Download a new free granulator effect unit
Argotlunar 2, a realtime granulator effect for Mac, PC & Linux, is available now as a free download.
Argotlunar breaks up an incoming audio stream into short samples (Grains). Each grain can have random settings of amplitude, panning, duration, delay, pitch, glissando, filter and envelope. The output of all grains is mixed and sent to the main output. The main output can be fed back into the main input.
Time-related parameters can be synced to the host tempo, for rhythmic or pulsing textures. Pitch-related parameters can be quantized for harmonic or melodic effects. Feedback can create chaotic and distorted sounds.
Free Justin Bieber Super Fun Ableton Pack
A new Live rack from AfroDJMac, enjoy:
I made some Ableton Live Racks using a Justin Bieber Keyboard Guitar toy. This is a download of four different device racks, a synth, drums, Justin Bieber Vocal snippets, and a Slice to Midi preset. The accompanying music was made using only the keyboard guitar as a sound source. Baby Baby Baby.
download @: http://bit.ly/freesynth44
Short video demo of the free 8bit drum app for the iPad
I have not seen any video featuring this little nice app that is available for free on AppStore for the iPad/iPod. So I decided to make one, check it out below:
This is a really nice little 8bit drum app with several drum patterns and accompanying chip tunes. In the video I have not tried to do any performance drumming just showing what some of the sounds sound like, so please excuse out of sync drumming 
And best of all it is absolutely free
♬ 24 drum kit appropriate for 80′s Video game console,Home computer,Vintage Drum Machine,Rhythm Machine
(NES/FC,GENESIS/MD,GB-DBG,ATARI2600,C64,TR808/909,VL-1,Simmons SDS-V etc)
♬ 24 drum sets that is appropriate for Soul, Funk, R&B, and HIP HOP are prepared.
♬ 24 lesson riffs are collected.
♬ The drum can be played according to the accompaniment of iPod if it starts after it reproduces with iPod.
♬ Spec:
– Collection drum kit 24
– Collection lesson riff 24
* When the sound doesn’t become it even if touching, it might be a manner mode as for the drum.
* Please confirm the volume setting of “Ring tone” by “Sound” of “Setting” application program when the lesson riff rings and it doesn’t sound the drum.
New free Ableton Live Pack – Snake Drum Synth
This is a little jam with a couple of instances of an Ableton Live Instrument created with samples of a snake drum. The original snake drum had 6 notes. This instrument is spread across the entire keyboard, with some interesting artifacts in the lower and higher extremes. Some interesting macro knob mappings make this an extremely versatile little virtual instrument!
Download it here: http://bit.ly/freesynth42
Background info:
My good friend Mike, singer/guitarist of NY rock band My Summer, has this cool percussive instrument that I believe is called a snake drum (at least that’s what it says on the bottom of it). Basically, it’s a hollow wooden box with little cuts in the wood. These cuts in the wood are struck with a mallet creating a musical tone. It’s a pretty simple idea that has probably been around for thousands of years and winds up sounding a lot like a marimba or wooden xylophone. It is severely limited in that it only has six notes, but it has a sound that transports you into some kind of ancient tribal ceremony. Mike asked me to show him how I go about building my own Ableton Live instruments, so we decided to sample this snake drum.
We mic’d it up with his brand new RE20 and went to town. The final instrument you hear is made up of all six tones layered on top of each other, which really thickens it out, and all of those layers really bring out the sound of the room we were in.
Once inside Ableton, I added some effects and controls that gave this instrument as much versatility as possible. The first two controls affect the FM Modulation. These allow you to seriously alter the timbre to all sorts of sonic extremes. Next I added a Redux, which at its most extreme setting, miraculously transforms this ancient instrument into something reminiscent of the the arcade in your average bowling alley in 1985. I’ve added reverb and a spread control for creating space and special effects. By playing with the pitch envelope macro knob, you can change the attack sound of the instrument from sounds similar to a steel drum all the way to bass drums and electronic disco tom toms. Finally, I placed a Ping-Pong Delay, set to repitch mode, for anyone who loves those warping stretch sounds of old analog delays.
