DR.DAWGOG
ON AIR / BSMT.STUDIO
EST. 2014
[ PRESS KIT ] · DR.DAWGOG · BSMT.DSP · ANAND, GUJARAT, INDIA
Press kit
Everything a writer, reviewer or roundup editor needs to cover Dr.dawgOG and BSMT.DSP without a back-and-forth: the story, boilerplates at three lengths, a facts block, a one-line descriptor and a 40-word blurb for each of the 27 plugins, screenshots at real resolution, and a real contact who answers. Free to use; attribution to Dr.dawgOG / dawg.help is appreciated.
Updated 04 Sep 2026
The story
A hip-hop producer from Anand, a small city in Gujarat, India, built 27 professional audio plugins in his basement studio and gave them all away. BSMT.DSP covers the tools a rap vocal chain normally costs hundreds of dollars to assemble, an autotune-style tuner, a vocal rider, a de-esser, breath control, a spectral ducker and a LUFS limiter among them, and distributes them from GitHub with no account, no email gate and no trial. The same producer makes boom-bap beats from Gujarati folk and film records and mixes for the Gujarati rap scene, which is why the plugins sound the way they do.
Boilerplates
25 words
Dr.dawgOG is a hip-hop producer and mix engineer from Anand, Gujarat, India, and the developer of BSMT.DSP, a free suite of 27 VST3 plugins for Windows.
50 words
Dr.dawgOG is a hip-hop and boom bap music producer, beat maker and mix engineer from Anand, Gujarat, India. He produces for Gujarati rap artists and builds BSMT.DSP, a free suite of 27 VST3 audio plugins for Windows, released with no signup and no trial.
100 words
Dr.dawgOG is a hip-hop and boom bap music producer, beat maker and mix engineer working out of a basement studio in Anand, Gujarat, India, since 2014. His beats flip Indian folk and film records into dusty, sample-driven instrumentals, and his credits include nine records with the Gujarati rapper TRIGO and three with Rhuin. He is also the developer of BSMT.DSP, a free suite of 27 VST3 and standalone audio plugins for Windows built for rap vocal production, from an autotune-style tuner, vocal rider and de-esser to a spectral ducker and a LUFS limiter, distributed from GitHub with no account and no email gate. Website: dawg.help.
Facts
| Name | Dr.dawgOG (also styled DR.DAWGOG; streaming platforms show Dr. DawgOG) |
| Location | Anand, Gujarat, India |
| Roles | Music producer, beat maker, mix engineer, audio plugin developer |
| Active since | 2014 |
| Genres | Boom bap, hip-hop, sample flips, Gujarati hip-hop, Hindi rap, trap, drill, dubstep |
| Selected credits | TRIGO: What is BESTISM, Jebkatra, Light Camera Action, Shit i would die for, Competition, Fuck That Shit, Click Clack Boom, Jhul le jaake, Kaccha limbu. Rhuin: DYKS, Haavaj, Varistha. All 2026. |
| Product | BSMT.DSP: 27 audio plugins, VST3 (64-bit) + standalone, Windows 10/11. macOS build in progress. |
| Price | Free. No account, no email gate, no trial, no watermark. Optional support at buymeacoffee.com/dawgog. |
| Distribution | Single installer from GitHub Releases (pick any plugins; updates older versions in place). Unsigned indie build: Windows SmartScreen shows a warning, choose More info, then Run anyway. |
| Current version | Shown live on the download buttons across dawg.help, read from the releases repository. |
| Website | dawg.help · plugins at dawg.help/plugins |
| Contact | drdawgog@gmail.com. Replies within two working days. |
Flagship plugins for a first look
If you only have time for three: WINDPIPE, the free breath control plugin in a category with no other free option; ELEVATOR, a free vocal rider; and CROWBAR, a free spectral sidechain ducker in the TrackSpacer mould. For a mixing-focused story, add SOLVENT (dynamic resonance suppression) and CEILING (limiter with full LUFS metering). The 27-plugin count is the kicker, not the headline.
All 27 plugins
One line and a 40-word blurb per plugin, with a link to its page and its screenshot. This table is generated from the same data as the plugin pages, so it is always current.
