Best free plug-ins this week: Kee Bass, MIDI Choir and Contrast Distortion

06 Oct 2019 by Lasse Eilers | Approximate reading time: 2 Minutes

· Source: Martinic / Gearnews

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We’ve got three awesome free plug-ins for you this week: a funky 60’s bass synth, a MIDI-controlled harmonizer and a distortion effect. This week’s line-up: Martinic Kee Bass, MV’s Plugins MIDI Choir and Lurker Beats Contrast Distortion.

You can find many more free plug-ins in our archives.

Martinic Kee Bass

Source: Martinic

The Rheem Kee Bass, manufactured by a company otherwise known for its water heaters, is a cool monophonic bass keyboard from the 1960’s. Martinic is bringing it to your DAW for free! The Martinic Kee Bass uses physical modeling to recreate the original’s solid-state circuitry (no samples!), which is quite remarkable for a free plug-in. They’ve also nailed the design. The Kee Bass comes with a handful of funky combo-organ style switches for adjusting the sound, and a slider labeled “Bass Booster”. The plug-in has a settings tab where you have access to advanced parameters like a filter and envelope. You can even tune each key individually, for that authentic decades-in-the-attic sound. Not bad at all for a freebie! Martinic Kee Bass is available for Windows and Mac in VST and AU formats.

Download Martinic Kee Bass here

MV’s Plugins MIDI Choir

Source: MVS Plugins

MIDI Choir from MV’s Plugins has just been updated to version 3.0, and it deserves to be featured in this column. It’s a polyphonic pitch shifter plug-in that turns a single voice into a choir using the supplied MIDI notes. The MIDI Choir has detailed tuning controls and built-in noise gate, compressor and reverb effects. According to the developer, the latest version comes with a new rendering engine and improved quality. If you’d like to turn your vocal into a choir on the cheap, the MIDI Choir is what you need. It’s a Windows-only VST plug-in that can also be used stand-alone.

Download MV’s Plugins MIDI Choir here

Lurker Beats Contrast Distortion

Source: Lurker

This one is actually two plug-ins. Contrast Distortion by Lurker Beats is available in “Mega” and “Mini” versions, both of which are free. Contrast Distortion Mini features a distortion effect with gain, shape and contrast controls, and a 4-pole lowpass filter. The Mega version adds fold, more filter types and an EQ, which can be controlled with an X/Y pad. Contrast Distortion looks like a nifty little distortion plug-in – two plug-ins, for that matter. It’s available for Windows (64 bit VST2 and VST3) and macOS (64 bit AU).

Download Lurker Beats Contrast Distortion here

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