Developer Green Oak Software has updated their classic free soft synth Crystal to version 2.6.0. Crystal has been around since the early 2000s, and, as it seems, it is not going anywhere. The 2.6.0 update brings support for VST3, Apple Silicon, and a resizable GUI. Crystal is now available in AU and VST3 formats for…
OXO Synth2 is a FREE Synth1 recreation for modern Macs and iPad
OXO Music has released OXO Synth2, a free, open-source virtual analog synthesizer that recreates Synth1 for macOS and iPad. Ichiro Toda’s Synth1 has been part of the freeware synth scene for years. It’s probably the free synth most people my age started with. I was never really impressed by its sound character or the GUI…
Vibe Together turns music-making into a multiplayer game you can try for FREE
Vibe Together is a free-to-start browser music sandbox where up to eight people can build a song together on a shared grid. A Steam edition is coming later, and you can wishlist Vibe Together on Steam. Developed by The Music Unc, Vibe Together has been four years in the making. The idea behind the project…
Get UVI Tape Suite or Evolve Elastic Lite FREE with any Plugin Boutique purchase
Plugin Boutique is offering UVI Tape Suite or Excite Audio Evolve Elastic Lite free with any paid purchase until November 12th. In addition to those two options, if you spend at least £49 / €49 / $49 / ¥7780, you can also get IK Multimedia’s ReSing SE vocal modeling software. You still choose one gift…
Why Your DJ Mixes Sound Muddy (And 2 Easy Ways To Fix It)
You’ve got the beats lined up, the tracks are a good match and your transition should sound fine. But it doesn’t. It sounds muddy, messy and dirty, and people are noticing. It’s one of the most common complaints from DJs who are just getting the hang of mixing, and it’s easy to fix. In the…
Acon Digital Launches Restoration Suite 3
Acon Digital has released Restoration Suite 3, the next generation of their audio restoration toolkit. The major new feature is the new Restoration Suite 3 plug-in, which takes all the guesswork out of audio repair. Users can just click ‘Analyze’, play a few seconds of audio, the plug-in then identifies what is wrong and adds…
Overmono and [Project] Miracle release Diamond Cut – Bus Processor Plugin (AAX, AU & VST3)
Overmono and [Project] Miracle have released Diamond Cut, a bus processor for raw loudness in the mix. The UK electronic duo Overmono and plug-in developer team [Project] Miracle have joined forces to break down Overmono’s signature workflow into a bus processor, designed to keep producers in the creative flow state while mixing. Named after their…
FMJ-Software updates Awave Studio to v12.17
FMJ-Software has updated Awave Studio, their editor and format converter for sampled instruments and all types of audio files. v12.17 is a maintenance release, focusing on bug-fixes for the more then 400 different file formats that it handles. It also improves the stability of the built-in software synthesizer. Read More Read the full story