United Plugins launches TrapTune Core and expands UnitedFree Bundle

 

United Plugins has announced the release of a lightweight version of its highly acclaimed automatic vocal tuner, TrapTune.

Simultaneously expanding its popular UnitedFree Bundle, United Plugins continues its mission to provide independent creators and bedroom producers with professional tools completely free of charge.

While the flagship TrapTune is celebrated as an all-in-one auto-tuning powerhouse, TrapTune Core focuses strictly on the essentials. It delivers the exact same elite Tune-In engine as its big brother, optimized to maintain a lightweight footprint with near-zero latency—making it perfect for tracking vocals live or managing large project sessions without straining the CPU.

To achieve this streamlined workflow, the core version focuses purely on pitch manipulation and omits the comprehensive modulation and spatial modules found in the premium version:

    No Second Voice / Doubler: The automated unison harmony and stereo widening engine has been removed.
    No Distortion: The custom vocal saturation and overdrive section is excluded.
    No Reverb & Delay: Space and time eff ects are completely omitted, allowing producers to route the tuned signal to their own external processors.

What remains is full, uncompromized access to natural pitch correction, aggressive hard-tuning (for the classic artificial vocal effect), formant shifting, voice transposing, and precise key/scale selection.

Existing customers may already have an ad-free experience waiting for them. Users who already own the premium UnitedFree Bundle license will find the ad-free version of TrapTune Core automatically credited to their accounts. Additionally, those who own the full version of TrapTune can install and use TrapTune Core directly, as the full license automatically unlocks the Core version and removes the advertisements.

TrapTune Core is available for macOS and Windows (VST/VST3, AU and AAX) and can be downloaded directly via the United Plugins Manager application.

The plugin is free to use with ads. Users who prefer to remove the advertisement banner can purchase an ad-removing license, which is available for an introductory launch price of just €7 EUR (regular €19 EUR).

https://unitedplugins.com/TrapTuneCore#a_aid=rekkerd

FREE: Dagon resonance suppressor effect plugin by Mercurial Tones

 

Mercurial Tones Dagon
Mercurial Tones has introduced a new audio plugin which is designed to delivers smart resonance control and volume suppression.

Dagon pulls the painful parts down without flattening the track. Resonances, harsh notes, and runaway level spikes are detected in context, then reduced with transparent spectral control that keeps the musical shape intact.

Dagon features:

Smart suppression – Resonance control that follows the source: Smart mode detects relative spectral prominence instead of chasing raw input level. Quiet tracks and loud tracks get consistent resonance reduction, so you can set the amount musically and keep moving.
Focus – Broad or surgical: Focus controls spectral selectivity without changing the feel of the plugin. Low values are wider and smoother. High values are narrower and more surgical, locking onto the exact resonant areas that need to move.
Five Modes – Choose the kind of control: Dagon is not locked to one style of suppression. Move from classic resonance control to softer perceptual cleanup, volume ducking, or Smart mode when you want the plugin to decide from musical context.
The plugin is free to download for Windows and macOS in VST3 and AU formats.

https://shop.mercurialtones.com/products/dagon

 

 

FREE BandMatrix by Bitter Apple

 

BandMatrix

Released — Version 2.9.0.

Free 6-Band Sidechain Dynamics Plug-in

BandMatrix is a free 6-band sidechain dynamics plug-in with compression, expansion, flexible key routing, Tone Shaper mode, and Inverse sidechain mode. Each band can listen to the internal signal, external sidechain input, or another band, so you can create targeted ducking and inter-band control without compressing the whole mix.

What it does:
Split the signal into multiple bands and apply independent compression per band.
Per band, choose a key source: Internal, External sidechain, Mix, or Other band.
Create precise ducking (e.g., kick → bass low band) and inter-band control (e.g., harsh band → tame presence) without affecting the entire spectrum.
Version 2.9.0 improves compressor release behavior and reduces burst-boundary artifacts while preserving the static curve and transient pass-through.
Tone Shaper mode adds a more flexible way to shape spectral balance inside the band matrix workflow.
The window is now resizable for easier editing on different screen sizes.

https://bitterapple.github.io/support/bandmatrix/

free-peggio-jr-synth

 

A powerful little arpeggiator synth.

