’s Tonal Balance Control, this freebie from Orra Audio will look familiar. And it’s one of the best freebies for use on the master bus that I’ve seen so far this year. Tone Zone shows your mix’s tonal curve against a target and helps you nudge it into shape. The difference is that it does more than just metering. You also get an auto-corrective EQ, a 6-band parametric EQ, and per-band saturation, all in the same window. It’s insanely powerful…

Universal Audio’s Sound City Studios reverb plugin is currently 84% off at Plugin Boutique, bringing the price down from $249 to $39 until April 30th. If you’re looking for a natural-sounding reverb plugin, especially for rock and pop, this is a great pick. UAD Sound City Studios is more than a reverb, though. It’s basically a studio-in-a-box type of setup that lets you place your tracks inside Sound City’s famous Room A, the same space heard on records from Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, and many others. The studio’s history even inspired a full-length documentary…

Developer Samuel Ferraz-Leite has released RVRSE, a free plugin that turns any one-shot sample into a tempo-synced reverse reverb riser. If you’ve ever built a reverse reverb riser manually in your DAW, you know the drill. You copy the sample, slap a huge reverb on it, render, reverse, and then fiddle with crossfades until it sounds good. I found it fun for the first few times, but it kind of got repetitive after a while. RVRSE is a free plugin that does it instantly. You can load a cymbal, a noise hit, a piano note, or whatever else you want…

You can now save 89% on IK Multimedia’s TOTAL Guitar MAX as part of a limited-time deal at Plugin Boutique. It’s been quite a while now since IK Multimedia’s 2025 Group Buy promotion, and I still think about it every time the developer’s name comes up. It’s the closest we’ll ever get to playing a plugin version of Supermarket Sweep; running through the store, piling products into a shopping trolley before time runs out. Luckily, Plugin Boutique is a consistent source of discounts, and there’s another chance to save big on IK Multimedia products this month. Plugin Boutique is offering…

Sonuscore has released LUX Orchestral Strings Elements, a free orchestral strings instrument for the free Kontakt Player. The amount of high-quality orchestral content available for free nowadays is something I still find hard to believe. Even ten years ago, getting your hands on an in-depth orchestral string library without spending serious money was pretty much out of the question. Nowadays, between something like LUX Orchestral Strings Elements and the already renowned Spitfire Symphony Orchestra Discover, SINE Player from Orchestral Tools, and others (find more in our free orchestral plugins article), you can tackle serious projects without investing in orchestral plugins…

MeldaProduction is offering BPB readers an exclusive 90% discount on MLimiterX, its brickwall limiter plugin. Use the coupon code BPBMLX90 at checkout to bring the price down from €99 to just €10. The offer runs until April 19th. MLimiterX is a mastering-grade brickwall limiter built on MeldaProduction’s MDynamics kernel. The whole idea here is to make your recordings louder while keeping distortion and artifacts to a minimum. I’ve tested countless limiters, and this is one of the most transparent options out there. It is designed to handle the job without making things sound crushed or unnatural. The interface has two…