Arturia has extended the free trial version of the Analog Lab (€199 value) virtual instrument plugin until July 3rd, 2020. Analog Lab is a virtual instrument that provides access to thousands of presets from Arturia’s popular V Collection series of synthesizer plugins. The available presets can’t be edited in detail, but there are some basic…
The free Wavosaur portable audio editor for Windows has been updated to v1.5, introducing several new features and bug fixes. Wavosaur is one of the best free audio editing programs, along with Audacity and Ocenaudio. The software is only available on Windows. Wavosaur is a portable (no installer) and relatively lightweight audio editing application. One…
If you’ve got a bit of time at the moment there are some superb DJing and dance/electronic music books around. We take a look at a few of our favourites. Turn The Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco Author:Peter Shapiro The popular culture version of disco – Abba, glitter-balls and polyester – is a…
The JUCE team is delighted to announce the acquisition of JUCE by PACE Anti-Piracy Inc. Here’s what they say: Initially released in 2004, JUCE became part of ROLI… Read More Read the full story
vMPC2000XL is an open-source emulation (unofficial) of the Akai MPC2000XL MIDI Production Center hardware sampler. The software is available as a standalone application, as well as a VST/VST3/AU plugin for compatible digital audio workstations on Windows, macOS, and Linux (support for Linus is experimental). The original Akai MPC2000XL is a more technologically advanced take on…
Waveshaper has released VCO Drums VOL1, a free collection of electronic drum samples made using analog synthesizers. VCO Drums is the first Waveshaper release in over four years. The VCO Drums collection consists of three volumes. The first volume is free, the second one is donationware (the donations go to Fondation de France to support…
Native Instruments has released the Ignition Code expansion pack for Maschine and Battery… Read the full story
The vMPC2000XL Emulator has the look of the original and is available as a standalone application or as a VST2/VST3/AU plugin. German music website beat.de has reported that developer Izmar has created a free software emulation of the classic Akai sampler/sequencer the MPC2000XL. The vMPC2000XL Emulator is available for Windows, macOS and Linux via OSX…