DSK Music has released SaxophoneZ, a freeware sax virtual instrument for Windows PC. Features: 3 types of saxophone: Soprano, Alto & Tenor. Velocity response. Amp. envelope and micro-detuner. HP/LP Filter. 2 Fx (reverb & chorus).
E-MU has announced that the full version of the Proteus VX Software Sound Module software is now available as a free download. The download (registration requried) includes the enhanced v2.0.1 Proteus X Composer Bank (a special E-MU tweaked version of the Composer bank) that can be used in all versions of the Proteus X or… Read More Get Proteus VX For Windows For Free
DSK has released a new free virtual instrument for Windows, DSK Indian DreamZ. Features: 6 Indian Instruments: Sitar, Sarod, veena, Tar, tampura & Tabla Velocity response Amp. envelope and micro-detuner HP/LP Filter Midi automation
Heavyocity‘s Evolve is a new Kontakt 2 virtual instrument offering “diverse percussion, massive stings/transitions, and evocative tonalities. Features: 600+ beat-sliced loops strategically key-mapped into 7 genre-specific suites. 60 sequenced and arpeggiated percussive and tonal instruments. 75+ modern percussion kits and instruments. 45+ sting and transitional instruments. 250+ tonal instruments and FX. 3 custom scripted interfaces.… Read More Heavyocity Evolve, Virtual Instrument For Composers, Sound Designers
U-No-62 is free virtual Juno synth, available in AU and VST formats. Features: More accurate filter sound. More overtones in the oscillators. Faster LFO rate (0.1-30HZ). A lot faster envelopes. Audio Unit available
Robin Schmidt’s Music Engineering Tools has released a public beta version a new free synth VST for Windows, Straightline. Description: Straightliner is a straight-lined subtractive synthesizer in a modern guise. You will find the well known building blocks of classic analog synthesizers (4 oscillators, a filter, 2 envelope generators) patched together in the traditional way.… Read More Free Subtractive Synthesizer
This gets my vote for the coolest thing you’ll see this weekend. It’s a live performance using the Hobnox AudioTool – the new browser-based virtual studio – using a MIDI controller and Percussa AudioCubes. See the tutorial at the Hobnox site, too! Joa Ebert & Kai-Phillip, via David
If you check out one thing this weekend, check out Hobnox AudioTool. It’s like Reason for your Web browser – a collection of Web-based audio tools that you can patch together in play, including a TB303, TR808, TR909 and a variety of effects pedals. It’s just a demo, but I’m impressed. Let me know what… Read More Hobnox AudioTool Is Like Reason For Your Web Browser
Samplemodeling has introduced The Trumpet – a modeled virtual trumpet that sounds amazingly realistic. This is not a sample library. The Trumpet is a Kontakt Player 2 Virtual Instrument, working either standalone, or as a plugin (VST or RTAS for the PC) and VSR, RTAS or AU for Mac. A master keyboard with some configurable… Read More Amazing Modeled Trumpet
iZotope has released iDrum 1.6, a Windows XP/Vista compatible version of its iDrum virtual drum machine software. The update is free for registered iDrum customers. iDrum turns a Mac or PC into a virtual drum machine. iDrum can utilize users’ customized samples or those from professionally produced libraries. Beats in iDrum can be created from… Read More iZotope Releases iDrum For PC
