Spring cleaning: free up space by deleting duplicate plug-ins

It turns out you don’t need VST2 and AU and AAX and CLAP versions of the same plug-in. Here’s a free, fast command-line tool that gets rid of them in a hurry, with options for particular configurations, on macOS.

Free emulations of 80s Alesis MIDIVERB II, MicroVerb, in plug-in form

Beloved by digital reverb buffs and shoegaze aficionados, not one but two classic reverbs are now in unofficial plug-in emulations — the MicroVerb and the MIDIVERB II. That includes the full range of MIDIVERB multi-effects, from gated reverbs to chorus and triggered flange, plus the grit and reverse of the Micro. Let’s travel back to the hottest gear of the late 1980s, for free.

Peter Kirn - April 27, 2026

Zebra 3 is here, a sprawling semi-modular plug-in that runs deep

What if an integrated plug-in instrument could rival even full-blown modulars? That’s the question posed by u-he’s Zebra 3, out now at long last for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It’s unlikely any other soft synth takes on just this much synthesis territory, or with this much depth. From spline-based morphing oscillators to physical modeling and […]

Peter Kirn - April 21, 2026

Liquid and hypnotic, Sinevibes’ Duality is a different breed of vibrato

Peter Kirn - April 13, 2026

Find whole worlds inside samples: Baby Audio Grainferno deep dive

Peter Kirn - March 11, 2026

Poly Flanger: a guide to Minimal Audio’s new tunable 8-voice FX

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2026

CR-78, more BOSS pedals: Roland adds more software for this Mad World

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2026

Fractiv wants to make granular sound easier to shape, sculpt, and play

Peter Kirn - January 16, 2026

Get Universal Audio’s 610 tube channel strips for free — DSP or native

Peter Kirn - January 13, 2026