Cineol-X 224 is a FREE Lexicon reverb plugin, but it requires original ROMs

Cineol-X 224 is a free reverb plugin for macOS and Windows that uses data from the original Lexicon 224 v4.4 and 224 XL v8.21 firmware. We’ve covered similar firmware-dependent projects before, including OsTIrus for the Access Virus TI and Xenia for the Waldorf Microwave II/XT. But all of those were synths, and if I remember…

Sonic Cascade releases THE DREAM, a FREE analog character plugin

Sonic Cascade has released THE DREAM, a free analog character effect that combines tape saturation, pitch flutter, and bit crushing for macOS and Windows. Film composer Kevin Matley founded Sonic Cascade after being inspired by a sound he chased while scoring Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. He wanted a cinematic reverb that could erode as…

Pulsar Audio releases DigiTape, a FREE tape saturation plugin for macOS and Windows

Pulsar Audio has released DigiTape, a free saturation plugin inspired by the early tape-emulation plugins of the 2000s. I’ve probably tested close to a hundred tape saturation plugins on BPB. We’ve covered a couple of other tape freebies this month, including TapeEngine and PortaTwin. TapeEngine lets you adjust twenty processing modules individually, while PortaTwin models…

Akai Professional Reveals MPK Mini Plus II

Akai has released the MPK Mini Plus II… The post Akai Professional Reveals MPK Mini Plus II appeared first on FutureMusic the latest news on future music technology DJ gear producing dance music edm and everything electronic. Read the full story

How To DJ Your First Party Fast (Without Learning Everything)

Do you want to be a DJ, or do you just want to do some DJing? There are two types of people who come to this. Some people happily DJ for fun. Others want to be DJs, mastering the whole craft so they can play anywhere, to anyone. This article is for the first type…

Expetri Experimental Software Synthesizer Released (AU & VST3)

Expetri has released its self-titled software synthesizer built around the metaphor of a chemistry experiment: “Rather than dialing in a specific target sound, Expetri takes a new approach: growing sound cells in a petri dish to discover unknown sounds”. Fine-tuning knobs to build the sound can be deeply satisfying, but in modern music production it…

Igor Vasiliev releases HollowTone – Deep Ambient Worlds for iOS and macOS

Igor Vasiliev has released HollowTone for iOS and macOS, describing it as “a place to explore sound as atmosphere – a quiet world of shifting textures, deep pulses, fluid motion, digital flicker, and soft human-shaped warmth”. It isn’t a traditional synthesizer or a simple ambient player. It’s a procedural audio instrument that lets you shape…