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
Musical Arts School releases Live Grand Light, a FREE Steinway D Model for Kontakt Player
Musical Arts School has just released its first virtual piano, Live Grand Modern D ($149), and we’re taking a look at the free version, Live Grand Light. Dominik Schulte is a pianist, educator, developer, and the founder of Musical Arts School. MAS sampled a modern Steinway Model D at River Studios in Cologne, Germany, using…
Tracktion Waveform 14.1 introduces new features to paid and Free versions
Many people consider Tracktion’s Waveform Free the gold standard for free digital audio workstations, and for good reason. It feels more like a robust, fully-fledged DAW with fewer restrictions than many free alternatives, which is why it often serves as the benchmark for newcomers like MorningDAW. We covered the release of Waveform 14 a few…
Puremagnetik releases Studies with 10 FREE instruments and effects
Puremagnetik has released Studies, a plugin library with three instruments and seven effects available for free. Puremagnetik has been around a long time, and they’re great at making experimental instruments and effects with plenty of character. Studies continues that same approach to sound design and brings it into a modern format where it’s basically multiple…
SMS-Anville Sampler is a FREE live-chopping sampler for Windows and Linux
SudoMetalStudio has released SMS-Anville Sampler, a free, open-source sampler that lets you chop incoming audio directly onto pads while it plays. The project grew out of Manolo Anville’s move from Windows to Linux. He wanted to keep his vinyl live-chopping workflow, so he teamed up with programmer Simo “Sipe” Erkinheimo to build a sampler that…
Adeder Limiter and Enhancer are 40% OFF in IRQ’s Black Friday sale
Japanese developer IRQ inc. is offering Adeder Limiter and Adeder Enhancer at 40% off in its Black Friday sale, bringing each plugin down to $23.40. Both normally cost $39, while the two-plugin bundle is reduced from $69 to $41.40. The offer runs from November 5 through December 4, ending at 23:59 JST (14:59 UTC). Adeder…
Getting Started With Emulators: How To Run Real Hardware Synths In Your DAW
It may seem like some kind of crazy dream but you really can load actual hardware synthesizers into your DAW now. Here’s how to do it – but aren’t emulators illegal? How amazing would it be to load up a Roland JP-8000 synthesizer in your DAW? Not a recreation like Arturia’s Jup-8000 V, but the…
7 Things Nobody Tells You About Mixing House Music
There are plenty of videos showing clever house mixing tricks, then leaving you to go off and do them on your own. What they skip is the stuff underneath, the things that make those tricks work. Without it, copying a transition you saw online won’t make much sense, because you won’t know why the DJ…