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Shuriken has released Shredder, a free VST sampler for Windows & Mac designed to be easy to use and fun to play with. It has 12 slots for samples that are controllable via MIDI notes or automatable parameters as well as the GUI.
Shuriken has released Shredder, a free VST sampler for Windows & Mac designed to be easy to use and fun to play with. It has 12 slots for samples that are controllable via MIDI notes or automatable parameters as well as the GUI.
Neuenberger have released an alpha version of their JellyFilter v2.0 freeware polyphonic lead synth for Windows. Technical details: Polyphony / Timbrality: 4 voices per channel, 16 channels. Oscillators: 2 Oscillators with Controllable Unisono per Osc: Saw, Sine, Square, Pulse with PWM, Noise. Filter: 24dB LowPass and Bandpass with resonance, Highpass, envelope amount and cutoff, possibility… Read More Get A Free Virtual Analog Synthesizer
The Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology has released an open-source Windows framework for developing virtual synthesizers: SynStart is a simple and straightforward free open source framework for audio programming in C++. It embeds all the interfaces and book keeping routines required to build stand-alone real-time sound generators for the Windows platform: A polyphonic… Read More Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology Announces SynStart Open-Source Framework
ndc Plugs has released Fragmental, a free Windows VST plug-in. Description: A complex multi-fx plugin incorporating a delay, granulator, three phase vocoder effects, a reversinator, and three types of modulation source. Incorporates a very flexible routing scheme capable of serial and parallel effects routings, and a new kind of modulation routing based on a kind… Read More VST Plug-in Offers Delay, Granulator, Vocoder And More
De La Mancha has released a new free VST synth for Windows, Entropy.Entropy is a 3 osc subtractive synth with a set of pitch randomising options to generate melodies “all on it’s ownsome”.
Maizesoft has introduced Maize Sampler, a sample engine that lets you share your samples with musicians around the world. Features: Propagation (VSTi export) with pre-defined UI styles Keyswitching between 12 layers Disk-streaming Sample-mapping, velocity layering 16 channels, 4 stereo output, 32 polyphonies Supports 8, 16, 24 bit sample rate Built-in simple reverb and EQ Both… Read More Maizesoft Debuts Maize Sampler
Nexoft’s LoopAZoid is a free tool for playing one-shot samples in your songs. One instance holds up to 48 different samples, which can be freely assigned to up to 96 different MIDI notes – two each, for forward & reverse playback. Each of the 48 sample channels has a pre-defined MIDI note attached; triggering these… Read More Get A Free VST Sampler!
De la Mancha has released a new version of their free Subhuman VST synth for Windows, Version 2.0. Description: Subhuman is a simple 2 Osc synth for creating low down and dirty sub bass, jus’ like momma used to make. They say you can take it down a few octaves for that deep subby hum… Read More Free Virtual Synth Is More Subhuman Than Subhuman
The School of Audio Engineering (SAE) has announced that it will become a corporate sponsor of Ardour, an open source digital audio workstation project. The sponsorship ensures continual development of Ardour as a free, community-based audio recording and production software. Ardour has previously received corporate support from Solid State Logic and Harrison, but has primarily… Read More Ardour Open-Source DAW Project Gets Sponsor
H.G. Fortune has released the upgraded ProtoPlasm 21, which has been completely reworked. New features include Super Modulation Morphing (SMM), key-control on Delay (LKO), LFO modulation matrix and a dedicated Attack Oscillator it enhances it’s main purpose as synthesizer for vivid textures, soundscapes and pads. 384 patches are included. Here’s a video preview that features… Read More Get A Free Pad Synthesizer