Author: James Nugent
James Nugent
James is a musician and writer from Scotland. An avid synth fan, sound designer, and coffee drinker. Sometimes found wandering around Europe with an MPC in hand.
Another day, another deal from Plugin Boutique, as this period of crazy discounts continues. Today’s offering is 91% off Objeq Delay by Applied Acoustic…
Auburn Sounds is a developer we’ve covered multiple times at BPB, with plugins like Graillon 3 (a vocal pitch correction tool), Inner Pitch (a…
You can now get UJAM’s Virtual Pianist Vogue for a massive 92% off deal at Plugin Boutique for a limited time. As we edge…
Black Friday is around a month away, but the madness is already, well and truly, underway. Air Music Tech was among the first to…
The Witch’s Brew Bitcrusher is a new plugin from Kushview, the developer behind the modular VST plugin host, Element. Witch’s Brew Bitcrusher is available…
Developer Urban Kits has released Bedroom Guitar, a free sampled nylon-string guitar plugin for macOS and Windows. Bedroom Guitar seems like the perfect name…
Venus Theory has released auras:altis, a free cinematic synth library for Decent Sampler. There’s a lot to like about Altis before you even hear…
Developer Vitling has released Crypt, a free hyper-unison synth for macOS and Windows. When it comes to free effects and instruments, being spoiled for…
From the Crow Hill Company comes Harmonium, their latest addition to the free Vaults series. The Vaults series from The Crow Hill Company has…
It feels like we can’t turn any corner without running into a DAWJunkie plugin these days, and that’s no bad thing. Their latest release…
Developer Analog Obsession has released MidBoss, a free mid-frequency saturator for macOS and Windows. Very few freeware announcements are celebrated with the same level…
Developer Quietformat has released Transient Control, a free transient shaper for macOS and Windows. Quietformat is a name we’ve seen often in 2025; over…
2B Delayed Classic is a creative stereo delay plugin from 2B Played, and you can get it for free for a limited time. The…
If you’ve been around BPB for a while, you’ve likely heard the impact of some of Ewan Bristow’s weird and wonderful creations. His latest…
Developer Witch Pig releases Apocalypsis, a free multi-FX-mangling plugin for macOS and Windows. If multi-FX-mangling sounds a bit out there, my other consideration was…
Saint Mike DSP has released Ceiling Fan, a FREE (limited-time offer) clipper/limiter plugin for macOS and Windows. I believe the Ceiling Fan from Saint…
Developer Higher Plane has released SpaceWalk, a free ambient chord progression generator for macOS and Windows. Chord progression generators often divide opinion, and the…
Ocean Swift releases Sample Tester, a FREE sampling tool for Native Instruments Kontakt Player. Ocean Swift’s Sample Tester might be the most aptly-named release…
XMTape&Clip is the latest addition to Xilentch’s XM plugin series, which includes the promising XMLimiter that we checked out back in August. I missed…
The Usual Suspects have announced JE-8086, a free Roland JP-8080 emulation that works on macOS, Windows, and Linux. The Usual Suspects have already given…
Church Bells is the latest Decent Sampler library from Joonas Ylänne, the developer behind AV‑Ylänne, and it’s one of those brilliantly unexpected additions. If…
These Blueprint releases from Fracture Sounds are incredible, as they provide us with ridiculously high-quality sounds for free, and they are compatible with the…
Whether you’re a fully-fledged horror movie superfan or you just like to embrace the madness of Halloween each year, there’s something strangely appealing about…
Splice releases Instrument, a free virtual instrument that is the new home for Spitfire Audio LABS. Spitfire Audio’s LABS has gone from being the…