Silverdaw is a free and open-source Windows DAW built for remixing, mashups, and sample-based music production. The developer sent this to me via email, and I wasn’t expecting a lot (new free DAWs are popping up like mushrooms nowadays), but I ended up impressed. The key thing here is that Silverdaw is not trying to be…
Different Instruments has released PartialString, a free cross-platform synth that takes a less traditional approach to physical modeling. PartialString is available in AU and VST3 formats for macOS (10.13 or later), Windows (10 or later), and Linux. Developer Christian Baker of Different Instruments began working on PartialString as a side project after the release of…
Telepathic Instruments’ Orchid is a fantastic chord generator from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, but can it appeal to dance music producers too? Telepathic Instruments describe their synthesizer Orchid as an ideas machine. The Orchid ORC-1 (to use its full name) sprung from the mind of Kevin Parker, he of Tame Impala fame. You can read…
M Media Audio has released Broadcast Foundry, a dual-channel American tube preamp for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Here’s what they say: Drop it on the drum bus, turn the input up. That is the whole pitch. The rest is just the session waking up and remembering it is supposed to have grit and weight and…
Autodafe has released ByteBeat Boutique version 1.1, a free update to its Bytebeat-inspired software instrument for macOS, Windows and Linux. New in version 1.1: Redesigned preset browser with Category → Preset submenus for easier navigation. Selectable interface skins for improved readability. A bunch of new factory presets. The update is available free of charge for…
Voidcontrol MIDI has released the macOS version of its OB-6 Unofficial Editor, a hardware editor for the Sequential OB-6 analog polysynth. The editor was already available for Windows; the Mac release brings the same DAW integration to Logic Pro and other Mac DAWs. The editor puts every OB-6 parameter on one screen, organized by section…
AAFTools has released AAF Bridge, a macOS utility that converts video editors’ timelines into native Ableton Live projects — and finished Live Sets back into editor formats. The best way to import and export AAF to Ableton Live. On the way in, an AAF (DaVinci Resolve, Pro Tools, Media Composer, Premiere Pro, Nuenod, etc), XML,…
FRCTL Audio has released GRN 3.2.0, a free update to its granular synthesis plugin. GRN captures incoming audio into a rolling buffer and rebuilds it as a cloud of overlapping grains, turning a vocal, a synth, or a field recording into ambient pads, glitched textures or evolving soundscapes. The main addition is a macro system….