Now because of the limited range of the original instrument, some interesting things start happening when you play the virtual instrument in the extreme high and low octaves. Drop down a few octaves and you have an incredibly heavy bass sound, similar to my Tuned 808 Ableton Pack, but with a certain organic character. Try playing around with the pitch envelop and you can achieve some awesome bass drum sounds. When you crank up to the highest octaves, these interesting insect like sounds start happening. I found some really far out sounds by simultaneously playing around with the FM Oscillator controls.
This is the real beauty of sound design. Such a simple instrument can be digitally mangled into something completely unrecognizable and out of this world. Mike and I spent sometime fooling around with the controls, and recorded the crazy noises we made and then resampled those into a drum rack. I’ve included this drum rack and called it “Snake Bites.” These are just some insane glitchy bits that were created with this instrument in a matter of minutes. You can see me play around with those in the video, as I trigger them with my Launchpad (which is painted red). Check out the video, all the sounds you hear are made with this instrument. I included the clips I created in the download so you can mess around with them for yourself.
Prophanity – Free VST synth
Prophanity – http://www.vstplanet.com/News/2012/Prophanity
Developer: robersonaudio.tk
Chris Roberson (a.k.a. Blu Gruv) has released Prophanity, a freeware VST instrument which aims to clone the Prophet 5.
- Oscillator A: Frequency, Osc Waveform (Saw/Square), Pulse Width, Sync
- Oscillator B: Frequency, Fine, Osc Waveform (Saw/Triangle/Square), Pulse Width, Low Freq, Keyboard
- Mixer: Osc A, Osc B, Noise
- Poly-Mod: Sources – Filter envelope, Osc B; Desinations – Freq A, PW A, Filter
- Wheel-Mod: Source mix (LFO/Noise)
- LFO: Frequency, Waveform (Saw/Triangle/Square)
- Filter: Cutoff, Resonance, Envelope Amount, Keyboard, ADSR
- Amplifier: ADSR
- Volume, Velocity, Master Tune, A440, Glide
Download Prophanity here or here! 1.41 mb
The sounds and feel of Oblique – Max for Live synth
The sounds and feel of Oblique, a Max for Live synth made for KONKREET PERFORMER.
It’s here > konkreetlabs.com/oblique/
and it’s free!
Oblique is a Max for Live synthesizer which is completely mapped to Konkreet Performer. As a regular synthesizer, it receives MIDI notes from any MIDI device. Unlike regular synthesizers, the timbre of the sound is controlled by OSC messages coming from the abstract interface of Performer.
The main idea behind the synthesizer was to avoid the use of sliders and knobs, and remove technical descriptions of the synthesis process. Being completely controlled by the main geometrical object of Performer, Oblique allows you to shape your sound without thinking about what is inside the box.
Oblique has been designed, from the beginning, to fit both the interface and the visuals of Performer. Hence, it is not a general purpose synthesizer, but more an audiovisual entity that you can shape and which will react in a certain way. Of course you can use it just for its sound, but Oblique reveals its
true nature when working hand in hand with the visuals. As an additional feature, Oblique can be controlled uniquely from Performer, without MIDI input. It means that you can play it entirely by manipulating the geometrical object, while the graphics in the background give you visual feedback.
Free Reason Refill based on the Nord Modular G2X synthesizer
You may have seen that we have had a new banner from SoundCells up for a while now >>>>>>>>>
Here are some more details on this really nice free Refill
Nordic Red is based on samples from the ever popular Nord Modular G2X synthesizer.
Besides unlimited possibilties of creating a wide range of individual sounds – from 80’s retro sounds to modern club patches, emulations of acoustic instruments to a world of sounds that never have delivered before – the main feature of this version of Nordic Red are the G2’s “self-playing” patches, called ‘Noodles’.
Contains:
– 20 combinator patches.
– 35 NNXT patches containing the basic patches which were used to build the combinators.
– 24 recordings (up to 1.30 minutes per sample) from the Nord Modular G2X, 305 MB uncompressed.
– Great for all styles of music where deep atmosphere is desired.
