Dubspot has relaunched as an online music school, and its first release is Dubspot Groove, a free drum machine that runs in your browser. You can open Dubspot Groove and start programming immediately, with no software to install, without opening an account. It is pretty handy for sketching a beat on a computer or tablet…
Infinite is a FREE open-source modular audiovisual workstation
Indie developer and musician Naman Soni has released Infinite, a free and open-source modular audiovisual workstation for macOS and Windows. Infinite is a standalone application that combines a node-based sound-design environment with real-time 2D video compositing and procedural 3D tools. All of these components are connected through the same modulation system. On the audio side,…
Fruitless Research releases Clew, a FREE physical-modeled spring reverb plugin
Fruitless Research has launched Clew, a free spring reverb plugin for macOS and Windows. Clew is based on the long two-spring tank found in many guitar amplifiers, but it is not a convolution reverb playing back a recorded impulse response. Instead, it uses physical modeling to emulate how a signal travels through the spring itself….
FeelYourSound updates free SongEngine to v1.7.0 – adds advanced chords
FeelYourSound has released version 1.7.0 of its free MIDI generator plug-in SongEngine (VST + AU). SongEngine automatically turns any chord progression into new arpeggios, basslines, and complex piano phrases. If you don’t have your own chord progressions yet, you can use one of the included chord progression generators. You can also explore chords by ear…
Unusable Engineering Releases Quadrant Modulator – Four-Quadrant Multiplier and Ring-modulation Effect (VST3 & AU)
Unusable Engineering has released Quadrant Modulator, a four-quadrant multiplier and ring-modulation effect for macOS and Windows. Quadrant Modulator uses a modified version of the visual oscillator from Curves & Membranes. The incoming audio is multiplied by a drawable Bézier/Node waveform, allowing the same oscillator to be used for four-quadrant modulation, amplitude modulation and one-shot amplitude…
Acon Digital Launches Acoustica 8 – Machine Learning Restoration Tools and Redesigned Interface
Acon Digital has released Acoustica 8, an update to its audio editing, restoration, and mastering suite built around new machine learning models for its DeNoise and DeHum processors. The update removes a step that has defined the workflow in prior versions: DeNoise 3 and DeHum 3 no longer require users to capture a noise profile…
Circuit Haze updates Howl to v1.0.1
Circuit Haze has released version 1.0.1 of Howl, its hybrid reverb/delay plugin for Windows, macOS and Linux. Changes in v1.0.1: Fixed an issue on Windows where knobs and toggles would revert to their previous position when the host was not processing audio. Various GUI fixes. Howl is available in VST3/AU/CLAP and it’s free. Read More…
folina audio releases Pitch Destroyer effect for iOS, Windows, and macOS (VST3 & AU)
folina audio has released Pitch Destroyer, a plugin that continuously reinterprets pitch while keeping the results tied to a musical framework. Choose a mode, then control how far and unpredictably the notes are transformed. Melodic mutations, unexpected harmonies and rogue arpeggio-like movement, or into fractured territory. Pitch Destroyer is available in VST3 and AU plugin…