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ASP Radar: November 2026

Fifteen studio units, a pitch editor, a petri dish, two mysteries and a low-end processor free until 12 November, and a month's worth of everything else.

RiverFlux Audio gives away four of its six products, and the largest is Relic: fifteen classic studio units — five compressors, five equalisers, two tape machines, a channel strip and two reverbs — each installed as its own plugin, free at a price you name. Beside it sit BIT LAYER, eight crush layers with their own frequency targets and Linux support, plus a four-layer delay and a phase tooler for stereo bass.

Elsewhere: Flame Sound's Pyro is 269 cinematic effects free until 30 November, and its Vatrica asks for no key and no account at all. Black Salt Audio's Low Control is free until 12 November. PSP's ClassicQlite costs only a free account. Karanyi's Brigade opens on 27 November. FFOSSO is a good idea that risks becoming furniture.

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Fire or Nah?

The Friday Freebie Ranking

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ASP tests the week's freebies before your plugin folder has to suffer.

In each edition, selected free plugins are ranked by usefulness, workflow value and the likelihood that they will still be installed next month.

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  • Fire Install it.
  • Stash Claim it for later.
  • Digital Furniture Works. Mostly occupies space.
  • Nah Skip the hassle.

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Plugin Audits

Freeware, open-source tools, promotions and releases inspected without pretending every new compressor changes history.

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November 4, 2026

ASP Radar: November 2026

Sixteen finds: a pitch editor, a petri dish, fifteen studio units, and two plugins nobody has heard yet.

October 30, 2026

ASP Radar: October 2026

Fourteen permanent freeware picks, a hypersaw synth free for 666 hours, two Halloween giveaways that end on 31 October, and a vocal distortion that opens on 27 November.

October 25, 2026

Plugin Audit: October 2026

Twelve finds, six of them called Fire. This is where we check that number instead of defending it.