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Snorkel Audio’s Disto Disco is a macOS/Windows effect plugin with 28 beat-synced distortion and experimental processing modes, featuring per-control rhythmic modulation, randomization, and dynamic tone shaping.

Dr. Zoppa released Windows VST3 versions of AMI-POLYCHAOS, AMI-PLSYSTEMS, and AMI-POLYMARKOV, three polyphonic generative MIDI plugins that create four-voice algorithmic variations from played or learned material.

Craterio is a macOS AU/VST3/standalone app that captures web or app audio into a 16-slot sampler, with trimming, MIDI mapping, and vari-speed playback.

Cryptid Audio has released Aura, a Windows channel strip plugin featuring a spectral analyzer, EQ, compression, dynamic resonance control, Bloom, and analog saturation, with a free 14-day trial.

Gazillion Industries’ TRIPLE OG is a cassette tape simulation plug-in with tape tone, hiss, age, drive, wow/flutter, transport glitches, scrub, slam-stop effects, and animated reel/VU visuals.

Gazillion Industries released JOURNEYMAN, a monosynth featuring three oscillators, two ladder filters, flexible modulation, touch controls, 200 presets, and AU/VST3/standalone support on macOS and Windows.

Beehives & Blood has updated 1SHOT, its one-shot layering instrument, adding a reverse-play WHIP slot, random sample export, custom filenames, soloing, import shortcuts, timing nudges, and faster export.

Kreativ Sound’s free KS Ghostform is an evolving drone and string synthesizer for ambient, cinematic sound design, featuring 144 presets, layered oscillators, effects, and full MIDI automation.

A2D Sound’s Squeeze is a multi-effect plugin that combines saturation, compression, EQ, clipping, limiting, and stereo processing into one phase-coherent, source-learning engine with a 7-day free trial.

Pine DSP’s Blox Exciter is a three-mode saturation plugin with Drive, Hysteresis, Bias, Air, Tilt, Mix, and Output controls for shaping warmth, weight, and edge.

Parallel Minds’ Atavism is a spectral plug-in for macOS and Windows that turns a track’s own harmony into an evolving pad, staying in key and following chord changes automatically.

Elektrokid’s SETWIDE for Ableton Live 12 adds plug-ins or Live devices to every selected track in one click, speeding up repetitive session-wide setup tasks.

Sync Audio’s MegaMorph is a new plug-in host that turns third-party synths and effects into modulatable meta-instruments for creating layered grooves, evolving textures, and reshaped audio.

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Dylan Mixer’s Kaleidon Sequencer lets you sequence up to eight VST3 effects with tempo-synced patterns, MIDI triggering, or DAW automation for playable, rhythmic multi-effect processing.

Artists in DSP has released Amorph 1.0 public beta, a free plugin that turns text descriptions into playable DSP instruments, effects, and MIDI tools inside your DAW.

TONE3000 released a free official Neural Amp Modeler plugin for guitar and bass, available on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Pontaku Audio updated Chronoform to v1.4.1, adding sample-accurate automation, Step Time, redesigned GUI, lower CPU and memory use, themes, and workflow improvements for varispeed sound design.

Joe Landers released Profligacy, a free Windows and Mac synth plugin that closely emulates the Korg Prophecy, requiring users to supply original firmware ROM dumps.

NEXTALE Audio’s GranularBreaker is a playful plugin combining granular synthesis and brick-breaker-style controls for generating chaotic or structured rhythms, melodies, effects, and MIDI output.

MeterPlugs has released Perception AB 1.5, adding level-matched A/B comparisons for immersive audio up to 7.1.4, with Dolby Atmos support and new session-wide workflow controls.

Dark Fairytale Instruments’ FAUN is a deeply sampled Höfner violin bass plugin featuring bowed, picked, and other articulations for expressive, orchestral, and haunting bass performances.

Ample Sound released Ample China Xun, a virtual instrument and standalone recreating the ancient Chinese xun with detailed articulations, intelligent legato, Riffer 4, and built-in effects.

GBCAudio released V-Drive, an analog-modeled saturation plugin with level-dependent tone changes, stereo channel variation, crosstalk, transformer modeling, oversampling, and support for macOS and Windows.

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StudioZIO’s MixRack 1.0.0 is a macOS modular mixing environment with eight reorderable processors in one visible signal chain, supporting AU, VST3, AAX, and standalone formats.

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AvBo Plugins released LP-33 Sim, an Audio Unit plugin recreating eight SP-303 phrase sampler effects, including its iconic Vinyl Simulator, with modern stereo enhancements and a retro-inspired interface.

BLEASS Spectral Reverb is a creative reverb plugin with spectral shaping, customizable processing slots, sidechain support, and automation features for crafting versatile, dramatic ambience effects.

Morningdew Media has released AUREN, a mixing and mastering toolbox plugin featuring six modules including tape, EQ, compression, dynamic EQ, stereo imaging, limiting, plus visualizers and analyzers.

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The Very Loud Indeed Co. released Songbird: Dark Flute Explorations, a Kontakt solo flute library featuring eerie, cinematic articulations and textures for thriller, dark drama, and horror scoring.

ZAK Sound released Atmospheres 2, a free offline reverb plugin that generates text-prompted spaces, includes Random discovery, and works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and AUv3 iPhone/iPad.

Snorkel Audio’s Snorkel synth plugin has been updated to v1.1 for Windows and Mac, adding a new Melody Generation Engine to its generative music workflow.

Orchestral Tools’ Splinter is an experimental chamber ensemble library for the free SINE Player, blending strings, Ondes Martenot, percussion, guitars, piano, and sound design with unconventional techniques.

Acon Digital has launched Acoustica 8 for Windows and Mac, an audio editing, restoration, and mastering suite available in three editions, with a 30-day free trial.

Rocksolid Audio launched the TEQ-6P EQ plugin for Windows and Mac in Standard and Unique editions, featuring full component-level analog circuit simulation, multiple valve/transformer styles, and VST3, AU, AAX support.

Morningdew Media released JORNA, a flagship hybrid synth workstation with wavetable, granular, multisample, and physically modeled pluck synthesis, plus MPE, sequencing, deep modulation, and new AAX support.

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