GarageRemote is a free application that lets you control GarageBand‘s transport functions using any MIDI controller that has programmable buttons. System Requirements Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or newer GarageBand 1.0 or newer A MIDI keyboard or other controller with assignable buttons (like this one).
Cosmic Boy has released Icecream, a freeware VST instrument for Windows. Features: 8-bit/Chip style Mono/Poly synthesizer. Dual Osc’s. 4 Octave per OSC. Osc2 Finetune. Step Sequencer Pitch/Filter. Bitcrusher 8bit,16bit, 24bit, 32bit. Filter Section. Amp/Filter ADSR. Harmonics Switch. Reverb/Delay. X/Y Pad. Glide and Glide Rate. It’s a free download from Cosmic Boy’s MySpace page. via Rekkerd
SimpleSynth is exactly what you’d think it would be, a no-frills Mac software synth designed for when you just want to play without the hassle of firing up and configuring your favorite sequencing software. It’s got a complete general MIDI instrument set built in, and it can load Soundfonts and DLS files. Don’t plan on… Read More Free Synth For The Mac – SimpleSynth
DSK Music has released SaxophoneZ, a freeware sax virtual instrument for Windows PC. Features: 3 types of saxophone: Soprano, Alto & Tenor. Velocity response. Amp. envelope and micro-detuner. HP/LP Filter. 2 Fx (reverb & chorus).
Livid Instruments has released Livid Looper, free, open source audio manipulation software for Mac & PC. Designed to emphasize simplicity and hands-on control, short loops of audio can be sliced, diced, scrambled, and transformed with built-in and VST effects. “Since we released our Ohm MIDI controller, we have had a dramatic increase in DJs, laptop… Read More Free Looper For Mac & PC From Livid
This video, from the latest issue of Computer Music, demos several Monome applications, including mlr, flin and Stretta‘s Press Cafe.
Mixxx, the free, open source DJ application for Windows, Mac & Linux, has been updated and is available as a free software download. According to the developers: Mixxx 1.6.0 represents over a year’s worth of hard work from our growing development team. The development of 1.6.0 was been driven by continuous feedback from our users,… Read More Free DJ App Download – Mixxx
Prime Loops is offering several free sample kits for Intua BeatMaker for the iPhone. Kits include: Dirty South Synth Loops Kit Platinum Crunk Grooves 1 Platinum Crunk Grooves 2 Prime Trip Hop Kit 1 via the BeatMaker
WordPress is a great blogging platform and is popular with musicians for building music websites. Out of the box, it does 90% of the stuff you’ll need to build a music site. Here are some free add-ons, though, that can handle the rest. Five Free WordPress Plugins For Musicians Gigs Calendar – This plugin is… Read More Five Free WordPress Plugins For Musicians
Togu Audio Line has released TAL-DUB-II, an extended version of its free dub delay for Mac and Windows, with a completely new sound engine. A 4x oversampled distortion stage allows to add vintage distortion to the delayd signal, but its also possible to make clean delays. A sinusoidal LFO has the possibility to modulate delay… Read More Free Dub Delay For Mac & Windows