– All samples are included into this download in Wave format – ready to use in any other DAW.
Mark Mosher and AfroDJMac Zebra Attack Ableton Rack 2
Free Ableton Live Pack from AfroDJMac and Mark Mosher. u-He’s Zebra was programmed by Mark Mosher and the sampled waveform he created was used by AfroDJMac to build this Rad Ableton Live Device. Combined with some interesting effects and a layer of Ableton’s Operator, this instrument makes sounds from soft and gentle to fierce and violent!
Download the Instrument at: http://bit.ly/freesynth40
This week’s Free Ableton Live Rack is part two of my collaboration with sound designer and producer extraordinaire Mark Mosher. Using the same sample from the original Zebra Attack Rack, I’ve set this one up to be a bit less random and offer you more control over the different sounds. What permits the wavetable to be played as a melodic instrument is the very short loop of the sample. I’ve set up a control that allows you to alter the starting point of the sample, which lets you to severely alter the timbre and harmonic structure of the sample. There’s another macro knob that controls which portion of Mark’s wavetable you will be hearing. I’ve added a bit crusher, chorus and flanger, which can be added to taste. Finally I’ve stacked this synth with Ableton’s Operator. The device allows you to control the Operator’s waveform as well as volume. This will allow you to mix in another layer of sound until you achieve your desired sound. The resulting instrument is one that is dramatically different from the original Zebra Attack Rack, and is also one that can yield an extremely wide array of sounds. At one time soft and mellow and at other times, harsh and biting, I think you’ll find the Zebra Attack Rack II an exciting instrument to play with! Enjoy!
Holiday treat from Native – free synth – SKANNER
Xmas treat from Native Instruments
SKANNER – our holiday gift for you: Stephan Schmitt’s raucous and exciting new synth is available for download now. SKANNER can be used either with the latest version (5.6.2) of the free REAKTOR 5 PLAYER, or REAKTOR 5.6.2.
Play samples like a synth – SKANNER will rip through your holiday lethargy.
“Created by Stephan Schmitt, SKANNER is an innovative, unorthodox instrument with a unique raw edge. It takes samples as source material and generates breathtaking new sounds, ranging from simple sine waves to walls of noise. A must-have for adventurous producers and sound designers, SKANNER is also completely free. Runs in the latest version (5.6.2) of the free REAKTOR 5 PLAYER, or REAKTOR 5.6.2. Download it today!”
Despite the complex synthesis going on under the hood, SKANNER couldn’t be easier to use. Two views offer different levels of interaction: The ‘A’ view features four macro controls that are mapped to multiple parameters – even subtle tweaks can create dramatic changes.
If you want to dig deeper into the architecture of SKANNER, the ‘B’ view (pictured here) provides access to more detailed parameters. Use SKANNER with REAKTOR 5.6 and you can replace the included samples with your own – discover their sonic potential when they get skanned. At the heart of SKANNER’s creative potential is the versatile Preset Morpher – morph between eight different snapshots for evolving sounds that are unworldly and unusual. The controls include morphing speed and LFO modulation – jam and morph from one extreme to another, and capture your performance in your DAW.*
SmileForLive 1.0 – free generative synth
Download SmileForLive for free: http://code.google.com/p/smilesynth/downloads/detail?name=SmileForLive1.0.zip…
This is a simple generative music synthesizer built in Max/MSP created by Diego Caponera, Nicolò Paternoster and Giuseppe Sorce. It involves 5 FM generators which play notes randomly based on a root key and intervals defined by the user. It’s an university project made for an exam for Sound’s Science degree ( Math Department of Roma Tor Vergata ).
The software is distributed “as is”, without any warranty, under a GPL license.
SmileForLive is a 5 parts generative FM synthesizer for MaxForLive, featuring:
* Glitchy palette of sounds
* Change notes with MIDI (from clips and/or controllers)
* Switch Harmonic/Dissonant to avoid dissonant chords
* Clock synced
* Fully MIDI mappable
* Glide!
This is the port of the original SMILE application, plus additional features.
Have fun
DATAMASKIN
