U-he Zebra 3: the final beta of the modular Synthesizer plugin is out now

 

U-he Zebra 3, the long-awaited successor of the Zebra 2 modular Synthesizer plugin is now ready for test in public beta

Since mid-December 2025, u-he Zebra 3 has been in public beta. That was a wonderful Christmas present from Santa Urs. Now, four months later, it’s April, and the fine-tuning of Zebra 3 has progressed significantly.

So much so that the u-he developers have now released the final beta with the build 21625.

Final Beta

The final beta is now available for download on the KVR forum. It includes all the features planned for the 3.0 release. However, one thing has changed significantly: Zebra 3 now has its final UI.

U-he says the new vector-based UI offers a vastly decluttered interface, a more consistent parameter layout, new color-coded modulation and modules, a modmatrix, and more.

I actually really liked the Zebra 3 beta UI. The leap from that to the new one is quite big. It takes some getting used to.

According to the developers, the new version can be further customized to better fit your workflow. And they ask the users to spend a week with the new one before asking for the old one back.

In case you don’t like it, I’m sure Plugmon, a UI designer, will offer alternative skins for it in the future. Alongside the new UI, it comes with feature improvements and numerous bug fixes. The final beta includes over 1,200 polished factory presets.

The testing will be finished soon. This is the last beta to accept the beta license card, which expires in July 2026. At the same time, they announced a deal for everyone who doesn’t yet have a Zebra 3 license.

Besides the 30€ for existing Zebra 2 users and a free update for Zebra HZ users, they offer Zebra 3 at a special introductory price of 179€ instead of 249€. This offer is for new users and Zebra Legacy users.

Zebra 3 is on the home stretch. There’s light at the end of the tunnel. Many had long doubted that this moment would ever come. A great moment after so long waiting and testing.

https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=629239

Intelligent MIDI patterns generator

 

Stepista

by Mr Jefferson

Intelligent MIDI patterns for every producer.

Generate production-ready patterns for Ableton Live, Logic Pro, and any DAW. 24 genres. 13 parameters. Completely free.

Step 1

Load the plugin

Add Stepista as a VST3 instrument on a MIDI track in your DAW.

Step 2

Route the MIDI

Set the MIDI output of Stepista’s track to another track that has a synth or instrument loaded.

Step 3

Hit play

Stepista generates patterns in real time. The receiving instrument plays them automatically.

Tested in Ableton Live. Should work in any DAW that supports VST3 and MIDI routing.

Using a different DAW? I'd love to hear how it goes.

Three steps to a new pattern

01

Choose a style

Pick from 24 electronic music genres. Set your key, mode, tempo, and parameters.

02

Generate

Hit Gen. The engine creates a pattern matching your style and constraints in seconds.

03

Export

Drag MIDI directly into your DAW or download as .mid.

https://stepista.vercel.app/#download

Chord Dock Lite: Free chord progression editor plugin

 

Chord Dock Lite: Free chord progression editor plugin

Chord Dock

k2get has recently released version 1.5 of its a chord track-style plug-in for building, visualizing, and sharing chord progressions on a timeline.

Chord Dock Lite is designed for songwriters and producers who want to create and edit chord progressions on a timeline directly inside their DAW, organize sections such as Verse and Chorus, keep the harmonic structure of the whole song in view, and export progressions instantly as MIDI.

Chord Dock Lite features:

• Timeline-based chord progression editing.
• Section-based workflow.
• Section Clips / Focus Edit.
• Save and load progression files.
• Instant MIDI drag export.

The plugin is available in VST3 and AU plugin formats for Windows and macOS. An Extended Edition is on sale for the intro price of $19 USD through April 30th, 2026 (regularly $25 USD). It unlocks tensions, slash chords, interactive Circle of Fifths, Arpeggio / Bassline, Reharmo, user preset save, and custom themes.

Build, visualize, and share chord progressions.

A chord-track-style workflow with reharmonization

Chord Dock v1.5 lets you see the whole progression on a timeline, edit it visually, then reharmonize it and generate section-based Arpeggio / Bassline from the same progression.

