Free Music Software

OT: The Halloween Scream Machine (App Store link) is a free iPhone app for Halloween.
It plays back creepy sounds and soundtracks, and it also lets you record and play back custom samples.
Combine these scary sound effects with the Halloween dark atmospheric music mix and get read to scare the neighborhood……

The KVR Developer Challenge 2009 has ended and that means that there are some interesting new freebies available.
There were 42 entries:

40 of these are available for Windows;
6 for Mac OS X; and
1 for Linux.

Highlights include a Moog Model D clone, a bassline synth with built-in effects, a granular synthesizer and a convolution reverb.

Free Windows Music Software: Artifake_Labs has introduced a free software synthesizer, RedTron_MKV, that emulates the Mellotron MKV (essentially a double M400), one of the rarest Mellotrons ever made.
Features :

Realistic user interface.
Six sound types : 3 Violins, 8-Voice Choir, Flute, Brass, String Section, Cello.
“Loop” and “Non-Loop” modes : as the original “Mellotron”, each sound is eight [...]

Sound-Record have released a free synthesizer download for Windows – the Waspy LE synth.
Waspy LE Features:

60 presets
Modern High Quality Sound
Easy Arpeggio module
It’s free!

If you give Waspy LE a try, leave a comment and let me know what you think of it!

Free Music Software: Mokafix has introduced Glue Reeds – a free virtual electric piano for Windows, based on a Pianet mechanism.
Glue Reeds uses reactive synthesis which emulates each part of the sound generating process.
Pickups response is carefully emulated, producing a very expressive instrument with great dynamics.
Feature list:

Velocity curve control
Physical parameters adjustments
Seemless dynamic response
Endless sustain decay
Authentic [...]

Free Music Software: alert: E-Mu is giving away the free Proteus VX for Windows, along with the v2 Proteus X Composer Bank:
As we release and launch E-MU’s next generation Emulator X3 Streaming Sampling Synthesizer software, E-MU celebrates and is pleased to announce that we will be providing the full version of our Proteus VX Software [...]

Free Windows Music Software: Theodor Krueger Music has released BellSynth, a free windows VST dedicated to making bell-like sounds. It can also be used to create large detuned pads and leads.
Preview the sound of BellSynth below:

 

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Ableton Live freebie: The Covert Operators have released The Covert Seq, a MIDI controllable step sequencer made out of a combination of Dummy Clips and Ableton’s MIDI Effects, as a free download.
The Covert Operators call The Covert Seq “the most complex MIDI Effect Rack ever made”.
Fortunately, they’ve made a series of videos, available at their [...]

Free Windows Music Software: Think the world needs another monophonic soft synth?
Alterex does – it’s released X*ONE, a virtual monophonic synthesizer with one oscillator, one modulator, and one 12dB lowpass filter.
According to Alterex, “this basic unit has some tricks up it’s sleeve and is one of the core parts of the X*PAND VSTi, that will [...]

Look familiar?
PowerFX Soundation Studio is like Garageband 1.0 – except that it isn’t a Mac app.
Instead, it’s the latest example of browser based music software. In this case, Soundation is a virtual studio that runs your web browser.
Click here to try it out now.