Composer and software engineer Austin Rockman has released Reflector, a free open-source interactive audio workstation for sample discovery. Austin contacted me about the project, and I liked the idea even before testing it. Machine learning gets thrown into a lot of music tools now, but I find it interesting when it helps us interact with…
Stagecraft Software’s RingMod plugin previously cost $30, but the Chicago-based developer has decided to make it available for free. To grab RingMod for free, head to the product page, and there you can download the installer directly. The plugin is available in AU, VST3, and AAX formats for macOS and Windows. As the developer notes,…
Am I Audio has announced the release of I Am Choir, a choir instrument that “actually sings your performance – your lyrics, your melody, your phrasing, your timing”. Am I Audio explains: I Am Choir is not a multiplier or spreader. It does not simply stack multiple individual voice models together. It analyzes the composition…
VGTrumpet has released VG Oboe, a virtual instrument built around three oboe voices: a jazz oboe, seldom found in sampled form, a symphonic oboe, and a four-oboe section. All three load at once into independent layers and can be blended in real time, available as a VST/AU plugin and standalone app. Features A performance-focused oboe…
Matari Audio has updated BUFFR to v0.7.32, the free public beta of its retrospective multichannel audio and MIDI recorder for DAWs. BUFFR keeps up to two hours of recent audio, System Audio, and MIDI history ready to recover, shape, and drag back into a project — so an idea that was never armed can still…
SonicModeler has released Syntropy 2.1, an update to its formula-based software synthesizer for Windows and macOS. The headline addition is the new AI Assistant, designed to help users work with Syntropy’s mathematical synthesis engine. It can assist with creating and refining sound formulas and suggest new directions for developing sounds, while keeping the resulting algorithms…
Studio Major7th has released Little Strings for Kontakt. Features: Sizes of each nki: 249KB. Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Ensemble. Legato, Spiccato, Pizzicato, Tremolo. Mic Positions (Close, Main, Far). Expression, Vibrato. Price: 3,000 JPY. The Full Retail Version of Kontakt 7.10.9 (or higher) is required; it does not work with Kontakt Player. YouTube.com/watch?v=BRu2ibUyN2I Read More…
OA-Labs has released OA-Phosphor-1, a free virtual analog synthesizer plugin for macOS. The developer describes it as a synth for “controllable instability,” and I think it’s a good fit. Phosphor-1 can deliver the typical subtractive type of stuff too, but the fun, for me at least, starts when you make it drift, sag, wobble, and…
