Fracture Sounds is back with the next addition to the free Blueprint series, Dream Zither. Even though these Blueprint instruments are free, I feel like a salesman because I go on about how good they are so often. But if you haven’t tried them yet, please do, they are epic. Dream Zither is the 25th…
Edu Prado Sounds has made their Hapi Drum available for free download as a Christmas gift, and you can run the virtual instrument on the free Kontakt Player. Native Instruments’ free Kontakt Player is a sampler for macOS and Windows, available in VST3, AU, and AAX formats. The Hapi Drum (also known as a steel…
Soundtrack Loops has launched the SCHAR “Get Ready For Me” Remix Contest, a free-to-enter competition inviting producers worldwide to reimagine the latest track from electronic artist SCHAR (Scharliina). Remix contests don’t always catch my attention, but this one stands out thanks to the quality of the prizes and the clear focus on creativity instead of…
Acustica Audio has released STONE, a free tone-shaping channel strip plugin for macOS and Windows. STONE is an Acqua plugin inspired by rare British broadcast and studio hardware from the 1960s and 1970s, and it’s permanently free with no limitations or demo mode. If you’ve followed Acustica Audio for a while, you’ll know that, coming…
Today’s patch is remarkable not for complexity – it’s very simple – but for ridiculous versatility. Let’s call it ‘80s Synth’. From Axel F to Human League, to A-Ha, nail this, and you’ll never need another 80s sample pack again. “A patch can’t be versatile!” you cry. “It just sounds like what it is!” Wrong. Because…
Free plugin introduces groundbreaking pitch-controlled resonances, available through December 31, 2025 Eventide Audio has released Temperance Lite, a new plugin that reimagines the way reverb is controlled and heard. Now available as a free download until the end of 2025, Temperance Lite is described as the first plugin to offer a musical approach to reverb, allowing…
Istanbul Ghetto Club run us through a few Top Tracks, from the first illegal CD bought in a rough part of Istanbul to a track about choosing not to participate in society today. Berlin-based anonymous collective Istanbul Ghetto Club have hidden their debut album where algorithms can’t reach it: inside a book. Some Tales to Boost…
Vocana is a new streaming service with the stated goal of putting artists first. We spoke with President Neil Sheehan to find out how the venture plans to beat Spotify. Taking on Spotify is no easy task. That’s what new music streaming service Vocana is aiming to do. Aside from Spotify, there’s also Apple, Tidal,…