Partikkel Audio has released Hadron – described as the ‘ultimate granular synthesis tool’ – as a free download. “In fact,” notes the developer, “it is such a complete implementation of granular synthesis , that we’ve renamed the technique to ‘particle synthesis’.” Hadron is free and open source.
Reader aymat let us know about Superfake – a free/nagware VST for Windows that emulates the famous Roland Supersaw: Place it behind you synth in the audio chain or route any other signal thru it. When feeded with a saw wave, the output will sound like a Superwave. But every other signal will also do it.… Read More Cloned Roland HyperSaw VST For Windows
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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Opxs_nwyM 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.
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.”
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… Read More Free Windows Software Synthesizer – Charlatan
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.… Read More Free Multitimbral VSTi Software Sampler Inspired By Retro Hardware Samplers
Free Music Software: DSK Music has released DSK SynthDrums – a free drum synth for Windows. Features: 12 Patch drum Synth Easy assign sounds to keyboard Deep control over sound design Selectable output Midi automation User presets Filter, Distortion, EQ 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: Separate settings for Left and Right channels. XY pad for Left and Right channels pitch-shifting. Download Red Shift at the B. Serrano site.
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… Read More BEAT To MIDI – Free Drum Replacement Tool For Windows
