Equipment news, leaks and tips
Best free plug-ins this week: a synth and two hi-end EQs for serious production!
25 Sep · We have lined up four high quality plug-ins that come at no cost, ready to enter your projects. There's a free synth, two equalizers, and a pink noise generator - especially useful for wearing down your ...
Kush Audio Novatron: a varitone tube compressor with a variety of sounds
24 Sep · Novatron is an analog-modeled Varitone Tube Compressor. With the combined traits of several classic compressors, it features a vintage-inspired interface and an appropriately warm sound for a classic vibe...
AudioThing Wave Box: no distortion gets more brutal than waveshaping!
24 Sep · Wave Box looks like a simulated piece of 70s power plant test equipment, but it's actually a dynamic dual waveshaper capable of maximum wave-destroying fun! Its two shapers can also be modulated by a pair of ...
DoubleDrummer: 12-voice drum synth and sample player
23 Sep · Audiothingies have revealed their forthcoming DoubleDrummer drum synthesizer and sample player. 6 synthesized drum sounds alongside sampled kits in a neat desktop box.
uClouds packs Mutable Instruments Texture synth into 8HP
23 Sep · uClouds or Micro Clouds takes Mutable Instruments classic texture synthesizer module and squeezes it down to a more space efficient size while retaining all the functionality.
iZotope sets Ozone’s Imager free: get your mixes sounding nice and wide!
22 Sep · iZotope's Imager is now a free stand-alone plug-in, designed for manipulating the stereo image Any mix or master can benefit from widening the stereo field, a sure-fire way of getting your song sounding ...
Reason 10: At last some new instruments from Propellerhead!
22 Sep · Propellerhead announces the arrival of Reason 10. The new instrument drought of 10 years is finally over with 2 new synthesizers, 3 sampled instruments, and a piano. Is it enough to silence the critics?
Getting inside the Behringer Model D synthesizer
21 Sep · What will we find when we tear apart a Behringer Model D? Synthpro takes a prototype Behringer synthesizer to bits to find out what makes it tick.
Ton(e)hammer Rig Pack: Free metal for your Kemper
21 Sep · If your Kemper is not sounding quite rock or metal enough then Ton(e)hammer have 50 free profiles taken from some of the metallist amplifiers around to melt your face off.
Krankie: the ultimate hipster music making machine
21 Sep · Get down to truly authentic music production by hand punching your own paper piano roll and hand-crank it through the Krankie, while keeping one hand free for your fair-trade-walnut-double-shot-mocha-latte.
Eventide EQuivocate is out – a science’d up equalizer free ’till October 31
21 Sep · EQuivocate is an Eventide equalizer plug-in with match EQ functionality and specialty frequency bands modeled on the human ear itself. It's also free until October 31! A free Eventide product is never to pass ...
Devil and Sons Guitars unveil a new Skull and Crossbones Series
20 Sep · Are you playing in a slightly oddball Psychobilly band? Are you perhaps a pirate looking to rock the seven seas? Or do you just love Halloween a bit too much?
Upcoming: Wavesfactory Spectre is 7 saturators in 1 beautiful monster plug-in
20 Sep · Pretty colors and 7 types of saturation! Does that sound good? It's the foundation of Spectre, a multi-band enhancer plug-in from the fine minds at Wavesfactory. Currently in development, Spectre has 5 EQ ...
Syntronik brings 17 classic synths to the iPad for free
20 Sep · IK Multimedia has brought their bundle of legendary synths to the iPad with 17 free instruments. More are available with in-app purchasing but isn't it a slap in the face for desktop users who pay far more?