Kiive Audio released XTMax, a freeware drum compressor plugin based on the Distressor hardware compressor. XTMax is a drum compression tool inspired by the Empirical Labs Distressor and similar hardware units. However, it’s not a direct emulation of any particular hardware. Kiive Audio states that it analyzed various compressors and used those findings to create [...]

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Flame Sound launched a 75% OFF discount on Firestarter SFX until January 2nd, 2024. As most of you know, Flame Sound is my sound design project. It’s the follow-up to 99Sounds (which is still active, by the way), offering high-quality cinematic sound effects at affordable prices. To end 2024 with a bang, I launched a [...]

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Dub Stage Piano is an acoustic piano plugin for Reggae, Dub, Hip-Hop, and Rock. It’s a sample-based virtual instrument, but the developer SoundFingers provided plenty of options for customizing the sound. The plugin features an ADSR envelope, an EQ, a filter, a reverb module, and a set of modulation effects. SoundFingers also included an Impact [...]

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Excite Audio and Plugin Boutique offer the Lifeline Console Lite analog enhancement plugin as a FREE download until January 2nd, 2024. Lifeline Console Lite offers five modules for audio processing, including preamp, EQ, compressor, modulation, and wear. Its main purpose is to add warmth, character, and other analog-style enhancements to digital audio recordings. The preamp [...]

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Acustica Audio offers the new Grey compressor plugin as a free download until January 7th, 2024. Grey is an audio compression plugin that uses Acustica Audio’s Hyper 3 technology to replicate the sound of a classic VCA compressor. Acustica Audio uses a unique type of dynamic impulse response technology to capture the sound of analog [...]

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Bedroom Producers Blog launches the New Year Giveaway with over $2,000 in music production prizes for 20 winners. A huge THANK YOU to the sponsors who made this giveaway possible: Image-Line, UJAM, Cableguys, Techivation, Polyverse, Karanyi Sound, A Sound Effect, AudioThing, and Flame Sound. And another big THANK YOU goes to you, dear BPB readers, [...]

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Ircam announced that the Partiels audio analysis software is now free to download and use. Partiels is an audio analysis suite consisting of a standalone application and a collection of Vamp Plug-ins. The collection is now free to download from Ircam’s website. To download Partiels, you must sign up for a free Ircam user account. [...]

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HoRNet Plugins released TreBande, a freeware three-band equalizer plugin for Windows and macOS. HoRNet TreBande is a free three-band semi-parametric equalizer VST plugin. It was designed to replicate the sonic characteristics of a traditional mixing console equalizer. The underlying DSP code was originally part of the Cassette644 plugin. According to the developer HoRNet Plugins, TreBande [...]

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The holidays are almost here, and it’s the best time of the year to purchase a gift for your music producer friends or yourself (why not?). I handpicked some of my favorite holiday deals for music producers in the article below. Instead of an endless list with hundreds of links, I compiled a shorter selection [...]

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Output released Pack Generator, a free AI-based sound generator that lets users create royalty-free sample packs using text prompts. It’s no secret that AI tools for music production aren’t as advanced as their counterparts for generating images, videos, and text. However, AI music generators and similar audio tools are catching up, and the latest one [...]

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HoRNet Plugins offers the ThirtyOne MK2 (€20,99 value) plugin as a FREE download until midnight on December 6 (GMT+1). ThirtyOne MK2 is a 31-band spectrum analyzer with a built-in graphic equalizer and Auto EQ functionality. I prefer using parametric EQs for mixing, but ThirtyOne MK2 surprised me with its intuitive spectrum analysis display and surprisingly [...]

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Ben Aylon offers the Thiol Drum Senegal Vol. 1 sample pack as a free download on Cyber Monday. The Thiol (pronounced as Tchol) is a Senegalese traditional sabar drum, considered to be one of the oldest drums in West Africa. Its unusually shaped body, not carved fully through, gives it unique timbres and overtones. In [...]

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