Blamsoft has released the VK-1 Viking Synthesizer as a VST plugin for Windows and Mac. Previously available as a Rack Extension for Reason, VK-1 offers an authentic emulation of a classic monophonic analog synthesizer. VK-1 Viking Synthesizer is an authentic emulation of a classic monophonic analog synthesizer. It has three continuously variable wave oscillators, two ladder filters with a Dual Lowpass or Highpass/Lowpass configuration, a multi-wave LFO, and two modulation busses. VK-1 uses state of the art DSP technology to accurately reproduce the sound of the hardware. VK-1 comes with 228 presets in the categories Bass, Bright Lead, Electro Bass, FX, Percussive Lead, Soft Lead, and Synthwave. The 50 Electro Bass and 50 Synthwave presets were created by experienced sound designer eXode. The synth excels at thick bass and rich lead sounds.
Pay What You Want
VK-1 is available as a download with no hassles. There is no dongle, online account, or license key. You are requested to make a payment using Paypal. Keep in mind that software development takes a lot of time and resources.
Amplistortion is a real time guitar multi-effects. You can use it for playing live music, the digital signal processing has an ultra low latency. You can use it in studio for composing or at home for playing with headsets during the night without having to disturb your neighborhood. Amplistortion is a polyvalent tool that provides a high quality of sound and an excellent high gain distortion. It's a great tool for playing hard rock songs but you can use it for all kind of music. It emulates all you need to play guitar, pedalboard, amp, cabinet, microphones and let you focused on your music and creativity.
How to use it ? Just create a stereo track in your music software then load the plugin. You'll find Amplistortion2 is in the distortion section. Select the input side, left or right for your guitar.
I hope you'll enjoy your sound, René-Charles.
Effects:
Amplistortion 2 includes the real time following effects:
TBProAudio has released Isol8, an advanced mix monitoring tool that divides the frequency range into 5 bands.
Isol8 is an advanced mix monitoring tool. It divides the frequency range into 5 bands.
These 5 bands can be soloed or muted individually. This will help you to concentrate on certain frequency ranges during the mixing and mastering process.
Isol8 is originally designed to be used on the master track, but it can also be used on individual audio track busses.
We are so convinced that the new Jamstix 4 will become an indispensible drum tool for your music productions that we are offering you a scaled-down version for free! No audio crippling, no time limits, no email sign-up, no BS!
If you ever decide to buy the full version, just plug your customer key into the manager tool and the free version will be updated to the full deal with two mouse clicks.
HyVibe Audio has launched an Indiegogo campaign for the HyVibe Guitar, the world’s first smart acoustic guitar.
HyVibe Guitar
The HyVibe Guitar uses a proprietary vibration technology and a wireless Bluetooth connection to become its own connected speaker, multi-effect processor, recorder, and amplifier, without all the cables, amps, or pedals.
“Acoustic guitar players have high standards for natural sound, but also want the features and flexibility of digital,” said Dr. Adrien Mamou-Mani. “We address these needs by using the natural vibration of the guitar to create the best possible sounds and add digital control and connectivity to give the player effects, recording, and playback – all within the guitar itself.”
What is a Smart Acoustic Guitar?
The HyVibe Guitar begins with a solid AA spruce top for the best natural vibrations and custom-built specs for the ultimate in playability. HyVibe then introduces their proprietary algorithms and multiple actuators to transform the natural vibrations of the guitar from the top plate, by the bridge where the instrument performs best to add high quality effects. Digital recording and looping features are included for convenient songwriting, performing, and practice. Finally, wireless Bluetooth technology is embedded as well as an Android and iOS App, connecting the guitar, and it’s player to the world.
Musicians have been songwriting, recording and performing with prototype HyVibe Guitars since 2011, providing valuable feedback from real-world use.
“Based on years of research, our technology fuses the world of acoustics and digital in a way that has never been done before. Since we excite our guitar by the bridge, the origin of the digital sound is practically the same as the natural excitation by the strings. When the live sound, the effects, and the backing tracks are all coming from the guitar itself, it’s a unique experience that the player can really feel,” added Dr. Mamou-Mani.
HyVibe Guitar features:
A responsive and dynamic acoustic guitar built with a solid AA spruce top and excellent craftsmanship, natural feel and a rich range of tones.
