P511 Synthesizer: Free 5U modular synth instrument for Kontakt

Yarra Audio has announced the release of its new Kontakt sample library P511, a free instrument that features the sounds of a 5U modular synthesizer.

P511 brings the beautiful analog tone from the raw analog oscillators combined with the convenience of a virtual instrument and expand its capabilities in a way where musicians wouldn’t be limited by pre-defined sounds, but have total freedom to manipulate and create their own soundscape by controlling the parameters on the instrument interface.

The instrument is laid out in a simple and logical way, which make it easy to understand its signal flow. Each module represent one of the building blocks of a classic subtractive synthesizer architecture.

Each oscillator has been carefully recorded from two distinct oscillators units and for that reason P511 keeps the characteristic of the original hardware.

Available for the full version of Kontakt 6.6.1 or higher, P511 is free to download from the Yarra Audio website.

Make sure to check the Freebies for Native Instruments Kontakt page for many more free downloads.

https://www.yarraaudio.com/shop/p/p511

Voxengo updates SPAN free spectrum analyzer plugin to v3.12

Voxengo has released an update to the SPAN free real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer plugin for Windows and Mac.

Version 3.12 adds a “Panel border” palette modifier, and all palettes have been updated to reduce “border” contrast. An existing palette may need to be reloaded for the change to be visible. Additionally ,the spectrum window’s sliders have been modified to look less contrasted.

SPAN provides you with a very flexible “mode” system which you can use to setup your spectrum analyzer preferences. You may specify Fourier block size in samples, FFT window overlap percentage, spectrum’s visual slope. Beside that you can choose to display secondary spectrum of a desired type (e.g. real-time maximum, all-time maximum). Spectrum can be smoothed out visually for an easier examination.

SPAN is free to download in VST/VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats at Voxengo and from distributor Plugin Boutique.

https://www.voxengo.com/product/span/

Xpander

 

Xpander is a combination of Stereo Widener, Unison Detuner, Chorus, Ensemble and EQ.

Expand your stereo image. Transform the lifeless thin sounds into warm and rich sounding tones. Mono to stereo, stereo to super-wide and everything in between.

The GUI is divided in 3 sections to keep it plain and simple. However not to be fooled by the simple looks, as it harnesses great power under the hood.

https://webshop.oz-soft.com/en/

Initial Clipper

 

Initial Clipper is a soft clipper which prevents your audio signal from going above zero decibels.  

It does this by smoothing the peaks with soft clipping starting from the threshold. The faster and higher the peaks the more you need to bring down the threshold to get a pleasing sound.  Initial Clipper comes with a very handy (and cool looking) peak display. Any peaks that enter the threshold area will have soft clipping applied, hence smoothing them out and taming the loudness.

We also added extra saturation. Because who doesn’t want more saturation!? The positive and negative saturation parameters allow you to add extra harmonic and non-harmonic saturation to your audio signal, this will create that extra fatness and warmth to your sound. Be aware this saturation will decrease your mixes dynamic range as it applies to the whole signal and not just the peaks.

Using a soft clipper on the master channel is very common, therefore we have added an industry standard LUFS (Integrated) Meter so you immediately know how loud your mix is.

https://initialaudio.com/product/initial-clipper-free-plugin/

Dub-SPL4

 

Dub-SPL4 is a simple 4 bands audio splitter, specially designed for live performances. Just put it on you master bus and start dubbing around !

It splits the incoming audio into 4 bands : Sub, Low, Medium & High frequencies. It also includes LP & HP filters with dedicated controls to adapt their resonance.

It is specially designed for Dub Music, but also for every genre you can perform live. Be it techno, Drum’n’Bass, HipHop, Electro… And don’t feel restricted to a live use ! Why not use it on a drum bus ? Or on a keyboard ? You can use it as a multi-band EQ, or only use its filters (they are awesome!).

Windows 64bits VST3 Format.

MacOS 64bits VST3 & AU Formats.

https://soundfingers.com/

iZotope OZONE 9 ELEMENTS (Limited Time)

iZotope has teased the release of Ozone 9 and is making Ozone 8 elements free for a limited time. Polish your tracks with these expert mastering tools. Ozone Elements is a ‘lite’ version of the renowned Ozone mastering suite. It includes the Imager, Equalizer and Maximizer features.

