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The Best Free Plugins of 2022: Free Plugins of the Year

25 Dec 2022 · It's time for our roundup of the best free plugins of the year! Check out the best free synths and effect plugins released in 2022!

Best free plug-ins this week: RO-GOLD, TugGlicento, TRAX

04 Sep 2022 · This week's collection of free plug-ins brings you some tasty plate reverbs, sequenced multi-effects, and an easy-to-use transient designer.

Black Rooster Audio VLA-2A Mark II: compressor plug-in gets big update

15 Mar 2022 · The Black Rooster Audio VLA-2A Mark II offers an expanded update on their take on the legendary LA2A's characteristic opto-compression.

Black Rooster Audio RO-SPR: Six vintage spring reverbs in one plug-in

11 Oct 2021 · Are you a fan of classic, bouncy, analog reverbs? RO-SPR from Black Rooster Audio brings six highly tweakable spring reverbs to your DAW.

Black Rooster Audio OmniTec-67A: Vintage tube saturation for your DAW

10 Sep 2021 · Need a "secret weapon" for vintage saturation and character? Black Rooster Audio has modeled the Altec 1567A Tube Mixer and turned it into the OmniTec-67A plug-in.

Black Rooster Audio teams up with Koen Heldens for the KH-EQ1 equalizer

06 May 2021 · Black Rooster Audio has released KH-EQ1, the second plug-in of the Koen Heldens signature series. With per-band saturation, KH-EQ1 is as much a creative tool as it's an equalizer.

BLA RO-140 emulates all 272 kilos of the old EMT 140 plate reverb

28 Jan 2021 · RO-140 uses physical modeling to create six types of plate reverb, including an emulation of the vintage EMT 140 hardware unit.

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Black Rooster Audio KH-COMP1: A refreshing new take on vintage compressor plug-ins

08 Jun 2020 · A supercharged vintage-style compressor plug-in with bespoke features requested by hip-hop producer Koen Heldens starts a new chapter for Black Rooster Audio!

Deal: Black Rooster Audio #StayHome bundle – 90% off all plug-ins

25 Mar 2020 · Black Rooster Audio is offering the #StayHome bundle to help you stay home and get creative. They've cooked up a really sweet deal: 90% off the entire collection of 13 Black Rooster Audio plug-ins.

Black Rooster Audio VLA-FET: More 1176-style compression for your DAW

01 Jul 2019 · Got enough FET compressor plug-ins yet? Here's another promising contender: Black Rooster Audio has released the VLA-FET, giving you another option for 1176-style FET compression.

Black Rooster Audio VPRE-73: a very affordable Neve 1073 preamp emulation

16 Nov 2017 · Black Rooster Audio released a very affordable emulation of the classic Neve 1073 pre-amp. Though it's not a one-on-one clone, the VPRE-73 Silk Edition aims to deliver the same enhancements to the sound...

Black Rooster Audio launches Blackface SC-5 compressor plug-in

28 Apr 2017 · Black Rooster Audio released a brand-new compressor plug-in – SC-5. The SC-5 is modeled after the Blackface version of a "classic and sought-after VCA compressor" – most probably, the Ashly SC-50...

Vintage Pultec EQ plug-ins arriving soon from Black Rooster Audio

28 Feb 2017 · Arriving in the next couple of weeks are these two Pultec-inspired plug-ins from Black Rooster Audio, suitably named the VHL-3C and VEQ-5.