Tone Empire has announced the release of a neural network-based EQ and saturation effect plugin for Windows and Mac.
The circuit-modeled Neural Q plugin faithfully captures the dynamic behavior and sound of a well-known vintage German equalizer and a modern solid state preamp.
Neural Q gives your music a very “analog” sounding Top-end sparkle and “heavy” bottom end seldom found in plugin equalizers.
The pre-amp section has been accurately captured from a solid-state modern pre-amp with CineMag Transformers.
The plugin is available as a free download in VST3, AU and AAX formats until May 1st, 2022. The regular price is $49 USD.
Nembrini Audio has announced the launch of its Chromatic Tuner, a free tuner plugin designed for guitarists and bassists.
The new compact Nembrini Audio Chromatic Tuner plugin is a fast, accurate, high quality tuner tool. It has a big, bright, full colour LED display which shows current detected frequency and note. The audio signal output can be muted for silent tuning.
The ultra-precise tuner gives ±0.01 cent accuracy with calibration to any pitch – A=440 as default. Drop and capo modes are available and the Nembrini Audio Chromatic Tuner plugin allows users to transpose notes up or down up to one full octave.
The Nembrini Audio Chromatic Tuner is available to download for Windows and Mac in VST/VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats and the iOS version for iPhone and iPad is free at the App Store.
DReverb is a free plugin for creating high quality algorithmic reverbs. A feature of this plugin, like other reverbs from Stone Voices , is a wide range of reverb times (up to 100 seconds), as well as low CPU consumption. The design of the plug-in is made using vector graphics, which allows you to get high quality images on monitors with different resolutions.
Higher Hz has released a free creative effect plugin that emulates some of the feel and character of analog (BBD) and early digital delay units.
Designed to add depth and sparkle to the sounds in your mix, HZ Delay features tape echo and multi-tap echo, saturation, chorus (simple and BBD), and reverb with early reflections.
This is not a clone of any unit at all so has been built as a new & unique architecture to help bring something different to users’ mixes.
This different approach is evident right away because many typical features are deliberately missing or delivered in a unique way. One of those is that even the “dry” signal is Saturated/Distorted so that when the wet & dry signals are combined, the result is a lot richer than usual. Everything about this unit was designed for character.
Sonic options run through Chorus, Reverb/Early Reflections, Tape Echo, Multi-Tap Echo, and Saturation. Part of the character of HZ Delay comes as you tend to be using some or all of these outcomes all at once.
HZ Delay features:
Saturation/Drive on input & output.
3 x Delay/Echo Sections (5 total).
Hi & Lo Pass Filters.
Global Feedback + X-Feedback.
Modulation for every echo point.
Stereo Width.
Mixing options.
8 presets to get your started.
HZ Delay is available to download in VST/VST3 and AU plugin formats at no charge.
Vastaus lives on instrument channels, buses and it is known to have been spotted on the master channel too. Feel free to use and abuse it. Try to add an EQ before Vastaus and push the highs way overboard and how Vastaus reacts.
It is at it's most neutral at Input Gain and Tame at 0, at which time it brings down and blocks overly harsh high frequencies present in vocal esses, smooths cymbals, guitars and pretty much anything you throw at it.
Increasing Tame brings enhances that effect, but also brings in more options with the React switch, as well as with the Bias setting. React is a mode, where Tame starts to let through some transients in a really interesting way, bringing out more detail and clarity, but still smoothing the sound. With Bias, you can further control the sound by limiting the effect to either the positive or negative side of the audio samples, generating harmonics in the process. I have heard this referred to as silky, and apparently some well-known hardware unit makers use a process similar to this.
Lastly there is Gain. With the Input Gain, you control the overall signal boost you get going into the thing, while the Output Gain works as a pad, with 100% level adding no additional volume. Boosting the input gain can bring additional high end to the signal after taming it, which is especially useful with instruments such as the electric guitar. In conjunction with the use of the Bias knob, Vastaus can even act as a leveling tool, which also boosts and extends the high end frequencies far above where they ended in the original signal.
Use the Wet knob to blend the changed signal with the original in whatever way you want.
Blue Cat's Free Amp is a completely free guitar amp simulation plug-in offering three amp models created with the acclaimed Blue Cat's Destructor amp simulation modeler.
MacOSUniversal BinaryWindows Vista or newerWindows x64 (64-bit)VSTVST3AAX64-bit AAXAudio Unit
Studiologic releases Numa Player, a FREE virtual instrument for macOS, Windows, and iOS.
Numa Player comes with four sound categories, each containing multiple variations. The categories include Acoustic Pianos, Electric Pianos, Keys, and Strings & Pads.
The Acoustic Pianos offer something vintage, something a little more modern, an upright, and an electric grand if you want to get your D’Angelo vibe going.
Electric Pianos features the usual suspects, Rhodes, Wurly, FM. If you fancy a slightly different approach to the electric piano, you could try the free Wavesynth EP Glow (full version of Kontakt required).
The Keys section provides a funky Clav, Harpsi, great Vibes, and accordions.
Strings & Pads offers some nice ensemble sounds and some pretty cool synth pads.
Each category or Part as Studiologic calls it has up to four dedicated sound controls. For example, Acoustic Pianos has Tone, String Resonance, Duplex, and Damper Noise. Each part also offers custom keyboard ranges and various settings.
The Numa Player can combine up to four sounds in a single program that you can save for the stage or studio. You also get up to nine integrated insert effects per part.
