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Morpheral Machines has released Desense, a free instrument that turns stuff like phone interference, electrical hum, and radio noise into sounds you can play from your keyboard. The developer is a new Berlin studio founded by Renoise creator Eduard Müller. Desense actually starte

More than 2,000 BPB readers took part in our poll about AI in music software. I received 2,096 responses and 762 comments. The consensus is that most readers want BPB to cover at least some of these tools, while drawing a firm line at software that generates music. Thank you to e

Pulsar Modular has released Q BIT, a free bitcrusher that combines digital distortion inspired by vintage hardware with a Time Hold effect for some pretty interesting rhythmic results. We previously covered the developer’s Sahara compressor, but this one explores the digital arti

Scrap Brain Audio’s 2G is a free lo-fi sampler inspired by early-2000s mobile phones, with text-to-sound generation. I’m absolutely in love with the interface. In fact, it’s one of the coolest and most fun plugin interfaces I’ve ever used. I love pixel art, and we’ve been seeing

Tuned Plugins has released Vocal Essentials Bundle V2, a collection of four updated vocal effects for macOS and Windows, with a 72-hour launch offer priced at $9.99. The Tuned V2 launch offer is part of the developer’s “F*CK AI SLOP” campaign, which is the developer’s antidote to

Developer Leigh Pierce has released REV-246, a free, open-source digital reverb inspired by the EMT 246 studio hardware, for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The plugin covers tight rooms, long cathedral tails, and gated or reverse effects across five programs. In addition to these EMT