Chief among the freebies is a pack of four full-fledged software synths from developer TrapDoor Audio. It will load you up with synth sounds for days and weeks to come!
Neutron 3's Mix Assistant lends a critical ear to your overall mix and automatically balances the tracks to give you a starting point, keeping in focus the ones you choose.
HyperSpace lets you build your own reverb by combining a selection of algorithms - Vintage, Classic, Retro, Modern, Sci-Fi, and Cosmic. This is one colourful reverb!
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Mastering The Mix BASSROOM is a new mix and mastering plug-in designed to help you achieve a tight, well-balanced low end. It's a specialized, tweakable bass EQ with an innovative user interface.
Here's a sampling of all the great freeware music production tools which appeared last week, such as a brass machine, a guitar amp and effects suite, sampled music boxes, and a nifty step sequencer.
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Antares has introduced the Auto-Tune EFX+ plug-in. It combines pitch correction with additional effects, for the warped vocal sounds that dominate current hits.
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Overloud has released the OTD-2 delay plug-in, an emulation of the A/DA STD-1. With 6 taps per channel, you have extensive control over the delay’s famous stereo widening effect.
Toneboosters has added Enhancer to its catalogue of useful and affordable plug-ins, which lets you add a bit of sonic sparkle to individual tracks and entire mixes during mixdown and mastering.
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If you’re into vintage reverbs, you might want to spring for this: AudioThing Springs packs eight classic spring reverbs into one plug-in. Get ready for all sorts of twangy, rumbly goodness.
If you want to try a different approach to obtaining the ducking effect, or prefer a dedicated plug-in for the task, developer Devious Machines may have something for you.
More great gear for free! Get two thunderous bass synths and a capable graphic equalizer for free this week, courtesy of IK Multimedia, Distocore and King Oz...
Nuxx is a multi-FX processor with 30 types of effects and dedicated effects parameter sequencer. Oh, and real-time effects parameter automation over 55 parameter sequencing lanes. Phew.
It's a lot of synth for the money - ONE comes with 2 oscillators and a sub oscillator, a pair of filters, wave shaper, two LFOs and 3 modulation envelopes; and a total of 24 polyphonic voices.
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Austrian Audio has released Polar Designer as a free public beta. The plug-in is designed to adjust the polar pattern of dual-output microphones after recording, but works on any source. Interesting!
Acustica Audio has released Ultramarine 4, a plug-in bundle built around its emulation of the Fairchild 670 compressor. Ultramarine 4 also includes two equalizers, a reverb, and a channel strip.
MAAT has introduced the 2BC multiCORR, a multiband correlation meter plug-in with 31 frequency bands. It's a kind of magnifying glass for dealing with mono compatibility problems.
