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2B Played Music SlimVerb2 reverb plugin is FREE for a limited time

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & plugins2B Played Music SlimVerb2 reverb plugin is FREE for a limited time The SlimVerb2 reverb plugin from the developer 2B Played Music is now free for a limited time. Some of you probably have the original SlimVerb plugin; we’ve covered it a few times through various offers and limited-time

ABYZOR releases IZZY, a FREE one-click synth for Windows

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsABYZOR releases IZZY, a FREE one-click synth for Windows ABYZOR has released IZZY Synth, a free synthesizer plugin and standalone instrument for Windows. IZZY takes a different approach from the synths we all grew up with. You know, the normal synths that put oscillator, filte

Helio is a new FREE and open-source music sequencer

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsHelio is a new FREE and open-source music sequencer Helio is a free, open-source sequencer that encourages experimentation with exotic scales and microtonal temperaments. It’s important to note that Helio isn’t meant to take your project from start to finish; it’s for ske

Sympiano is a FREE reverb plugin that explores the inside of a grand piano

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsSympiano is a FREE reverb plugin that explores the inside of a grand piano Sympiano is a reverb plugin that explores the inside of a grand piano, and it is free on macOS and Windows. We come across lots of reverb plugins that offer the acoustic character of specific places or objects, like Nois

Get 3 FREE plugins: ChromaBox, Randomachine, and Analog Empire (5,000 copies each)

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsGet 3 FREE plugins: ChromaBox, Randomachine, and Analog Empire (5,000 copies each) BPB has teamed up with W. A. Production, United Plugins, and MeldaProduction for an exclusive giveaway of three paid plugins, with 5,000 copies of each available for free. Consider it a welcome-back-from-summer gift for

RC MIX releases $49 RC SNARE channel strip and offers RC RING for FREE

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsRC MIX releases $49 RC SNARE channel strip and offers RC RING for FREE RC MIX has released RC SNARE, a $49 channel strip designed specifically for mixing recorded acoustic snare drums. Instead of replacing the drummer’s performance with samples, RC SNARE processes the original recording usi

Polarity releases Polarity-Glue, a FREE SSL-inspired bus compressor

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsPolarity releases Polarity-Glue, a FREE SSL-inspired bus compressor Polarity has released Polarity-Glue, a free SSL-inspired bus compressor for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Polarity-Glue is designed for compressing drum buses, instrument groups, and complete mixes. It applies one shared ga

t4 Digital Studio releases AlterVerb 53, a FREE Windows reverb plugin

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginst4 Digital Studio releases AlterVerb 53, a FREE Windows reverb plugin t4 Digital Studio has released AlterVerb 53, a free algorithmic reverb plugin for Windows. The developer designed AlterVerb 53 for busy and bright material that needs more space without losing definition. Drums, percussi

SKR4CH is a FREE browser-based waveform designer for synths and samplers

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsSKR4CH is a FREE browser-based waveform designer for synths and samplers SKR4CH is a free browser-based tool for designing single-cycle waveforms, wavetable frame sets, and sustained samples. This is a surprisingly capable waveform editor that runs directly in your browser. It’s pretty intuit

Vandeta Audio releases VAS Reverse Reverb, a FREE tempo-synced riser plugin

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsVandeta Audio releases VAS Reverse Reverb, a FREE tempo-synced riser plugin Vandeta Audio Software has released VAS Reverse Reverb, a free reverse reverb and riser plugin for macOS and Windows. Risers were among the first SFX I started making at the very beginning of my sound design journey. The

GIVEAWAY: Win Golden DSP Silkbrush Reverb (5 copies)

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsGIVEAWAY: Win Golden DSP Silkbrush Reverb (5 copies) Golden DSP is giving five BPB readers a free copy of Silkbrush Reverb, a $59 ducking reverb plugin for macOS and Windows. To enter the giveaway, answer the question at the end of the article in the comments section. We w

Wave Mastering launches WIDENER stereo enhancement plugin for $29.99

Bedroom Producers BlogDAW & pluginsWave Mastering launches WIDENER stereo enhancement plugin for $29.99 Wave Mastering LTD has released WIDENER, a stereo enhancement plugin for macOS and Windows, with a $29.99 introductory price through September 30th. WIDENER is the first plugin from Andy De Rosa, a UK-based mixing and ma

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XLR is a magazine, a radar and a diary about music gear and the making of music — for the people who make records and put on shows, wherever they do it.

The name is the three-pin connector that every signal in the business passes through: the microphone on stage and in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX cable that runs the lights. Studio, stage and lighting rig share it, and so does this magazine. Every few hours XLR collects what the makers shipped, what the reviewers heard, what the studios and the touring crews are doing, which producers and collectives are surfacing and what they are saying — synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lights, the rooms and the people — from a few hundred sources in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and more, then plots what is moving. The editor writes a letter every few days. Nothing is sold here; when a link leads to a shop, that is the maker's shop, not ours.