Plugin Boutique continues its 8th birthday celebration with discounts of up to 96% off on selected iZotope plugins. An exclusive Birthday Bundle is available for only £44.95 GBP / $49 USD. It includes the following plugins. [...]

Pulsar Audio, developer of the popular Mu Manley Variable Mu compressor, has introduced its new FET compressor effect plugin Pulsar Smasher, an extreme compressor modeled after the “British mode” of a uniquely modified 1176 compressor. [...]

Audio Damage has announced the released of an updated version of its free compressor effect plugin. Rough Rider 3 comes with external sidechain input and sidechain HPF, a “full bandwidth” switch that turns off the internal warming filters, input and output level controls, and a new user interface. [...]

Audiority has released an analog simulation inspired by the Marshall Lead 12 solid state amplifier of the late 80s: L12X. The plugin includes an integrated cabinet provided by Seacow Cabs. [...]

Arturia has announced a free Christmas gift. The Rev PLATE-140 is a reimagining of the classic EMT 140 plate reverb. A circuit-accurate recreation of the iconic EMT®️ 140 reverb and its vacuum tube preamp. A classic, full bodied studio plate reverb with a lush tail, a dream come true for vocals, and adding that sought-after glue and space to your mix. [...]

Sender Spike has announced the release of the Signal Noise SN03-G Tape Recorder, a tape sound emulation plugin designed with a completely new paradigm. The plugin is not based on tape speed or tape type (nor particular brand of tape machine). [...]

Full Bucket Music has released the Full Bucket Vocoder FBVC, an audio effect plugin that simulates the classic Korg VC-10 Vocoder from 1978. The microphone input signal (well, any signal you feed into the first two inputs of the FBVC…) is used as the Modulator signal, i.e. it is analyzed by 20 bandpass filters and their responses are converted into 20 control signals. [...]

Plugin Boutique has announced the iZotope Black Friday Bundle, a collection of 7 essential plugins at a huge 93% discount. Join iZotope as they kick off Black Friday with a hand-picked bundle of some of their most essential plug-ins—for a limited-time price of $49. [...]

Plugin Boutique has launched a sale on AIR Music Technology, offering discounts of up to 90% off regular on its range of virtual instruments, audio plugins and expansion packs. [...]

Voxengo has announced an update to its SPAN real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer plugin. Version 3.5 comes with some improvements and additions to the free effect plugin. [...]

Plugin Boutique is offering the iZotope Iris 2 sample-based synthesizer instrument for free with any purchase through August. Iris 2 is an immediately playable, sample-based synthesizer that combines the power of a sampler, the flexibility of a modular synth, and the fun of spectral filtering. Featuring up to 4 sample layers, a complete collection of hand-crafted presets and an 11GB library of [...]

1208 Audio Plugins has released its latest audio plugin 1208 Reviver, a free sound sculpting effect for Windows. With its Shine and Thick, this plugin seems to borrow its design from Slate Digital’s Revival sonic enhancer plugin, which features similarly named Shimmer and Thickness controls. [...]