Find the Key of Any Song in 30 Seconds (By Ear)

 Learn to Find the Key of a Song by Ear

Watch the video to get started.

https://sonofield.com/apps/key-seeker?utm_content=64

MT Power Drum Kit

 

Multi Layer Drum Sampler AU / VST Instrument

The MT Power Drum Kit is a free drum sampler offering the powerful, high-quality sounds of an acoustic, realistic drum kit. Samples have been specially recorded and processed to make them ideally suited for use in pop, rock and metal productions.

The MT Power Drum Kit Sampler differs from other, expensive drum samplers in that we have already pre-processed the sounds with compressors and EQs to make them a perfect fit for any mix. This is precisely where many drum sample programs fail. Some of the expensive plugins available on the market deliver a highly natural and dynamic drum kit sound as a solo instrument, but many fail as soon as they are supposed to be used for a complete mix in a powerful pop or rock production. Either the kick drum suddenly sounds much too slack or fuzzy in the mix, or the snare drum, which initially sounds natural and dynamic in solo mode, suddenly gets lost in the background in the overall mix, drowned out by the guitars and other instruments. But this is exactly where the MT Power Drum Kit is strongest. Its kick and snare drums come through clearly in any mixing situation – and still sound natural and not overly compressed.

The compressors built into the channels give you even more control over the level of compression.

You can choose from thousands of assorted rhythms in the comprehensive Groove Library and compose your own drum accompaniment. In particular, the innovative functions for creating fills generate very smooth and realistic drum tracks (see video).

Because we used high-quality cymbals and microphones for the recordings, the crash, ride and hi-hat cymbals sound especially refined and pleasant at various velocities.

As early as during microphoning of the set and recording of individual samples, we took great care to replicate realistic circumstances. Although doing so is almost impossible, we broke with tradition in sample recording, which calls for capturing every sound individually; Instead, our studio drummer played entire grooves. Then, we cut most of the necessary sounds out of the grooves, in various velocities, and processed them to deliver samples as realistic as possible. This is especially clear with our hi-hat samples, for instance. On the right-hand side, you can listen to demo tracks to hear the impressive results.

System Requirements:

PC: Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista

Mac: OS X 10.5 or higher, Intel or ARM (M1/M2/M3/M4/M5/...) cpu

Linux: Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora, openSUSE

MT-PowerDrumKit will work in most hosts that support the VST, AAX or AU standards.

Tested hosts:

Ableton Live

Akai MPC

Ardour

Bitwig-Studio

Cakewalk

Cantabile

Cubase

Digital Performer

FL Studio

GarageBand

Jeskola BUZZ

LMMS (no drag and drop)

Logic

LUNA

Magix Music Maker

Mixbus

Mixcraft

MPC Beats

MuLab

Next

Nuendo

Pro Tools (v. 10 and higher)

Podium

Reaper

Reason

Renoise

Samplitude Music Studio

Sonar

SoundBridge (on Windows)

Studio One

Tracktion

Waveform

https://www.powerdrumkit.com/download76187.php

HOFA SYSTEM Plugin Bundle FREE!

 

https://hofa-plugins.de/en/hofa-system-plugin-bundle-free/

FREE: Vital Calmness soundset for Vital (limited time)

 

VST Alarm has launched a promotion on a collection of presets for the Vital spectral warping wavetable synthesizer.

Vital Calmness by Vicious Antelope is offered as a free download for the next few weeks.

The Vital Calmness soundbank is all about tranquility, offering 40 soothing pad presets for the Vital synth plugin. Designed around a sine-based wavetable, these presets are very close in terms of sounding and they deliver a calming tone. Perfect for ambient genres, they excel at adding a gentle, serene layer to your track whenever a touch of simplicity and peace is needed.

The soundset is free to download until February 15th, 2026.

https://vstalarm.com/?wpam_id=3

Waves releases Curves Resolve effect plugin, free for 48 hours

 

Waves Curves Resolve

Waves Audio has announced the release of its new Curves series effect plugin which is designed to solve mix conflicts automatically.

Curves Resolve is offered for free for two days only.

Curves Resolve provides an intelligent way of solving conflicts between multiple tracks in your mix. It processes one track by listening to another, carving space only when and where there’s a clash.

The result: no masking, no congestion, no mud. A cleaner mix that breathes, letting all your sounds fit together beautifully. And it’s almost impossible to overprocess – more transparent, with more control than any alternative.

Curves Resolve features

Solve mix conflicts – instantly.

Intelligent carving – both dynamic (real time) and steady (learned).

Intelligent ducking – wide (classic) and frequency specific (smart).

Snapshot controls – carving modes optimized for specific instruments.

Sidechain adjustment controls.

Includes Curves Resolve Live – zero latency version.

Available for Windows and Mac (VST3, AU and AAX), Curves Resolve is free through January 20th, 2026.

https://rekkerd.org/out/waves-curves-resolve/