Binyamin Friedman (BOBONA) has released a new audio sampler with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. Free and open-source, Just a Sample comes with powerful playback controls. It is designed to help you navigate effortlessly.
I spent a lot of time on this project, and I think it will be a great addition to your plugin collection.
Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux in VST3/AU. If you want to show your appreciation, write a nice comment and spread the word to your fellow creatives!
Just a Sample features
Smoothly zoom in to the level of individual samples to set bounds as accurately as you need. Waveform drawing is optimized for large samples.
Integrated Bungee time stretcher allows for freely modulating time and pitch independently. Try extreme slow-downs (0.01x) for unique sounds.
Modern navigation controls allow for easy browsing of waveforms with touchpad or mouse.
A routable FX chain includes reverb, chorus, distortion, and EQ for easy sound design.
Waveform Mode activates when small bounds are set, looping the waveform periodically like a wavetable synth. This turns Just a Sample into a unique tone generator.
Easily modify attack and release curves.
Includes equal power cross-fade looping with separate attack and release sample portions.
Supports pitch bend and fine-tuning.
Disable antialiasing for a gritty LoFi effect.
Record samples directly into the sampler.
Store samples directly in plugin state to remove dependencies (can be disabled).
Auto-tune to A440 (experimental, works best on simple sounds).
The sampler is available to download for Windows, Mac and Linux in VST3 and AU plugin formats.
Acustica Audio offers TH2 virtual synthesizer for FREE
Acustica Audio is offering free entry-level virtual instrument that brings the sound of its recent Thing polysynth inspired by one of the most iconic synthesizers of the 1980s.
TH2 features POLY2 mode for polyphony, 6 VCF filter modes, customizable envelopes, AGE control for vintage character, and SUB control for deep low-end shaping. The synth comes with over 100 professional presets.
Every year, Acustica Audio celebrates its loyal community with an exclusive gift. This year, we proudly present TH2, a versatile synthesizer plugin that brings the iconic sound of our THING-8 series to a new, compact format.
Whether you’re a professional producer or a casual enthusiast, TH2 delivers exceptional sound design capabilities with polyphonic and monophonic modes, inspired by vintage analog tones. TH2 is available completely free of charge and offers exceptional versatility for any music production setup.
The synth is available in VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats for Windows and Mac.
Revisit Jon’s original Soft Drums prototype, now reimagined as Soft Drums Lite. Designed to capture the unique essence of the in-between, this lite version delivers drum sounds that sit perfectly in your mix—ideal for music that needs just the right touch.
Honest Overdrive comes with an adjustable clipping threshold, a settable maximum saturation point, status indicators, and oversampling.
Honest Overdrive controls the amount of distortion by altering the threshold at which clipping begins. Users can set this threshold directly. Users can also set the clipping softness directly using the parameter “softness amount.” This parameter is set using decibels, and its value is equal to the separation between the clipping threshold and the point of maximum saturation. In other words, if the “clipping threshold” is -30dB and the “softness amount” is +5dB, then the point of maximum saturation is the sum of these two, -25dB.
The plug-in includes two status indicators. One detects the presence of overdrive, and the other detects when the effect has reached a state of complete saturation.
Honest Overdrive is free to download from the Wire Grind website.
Six String Audio Ultimate Rock Guitar FreeVersion Kontakt [FREE]
Free | Kontakt Library | 3.35 GB
Get a weighing limited version of Ultimate Rock Guitar, showcasing the main features, including true legato, palm mutes and sequence samples and Auto Chord Detection.
It is limited to the 12th fret, containes “only” two powerchord groups (5th & no3rd) but no special articulations like tapping, vibrato, unison bend, etc. In addition, all samples are 16bit to reduce the required disk and downloading space.