| Plugin | Type | One-line category descriptor | 40-word blurb | Screenshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONESAW | 12-band M/S parametric EQ | free mid side EQ plugin | The curve IS the interface: double-click to spawn bands, drag them on a live before/after spectrum, wheel for Q. Every band can work the whole signal or just the MID or SIDE. Piano-key ruler so you can EQ in notes, A/B snapshots for honest decisions. | bsmt-01-bonesaw.jpg (880×549) |
| BASEMENT | character reverb | free character reverb plugin | Procedurally generated impulse spaces, from closet to cathedral, aged by a single DUST dial that adds wow, crackle and bit-rot. Pre-delay locks to beat divisions and decay to bars, so the tail always dies exactly on the phrase. Built-in ducking keeps the vocal in front. | bsmt-02-basement.jpg (880×580) |
| KNUCKLE | compressor | free compressor plugin VST3 | Three circuit personalities: clean VCA, biting FET with drive and grit, slow-blooming OPTO. The GR history strip shows the exact chunk being removed, in red, over your input. When you stop caring about theory, one SMASH knob does the whole job. | bsmt-03-knuckle.jpg (880×517) |
| CEILING | limiter + LUFS metering | free LUFS limiter plugin | Lookahead brickwall limiting with full BS.1770 loudness metering at input AND output: momentary, short-term and gated integrated LUFS. Streaming target guides for Spotify, Apple, YouTube, club and R128 so you master TO a number, not a guess. True-peak estimation included. | bsmt-04-ceiling.jpg (880×517) |
| OVERBITE | oversampled clipper | free clipper plugin for mastering | Variable-knee clipping at up to 16x oversampling with the ceiling and knee drawn right on the transfer curve and scope. DELTA mode plays only what the clipper destroys, so you know exactly what you traded for loudness. TP-SAFE auto-trims when true peaks try to sneak over. | bsmt-05-overbite.jpg (880×539) |
| STAIRWELL | tape delay | free tape delay plugin | A delay that behaves like a machine, not an equation: time changes glide tape-style, repeats darken and saturate cumulatively, DUST adds wow, flutter and crackle to the loop. True ping-pong alternates hard left-right even on mono sources, with a SEP width control. Tempo sync, ducking, self-oscillation past 100%. | bsmt-06-stairwell.jpg (880×517) |
| PISTON | transient shaper | free transient shaper plugin | Twin pistons for ATTACK and SUSTAIN: add knock or take it away, choke tails or pull up room. PUNCH sets how long a hit counts as a hit, FOCUS keeps bass from fooling the detector. The impact scope draws the applied gain in blood so you see every dent. | bsmt-07-piston.jpg (880×517) |
| LOCKJAW | hard-tune vocal effect | free autotune plugin FL Studio | The jaw locks onto pitch: pick KEY and SCALE, set RETUNE to zero for full robot or ease it up for natural glide between notes. Formant-preserving engine means no chipmunk at any setting. The pitch lane shows your raw voice in rust and the locked note in blood. | bsmt-08-lockjaw.jpg (880×517) |
| XEROX | vocal doubler | free vocal doubler VST3 | Up to four detuned, time-shifted copies of your vocal, spread across the field: single, pair, trio or choir. HUMAN adds the slow drift real double-takes have, so it never sounds like a chorus pedal. Watch each copy live in its own cell, with a correlation bar guarding your mono. | bsmt-09-xerox.jpg (880×517) |
| ELEVATOR | automatic vocal rider | free vocal rider plugin | Set a TARGET level and the fader rides every phrase to it, within a RANGE you allow, at a SPEED you choose. Below the FLOOR it freezes, so breaths and room noise never get pulled up. Stop drawing volume automation forever. | bsmt-10-elevator.jpg (880×557) |
| LARYNX | formant + pitch mangler | free formant shifter plugin | Shift PITCH and FORMANT independently: octave-down demons with a normal-sized throat, or chipmunk formants on the original note. ROBOT flattens everything to a monotone C3. DRIVE adds tube heat on the way out — the dark creative cousin of LOCKJAW. | bsmt-11-larynx.jpg (880×517) |
| CROWBAR | sidechain spectral ducker | free TrackSpacer alternative | Put it on the beat, sidechain the vocal into it, and the beat ducks ONLY the frequencies the vocal is using, only while it speaks. 24 spectral bands carve automatically; the display shows exactly where the crowbar is prying. DELTA plays just what got removed. | bsmt-12-crowbar.jpg (880×539) |
| SOLVENT | dynamic resonance suppressor | free Soothe 2 alternative | Finds the harsh, boxy, whistly peaks that poke above the spectral envelope and dissolves them only while they flare. SELECTIVITY decides what counts as a resonance, DEPTH how hard it melts. Transparent at defaults, surgical when pushed — the why-does-it-sound-pro-now plugin. | bsmt-13-solvent.jpg (880×539) |
| BEDROCK | 808 / sub enhancer | free bass enhancer plugin | Generates the 2nd and 3rd harmonics of your sub, tracked to the 808's own envelope, so bass reads on phone speakers and earbuds that can't reproduce the fundamental. TIGHT cleans mud below the focus note, mono-below keeps the low end club-safe. Louder-sounding bass without being louder. | bsmt-14-bedrock.jpg (880×517) |
| SLINGSHOT | ad-lib throw FX | free delay throw plugin for vocals | One giant THROW pad: hold it to fling a word into tempo-synced delay, reverb or both — release and the tail rings out on its own. Ping-pong bounce, darkening repeats, and ducking so throws never bury the next line. Hold for momentary, tap to latch, automate the pad from your DAW. | bsmt-15-slingshot.jpg (880×517) |
