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Tilr, one of the most productive and impressive free plugin developers in 2025, is making a strong start to the new year with the…
Soft Loop Audio has released Harmonic Echo, a free generative MIDI delay plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. I was contacted by the developer behind…
Developer the Usual Suspects has officially released JE-8086, their free Roland JP-8080 emulation for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The Usual Suspects announced plans to…
2025 was probably the best year ever for free VST plugins. And that’s not an exaggeration. We covered well over 200 free plugins on…
Fors releases Junior-Lite, a freeware 4-bit wavetable synth plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Fors Junior-Lite is the little brother of Junior (£29), and,…
Argentinian gear manufacturer and software developer VZTec has just released the Fuzz plugin, a free emulation of its own Fuzz guitar pedal for Linux,…
Justin Ehrlichman’s JDrummer is an open-source VST-3 drum plugin built with the JUICE framework and featuring a range of kits, grooves, and some intelligent…
Skew is an experimental reverse delay plugin that has been around for a few years and was recently updated to Skew v2. With this…
We’ve had quite a few Zebralette updates in recent months, as the highly anticipated third edition neared the end of a lengthy beta phase…
Kushview is the developer behind the recent DuckDuck and Goose one-knob dynamics plugins, and ReTuner is the latest addition to their catalog. ReTuner is…
Infinite Digits has released AmenBreak VST, a performance-based beat slicer and sample mangler for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with a generous free version that’s…
Developer nakst has announced that Integrate, a virtual analog synthesizer for Windows and Linux, is now available for free. The instrument was initially priced…
There isn’t much more to say about Zebralette; it has been among the best free software synths for a very, very long time, and…
Kushview releases DuckDuck and GOOSE, two free one-knob dynamics plugins for Windows, macOS, and Linux Kushview has released two new dynamics tools, DuckDuck and…
Voidstar Audio has released KLYP, a free soft clipper plugin for Windows, macOS, and Linux. I actually found out about this one a little…
Developer Venomode has released Mesa Lite, a free soft clipper plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. MesaLite is a simple tool at first glance,…
ZL Audio has released ZL Equalizer 2, a free dynamic EQ plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. I’ve been following the development of this…
If you’re into ambience, drone, soundscapes, or just lush, evolving pads in general, you might want to check out the new developer Full Fx…
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…
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…
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…
Plucks is the latest release from AmateurTools, and one that delivers a welcome dose of nostalgia for old-school Fruity Loops fans. Fruity Loops users…
Surge Synth Team OB-Xf is a continuation of the free and open-source OB-Xd synth project. If you’re not familiar with the original open-source OB-Xd…
Signal Perspective has released Pyrite, a free preamp saturation and dynamics plugin for Windows and macOS. If you’ve been following the BPB news section,…