Plugin Alliance Drops Free Updates for 64 Brainworx Plugins — First Major Portfolio Refresh Since 2018

Brainworx plugins are widely used across mixing and mastering chains — 64 titles in the range have now received free interface and performance updates.

What Got Updated and Why It Matters

Plugin Alliance has announced that 64 Brainworx-developed plugins have received modernised interfaces, performance refinements, and long-requested features as part of what the company describes as its first large-scale product update since 2018. Every one of those updates is free for existing customers and registered licence holders.

The most immediately useful change for producers working on high-resolution displays is full UI scalability. Until now, fixed-size Brainworx interfaces were a genuine friction point in complex DAW layouts — a particular issue when you are juggling multiple plugin windows across a detailed mix session. All 64 updated plugins now support full window resizing, so you can scale each interface to suit your screen and arrangement without squinting at postage-stamp controls.

Beyond the size fix, every plugin in the updated batch gains a standardised upper toolbar. That means preset banks A, B, C and D live in the same place across the entire Brainworx catalogue, alongside Undo and Redo functions. If you regularly snapshot comparison states mid-mix — which is exactly the kind of A/B workflow useful when dialling in compression on a DnB mixdown or sculpting sub on a dubstep bass track — having that functionality consistent across tools is a tangible time-saver.

Targeted Upgrades for Specific Plugins

Several plugins received deeper individual treatment on top of the portfolio-wide changes. The bx_2098 EQ — an emulation of the Amek 9098 circuit — now ships with two switchable UI layouts and improved metering. The Purple Audio MC 77 FET compressor gets a new collapsible single-unit view, which is useful when you are stacking multiple instances across parallel compression setups, as is common in DnB drum processing. The bx_limiter has been rebuilt to the current Brainworx interface standard with bug fixes throughout. The SPL Module family also received a new unified design language across all eight plugins in the range.

Plugin Alliance has confirmed this is not a one-time push. The codebase work done here — standardised UI behaviour, revised foundations, consistent scalability — is explicitly described as the groundwork for continued updates throughout 2026. More details on the next round are already in development.

How to Get the Updates

All 64 updated plugins are available through the Plugin Alliance Installation Manager right now. Registered licence holders can download directly — no purchase required. Producers on the Core or Pro subscription plans have access to all 64 titles included in this release. The opt-in usage data tracking that ships with the updates is entirely voluntary and can be declined from within any single plugin, with that preference applying across the full portfolio.