Igorski releases Darvaza, a freeware tempo-synchronized tremolo/gate VST plugin for Windows and macOS. Darvaza is a gate plugin with additional features that make it a surprisingly capable sound mangling tool. It can work as a standard tremolo effect or a completely chaotic gate effect that nearly reaches the glitch territory. The plugin lets you apply…
Heavyocity offers Foundations Piano, a FREE cinematic piano for Kontakt Player. This bit of news combines a couple of my favorite things to write; free cinematic piano and Kontakt Player. Foundations Piano is a free Kontakt library that is compatible with the free Kontakt Player, which is a nice change from saying the paid version…
Whether it’s simply tactics for reducing volume levels when playing, or more proactively working to reduce the volume that reaches your ears in situations when you have no control over the volume at your gigs, protecting your hearing is massively important as a DJ. Any sustained high volume (above 85dB) over time is likely to…
HoRNet Plugins has announced the immediate availability of Butterfly, a tool designed to be used both for mastering and as channel strip. Packaged into a single… Read More Read the full story
Soundethers has released “Three Sides” for AudioThing Noises, a collection of three sample banks (Drone Side, Field Side, Tonal Side) made to expand the sonic possibilities of this recently… Read More Read the full story
Karanyi Sounds have released a new Kontakt library, Vapor Keys Sakura, for FREE. You’ll need the full version of Kontakt 6.2 or higher to run it. Vapor Keys Sakura is a lo-fi pad inspired by Cherry Blossoms, also known as Sakura in Japanese. Sakura includes three organic pad presets, which are complete soundscape patches, well-suited…
Top ten for March from producer & DJ Lawrence Hart featuring Ryan Winters, Kessler, Cameo Blush, Leon Vynehall and more. Follow Lawrence Hart Lawrence Hart is a synth-hoarding studio nerd and serial collaborator. The South London producer has remixed everyone from Foals (their new LP lead track Wake Me Up) to Lau.ra, and collaborated with the likes of Model…
In our latest Synth Secrets YouTube video, we use Ableton’s Wavetable to create morphing arpeggios inspired by Floating Points’ ‘Argente’. This Synth Secrets also includes a free Ableton Download session. Arpeggios can mean many things. There’s Bach, there’s Mozar, there’s Floating Points but there is also Yngwie Malmsteen’s ‘Arpeggios from Hell’. Yup, there’s diversity across…