Multi-effects from the body of the guitar: chorus, reverb, delay, distortion, phaser, tremolo, boost and more.
Mobile App Control for Android and iOS: change the effects on the guitar, share effect setting, and recording with friends & the world.
Record, loop and share instantly.
Bluetooth connectivity: use the body of the guitar as a speaker for backing tracks or song playback.
Output and input jacks to connect to an external amplifier or connect pedals.
Built-in tuner, metronome, and EQ.
The HyVibe Guitar is available for pre-order on Indiegogo. Early birds can pick it up at $499 USD + shipping.
Room Piano is a VST/AU plugin instrument featuring the sound of a physically modeled piano. The sound is lofi and intimate, it can be smooth out (or not) using the multiple on board sound shaping tools. The plugin is based on a very small sound set and requires very few CPU to run. The piano sound can be enhanced by a sub layer which can also be played alone to create bass lines. A vinyl layer has been added for more grit. It can be turned off if it's not your thing.
Features:
Physical modeled piano sampled each 3 notes, 1 velocity, 37.8 megs in size
On board Attack and release controls
Vinyl and sub (sine waveform) sound layers
Full featured LFO with routing selectors for input and output
Amplitude range controls as well as PreGain to ensure that your sound is always clean (or dirty, depending on your needs)
beatassist.eu has released BitMeex, free Djing/Mixing VST software that runs inside a DAW or VSTi host. BitMeex it's a Djing/Mixing VSTi Software that runs inside a DAW or VSTi Host. BitMeex simulates 2 decks with basic features enough to mix your songs! This software only runs .wav and .aif files and is designed for beginners. The MIDI can be mapped by "right-clicking" a control of BitMeex and turn the MIDI control of the controller. For now, BitMeex is only distributed as 32-bits version for Windows, but a 64-bits version is being thought.
Free Indian Percussion Instrument (Acoustic Indian Dhol Lite) VST/AU released by RDGAudio.
Acoustic Indian Dhol Lite is a sample based Indian Dhol Instruments.
It has been sampled from real Indian Leather Dhol Instruments. It is the first VST and AU plugins that can play real Indian Dhol inside any Digital Audio Workstation. Indian, Punjabi, Bollywood and Bhangra styles are available in Acoustic Dhol. Various articulations are available. If you are tired of playing boring Indian Dhol loops, if you hunt daily for new Dhol loops, just try the Acoustic Indian Dhol VST and AU plugins. You are not just limited to a loop, play real Indian Dhol right inside your favorite host.
WEJAAM DESIGNER is a powerfull and innovative sequencer.
Its architecture combines a sequencer, a sampler, a synthesizer and WEJAAM exclusive randomization tool that allows you to create easily and intuitively grooves and drum loops. The standalone version allows you to use the plugin without the need for a host sequencer and so be able to export Wejaam program independently.
Plogue has updated the free sforzando plug-in for Mac OS X and Windows to v1.933.
Changes in v1.933:
- Fixed SF2->SFZ sample offset and dummy regions.
- New generic parameter format support.
- Fixed High Sierra standalone preferences crash issue.
Changes in v1.911:
- Mac: New UI for retina displays.
sforzando is a free SFZ player. Advanced sample hobbyists now have a powerful tool to experiment and share instruments without relying on proprietary formats.
It is also possible to drop SF2, DLS and acidized WAV files directly on the interface, and they will automatically get converted to SFZ 2.0. Then, they can be edited.
Audacity, the free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing, has been updated to v2.2.0.
Major new features – (additional details in the Audacity 2.2.0 manual):
- Four supplied user interface themes, and customizability of themes for advanced users (thanks to James Crook and the Dark Audacity project).
- Playback of MIDI files (fully automatic on Windows; requires cooperating software synthesizer programs on macOs or Linux; special thanks to Audacity co-founder Roger Dannenberg and new contributor "pokechu22").
- Better organized menus.
- Help link buttons in many dialogs lead to the relevant manual pages.
Changed in Audacity 2.2.0:
- 198 bugs/annoyances in 2.1.3 fixed, most importantly:
- Improved recovery from full file system errors; in case of recording, Audacity 2.2.0 will preserve as much of the recorded data as possible.
- Complete support for macOS 10.12 (Sierra).
