mfkne has released PULSEMELT, a free VST3 space and character engine for macOS and Windows. It is not one box doing one thing: a tempo-synced dual-tap delay, a reverb blended in behind it, a continuous morph from clean through tape saturation into bitcrush and asynchronous pitch drift all share a single signal path, and the…
Trama is a FREE offline AI stem separator for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Ohlhorst Digital’s Trama is a free standalone AI stem separator for Windows, macOS, and Linux. We recently featured StemDeck, a free and open-source local stem splitter that separates a track into up to six parts. Trama has a similar offline approach but focuses on four stems and packages everything into a convenient desktop app. All…
BeatSkillz offers EDYN preamp FREE until August 29
BeatSkillz and Tone Empire are offering EDYN Preamp as a free download until August 29th, alongside the launch of the new BeatSkillz Echorium delay plugin. EDYN is a discrete transistor preamp model from Tone Empire’s Enhanced Classics Series. It takes inspiration from the punchy sounds of classic American consoles from the 1960s and 70s. In…
OpenDAW: A FREE browser-based DAW hoping to democratize music production
OpenDAW isn’t the first DAW to claim free, open-source, and browser-based status, but it might be the most ambitious. OpenDAW aims to bring professional music production tools to the masses at no cost and will not even ask for your email address. What is OpenDAW? OpenDAW is a free browser-based digital audio workstation. Developer André…
The Crow Hill Company releases Lyre, a FREE ancient stringed instrument
Lyre is the latest addition to the Crow Hill Company’s increasingly impressive Vaults series. If you’re new around here, Vaults is a collection of outstanding (sometimes weird and wonderful) instruments, free to download for six months upon their release. Six months after release, instruments move into the paid category and are available for £3, with all…
Dark Fairytale Instruments releases PIXIE, a FREE toy piano plugin
Dark Fairytale Instruments has released PIXIE, a free sample-based toy piano plugin for macOS and Windows. With a simple instrument like this, I always wonder whether it needs to be a plugin. PIXIE could have been a regular sample library, but then you would need to load it into a separate sampler, and if it’s…
Jesus Oyola releases Medallo Doubler, a FREE four-voice vocal stacker
Jesus Oyola has released Medallo Doubler, a free vocal doubler and stacker available through Patreon. I’ve used various vocal doubling plugins in the past, and I’ve never been 100% happy with the outcome. Most of them either create only two stacked voices or leave little room for adjustment. My first impressions of Medallo Doubler are…
VATRA 1.1 update adds Ignite modes, Peak Match, AAX support ($49 intro price)
VATRA, the mix finisher plugin I released three weeks ago, just received its first major update. VATRA 1.1 is free for all existing users and available now. The biggest addition is three Ignite modes: CLEAN, COLOR, and MAX. CLEAN is the transparent default and the mode I recommend for finished mixes and mastering. COLOR adds…