Features:
Pickups: Bridge Humbucker
Frets: 12
Playing Range: D1 – E4
Sample Quality: 16 bit / 44,1 kHz
Sample Length: full length
Dynamic: Up to 5 layers
Round Robins: Up to 5 RRs
Strokes: Down & Upstrokes
Auto Chord Detection
FX-Rack
Articulations
Sustains
Sequence Samples
Legato (pull-off/hammer-on)
Slides (Portamento)
Palm Mutes (11 Variations)
X-Notes
Release Samples
Powerchords (5th)
Powerchords (no 3rd)
Glissandi (up; down; up-down)
(slow/medium/fast)
Scratch / Slide Fx
Fx (Rakes, Left Hand Noises)
Quick Overview (Full version)
Six-String-Audio presents ULTIMATE-ROCK-GUITAR-6, the most detailed multi-sample-library of a custom electric rock guitar up-to-date with 14 different articulations added by 34 Chord Groups, Special Chords and further extras, resulting in over 40 GB sample material of only one pickup, the bridge humbucker pickup, compressed to 26,4 GB with Native Instruments‘ lossless audio compression!
Having recorded an Ibanez-RG-Series guitar with unparalleled detail, we tried to capture the essential nuances of rock guitar playing, re-creating the almost perfect emulation of a rock guitar. We recorded the pure direct-in-signal (DI) of the bridge humbucker pickup, so you can sculpture the sound to your taste. Run it through a professional amp simulation and enjoy!
Unlike other sample libraries, ULTIMATE ROCK GUITAR 6 comes with a huge palette of pre-recorded chord samples. The reason is evident: It sounds better, tighter, much more realistic.
Therefore we recorded all the chords inevitable for authentic rock guitar tracks. But not enough! We painstakingly recorded them in detail, resulting in up to 4 velocity layers, upstrokes, various palm-mutes, slide-in, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs.
To accomplish the chord section, we recorded a bunch of SPECIAL CHORDS, mainly open stringed chords. All together summing up to 38 GB of pre-recorded chord samples, an effort other companies did not even consider!
FRETBOARD MONITOR
Ultimate Rock Guitar comes with a lovingly crafted fretboard monitor, that combines the fretboard with tablature and notation, and also presents all playing techniques and ornaments in a detailed and dynamic way.
Be it legato, slides (portamento), glissandi, tremolo picking, tapping, unison bends, harmonics, artificial harmonics, vibratos, dips and dives, … You won’t miss anything!
Six String Audio Ultimate Rock Guitar FreeVersion Kontakt [FREE] screenshotSix String Audio Ultimate Rock Guitar FreeVersion Kontakt [FREE] screenshotFree assignable keyswitches, velocity split keyswitches and velocity layer mappings give you the opportunity to customize how articulations are mapped and triggered! This allows you to create the setup that perfectly meets your needs.
ONBOARD FX
The Fx-Rack uses the onboard effects of KONTAKT, giving you the option to shape your sound immediately for a first go. Well, to be honest, we recommend using professional amp simulation software instead. There are cool freeware amp, speaker and Fx-pedal-simulations on the web, doing a great job.
Ultimate Rock Guitar 2.0 allows you to setup your own guitar skin. This seems to be only a cool gimmick at first glimpse, but it becomes helpful if you are using more than one instance of ULTIMATE-ROCK-GUITAR-6 in your project. Each skin is stored with the selected Guitar/Random-Mode.
Choose from 20 factory skin presets or choose different guitar-bodies, necks, and pickups to create your own guitar setup.
Rand (formerly Push) is a generative synth sound module. It will create a new patch every single time you hit that button in the middle. Edit panel will allow you to fine-tune sounds.
One button. A lot of logic.
Rand is a subtractive synth with a huge amount of randomness. Parametrized with a sound-design logic to get the most of the results to be usable as a patch. All of the randomized parameters are accessible via the "Edit Current" button.
You can use the patches as they are once you press the Rand button, or you can use the initial patch as inspiration to tweak each sound into a new and refined one.
Resulting patches and banks can be exported and shared without limits. Just click on "Open/Save" then "More" and "Export Bank" to get a shareable file.
A virtual MIDI merger tool to combine a selection of MIDI controller inputs into a single virtual MIDI port. Managed by the Nextmidi Hub running in the system tray, all selected inputs will be mirrored and combined onto the Nextmidi Merger Port which can be selected as a distinct single input in the DAW.
This free utility allows you to combine your MIDI Controllers into a single virtual MIDI Port.
The data from your selected controllers is combined and available as a single input in your DAW
Easy Access
The Merger Port is managed by the Nextmidi Hub, which runs in your system tray. Activate the port and select your devices with only a few clicks.
