Is it too easy to bemoan the loss of authenticity? Or does it exist lurking beneath the piles of cash? Harold Heath reminisces, discusses, and considers in this month’s column the lost honesty of dance music. That Quadrant Park rave video that goes around on social media every few months was doing the rounds again…
Voxengo has updated SPAN to version 3.15. SPAN is a free real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer plugin for professional music and audio production applications. SPAN… Read More Read the full story
One of our criticisms of the new Denon DJ SC Live 4 standalone controller was that at its launch price of $1,599, it was priced a little too close to the company’s own Prime 4 unit, which offers considerably more than the SC Live 4. But the price of the SC Live 4 has just…
Forgotten Keys has updated POPS-7 (formerly OxyPops) for Kontakt. Below are the improvements since version 2: 2.1.0: Change instrument name to POPS-7. Add… Read More Read the full story
Cool WAV has announced the release of version 1.1 of the free Simple Console VST3 plug-in for Windows. Changes: A new GUI. The Filter sections now move at adjustments… Read More Read the full story
Florian Mrugalla releases Manta, a FREE parallel bandpass plugin for Windows (an unofficial macOS version is also available). Manta is a parallel bandpass plugin designed to fatten up your drums, amongst other things. The developer credits Dan Worrall as the inspiration for this plugin, and f you check out the description on the Manta YouTube video,…
The Epic Online Orchestra is a free browser-based orchestra sequencer based on Sonuscore sample libraries. The Epic Online Orchestra, or EOO as I’ll call it from now on, is a free online orchestral sequencer. EOO takes samples from Sonuscore and allows you to trigger chords and arrange sequences. There are two modes, Simple and Advanced….
VST Alarm offers the Blaque ($19 value) dark electric guitar virtual instrument by New Nation as a free download for a limited time. Blaque dark electric guitar has been designed to give players an easy way into some classic and some experimental guitar sounds. Characterized by dark and grimy lo-fi textures, this plugin is useful…