Lite and Extended share the same installer. Start with Lite for free, then unlock Extended whenever you need more.

https://k2get.github.io/chord-dock-site/index.en.html

The Black Widow Drums

 

The Black Widow Drums project is the first published drum sampler showcase for FxmeSampler's advanced spatial and processing features. Recorded on a Gretsch Black Widow kit, it utilizes an original microphone array and signal processing chain to deliver a studio-ready drum sound.

More info on: https://github.com/odoare/FxmeSampler

BIG MON

 

Professional monitoring and metering for mixing, mastering, and broadcast delivery.

Big Mon Monitoring Plugin Interface - Free VST AU CLAP Plugin

📏

EBU R128 Loudness

Momentary, Short-Term, and Integrated LUFS metering with ITU-R BS.1770-4 K-weighted filtering and gated measurement.

📈

True Peak Detection

ITU-R BS.1770-5 compliant true peak measurement using 4x polyphase oversampling with the official 48-tap FIR filter.

🎧

Stereo Monitoring

L/R Swap, Mono, Side, and Difference modes with click-free crossfading for stereo analysis and mono compatibility checks.

https://www.bigman-labs.com/products/big-mon/

SongEngine for free

 

The free chord progression builder and MIDI generator plug-in for all music producers.

✔ Free download.

✔ Works in all major DAWs.

✔ All content royalty free.

Have you ever struggled with writer's block when you wrote a track? Did the chords sound bland? Were the keys "somewhat OK", and the basslines only so-so?

You can leave all this behind. SongEngine generates MIDI files that follow your chords perfectly. Just drag, drop, and stay in your creative flow.

Comes with several built-in preset packages

How SongEngine works

SongEngine is very easy to use:

1. Build your chords

Import a MIDI file, drag chords from the Chord Pad Area, or let SongEngine generate a progression for you.

2. Pick a preset

Browse dozens of presets – basslines, arpeggios, phrases. Press play in your DAW to preview instantly.

3. Drag to your DAW

Like what you hear? Drag & drop the MIDI directly into your session. Done.

  Download SongEngine for free

https://feelyoursound.com/songengine/

W.A. Production launches Free Anniversary Collection Vol. 12 with 5 plugins + 7 sound packs

                                 

WA Production Free Anniversary Collection Vol 12

W.A. Production celebrates its 12th anniversary with a limited time promotion, offering deep discounts on plugins and sound packs.

As a thank you to its community, W.A. Production has also launched the Free Anniversary Collection Vol. 12, a versatile collection of creative tools and royalty-free sounds designed to inspire producers across a wide range of genres and workflows.

Inside, you’ll find 5 plugins — Pumper 3, Imprint, Mutant Reverb, Combustor, and ChromaBox — plus 7 sample packs — Spicy Vocal Trap, Progressive Deep Love, Visionary Trance, Electronic FX and Impulses, Sound Of Cyberpunk 2, Future Bounce Flair, and Techno Hurricane.

Together, they give you a strong mix of mixing tools, sound-shaping effects, melodic inspiration, drums, vocals, FX, presets, loops, and construction-ready content for everything from modern club music to more atmospheric and experimental production.

Additionally, best-selling bundles are on sale from only $12 USD during the promotion, which expires April 26th, 2026.

https://www.waproduction.com/bundles/view/free-anniversary-collection-vol-12

Ultimate Vocal Remover v5

 

Ultimate Vocal Remover v5

The best vocal remover application on the internet, and it's totally free and open source!

Available on Windows, Mac, & Linux

https://ultimatevocalremover.com/

4 Ferramentas TOP para Mixagem GRÁTIS POR TEMPO LIMITADO

Plugin Alliance currently offers Animate by Mastering The Mix for free (regularly $66). The offer lasts until March 24th and is limited to one license per user.

If you missed our own Animate freebie offer a couple of years ago, here’s another chance to get it for free.

Animate works on Windows and macOS in AU, AAX, and VST3 formats.

So what does it do?

Animate is a mixing tool that can be used on individual tracks, groups, or on the master chain itself. The plugin can do frequency-specific expansion, saturation, transient shaping, and widening in either mid/side or L/R mode.

