New free effect-plug from B.Serrano
B. Serrano has released Nibiru 2 – an extended 4 band resonator effect plug-in for Windows.
Features:
- 4 parallel multimode filters (LP, HP, BP, Notch, Peak) with resonance and spread.
- 4 LFOs (host syncable)
- Stereo balance on each filter output.
Nibiru 2 is available now as a VST effect plug-in for Windows.
Antress updates Modern Plugins to v4.95 – all free!!
Antress has released version 4.95 of Modern Plugins, adding Apophis and Modern Monoizer to the bundle of freeware effect plug-ins for Windows.
Download the whole suite for free here >>
Modern Apophis:
- Classic SSL(R) G384 compressor clone.
- Power On/Off switch.
- Gain Reduction meter include.
- Thresh control (Threshold, +15 to -30 dB).
- Mackup control (Gain, -5 to +15 dB).
- Ratio selector (1:1, 2:1, 4:1, 6:1, 10:1, 20:1).
- Attack time selector (0.1, 0.3, 1, 3, 10, 30 ms).
- Recovery time selector (0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2 secs and Auto).
- Side-Chain highpass filter selector(Off, 20, 40, 80, 160 Hz).
- Mid/Side stereo image control.
- Mix control (Full wet to dry).
Modern Monoizer: 
- Power On/Off button.
- Mid gain control (0 to +12 dB).
- Side filter control (highpass, 20 Hz to 20 KHz).
- Filter shape control.
- Side gain control (0 to +12 dB).
v4.95 Changes:
- Modern Amplifier (Fixed routing bugs).
- Modern Amplifier (Reduce CPU usage).
- Modern Compressor (Fixed routing bugs).
- Modern Deathcore (Fixed samplerate bugs).
- Modern FireChainer (Fixed routing bugs).
- Modern Vacuumer (Fixed samplerate bugs).
Modern Plugins v4.95 now includes:
- Modern Amplifier
- Modern Analoguer
- Modern Apophis
- Modern BlackDragon
- Modern Compressor
- Modern Deathcore
- Modern DeepPurple
- Modern DeEsser
- Modern Equalizer
- Modern Exciter
- Modern Expander
- Modern FireChainer
- Modern FlashVerb
- Modern Limiter
- Modern LostAngel
- Modern Monoizer
- Modern Premier
- Modern SeventhSign
- Modern Spacer
- Modern Splitter
- Modern Vacuumer
The Antress Modern Plugins consists of several free VST effect plug-ins for Windows.
Enjoy, and please feel free to post a review when you´ve tried them out
Soundscaper II – free VST effect
Homegrown Sounds has released SoundScaper II, a free effect plug-in for Windows and Mac.
SoundScaper is versatile and great for comb effects, reverbs and endless delays. It is has been included in most of my synths over the last couple of years.
There are only a few presets at the moment, please feel free to send me some if you come up with any good ones.
There are lots of randomizers as usual to make using SoundScaper a fun and creative experience! It is not advisable to use the plug in any active projects yet as it may change before official release, but I’d love to hear some feedback especially from Mac users.
SoundScaper II beta is available as a freeware VST effect plug-in for PC and Mac (Intel).
More free synths and effects at Stereoklang, including DroneMaker
Sonic Entropy has introduced Zombie Killah 2, a free synthesizer instrument plug-in for Windows that they describe as “THE ultimate badass synth”.
“Most recommended for use for lead parts, especially in Drum’n’Bass, Breakbeat, Dubstep, Jungle music.”
Zombie Killah 2 Features:
- 2 detuned oscillators.
- 1 sub bass oscillator
- Easy and quick modulators:
- One-Knob Adjustable Frequency Modulation.
- One-Knob Amplitude Modulation.
- Double-Knob Pulse Width Modulation.
- Vibrato and Tremolo.
- 3-way filtering.
- Host-synced BPM LFO Speeds.
- All parameters automatable, but an assignable MIDI CC for LFO Speed is available if needed.
- Chorus effect for stereo widening.
- 10 Factory Presets to get you started.
Zombie Killah 2 is a free VSTi plugin for Windows. Mac users will have to find their own “ultimate badass synth.”
SoundMagic Spectral is a free suite of 23 Audio Unit plug-ins that implement real-time spectral processing of sound.
Included in SoundMagic Spectral are the following effects:
Spectral Averaging, Spectral Bin Shift, Spectral Blurring, Spectral DroneMaker, Spectral Emergence, Spectral Filterbank, Spectral Freezing, Spectral Gate and Hold, Spectral Gliding Filters, Spectral Granulation, Spectral Harmonizer, Spectral Partial Glide, Spectral Pitch Shift, Spectral Pulsing, Spectral Shimmer, Spectral Shuffle, Spectral Stretch, Spectral Tracing, Chorus, Comb Filter Bank, Grain Streamer, Idee Fixer, Mr Filterbank
Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 and a G4, G5 processor or Intel Mac.
