Free Synth Promises To Emulate A Sequential Circuits Pro-One – But Can Your Computer Handle It?

Urs Heckmann of U-He has released RePro-1 – a free monophonic software synthesizer, for OS X & Windows, that he’s releasing as ‘research ware’. He’s releasing it as a free ‘alpha’ release to gather feedback on the quality of several options for the synth’s filter models. Heckmann says “It’s a first step in our recreation… Read More Free Synth Promises To Emulate A Sequential Circuits Pro-One – But Can Your Computer Handle It?

April 6, 201623 Comments

Free, Open Source Software Synth For OS X & Windows, Synister

Synister is a free, open source synthesizer instrument for Windows and Mac. Synister was developed by students of TU-Berlin. They describe Synister as ‘the easy synthesizer. Here are the official demo videos:

March 19, 2016March 19, 20169 Comments

Free Bitcrusher Effect For OS X, Windows

Tritik has introduced Krush – a free bit-crusher effect for OS X & Windows. According to the developer, Krush combines ‘the crispy taste of the digital realm with the warmth of its drive stage and analog modeled resonant filters’.

March 14, 20162 Comments

Free Drum Machine For Ableton Live From Legowelt

Dutch producer Legowelt (Danny Wolfers) has released a free drum machine for Ableton Live, based on his old Amiga 909 sample floppy disc. Here’s what he has to say about it:

February 26, 2016February 26, 20168 Comments

Free Phazor Effect For Mac, Windows

Developer Adam Szabo has released Phazor – a free effect plugin, for Mac & Windows, that’s designed to emulate the phaser effect found in the Virus synthesizers. Here’s what he has to say about it:

February 18, 20162 Comments

Free 3GB Rompler, Orion Sound Module, For Mac & Windows

SampleScience has released Orion Sound Module, a free 3GB rompler that features 97 virtual instruments, for Mac & Windows. According to the company, Orion “is perfect to sketch out ideas before using bigger libraries that can tax the RAM and CPU very quickly.” Here’s what they have to say about it:

February 11, 2016February 11, 201617 Comments

midimittr USB Adds Inter-Device Audio, Goes Open Source

Developer Matthias Frick let us know that midimittr for USB – a free app that lets you use a standard Lightning/30-Pin Cable to connect your iOS Device to your Mac and PC – has been updated with Inter-Device Audio and is now open source.

February 7, 20161 Comment

iOXAudio for OS X

Developer Matthias Frick let us know about iOXAudio – free ‘helper app’ for OSX 10.11 that exposes the newly introduced Inter-Device Audio feature of El Capitan and iOS 9.0 more conveniently to users.

February 4, 201610 Comments

Free Korg Minilogue Ableton Live Pack

Ableton Live guru AfroDJMac let us know about a free Live Pack that he’s created, based on sounds of the new Korg Minilogue. “I know many people are excited about the Minilogue from Korg. And for good reason: it sounds awesome!” he notes.

January 24, 2016January 24, 201618 Comments

Apple Intros Music Memos For iOS, Like ‘Voice Memos For Music’

Apple today introduced Music Memos, a free app for iOS that lets you quickly capture, organize and develop musical ideas on your iPhone or iPad. Musicians and songwriters around the world have used the Voice Memos app on their iPhone to record ideas. The new Music Memos app is inspired by Voice Memos and takes the functionality even… Read More Apple Intros Music Memos For iOS, Like ‘Voice Memos For Music’

January 20, 201614 Comments

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