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GS Music shared this video demo of the Bree6, a polyphonic analog synthesizer that features six voices of polyphony, each equipped with a single voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), and a sub oscillator.… Read More GS Music Bree6 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer First LookView the full article

Last week, BFD Drums announced the release of BFD 3.5 – a major update to FXpansion’s flagship acoustic drum studio software with an enhanced engine and new features for greater realism, precision and control. BFD 3.5 builds upon its legacy as a premier drum production tool, introducing an enhanced engine and best-in-class features designed to… Read More FXpansion Updates BFD DrumsView the full article

Bedroom Producers Blog has launched an improved commenting system and a new BPB Community. Introducing the New BPB Community After months of planning and testing, I’m excited to launch the new BPB Community. This update brings a new and improved commenting system and a dedicated Community section, making it easier than ever for readers to [...] View post: 💬 Introducing the new BPB Community View the full article

Welcome to the BPB Community Weekly Freebie Thread for March 10–16, 2025! 😊 Read the Thread Guidelines 💬 This section of our community is where BPB readers can share links to the latest freeware news and deals with fellow music producers in the comments. Thank you for contributing! To keep the discussion helpful and relevant, please [...] View post: 💬 🔥 Weekly Deals & Freebies Thread View the full article

Welcome to the BPB Community Weekly Production Thread for March 10–16, 2025! 😊 Read the Thread Guidelines 💬 This section of our community is where BPB readers can share questions and tips about music production with fellow music producers in the comments. Thank you for contributing! To keep the discussion helpful and relevant, please follow these [...] View post: 💬 🎹 Weekly Production Tips & Feedback Thread View the full article

FeelYourSound has released a new version of its MIDI generator plug-in, TranceEngine (VST + AU). TranceEngine is a specialized songwriting tool. It can turn any chord progression into melodies, driving arpeggios, deep basslines, and memorable hooks. If you don’t have your own chord progression yet, TranceEngine can generate one for you. Different progression algorithms… Read More FeelYourSound Updates TranceEngine, Adds New Presets View the full article

Bradshaw Instruments has introduced Drumkid, an aleatoric drum machine, now available as a Eurorack module.… Read More Bradshaw Instruments Intros Drumkid Aleatoric Drum Machine For Eurorack Modular SynthesizersView the full article

WideFire from the developer JMG Sound is now free for a limited time at United Plugins. Some of you may be familiar with the DarkFire analog-style saturation plugin from JMG Sound. If you are, you might be one of the users who asked for a streamlined plugin providing the core features of DarkFire. JMG Sound [...] View post: JMG Sound’s WideFire is FREE until March 19 at United Plugins View the full article

Protility is a free audio toolkit that makes short work of many essential mixing tasks! This week’s edition of Free Plugins also brings you an all-in-one mixing suite and a unique additive synth. Enjoy! ... The post Protility, Mix Locker, Colours: Free Plugins of the Week appeared first on gearnews.com. View the full article

UVI Workstation 4 features a refined user interface and powerful workflow enhancements, including a redesigned browser, preset tags, audio previews, and the new UVI Starter soundpack.… Read More UVI Intros Workstation 4 Soundware Player View the full article

What are the best free plugins of the year so far? We test them out and reveal our opinions. If you’re like me, you’re probably downloading free plugins all the time. Every week, Lasse rounds up the best ones in his ongoing Free Plugins of the Week series. I read the roundup and download the plugins with every intention of trying them out – and then roundly forget about them. To rectify that, I thought we could take a look at some of the best free plugins of the year so far and see how they fare in this version of Tops and Flops. Are these really the best free plugins of the year so far? Let’s find out… The post Best Free Plugins of the Year So Far: Tops and Flops appeare…

BFD gets a healthy update to version 3.5, but can it cut it against the other big drum plugin kids? It’s fair to say that BFD has had to endure some turbulent times in recent years. First, the original developer, FXpansion, was acquired by ROLI in 2016. Then, after that incarnation of ROLI went under, inMusic stepped in and acquired the BFD brand and, presumably, the code, IP and developers. BFD was always a favourite amongst drum sample plugin users, but this passing of the proverbial hot potato meant that it slipped somewhat behind its competition when it came to “keeping up with the Jones’s”. It suffered mostly from a messy UI that looked lost on today’s big screens...…

Delicate Strings features the sound of a 14-piece chamber string ensemble.… Read More Free String Virtual Instrument From SonixinemaView the full article

You have full control over the complexity of the beat and can specify whether you need complete drum tracks, individual sounds, or patterns only.… Read More Audiomodern Intros Playbeat 4 AI-Powered Drum Designer For iOS, Mac & WindowsView the full article

Analoguesque Sound Designs let us know that they've updated their collection of free sounds for the ASM Hydrasynth family of synthesizers, and they shared a new video preview.… Read More ASM Hydrasynth Free Patch Bank DemoView the full article

Expressive E has introduced Myth Expressive Suite, a collection of 300 custom MPE presets, designed for Dawesome’s Myth software synthesizer.… Read More Expressive E Intros Myth Expressive SuiteView the full article