| INTERCOM | vocoder / harmonizer | free vocoder VST3 | A 16-band vocoder that tracks your voice and rebuilds it on synth carriers, snapped to your KEY and SCALE. Chord modes stack octaves, fifths, minor or major harmonies from a single take. From radio-robot to gospel stack with two clicks. | bsmt-16-intercom.jpg (880×557) |
| PUMPJACK | tempo-synced pump | free Kickstart alternative | Sidechain pumping with zero routing: a beat-locked duck curve with SHAPE, OFFSET and a live playhead, locked to the DAW grid so loops never drift. Or hit DRAW and paint your own 16-step volume pattern right on the display. Kickstart energy, BSMT attitude. | bsmt-17-pumpjack.jpg (880×557) |
| DEADBOLT | gate / expander | free noise gate plugin VST3 | A gate with hysteresis and HOLD, which is the polite way of saying it never machine-guns. GATE mode slams shut to a set floor; EXPAND mode leans on quiet parts gently. The history strip shows the detector against your threshold and exactly when the bolt was thrown. | bsmt-18-deadbolt.jpg (880×517) |
| WINGSPAN | stereo imager | free stereo widener plugin | Two-zone width: keep the low end tight and mono-safe while the highs stretch wide. Goniometer, correlation history and a MONO check button tell you the truth about phone speakers before your listeners find out. SAFE mode auto-guards against phase cancellation. | bsmt-19-wingspan.jpg (880×557) |
| SEANCE | chorus / ensemble | free chorus plugin VST3 | Two to six detuned voices orbiting the stereo field, with DUST adding the slow irregular drift of dying hardware. Lush on pads, thick on guitars, ghostly on vocals. Watch the voices circle the table on the display. | bsmt-20-seance.jpg (880×517) |
| ATTIC | lo-fi texture box | free lo-fi effect plugin | One AGE macro over tape wear, vinyl crackle, hiss and bit-crush — the noise only breathes while your audio actually plays. BANDBOX voicings snap the whole sound into PHONE, RADIO or VHS in one click. The slowed-and-reverb aesthetic, on tap. | bsmt-21-attic.jpg (880×557) |
| TRENCH | performance filter | free DJ filter plugin | One DJ-law CUTOFF knob: left closes a lowpass, right opens a highpass, center is bit-perfect open. Resonance up to screaming, DRIVE before the filter so it screams louder. MOTION sweeps it across 1-8 bars in sync for build-ups without automation lanes. | bsmt-22-trench.jpg (880×517) |
| FURNACE | saturator | free saturation plugin for vocals | Three flavors of heat at 4x oversampling: TAPE glue, TUBE's even-harmonic bloom, IRON's transformer weight. BIAS skews the waveform for vintage asymmetry, TIGHT lets the lows through clean while everything above burns. AUTO gain so drive means color, not just louder. | bsmt-23-furnace.jpg (880×517) |
| MUZZLE | de-esser | free de-esser plugin VST3 | Sibilance control that measures esses against the vocal's own level, so one setting survives every gain change. SPLIT mode bites only the harsh band; WIDE ducks everything, old-school. The S-lamp and BITE meter show every clamp as it happens. | bsmt-24-muzzle.jpg (880×517) |
| VICEGRIP | 3-band OTT compressor | free OTT alternative plugin | Upward AND downward compression per band: quiet details get lifted, peaks get clamped, everything gets dense. One DEPTH knob scales the whole squeeze, TIME makes it pump or breathe. The modern trap sheen, from subtle glue to full crush. | bsmt-25-vicegrip.jpg (880×517) |
| WINDPIPE | breath control | free breath control plugin | Detects breaths by their level, texture and noisiness — never by guesswork — and ducks them by exactly the amount you choose. Or push REDUCTION positive and BOOST them for that close-mic ASMR intimacy. LISTEN mode plays only what it flagged so you can trust it. | bsmt-26-windpipe.jpg (880×517) |
| MOUTHPIECE | one-knob vocal strip | free vocal channel strip plugin | A full vocal chain — gate, KNUCKLE's compressor core, de-esser, tone and air, saturation — driven by one MOUTH knob. Five small trims bias each stage when you want a say. Record, turn the knob until it sounds mixed, keep rapping. | bsmt-27-mouthpiece.jpg (880×517) |
Assets
- Share image, Dr.dawgOG: share-image.jpg (1200×630, JPG)
- Share image, BSMT.DSP: share-plugins.jpg (1200×630, JPG)
- Star mark (vector): favicon.svg
- Plugin screenshots:
dawg.help/screenshots/bsmt-NN-name.jpg, 880 px wide, one per plugin (linked in the table above) - Colours: ink #0a0908, bone #f3eee3, blood #d4351e, rust #6b1d0f. Fonts: Anton, Archivo Black, JetBrains Mono.
Higher-resolution screenshots, a producer photo and audio examples are available on request.
Story angles
- The Anand producer who gave away 27 plugins: a small-city Indian developer competing with paid tools, for free.
- Gujarati hip-hop from the producer's chair: how folk and film records become boom bap. Background on the Gujarati hip-hop reference page.
- Free plugin roundups: any of the 27 fits a category list; the strongest gaps filled are breath control, vocal rider, spectral ducking and resonance suppression.
- Mixing rap vocals with a free chain: the full method in how to mix rap vocals with free plugins.
Contact
Dr.dawgOG — Music Production, Mixing & Mastering
Anand, Gujarat, India
drdawgog@gmail.com · @dr.dawgog
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