Free Software
Full Bucket Music will soon release FB3, a free software emulation of the Kawai K3 hybrid synthesizer from 1986. I first saw the news…
iZotope Japan is giving away VEA, the Voice Enhancement Assistant plugin, for free until July 31st at 23:59 Japan time. The giveaway is part…
Jan Schulten has released RealCassette, a free cassette tape effect plugin and standalone app for Windows. Most BPB readers already know that I absolutely…
Eugene Yakshin of Hvoya Audio has released Gneiss, a free morphing multistage filter effect plugin for macOS and Windows. As I mentioned before, I…
Dystopian Waves has made DroX II Pro, its glitch and stutter audio effect, free for a limited time on Gumroad. The Pro version is…
Purafied Audio has made Liquid Death Snare free again, dropping the price from $38 to $0 for a limited time. I just received an…
Gliff is a free guitar-based plugin for macOS and Windows that’s aimed at guitarists and keyboardists alike. So, there are two ways to approach…
Matari Audio has released BUFFR, a free public beta of a retrospective audio, system audio, and MIDI capture plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux.…
Friendgineer Labs has released Chance, a free random multi-FX plugin for macOS and Windows. Chance is another 2026 KVR Developer Challenge entry I liked…
Westwood Instruments has relaunched Roots, its series of free virtual instruments, in the developer’s own plugin format. We have covered the Roots series several…
UnplugRed and BlepFX have released Sucrose, a free harmonic and subharmonic generator for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Sucrose was created as an entry for…
cloph-dsp has released Grungr, a free/pay-what-you-want drive pedal emulation for guitar, bass, and anything else that needs more bite. You might remember Pedro Castro…
Pleatech Audio is offering WorldVerb, a creative reverb plugin for Windows, as a free download for BPB readers. Developer Niels posted the offer in…
AOFN Audio has released Grizzly, a free stereo modulation plugin for macOS and Windows. Grizzly is modeled on the 1979 Gristleizer circuit, the strange…
Push and Groove has released RMS LEVEL LIMITER, a free stereo dynamics plugin for Windows and macOS. We have featured a couple of Takahiro…
Silverdaw is a free and open-source Windows DAW built for remixing, mashups, and sample-based music production. The developer sent this to me via email, and…
Different Instruments has released PartialString, a free cross-platform synth that takes a less traditional approach to physical modeling. PartialString is available in AU and…
Developer Morphoice has released EightyTen, consisting of two vintage Roland synths in one (free beta). Morphoice is back with another vintage synth emulation, and…
From Sugoi Audio comes CURVA, a free football-inspired modulation plugin for macOS and Windows. There have been times over the years when I’ve felt…
UJAM and Rhodes are offering UFX LOFI, UJAM’s retro degradation effect plugin, as a free download for newsletter subscribers. This is a separate Rhodes/UJAM…
Developer Reyes Amplifonics has recreated the Harmony H303 tube amp with three new plugins (two of which are freebies). Reyes Amplifonics’ three new plugins…
Developer Venn Audio has updated Free Suite, its free essential mixing suite to version 1.5, adding four new plugins. You might remember we covered…
Developer MUEDsp has released two free macOS plugins, MUEDsat and MUEDlim. Both plugins are taken from MUEDsp masterchain, a mastering suite that is currently…
OBLIK Audio has released Oblik, a free open beta reverb plugin for Windows. What I appreciate right away is that “oblik” means shape in…