Download Free Product | Ozone Elements (izotope.com)

4 Unique Pianos For Any Genre

Fun fact. There aren’t many useable, let alone good free piano libraries. I was putting together a list of the best free pianos for our blog and YouTube channel, and after trying out about 20 freebies, I was shocked at how bad most of them are. The ESW team sampled this piano about 6 months ago, and we decided to make a high quality, modern sounding free piano library.

Why Denver? It’s admittedly not the first city you think of when you picture a grand piano. But Denver is the city where Echo Sound Works started. Denver is where I went to college to study music. That’s why we jumped at the chance to sample a Piano from my old stomping grounds.

Denver Grand Piano - Free Piano for Kontakt, Logic X, & Ableton 10 (echosoundworks.com)

Try Splice Creator FREE for 3 months

Waves Audio is offering its customers the opportunity to try the Splice Creator plan for free for 3 months.

Get 200 monthly credits and select from millions of curated, high-quality samples from professional sound designers and some of your favorite artists. Stay sharp with hours of premium tutorials and dive into creative production tools & apps to unlock your best workflow.

To take advantage of this offer, create a free Splice account if you don’t have one yet, and click “Start your free trial” to begin the checkout. Select the Creator tier and use promo code WAVESCREATOR at the checkout to receive $19.99 USD (100%) off your first 3 payments.

The promotion is available through October 21st, 2021. Note that the promo code is only eligible for users who are not already on a Splice Sounds+, Creator, or Creator+ plan. When you download a Sounds asset or view a non-trial Skills video during your trial period, you will be converted into your first month of Creator.

More information: Splice

Transform and bend MIDI inputs with free MIDI-Transformer VST plugin

Austen Satterlee has released a free VST plugin for Windows that lets you transform and reroute incoming MIDI signals.

After placing MIDI-Transformer in your VST chain, the plugin will read incoming MIDI values from the selected input source during playback and transform those values using the specified transformation curve. It outputs the transformed values according to the selected output destination.

For example, if the input source was set to CC2 and the output source was set to CC3, the plugin would read all incoming CC2 values, transform them, and then output the transformed values as CC3 messages.

The plugin’s GUI will show a vertical line along the curve to indicate the last input value that was captured, and how it was transformed.

MIDI-Transformer is free to download as a VST3 plugin for Windows at KVR Audio.

https://www.kvraudio.com/product/midi-transformer-by-austen

Samsara Cycle Audio – G-AMP-R

 

I created this plugin to provide a simple and useful guitar amplifier for my own projects.

The controls are easily understood and it works exactly as I imagined when I started the design. This version of the plugin includes a reverb control.

Please enjoy and if you find this plugin useful

consider a donation to help in future projects

Installation

To install this VST plug-in, follow these steps:

• Unzip and Click the setup.exe file and the VST will be automatically installed

• Use the Readme file included for further details

https://www.mediafire.com/file/vcd6mwc6472woc0/Samsara-G-Amp-R.zip/file

Atmos 2 is a FREE Ambient Piano Plugin instrument for Windows & Mac

Atmos 2 is a FREE Ambient Piano Plugin instrument for Windows & Mac. The samples of Atmos 2 were recorded in November 2019, using a Yamaha C3 Grand Piano as a source, at a music school in Mallorca (Balearic Islands) To obtain the samples A Zoom H6 digital recorder was used.

Features:

• 56 samples.

• 2 Layers.

• ADSR Controls.

• LFO Modulation.

• Filter HP/LP.

• macOS Catalina Support.

AVAILABLE Formats:

• WINDOWS: VST|VST3|AU 32 & 64-bit

• MAC: VST|VST3|AU 32 & 64-bit

System Requirements on Windows:

• Windows 8.1/10

• 500 MB Disk Space

• 500 MB Ram

• VST or VST3 host (32 or 64-bit)

System Requirements on Mac OS X:

• OS X 10.13.6 And Above

• 500 MB Disk Space

• 500 MB Ram

• AU or VST host (32-bit or 64-bit)

https://electroniksoundlab.com/free-stuff/