Autor: Producer Gang

UnitedPlugins is offering BPB readers an exclusive discount on MasterMind, a mastering channel strip developed by Soundevice Digital. The plugin normally costs €129, but you can get it for €19 by applying the coupon code BPBMM110 at checkout. BPB readers can use this discount until March 28, 2026. MasterMind is basically an all-in-one tool for handling the main stages of mastering in a single plugin. It substitutes most of the plugins I typically use on my master bus. The signal chain runs left to right through five sections. Match, Stereo Width, Optimizer, EQ, and Limiter. Each can be toggled on…

SoundID Reference headphone calibration by Sonarworks is now 50% off at Plugin Boutique until March 15th. For a limited time, you can get the plugin for €51.04 at Plugin Boutique. It comes with over 500 calibration profiles to balance out your headset’s natural sound. This helps make your listening experience flatter and more accurate across all frequencies. Every headset has its own sound and frequency response. While headphones with big bass and boosted mids can be fun, the reality is that they often make mixing and producing music harder. When your mix fails the dreaded car test for the tenth…

GrabTone from Kobito is an experimental synthesizer plugin that lets you turn any sound into a playable instrument with MIDI, and it is free for a limited time. It uses two audio files, A (Shape) and B (Tone), to create a new synthesizer voice. Sound A provides the movement, articulation, and rhythm, while Sound B delivers the harmonic and timbral information, which are then fused together. I can immediately see a lot of cool use-cases for this. Making plain weird sounds by morphing to very disparate elements is the obvious choice, but you could also opt for something more subtle…

Diginoiz has released Layer It Lite, a free version of its Layer It drum layering plugin for Windows and macOS. Layer It is a sampler built specifically for layering drum sounds. It lets you load samples as stacked waveforms and trigger them all with a single MIDI note. You can offset the timing of each layer, shape them individually, and export the result as a single audio file. It’s a good plugin, and the layering workflow is well done. I had fun stacking sounds with it. That said, I think the Lite version’s limitations hold it back from being as…

Lunacy Audio is once again offering CUBE Mini for free. The plugin normally costs $49, and I don’t know when this offer ends, so grab it while you can. We covered this as a limited-time freebie back in October 2025, so if you missed that window, here’s another chance. CUBE Mini is a scaled-down version of Lunacy Audio’s CUBE, a 3D virtual instrument powered by vector synthesis. Now, vector synthesis sounds fancy and perhaps even scary, but trust me, this one is very easy to use (that’s actually the whole point). Basically, if you’re into synths and sound design but…

When a Synth Learned to Breathe Most synthesizers generate sound. The CS-80 performed. It didn’t just respond to notes — it responded to pressure, movement, and intention. That’s why, decades later, the CS-80 still feels less like a machine and more like a living instrument.   Quick Summary 👉 The Yamaha CS-80 is a legendary analog polysynth known for its unparalleled expressiveness, polyphonic aftertouch, ribbon controller, and cinematic sound. It redefined what a synthesizer could be as a performance instrument.   The Context — Why the CS-80 Was Different When the CS-80 appeared in the late 1970s, most synths were:…

The Crow Hill Company has added Icky Bass to its free Vaults collection. Icky Bass is more than just a cool name for a bass instrument. It’s actually named after the White Stripes album “Icky Thump.” The instrument uses recordings of a rare Fender Rhodes Piano Bass run through Jack White’s signature Knife Drop fuzz pedal. And just a friendly reminder that, like all Vaults releases, this one is free for a limited time. These libraries don’t stay available permanently, so download it now if it sounds useful. The Fender Rhodes Piano Bass has an interesting backstory. Harold Rhodes introduced…

The music scene in 2026 is set to be a huge one, with stadium-sized pop moments, long-awaited returns, and plenty of “I can’t believe I got tickets” group chats. And because it’s already March, some of these tours are starting right now, so if you’re planning a big live year, this is the moment to get organised. If reading about all these tours has inspired you to do more than just sing along from the crowd, there are real, structured ways to build stage-ready skills. pointblank music school, for example, offers award-winning degree programmes including a BA (Hons) Music Production…

You can now get Gait Runner, a rhythmic gate galloper for macOS from the planet Symphagos, for free! Using a noise gate to create interesting rhythms from a sustained sound, like a synth pad, is nothing new, but I can promise you, this one is something different. We know how much it means for our readers to keep up to date with current releases and industry news, so we’re doing one better! We’re bringing you news from the year 5878 (this statement may or may not be factual). Before I get into Gait Runner, I should discuss its unusual origins.…

Audio Plugin Deals is offering Ink Slide by Ink Audio for free for the next two weeks. The library normally costs $60 and requires the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt. This is one of the better Audio Plugin Deals freebies I’ve seen in a while. They sometimes give away stuff that I wouldn’t necessarily recommend as a must-have, but this one is top-notch. Ink Audio makes some very interesting Kontakt libraries, and I was actually close to buying their full collection on sale last year. I was trying to resist GAS at the time, so I didn’t pull the…