46 Results for "open source"

InfernalSynth, Wasted Audio, KClip Zero: Free Plugins of the Week

InfernalSynth is an impressive semi-modular synth and a sound designer's dream! We've also got some free mixing tools and a variable-curve clipper.

201 Musical Synthesizer from Critter & Guitari

Our wooden-buttoned friends Critter & Guitaru are at it again with a super-portable, fun and dynamic synth that's just appeared on Kickstarter.

Samplebrain: Open source sample mashing from Aphex Twin

Dave Griffiths and Aphex Twin have released a weird sample mashing app called Samplebrain. It's free, open source and will keep you busy all week.

Best free plug-ins this week: BlackVibe, Codec, Oi, Grandad!

This week’s collection of free plug-ins includes a custom tube amp, a digital degradation tool, and an open-source granular synthesizer.

MicroDexed: an 80s home studio in a Teensy box

Floyd Steinberg is at it again with MicroDexed which offers 2 DX7s, a VA synth, drum computer, piano, audio tracker and effects in one tiny box.

Best free plug-ins this week: PaulXStretch, Tarabia Distortion and DH-TransientShaper

This week’s collection of free plug-ins includes the return of everyone’s favorite time stretching tool, a distortion effect and a transient shaper.

MiniDexed: Run 8 DX7s on a Raspberry Pi for free

Floyd Steinberg shows us how to run 8 instances of the DEXED free DX7 plugin as MiniDexed on a Raspberry Pi with minimal setup and hardware accessories.

Best free plug-ins this week: Room Reverb, Retro Keys VII and TheUtility

This week’s collection of free plug-ins includes a reverb, a retro ROMpler and a useful mixing utility: Room Reverb, Retro Keys VII and TheUtility.

Best free plug-ins this week: CqtAnalyzer, DSPplug mark3 and TS-M1N3

This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins features a colorful spectral analyzer, a mid-side limiter and an open-source clone of a famous overdrive pedal.

Superbooth 2021: Sucofunk Beatmaker’s Sketchbook

Open source and DIY the Beatmaker's Sketchbook is a portable music-making device with sampling and sequencing coming in October.

Leaked firmware claims to turn PLAITS into BRAINS

Apparently, a leaked Behringer BRAINS firmware can be run on the Mutable Instruments Plaits giving access to the display software.

Celemony makes ARA open source, releases software development kit

Celemony has made the ARA protocol available under an open source license. Does this mean that we'll soon see many more ARA-enabled plug-ins?

Best free plug-ins this week: Ocean Swift Synthesis, Surge 1.9 and G395a

If you’re a synth geek, you’re going to love this week’s collection of free plug-ins! We've got a whole bunch of free synths, and a vintage 3-band EQ to round things off.

Vega: Stochastic Sequencing from outer space

Pantala Labs Vega is a probabilistic Eurorack Stochastic Sequencer spinning in a circle of illuminated possibilities.

Best free plug-ins this week: Swanky Amp, Bass Deluxe and Monique

This week's collection of the best free plug-ins brings you two brand-new tube amp simulations! And did we mention that the awesome Monoplugs Monique synthesizer is now free?

Best free plug-ins this week: jParaComp, GON and Fuzz Ball

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.

Instruments of Things TBD: Open source Eurorack DSP module for running your own algorithms

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.

DirtyWave M8: Handheld synth and tracker project is looking stunning

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. 

Sensel Morph multi-surface MPE controller absorbs Pure Data to control anything you can imagine

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 puts its DIY Kits online as open source projects

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.

AudioGridder: Turn any Mac into a networked plug-in server for free

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!

Kassutronics 2-channel bracelet Quantizer for Eurorack

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.

Will Raspberry Pi soon replace our DAWs?

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: The only performance sequencer you’ll ever need?

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.