Inject tracks with more energy, use the frequency-specific action in combination with the threshold to do surgical fixes on full mixes. Alternatively, use it as a finalizer to add more punch and movement to mixes that sound dull.

Animate has four modes that can be used separately or processed in series.

Expand

Expand is an upwards expander controllable with attack, release, ratio, and amount, with optional frequency-targeting. The concept of expansion can be confusing to some, as it is easily conflated with upwards compression, but this is not the same.

An upward expander increases the dynamic range of the material.

Everything above the threshold is boosted further. If you want more punch out of a kick or more tick from a high-hat, or perhaps even to lift a certain frequency region of your track under intense moments in the mix, an expander might be a good choice.

Sometimes a transient shaper does the job even better, which leads us to…

Punch

A transient shaper that can be configured to react to most of the transient material of your mix or just the most prominent elements. These can then be dialed in with frequency-specific targeting in m/s mode for even more control when used on a full track.

Maybe you want transient action in the side channel for more width or wide-band transient action targeting the kick and snare in the mid channel for a more grounded and punchy mix.

Ignite

Bring out clarity and body with musically relevant harmonics that dynamically react to your signal, with the aforementioned possibility of limiting the processing both frequency-wise and stereo-wise for detailed control.

A nice module for blowing up some boring pads or brightening a dull mix.

Grow

Add dynamic and frequency-dependent stereo-widening to make static tracks more interesting or to a full mix for subtle widening on snare hits, for instance.

Just beware not going overboard when using Grow on full mixes to ensure that there’s still mono compatibility.

The modules have side-chain inputs as well, which makes them even more flexible.

The focus on dynamic and frequency-dependent processing in combination with an intuitive UI ensures an effective workflow where you can solve problems or polish things quickly.

Just a heads-up, you’ll need an account with Plugin Alliance to download the plugin.

Download: Animate (FREE until March 24th – Plugin Alliance account required)

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/products/animate

Esse Plugin GRÁTIS tem o Timbre do JOHN MAYER

 

Mayerism is an open-source plugin inspired by John Mayer's signature tones. Built on top of the NeuralAmpModelerPlugin, it focuses on faithfully recreating the feel and response of Mayer's most iconic amplifiers, paired with a carefully curated pedalboard for expressive, touch-sensitive playing.

Mayerism is designed as a single, cohesive guitar plugin. The goal is not endless options, but a ready-to-go platform that allows players to quickly achieve the inspiring tones of the last true guitar hero, without sacrificing feel, touch, or musical dynamics.

Features

Amp Section:

John Mayer–inspired amp simulation Neural amp modeling based on the tonal characteristics of Mayer's most famous amplifiers, focusing on:

Clean to edge-of-breakup response.

Touch sensitivity and pick dynamics.

Smooth midrange and glassy high end.

Integrated Pedal Suite:

Tube Screamer–style Overdrive Classic mid-forward drive with Drive, Tone, and Level controls.

Compressor Transparent compression for sustain and control, ideal for clean and blues tones.

Clean Boost Transparent gain stage for pushing the amp or lifting solos.

Chorus Subtle modulation for width and movement, suited for clean and lightly driven tones.

Delay Musical delay for rhythmic repeats and ambient textures.

Reverb Smooth reverb for space and depth, from subtle room ambience to lush tails.

Tone Shaping & Utilities:

Tone Stack EQ Bass, Middle, and Treble controls tuned for Mayer-style voicing.

Noise Gate Controls noise and feedback without affecting playing dynamics.

Doubler Adds stereo width and depth.

Input / Output Gain Independent level control for gain staging and plugin integration.

Presets & Interface:

Preset Management Save and load presets that store your settings.

Real-time Metering Input and output level visualization.

Multi-page Interface Cleanly organized sections for:

Pre-effects.

Amp.

Post-effects.

https://github.com/timpelser/Mayerism/releases

VovSoft Keyboard Soundboard v2.0

If you’ve ever wondered how to make a soundboard on your keyboard, this software gives you an easy and intuitive solution. It displays a virtual keyboard where each key can be bound to a different sound file, allowing you to instantly play effects, music notes, or samples with a simple key press.

