New Producer Drops: Plugins, Gear & DAW Updates

dBdone dropped Wasser, a free liquid multiband delay plugin, and this is exactly the kind of tool that quietly upgrades a mix. Multiband delay lets you throw different repeat times on your lows versus your highs instead of muddying everything with one setting. Free is free - grab it before they change their mind.

Yurt Rock's Pick Pocket is an audio-to-MIDI drum plugin running $49, and for anyone who samples breaks or live drum recordings, this is worth the price. Feed it a drum performance, get playable MIDI back out. That's hours saved on manual transcription for anyone building trap or boom bap patterns from real playing instead of programmed hits.

The new TONE3000 update is free and gives access to a massive library of NAM profiles - that's Neural Amp Modeler captures of real amps and pedals. If you're running guitar or bass through your beats, this is one of the best free resources in production right now. Real gear tone without buying real gear.

What I'm actually running right now: still leaning on my 808 chain for low end shaping before anything else touches the bus. New toys are great, but the fundamentals do most of the work.

Worth downloading this week: Wasser if you want cleaner delay control, Pick Pocket if you're pulling MIDI from samples, and TONE3000 if you touch guitar or bass in your sessions at all. All three cost nothing but time to install. If you want a second set of ears on how these fit into a finished record, book a mixing or mastering session at owlspec.com/services.