Wolfgang Palm has released Plex 2 as a free download for Windows users:
I had done some extensions on Plex, just for myself during the last years. Doing that, I found the sounds Plex produces interesting again.
So I decided to do a new version, and offer it for free.
Free Music Software: Phutura is a free VST for Windows that’s designed to emulate the Roland Alpha Juno synth.
The Alpha Juno is known for the classic ‘Hoover’ sound, which is recreated using Phutura in the demo above. Continue reading
TranceDrive is a free subtractive synthesizer for Windows, designed for creating massive trance music sounds.
The developer notes that TranceDrive “has built-in supersaw oscillators, for fat synths and pads, harsh filters, a trance gate and a hugh reverb effect.” Continue reading
BlauKraut Engineering has released Charlatan – a free polyphonic, subtractive virtual analog software synthesizer for Windows.
Here’s what the developer has to say about Charlatan:
Charlatan is a polyphonic, subtractive virtual analog software synthesizer plugin whose design focuses on sound quality and easy usability. The design philosophy was to provide a feature set just large enough to cover a wide range of sounds rather than an infinite number of parameters and modulation options cluttering the user interface and distracting from the creative process. That said, Charlatan’s synthesis architecture is flexible enough to create all kinds of sounds, from conventional classic leads, basses and pads to weird blips and noises.
While making no compromises about sound quality, the algorithms have been optimized for efficient CPU usage making Charlatan well suited as a ”bread and butter” synth even in projects with a large number of plugin instances.
Developer Calle Wilund has released a free multitimbral sampler for Windows, TX16Wx:
After several years of on/off development, I finally got my act together (somewhat) during July of 2011 and fixed the few remaining features I wanted to add before publishing the plugin. The result is the first public beta release of the TX16Wx VSTi Software Sampler.
It is a 100% free VSTi Sampler with professional features and an easy to use graphical interface – and – one of the few sampler instruments, free or commercial, with a fully documented file format.
Not a preset-player or disk-streaming library engine, this is a plugin for you to make your own sounds, tweak and experiment. Bring back the fun of the old hardware samplers – in software.
Details below. You can download the free software sampler at Wilund’s site.
Note: The software is being released as a beta. Continue reading
Free Music Software: DSK Music has released DSK SynthDrums – a free drum synth for Windows.
Features:
It’s a free download at the DSK site.
B. Serrano has released Red Shift v3, a free multi-effects plugin for Windows.
Effects include pitch shifter, delay, phaser and chorus.
New in Red Shift 3:
Forge Audio Designs has released a free drum replacement tool for Windows, BEAT to MIDI:
BEAT to MIDI is a fast acting, low overhead Beat Detection and Drum Replacement tool which producers and musicians can implement to extract MIDI data from Drum loops.
BEAT to MIDI allows for the correction of poorly captured or performed drum recordings after the recording session has taken place.
BEAT to MIDI uses sophisticated algorithms to identify each drum hit (or transient) in the time domain. Once this point is detected, MIDI data can be used to trigger replacement drum samples to alleviate poor quality recordings and/or timing errors.
Free Music Software: Niall Moody has released Pedalboard 2, an updated version of the free modular VST host, designed for live use.
Features:
Pedalboard 2 is a free download from Moody’s site.
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Feldspar is a free VSTi software synthesizer for Windows that offers a range of tempo-based modulation options.
Features:
The download also includes FeldsparFX, a VST effect plug-in based on Feldspar’s architecture.