Whether you want a midi keyboard soundboard–style experience or a custom setup for sound effects, this application works with all keyboard layouts and includes an optional matrix view visualization. No extra hardware is required—just your laptop or desktop computer keyboard.

You can use the built-in sounds or fully customize your setup by loading your own WAV, MP3, MP2, MP1, AIFF, OGG, or M4A files with the Redefine Keys feature. This makes it easy to learn how to bind sounds to keys and create a personalized soundboard tailored to your needs.

The Hotkey Mode allows sounds to be triggered even when the application is running in the background. This makes it ideal for streamers, DJs, gamers, and anyone looking for how to get a soundboard for Valorant, Fortnite, Call of Duty, Apex Legends, CS:GO, Overwatch, Minecraft or other games—play sound effects live without interrupting gameplay or other applications.

With this program, your keyboard becomes a creative tool for music, gaming, streaming, and sound design.

home page:

https://vovsoft.com/software/keyboard-soundboard/

A MINHA 1.ª EXPERIÊNCIA COM A IA - APENAS PARA CANTAR

 

Afinador cromático online - MUSICANDO

 

BASTA COLOCAR O LINK NO SEU BROWSER E HABILITAR O MICROFONE.

https://aipage.roboneo.com/06mdm5i9f2u9cdix/index.html

Esta ferramenta gratuita indica o que está errado com a sua voz.

 

https://musicbymattie.com/vocal-analyzer?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description

Transpanner 2 - 3D audio panning

 

Transpanner 2 is a "pay what you want" 3D audio plugin optimized for stereo loudspeakers. This release redefines what a spatial audio tool can be, setting a new benchmark in its category!

How to download:

Name a fair price (or enter $0 to download for free)!

download the Win or Mac installer and follow the instructions (no license needed)

open up your DAW and add Transpanner on a Stereo track. Have fun!

Compatibility:

Mac (Intel/M1/M2): macOS 10.11 and newer (Formats: AU & VST3)

Windows (x64): Windows 10 and newer (Format: VST3)

Any DAW that supports VST3 or AU formats.

Choose the angle and distance: Introducing the Polar Pad

Transpanner 2 introduces a polar pad interface with a design of concentric circles that animate as you drag the virtual thumb. 

Moving the thumb around the pad's center enables precise control over sound direction, allowing you to select any angle from 0 to 360 degrees. 

Moving the thumb inward sends sounds into the distance, while dragging it outward brings them closer. 

This intuitive and tactile method of 3D audio manipulation enhances user interaction in stereo mixing.

Psychoacoustic Wizardry: Behind the 3D Sound Illusion 

When you adjust the controls in Transpanner 2, it tailors these sound wave properties in such a way that your brain is tricked into perceiving the sound as coming from different directions, including from behind you. This creates a 3D audio effect, enveloping you in a more lifelike and immersive sound environment, all from a stereo setup.

True to our commitment to the audio community,  Transpanner 2 will remain donationware. Users are encouraged to support further  development with contributions that reflect the value they find in the tool.

https://artistsindsp.gumroad.com/l/transpanner2

Icky Bass free Vaults series library

 

The Crow Hill Company releases Icky Bass free Vaults series library

The Crow Hill Company Icky Bass

The Crow Hill Company has introduced a new Vaults series instrument named after the iconic White Stripes album, “Icky Thump”.

Icky Bass features the sounds of a rare Fender Rhodes Piano Bass fed through Jack Whites signatures Knife Drop fuzz pedal.

We decided to feed the Rhodes Bass through the Knife Drop fuzz pedal. Eventide and Jack White collaborated to make a hybrid fuzz and analog style synth voice, capable of generating sub-octave textures and aggressive filtered tones. It was recorded right here at Crow Hill HQ, into a beautiful Neve 1073 DI.

Our as-ever intuitive GUI allows you to dial in the grimy pedal sound, control the expressive potential of the bass and play around with more concentrated FX, including AUTOWAH, CHORUS, PHASER and REVERB.

