This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins has a little bit of everything: A stereo compressor, a useful stereo goniometer and an open-source fuzz. Here’s jParaComp, GON and Fuzz Ball.
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If you ever wanted to run your own DSP synthesizer and effects algorithms in Eurorack then the TBD is for you! It gives you the hardware interface for your programming skills.
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The M8 is an open-source sequencer/tracker and synthesizer project by musician Timothy Lamb (AKA Trash80) is based on Mutable Instruments Braids and is shaping up beautifully as it nears release.
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The pressure and touch-sensitive Sensel Morph has integrated its API with the open-source Pure Data visual programming language to let the community to dream up new ways to harness the control system.
Erica Synths recently announced it was discontinuing its current range of DIY Eurorack modules but to the delight of the DIY community they are making them open-source for anyone to build.
Is your main DAW computer struggling to handle all of your plug-ins? AudioGridder lets you offload DSP processing to another computer over the network. And it's free!
A new addition to the growing range of modules from Kassutronics is a usually designed Quantizer based on the bracelet representation of scales with a lot of creative functionality behind the scenes.
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The Raspberry Pi miniature computer is more powerful than ever in its fourth generation. Could it become an option as a DAW computer for music applications in the near future?
Dadamachines Composer Pro is a standalone MIDI performance sequencer with a massive 192 button matrix and support for open source audio engines. Here's what it can do.
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With version 0.6.2 of VCV Rack you can now load up all your VST plugins and virtual instruments as virtual Eurorack modules and control them with CV - genius!
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4 voices, 16 samples per voice with independent pattern lengths, a low pass filter and a bitcrusher. And then a breadboard on which to develop your own expansions for the Shapeshifter Open Hardware DIY kit.
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PsyTrance producer Raphael Huber has designed a 60-knob MIDI box that lays out controls common to many analogue-style VST synths, helping you jump between them yet stay in control.
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The MINI.MU is a simplified gesture-controlled musical instrument based on the MI.MU glove developed by Imogen Heap. But this one you get to sew the gloves and write the code yourself.
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DU-INO is a hackable Eurorack Arduino shield that can be anything you want it to be. Download programs or write your own it's fully open source and fully programmable. On Kickstarter from Detroit Underground.
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NonDestructive Design squeezed a Bastl Kastle into a VHS cassette, added some stuff like a keyboard and are moving forward to turn it into Kasetta - a very cool synthesizer.
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A remarkable open source MIDI project that creates the feel of strumming a guitar. Feed chords from a keyboard into StrumPad and then strum away with your fingers to output a very expressive strummed ...