Pioneering synthesist and composer Michael Stearns and composer/developer Christian Halten have released a new album, Sounds Searching for People, that’s available now via Bandcamp. The music is the result of a three-year collaboration between Stearns, who is based in Santa Fe, and Halten, who is based in Berlin. Stearns is best known for his ambient… Read More New Music From Michael Stearns & Christian Halten, ‘Sounds Searching for People’View the full article

Can software sound as good as hardware? These are the most analog-sounding soft synths. Plugin synthesizers just keep getting better and better. In the 25 years since Steinberg released the first soft synth, Model E, the sound quality of virtual analog has improved by leaps and bounds. Thanks to advances in computer processing and the coding abilities of clever developers, we’ve now reached a point where software can sound as good as hardware… The post 5 of the Most Analog-Sounding Soft Synths appeared first on gearnews.com. View the full article

UVI has released a major update for their free sample player – UVI Workstation 4. With this new update, they’ve also included the refreshed UVI Starter Soundpack, a collection of free samples for Workstation 4. Installing Workstation 4 will automatically install the free sound pack, which is very cool! Feel free to watch the one [...] View post: UVI released UVI Workstation 4 update with new FREE sounds View the full article

OverviewTranceEngine turns your chord progressions into uplifting melodies, driving arpeggios, deep basslines, and memorable hooks. Feed TranceEngine with your chords and the plug-in generates authentic and professional MIDI patterns for you. No fiddling around with mismatching MIDI packs anymore. All output will be in tune with your original chords! Let the Engine generate over 500+ optimized phrases for you Have you ever struggled with writer's block when you wrote a Trance track? Or did you spend hours testing different bassline rhythms to support your main melody? You can leave all this behind. TranceEngine is a plug-in (VST, AU) that generates new driving arpeggios, …

The sounds may be cheesy, and the preset rhythms, too. But the weirdness and cheesiness of the sounds can be a fun alternative to the 808/909 style sounds that are ubiquitous these days.… Read More Behringer RD-78 In-Depth ReviewView the full article

Korg multi/poly native is a fully-compatible software counterpart to their recently introduced hardware multi/poly synthesizer.… Read More Korg multi/poly native Deep DiveView the full article

Composer & synthesist Robin Rimbaud shared this brief demo of using the books of John Cage as MIDI controller, to trigger prepared piano samples. … Read More Playing ‘Silence’ And Other John Cage Books As MIDI ControllersView the full article

Developer Cem Olcay has introduced ShapeStage, an AUv3 audio effect plugin that features a multi-stage morphing architecture.… Read More New iOS Morphing Effects Processor, ShapeStageView the full article

TeMuFra’s Colours is a new polyphonic synth plugin aimed at producers of all levels. Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to download Colours; I’m running into an error at the Gumroad checkout. I’m not sure if I’m alone in that issue, but it’s working for some others, so I’ll keep trying. KVR Audio lists Colours as available [...] View post: TeMuFra releases Colours, a FREE 8-voice polyphonic synth plugin View the full article

Plugin Boutique is having a huge sale this month. During the sale, you can score many expensive plugins for a heavily discounted price. One of these plugins is the 32Channel Classic by Harrison Consoles, emulated from the original hardware unit used by Michael Jackson, John Coltrane, and Led Zeppelin. 32Channel Classic is a fully featured channel [...] View post: Get 32Channel by Harrison Console for €30 in LIMITED time offer View the full article

Analogue Solutions TC-5000 is very real & coming soon. We also mourn the passing of Seiki Kato of KORG and the coming together of CHOMPI & Chase Bliss! The post The TC-5000 Breaks Cover, Synths in Oil Tanks, and We Mourn an Industry Stalwart: Synth Journal appeared first on gearnews.com. View the full article

Native Instruments let us know about some special deals that they are running this month, covering their Komplete virtual instrument bundle and iZotope mixing and mastering tools.… Read More Native Instruments Announces Deals On Komplete 15, iZotope Mixing/Mastering ToolsView the full article

Unplugred has released multiple well-received plugins over the past couple of years, and the popular developer is back with another typically quirky offering – Magic Carpet, a free delay plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Last year, we got Diet Audio, the free spectral gate plugin, and before that, we had Prisma, a multiband distortion. [...] View post: Unplugred releases FREE Magic Carpet quirky (in a good way) delay plugin View the full article

IK Multimedia’s Pianoverse expands with the addition of the Grand Piano Y7, a deeply sampled Yamaha C7 Grand. When IK Multimedia launched Pianoverse, it was a piano sample library with a difference. Firstly, it promised an ever-growing collection of high-quality, precision-sampled pianos of varying types. It also promised detailed control over almost every aspect, such as tuning, tone, effects, lid positions, mechanical noise and tone... The post Ain’t That Grand! Pianoverse Gains a Yamaha C7 – Sounds and Presets appeared first on gearnews.com. View the full article