Icky Bass is free to download, running in a dedicated plugin for Windows and macOS (VST/VST3, AU and AAX).

https://thecrowhillcompany.com/icky-bass/

Sunbunny releases Panoramatone free vintage vibrato effect plugin

 

Sunbunny Panoramatone

Sunbunny has introduced a vibrato effect plugin for Windows, macOS and Linux. Panoramatone is an analog-style pitch vibrato which adds lush vintage shimmer and organic movement to any sound.

A true stereo vibrato, the plugin delivers smooth pitch modulation with adjustable depth and rate. Subtle saturation and rich analog-style pitch shifting aims to give your sounds a warm analog character.

Available to download for free, the lightweight VST3 plugin uses near-zero CPU on all platforms.

https://pilcaki.github.io/sunbunny/plugins/panoramatone/

FREE: Ink Slide guitar library for Kontakt by Ink audio (limited time)

 

Ink Slide FREE

Audio Plugin Deals has announced that it is offering Ink Audio’s deeply sampled slide guitar library for Kontakt as a free download for the next two weeks.

Ink Slide was recorded with a glass slide through classic analog compressors to deliver a uniquely mellow tone loaded with authentic texture.

​Explore expressive performances using eight keyswitched articulations and 21 time-synced diatonic phrase sets. Dedicated controls for envelope, filter, and drive let you perfectly shape your tone.

​Further enhance your sound with a reverb plugin utilizing impulse response to place your guitar in lush acoustic environments. Grab this $60 value FREE for two weeks!

Available for the full version of Kontakt 6.8 or higher, Ink Slide is free until March 19th, 2026.

https://audioplugin.deals/product/ink-slide-by-ink-audio/

Deimos

 

Deimos is a free synthesizer plugin focusing on high quality sound and ease of use.

Feature Summary

2 oscillators with various waveforms and waveform manipulation modes

Oscillator frequency/phase/shape modulation and hard sync

Mixer with noise source and ring modulation option

Filter with several modes and 2 character options, additional feedback paths or dual peak split

2 envelopes with curvature control

1 LFO with various waveforms and modes

1 additional modulation processor slot: envelope, lfo, sequence, math, ...

9 modulation slots

Chorus effect

Fixed internal sample rate so your presets sound the same everywhere

Oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer

System Requirements

In order to use the plugin, a compatible DAW and a modern CPU are required.

Available plugin formats:

Windows: CLAP, VST3

MacOS: CLAP, VST3, AU

Linux: CLAP

https://tom-trnk.itch.io/deimos

Verberate Basic

 

Verberate Basic

The Revolutionary Vivid Hall Algorithm for Free

The free Verbarate Basic is based on  and offers the same highly praised audio quality. The plug-in offers four high quality presets from Verberate 2 that showcase the quality and versatility of the algorithm:

Plate, a realistic simulation of plate reverb with the typical frequency dispersion and decay properties that give plate reverb the airy touch

Room, a beautiful and warm wooden room that gives a great sense of room without being obtrusive

Hall, a natural and gorgeous sounding hall

Lush Hall, a colorful out-of-world hall with frequency modulated tails that sounds amazing on synth pads

The intuitive user interface has buttons for each of the four reverb programs along with a mix knob that let’s you adjust the dry and reverb signal levels.

Acon Digital Verberate Basic 2 is available as VST, VST3 or AAX for both Windows and Mac or as AU plug-ins for Mac. There are 32 and 64 bit versions for Windows. The Mac version is 64 bit and runs natively on both ARM (such as Apple M1) and Intel processors.

PC Version (Windows)

Windows 7 / 8.x / 10 / 11

Intel Core i3 or AMD multi-core processor (Intel Core i5 or faster recommended)

1366 x 768 display resolution (1920 x 1080 or higher recommended)

1 GB RAM (4 GB or more recommended)

1 GB free HD space

A host application that is compatible with (32 bit or 64 bit) VST , VST3 or AAX (Pro Tools 10.3.5 or higher)

Macintosh Version (macOS)

macOS / OS X 10.9 or later

Runs natively on ARM64 and Intel

1 GB RAM (4 GB or more recommended)

1 GB free HD space

A host application that is compatible with (64 bit) AU, VST, VST3 or AAX (Pro Tools 11 or higher)

Quick Links

https://acondigital.com/products/verberate-basic