WideFire from the developer JMG Sound is now free for a limited time at United Plugins. Some of you may be familiar with the DarkFire analog-style saturation plugin from JMG Sound. If you are, you might be one of the users who asked for a streamlined...
Unplugred has released multiple well-received plugins over the past couple of years, and the popular developer is back with another typically quirky offering – Magic Carpet, a free delay plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Last year, we got Diet Audio, the free spectral gate plugin,...
Sonokinetic recently added Noir 2: Breathe and Colours String Septet to its already stellar lineup of Kontakt libraries, and I’ve had the pleasure of giving them both a try. Both libraries are compatible with the free Kontakt Player 7.10 and above. Even better news is that the...
Developer Audiomodern has released Spectra Ambient Electronic Bliss, a free instrument for Soundbox. Audiomodern released the Soundbox platform toward the end of 2024, along with a few interesting libraries/instruments. Here’s a brief recap: Soundbox is a fully customizable MPE sampler available in AU, VST, VST3, AAX, and Standalone...
You can now get the 1176 Classic FET Compressor plugin for free as part of Universal Audio’s Valentine’s Day Giveaway. After all these years, the famous 1176 compressor, in all its revisions, is still one of the most sought-after pieces of vintage hardware. To a lesser extent,...
Developer Klevgrand has released the SyndtSphere v2.0.0 Sound Surfer Synth, which is free to download for macOS and Windows. Syndtsphere, the Sound Surfer Synth is back and is now in version 2.0.0. Klevgränd released the original Syndtsphere around seven years ago (roughly), and it took an interesting...
Unstable from Morphoice is a free polyphonic synthesizer inspired by the legendary Yamaha CS-80 analogue synthesizer. The developer, Morphoice, describes Unstable as “in no way intended to be a CS-80 emulator, but still probably closer to the real hardware than anything out there”. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gaHzKQQjTI[/embed] In recent weeks, unstable...
Hot on the heels of RdPiano, we’ve got another 80s-inspired freebie as Bogren Digital offers Relab QuantX Essentials 80s-inspired reverb plugin for macOS and Windows for FREE. This time, it’s QuantX Essentials, a Quantec QRS emulation by Relab Development. QuantX Essentials is a streamlined version of Relab...
Mouth of Sorrow ($15, less, or free) is the second addition to the Freakshow Industries Vaporware Series of mutated classics. This multi-voice chorus plugin comes after the similarly disturbing multi-delay, The Dream Eater. Freakshow Industries is also the company that gave us Pocket Dimension back in 2022. Mouth...
The free Giulioz RdPiano emulates vintage 80s Roland and Rhodes MKS digital pianos. Vintage SA-Synthesis (structured adaptive synthesis) e-pianos are all over 80s hit records, yet aren’t emulated as often as instruments like Yamaha’s DX7 or Roland’s TR-808 drum machine. Italian developer Giulioz is changing that with...