Free Kawai BS-30 felt piano for Kontakt by Jon Meyer

Media composer Jon Meyer has released a free Kontakt instrument library featuring the sounds of a Kawai BS-30 upright piano.

Jon Meyer Felt Piano

I sampled my Kawai Piano with the felts engaged for that dark, moody, quiet vibe. Neumann KM84’s provide the focus, U47 clones bring the hype and width with Coles 4038 Ribbons on the back for a nice round, clear low end.

The sample library is available as a free download to newsletter subscribers.

Jon is also offering free sample libraries of a vintage Ludwig kit covered in blankets and sampled with brushes, an original instrument that blends a Native American flute with a violin, and a set of sampled Schulmerich Handbells.

More information: 

http://www.jonmeyermusic.com/

Trackbout updates Ripchord free MIDI plugin to v2.0

Trackbout has released a major update to the free Ripchord MIDI plugin, which lets you create and remix chord progressions with ease.

Ripchord 2

For Version 2 the codebase has been rewritten from scratch to improve reliability and performance.

Ripchord is an obnoxiously simple MIDI plugin for creating and remixing chord progressions. It’s free and it will always be free, and you can download free community presets too. We hope you’ll check it out and let us know what you think!

Changes in Ripchord v2:

• Play legato style chords.
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• Play multiple chords at the same time.
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• Live chord transposition.
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• Live chord strumming.
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• Strum randomization.
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• Live velocity strumming.
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• Velocity randomization.
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• Faster UI response.
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• No missed or stuck notes.
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• General performance and reliability.

Ripchord is a free download for Windows and Mac in VST3 and AU plugin formats.

More information: Trackbout

https://trackbout.com/ripchord

beatassist.eu releases AFX free SF2 Drum Machine for Windows

beatassist.eu has released AFX (Acoustics Frequency Xperience), a drum machine plug-in for Windows that works with .sf2 files.

beatassist.eu has taken some acoustic samples and modified them in the digital world in order to create unique sounds to use in this drum machine.

The plugin comes with 7 soundbanks including:

- Bass drums.

- Closed Hats.

- Cymbals.

- Digital snares.

- Open Hats.

- Snares.

- Toms.

https://www.beatassist.eu/afx.htm

Audio Damage releases RoughRider3 free Dynamics Compressor / Limiter

Audio Damage has released RoughRider3, free Dynamics (Compressor / Limiter) for macOS AAX, AU, VST, and VST3, Windows AAX, VST, and VST3, Linux VST, and iOS standalone and AUv3.

Rough Rider is a modern compressor with a bit of "vintage"-style bite and a uniquely warm sound. Perfect for adding compression effects to your drum buss, it also sounds great with synth bass, clean guitar, and backing vocals. Definitely not an all-purpose compressor, Rough Rider is at its best when used to add pump to rhythmic tracks. Of course, you can use it however you'd like. The Compressor Police aren't gonna come to your house and give you a citation. Slap it on a track and crank some knobs.

https://www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-downloads

Audiority releases L12X free analog simulation inspired by the Marshall Lead 12

Audiority has released L12X, free analog simulation inspired by the Marshall® Lead 12™ solid state amplifier of the late ‘80s (VST, VST3, AU and AAX).

Analog Modeled Solid State Amplifier Plugin. VST, VST3, AU and AAX.

L12X is an analog simulation inspired by the Marshall® Lead 12™ solid state amplifier of the late ‘80s.

The original head was an op-amp based amplifier: instead of using tubes or transistors, the op-amp is able to provide a huge amount of gain with very little or no distortion. However, when the amplified signal reaches the voltage applied to power the op-amp, it gets clipped. Marshall engineers exploited that to provide a great sounding amplifier with very few components.

This little solid state head is able to push cabinets up to 4×12 and can easily sound like a JCM™. We modified the original circuit by adding a Contour knob (to get a more scooped tone) and an additional Boost overdrive stage. We also included an integrated Cab Simulator, loaded with a Marshall cabinet IR featuring Celestion V30 cones.

Visit: https://www.audiority.com/shop/l12x-solid-state-amplifier/