This page brings together our latest posts on free music software, including VST, VSTi and AU plugins; free music applications for Windows, Mac and Linux; free mobile music software for the iPhone and other portable devices; and free audio loops and samples.
Musolomo is a free sampler instrument thatlets you capture sound interactively and play it back how you want it, looping, changing it’s melody, rhythm and organisation. Key Features It’s free. Sample, copy, and erase without the need to look at a computer screen. Peripheral vision feedback design (the flashing border) Record and play sync before… Read More Musolomo – A Free Sampler Instrument For OS X
Arman Bohn has released SK-crooner, a free vocal synth for Windows based on the “human voice” of the Casio SK-1. “I loved this sound when I was growing up,” says Bohn, “very spooky and unnatural.” Features: Two separate modes: Original (modeled after the Casio SK-1) Tone held (for long notes) ADSR Amplitude Envelope Vibrato with… Read More Free Virtual Synth Recreates Casio SK-1
U-No-62 is free virtual Juno synth, available in AU and VST formats. Features: More accurate filter sound. More overtones in the oscillators. Faster LFO rate (0.1-30HZ). A lot faster envelopes. Audio Unit available
Beatesthesia is a highly customizable WYSIWYG music visualizer, inspired in motive and design by synesthesia. It’s a free download, but is currently in beta form, so there’s a bit of a learning curve and you may encounter some weirdness. Description: Synesthesia has inspired many works of art. Art that is meant to evoke synesthetic associations… Read More Beatesthesia – Cool New Music Visualizer
IK Multimedia has announced that AmpliTube X-GEAR has been made available as a free download for AmpliTube 2 Live users and StealthPlug users. X-GEAR is an expandable guitar amp and effects modeling software system, available as a plug-in and standalone version for Mac/PC, that allows mixing and matching between all the gear models in a… Read More AmpliTube X-GEAR Free For AmpliTube 2 Live Users
Cynthia is a free Windows VSTi/VST inspired by the classic EMS Synthi A. Specifications (like Synthi A): 3 oscillators with controls for shape and level of the waveforms OSC1: Range from 0.6 Hz to 16 kHz, sine and triangle OSC2: Range from 0.6 Hz to 16 kHz, square and triangle OSC3: Range from 0.015 Hz… Read More Cynthia – Free Windows VST That Emulates EMS SynthiA
Wusik has released its Wusik VM VST Manager/Organizer as a free and open source music project. I think this may be the reason why they are having to turn this thing loose: The idea behind WVM is very simple. You load WVM and inside it, you load your VSTs. Once you extract the presets to… Read More Wusik Dot Com Open Sources Wusik VM VST Manager/Organizer
Got a fever for more cowbell? Dynamite cowbell, a free Windows VST, brings you “more cowbell than even Gene Frenkle can deliver”. Features : 6 cowbells mapped to midi keys 5 velocity layers close and room mic levels damping control 5 bonus digibells 1 cow
Gnaural is a multi-platform programmable binaural-beat generator, implementing the principle of binaural beats as described in the October 1973 Scientific American article Auditory Beats in the Brain (Gerald Oster). It can be used to synthesize sounds that affect the brain. Here’s a demo. It should be listened to using headphones: [display_podcast] The central theme of… Read More Mac Developer Needed For Binaural Beat Brain Synth Port
KarmaFX has released Version 2.0 of the WIndows VST KarmaFX Plugin Pack, which features reverb, delay, EQ and Filter plug-ins. KarmaFX Plugin Pack 2.0 changes: Added performance improvements. Added SSE3 code path and memory optimizations to Reverb plugin. Plugin dll’s are now compressed for faster load times. Individual version numbers for the plugins have been… Read More Free KarmaFX Plugin Pack 2.0 Released
