Dixon Beats Releases FREE DB1 Plugin Inspired By The Casio SK-1 Toy Keyboard

Dixon Beats releases DB1, a FREE Casio SK-1 emulation for macOS and Windows, Casio’s SK-1 sampling keyboard first appeared in 1985, and I think it’s fair to say the little 32-key synth has aged well. At the time of its release, Casio never intended for the SK-1 to be a world-beater; it was a bit…

MicroMusic Is A FREE AI Tool For Windows That Recreates Synth Sounds Using Vital

MicroMusic is a new AI sound reconstruction tool for Vital, and it is free to download for Windows users. The tool, developed by a team of software engineering students at the University of Waterloo, works with the Vital synthesizer plugin, which is also free to download.  The purpose of MicroMusic is to make recreating synth…

HoRNet ThirtyOne MK2 Is FREE Today Only

HoRNet Plugins offers the ThirtyOne MK2 (€20,99 value) plugin as a FREE download until midnight on December 6 (GMT+1). ThirtyOne MK2 is a 31-band spectrum analyzer with a built-in graphic equalizer and Auto EQ functionality. I prefer using parametric EQs for mixing, but ThirtyOne MK2 surprised me with its intuitive spectrum analysis display and surprisingly…

Max Richter Announces SRM Sounds And New Piano Instrument

SRM Sounds has partnered with ex-Spitfire Audio CEO Will Evans to make a series of virtual instruments designed to work in Kontakt. The first instrument, released today is the Max Richter Piano, his signature grand recorded at Studio Richter Mahr. Max Richter has launched a new imprint producing products for music creators. The instruments, all…

Jamahook Launches Sound Assistant Offline Agent

Developed in partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute, renowned for the invention of the mp3 format, Jamahook, has unveiled the Sound Assistant Offline Agent. It’s the first and only plugin that uses AI to connect your sample library with the Jamahook sound-matching technology.  We recently covered Jamahook back in September. Using AI for sample searching speeds up your…

Engine DJ 3.3 Brings User Profiles, Track Recommendation, New FX & More

Users of Denon DJ and Numark’s standalone equipment can now download Engine DJ 3.3, the latest version of the embedded software for their DJ gear that brings a whole host of new features. As well as profiles allowing a single login for all services and enabling cloud BPM and key info sharing, the new software…