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New free equalizer from Terry West
Terry West has released Twelve, a free graphic equalizer effect plug-in for Windows.
Modeled after some famous hardware units.
Note this is a beta version, expect some bugs (or hopefully not). Todo: Auto-bypass per band, Autogain, Automation.
Twelve features
- Bypass.
- Output gain.
- 12 graphic bands.
- 3 Q settings.
- Limiter.
- Exciter.
- 14 presets.
Twelve is available as a freeware VST effect plug-in for Windows PC.
Download it here + 3 other nice plug-ins from Terry West >>
Five free VSTs from Cakewalk!!!
Cakewalk has announced that it’s now offering it a bunch of free Windows music software, including synths and effects processors.
Here’s what Cakewalk has to say about each of the freebies:
- SFZ+ is rgc:audio’s SoundFont player sample-playback engine, packed in a professional VST/DXi instrument. Outstanding sound quality, stereo built-in effects, adjustable CPU/quality settings to adjust it to your hardware, fully multitimbral operation, multiple stereo outputs, several loading modes including direct-from-disk streaming and a beautiful interface make sfz+ the perfect choice for SoundFont users and professional composers.
- Square I offers the warmness and classic sound of the vintage analog synthesizers, combined with the fidelity and precision of a VST instrument. A simple synthesizer, oriented to the serious music enthusiast.
- Cakewalk Audio FX 1 is a series of real-time audio processing plug-ins. All Cakewalk Audio FX plug-ins are Microsoft DirectX- compatible, allowing you to use them with any digital audio software that supports DirectX – including Cakewalk SONAR and other Cakewalk applications.
- Cakewalk Audio FX 2. Audio FX 2 uses advanced processing algorithms to apply the classic sound and warmth of several different vintage guitar amplifiers and analog tape decks to your digital audio.
- Cakewalk Audio FX 3 SoundStage allows you to design acoustic environments in which to play back digital audio, resulting in unique, realistic reverb. Audio FX 3 Features Two Views: Performer’s View and Room View. To create the perfect room, just click and drag your mouse to move walls and change ceiling height. Choose from different microphones, and place them inside the room. Then assign each audio track to different “performer” positions to hear custom reverb on each track. When you’re finished, save your soundstage for other sessions, or use as a template for other designs. Audio FX 3 includes ready-to-use soundstages too.
Noise Reduction For Free
Christian Budde Noise Reduction VST plug-in features a spectral noise gate to filter out unwanted noise
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Christian Budde says that the new Noise Reduction plug-in is based on a spectral gate to filter out unwanted noise in the frequency domain. The gate is based on the lightweight dynamic series and features a soft knee and customizable attack and release times.
Features:
- Highly customisable spectral noise gate.
- Continuous and consistent characteristic.
- Fully adjustable soft knee in dB (as margin below the threshold).
- Several exotic window functions available.
- Low CPU usage.
- Different FFT sizes.
- Manual included.
- Open Source (as part of the Delphi ASIO & VST Project).
Free VST plug-in pack for download – Blue cat
All Blue Cat Audio freeware VST, Audio Unit and DirectX audio plug-ins gathered together in a bundle. It’s here! Save download time and get them all in a single package!
The bundle contains a wide range of modulation effects, an EQ and analysis tools to get you started with your favorite Digital Audio Workstation, for free! This bundle is available for Mac and PC, in DirectX, Audio Unit and VST plugin formats. Enjoy!
SHEPPi Spatial Enhancer – free download
Dallas Hodgson / Open Ambience Project has announced the release o SHEPPi (Stereo Haas Effect Ping Pong Inverter), a stereo image enhancement tool modeled after the K-Stereo Ambience Processor by Algorithmix.
SHEPPi imparts a subtle, natural sense of space thanks to a combination of EQ’able synthetic early reflections, M-S widening and inverted stereo delay feedback.
This plug-in has been enhanced for both track insert as well as aux send applications, making it an excellent tool for both mastering and stereoizing purposes.
SHEPPi is available as a VST effect plug-in for Windows and it is free
TransGainer from Voxengo
Voxengo has released TransGainer — an audio plug-in suitable for a wide range of professional music production uses. TransGainer implements audio signal envelope adjustment algorithm that reacts on transients rather than on signal’s loudness level. This algorithm allows you to adjust volume of attack and sustain stages of any sounds you use it on. TransGainer was designed in a way to be suitable for all possible sound sources — be it individual tracks or full mixes.
Features :
• Transient stage loudness adjustments
• Sustain stage loudness adjustments
• Transient-to-transient time control
• Multi-channel processing
• Internal channel routing
• Channel grouping
• Mid/side processing
• Up to 8x oversampling
• 64-bit floating point processing
• Preset manager
• Undo/redo history
• A/B comparisons
• Contextual hint messages
TransGainer is available for both Mac (VST, AU) and PC (VST).
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