COMPLETELY FREE

COMES IN VST / AU / AND AAX FORMATS

https://dawjunkie.com/free-peggio-jr-synth/

FREE: QingX Clean Amp plugin by Saint Mike DSP

 

Saint Mike DSP has recently launched a free amp effect plugin which is designed to provide a clean guitar tone.

Struggling to find a clean guitar tone that actually works in a project can be surprisingly frustrating. Often, raw DI signals end up sounding sterile, thin, or completely washed out and muddy the moment you try to add space effects like delay and reverb.

QingX Clean Amp was designed to solve that frustration immediately. It provides a boutique, crystalline foundation that turns your dry DI track into a sparkling, professional tone perfect for Indie, Midwest Emo, Country, and Post-Punk, at zero cost.

The plugin is available in VST3, AU and AAX formats for Windows and macOS.

Priced $119.95 USD (ex. taxes where applicable), QingX Clean Amp Pro comes with two additional amp heads, three extra cabinet modes and a User IR Loader, more fx, pro-quality oversampling, and more.

https://saintmikedsp.com/

Violet Crown is a stereo channel strip

 

Six filters. A bus compressor. Zero dollars.

Violet Crown is a stereo channel strip built around the EQ and compression character that defined the sound of major-label bus processing. Three independent EQ bands - each with separate boost and cut controls - feed a custom RMS compressor with program-sensitive auto-release. The VU meters are real, the ballistics are analog, and the whole thing is free. No demo mode. No time limit. No license key. Drop it on a bus and play something.

https://www.mmediaaudio.com/plugins/violet-crown/

Constellations Sequencer V1.3.2

 

Constellations Sequencer is an audio plugin that generates rhythmic patterns via Euclidean algorithms, dual-layer polyphonic channels, parametric modulation, and intelligent harmony engines in a streamlined focus-plus-context interface.

https://ko-fi.com/s/91e7b6ea7c

atkAudio atkDucker

 

atkDucker

Key Features:

 (VST3 & AU)

Adjustable lookahead time for pre-ducking (0-5000 ms)

Mid/side (center) ducking mode

High-shelf filter ducking mode with adjustable frequency

Mix sidechain source to output

atkDucker is a audio ducker plugin designed for reducing background audio materials when a priority source such as speech is present in the sidechain input. It is useful for ducking audio content like music or game audio under commentary & dialogue, voice-over and announcements in live and post-production workflows. Mid/side mode allows attenuation to focus on the center image while preserving stereo width, and filter mode enables high-frequency ducking with adjustable frequency.

Parameters

Main

Threshold: Level at which sidechain signal triggers ducking.

Amount: Controls how much main signal is reduced when ducking is active.

Attack: Time for ducker to reach full attenuation after sidechain exceeds threshold.

Hold: Time to maintain ducking after sidechain drops below threshold.

Release: Time for ducker to return to unity gain after hold period.

Mid/Side Mode

Mid/Side (Center) Mode: Ducks only center (mono) content.

M/S (Center) Link: Controls how much side channels follow center ducking.

Options

Lookahead: Pre-ducking delay time in milliseconds (0-5000 ms, default 0). Value 0 disables lookahead. Causes matching latency.

Filter Mode: Enables high-frequency ducking.

Filter Frequency: Sets the high-shelf frequency for ducking.

Linear Time Constants: Uses linear attack and release curves instead of exponential.

Release Time 10x: Multiplies release time by 10 for longer release times.

Levels

Main Input Level: Adjusts level of main input signal.

Mix Sidechain to Output: Option to blend sidechain signal into main output.

Usage

Insert atkDucker audio plugin to ducking target track (e.g. music, game audio)

Route key source (e.g. voice, dialogue) to sidechain input

Adjust Threshold so ducking triggers when voice is present

Set Amount to control how much background is reduced

Adjust Attack for smooth or fast ducking response

Set Hold and Release to match pacing of content

Use Mid/Side mode to duck only center while keeping stereo ambience

Notes/Tips

When blending sidechain to main output, usually desirable to mute original sidechain source to avoid doubling.

Too much ducking can sound distracting, so adjust Amount carefully.

https://docs.atkaudio.com/atkDucker/