- Thorough update of the manual with new images, more hover texts, and more cross-references.
LS Levelator is an energy/loudness normalization tool for batch processing of large amount of files.
Description:
LS Levelator is an energy/loudness normalization tool for batch processing of large amount of files. This tool not only makes use of local energy variation but also takes into account the loudness model to enable a perceptually relevant normalization. The batch process is expected to help localization and broadcast professionals to render the speech dynamics more efficiently and effectively.
Innovative global dynamic normalization and segment based processing
Standalone application for Mac OS X and Windows
Free version is limited to process 10 mono files per batch
Processing Mode:
Simple: This is a traditional normalization w.r.t. the maximum peak level.
Static: This mode normalizes a signal from the average loudness to the target loudness, with constrains defined by the peak level. When “Segment Based” processing is enabled, it allows to apply respective normalization to the automatically detected signal segments.
Dynamic: Similar to Static mode, Dynamic mode further allows adjusting the loudness dynamics among segments. When “Global Normalization” is enabled, all segments detected in all the input files are taken into account for deriving the best loudness distribution.
Processing Options:
Suppress Noise : Prevent normalization in the automatically detected noise region
Segment Based : Treat automatically detected segments independently
Global Normalization : Derive loudness distribution from all the input files
Kanto Karaoke Player & Recorder - The Best Karaoke Software… Supports all multimedia formats. Record your voice on the music, sing and record your performance! Mic settings available. Direct conversion midi to mp3, with or without melody track. High quality sound in output thanks to soundfonts.
Where to Download Karaoke Songs for Free?
Do you love singing? Are you a professional or just a music lover? Do you want to practice singing karaoke songs a little by yourself, from the comfort of your…
KantoKaraoke: The Best and Free CD+G Player for PC and Mac
Do you have a collection of karaoke CD+G discs or MP3+CDG files stored on your PC (or Mac)? Are you searching for a free CDG Player that…
How to Change the Pitch/Key of a Video Karaoke Song (MP4, WMV…) on PC and Mac
Kanto Karaoke allows you to change the key (pitch) of your video karaoke songs. It supports the following video karaoke formats: AVI, WMV, MOV, MPEG, FLV and MP4. To change…
Key Features:
- Player midi, kar, mp3, cdg, mp4 etc.
- Live Performance Management
- Edit audio setting
- Playlist management
- Ulimited Playlist songs
- Recording voice over music
- Midi to Mp3 conversion
Kanto Karaoke is the new , professional and innovative Karaoke Player & Recorder designed for professionals and for those who enjoys doing karaoke at home with friends or relatives. Unlike competitors , Kanto Karaoke offers all the necessary to do Karaoke in the simplest way.
Karaoke Player:
Kanto Karaoke supports all multimedia formats : MP3, Mid, Kar, Mp3 + Cdg , karaoke videos ( . Avi, .Wmv, .Mp4, etc …) . To start doing karaoke and sing on any track just click on the button “Quick Open File” and select the song to be played. It will appear the screen with the words of the song and you could start to sing!
Full Bucket Music has ported the Deputy Mark II v1.2.0 and Kern v1.1.0 to Mac OS X (VST/AU).
The deputy Mark II is a free VST2.4 software instrument for Microsoft Windows (VST) and Apple macOS (VST/AU) in the tradition of classic string machines and early "polyphonic" synthesizers.
Kern is a free polyphonic software synthesizer plug-in for Microsoft Windows (VST) and Apple macOS (VST/AU) designed to run with and to be fully controlled by modern MIDI keyboard controllers like the Novation Impulse.
NuSpace Audio updates Riviera to v1.3.0 free plugin reverb VST/AU
NuSpace Audio has updated the free Riviera plugin with an improved GUI, new stereo functions, and maintenance fixes.
Features:
- New GUI.
- Added gain, stereo mid-side width, and left/right phase offset controls.
- Smoother transition for mix knob.
- Flush buffers/retriggers when reset within patterns/tracks.
- Fixed possible crash in FL Studio when notify parameter change is on and automation curves are used while adjusting parameters in GUI.
Riviera is a free hybrid algorithmic-convolution reverb plugin for modeling specular acoustic reflections in N-dimensional orthotopes. e.g. string, plate, room, tesseract, and up (vooms or volume+room for short).
