Two free virtual Minimoog synthesizer instruments for Windows
VoltKitchen has released version 2.3 of MinimogueVA and MinimogueLUXUS, two free virtual Minimoog synthesizer instruments for Windows.
Changes in MinimogueVA/MinimogueLUXUS v2.3
- New 24dB filter and a button to switch between the old 12dB filter and the new 24dB filter. The new filter is very advanced with built-in distortion, so it will use much more CPU. The old 12dB filter did not open up completely, but now you can enjoy the bright sound like the orignal when cutoff set to max when 24 db filter is selected. All sounds in the factory bank are set to the old filter, but I hope we can upgrade the synth with some new 24dB filter sounds later. Many of the old sounds have high resonance, and I advice you to reduce resonance level when switching to the new filter.
- Osc drive(offset) has been changed. It still has a little bit of offset just like the original, but much less than the 2.2 version.
- 10 new sounds by Sinisa Lupis.
- Added midi learn for bar-sync and the 16 gate off/on buttons.
- LUXUS version has got a new layout of controls to look similar to the new controller by Mario Jurisch of Synth-project.de.
MinimogueVA and MinimogueLUXUS are available to download as freeware VST instruments for PC.
More information: Gunnar Ekornås
Free virtual theremin VST
Blech Turm Studios has released BTS Theremin – a free virtual theremin VST for Windows.
BTS Theremin Features:
- 1 OSC (Sin/Squ/Mix)
- 2 LFOs (Pitch,Amp)
- 2 ADSR (1x Pitch LFO, 1x Amp),
- Waveshaper/Saturation, 10 Presets
Download at the Blech Turm site.
BLIP1000 – free matrix step sequencer instrument for Windows
WOK has introduced Blip1000, a free matrix step sequencer instrument for Windows.
Blip1000 is inspired by matrix synths for the iPad and hardware like the Bliptronic 5000, which were derived from software like ToneMatrix, which was inspired by devices like the monome and the Tenori On and so forth
Here’s what the developer has to say about Blip1000:
Got a windows touchscreen computer and miss these cool apps like on the iPad?
Now you can generate MIDI sequences with a touch of your finger. Also great for controllers like Novations launchpad (together with Automap).
Blip1000 is a MIDI sequencer VST plugin. It plays mono- or polyphonic sequences depending on the selected notes and the enabled trigger buttons. Host sync with different speeds, swing, several play direction modes and MIDI controller learn – try it for free and start making music now!
Features:
- Clear and easy interface.
- Number of steps selectable (up to 8).
- Note per line selectable from 3 octaves with display.
- Several play modes (forward-backward, random etc.).
- Syncs to host – clock divider adjustable.
- Sequence transpose by MIDI input
- MIDI ouput channel selectable.
- Automatable in the DAW.
- Sequences can be saved as VST plugin presets.
- Random play.
- MIDI-ouput; any plugin or synthesizer can be used as sound source.
- Low on CPU.
Note: Blip1000 is nagware.
New 500 patches strong free Reason Refill
Tweakazound is an instrument Refill which has been made with Propellerhead Reason synths and effects. Overall 500 patches that are ready for you to use in your music. Reason can sound awesome if you know how to use it, which is probably not anything new for most of you.
You can preview Tweakazound ReFill below. It’s available for download at the Reflection X site.
This Refill is a donationware.
Zen – a free universal presets manager for Windows VSTis
Big Tick Audio Software has introduced Zen, a free universal presets manager for Windows VSTis.
Zen loads in any host as a vsti, and acts as a loader for other vstis. So with Zen, you can search for “Rhodes piano” and get a list of all matching presets – regardless of the final vsti (Rhino, Zebra, Absynth…). When you select one of the presets in Zen, the corresponding vsti is automatically loaded to play the requested preset.
Many popular vstis are supported, including:
- U-he ACE
- Native Instrument’s Absynth 5
- Rob Papen Albino 3
- Anti’s Augur
- FullBucket Blooo
- Green Oak Crystal
- DiscoDSP Discovery, Discovery Pro, Phantom and Vertigo
- NuSofting daHornet
- TAL Elek7ro
- Wusik EVE
- Tone12 Firebird
- Smart Electronic Foorius
- Tone12 Gladiator
- Boris K. Intro
- Progress Audio Kinisis
- ConcreteFX Kubik
- SarVST LoganA
- FullBucket Mono/Fury
- TAL NoizeMaker
- FuzzPilz Oatmeal
- LinPlug Octopus
- Schwa Olga
- SonicProjects OPX-Pro
- Our own Rhino and RhinoCM
- Humanoid Sound System ScannedSynth
- Buchty SQ8L
- LennardDigital Sylenth1
- Ichiro Toda’s Synth1
- Image-Line Sytrus
- Cakewalk Triangle II
- FabFilter Twin II
- Vaz+
- U-he Zebra
- Cakewalk Z3ta+
Eventually Zen aims to categorize all available presets, for all vstis.
Zen synchronizes its own local database of presets with a master online database hosted at www.bigtickaudio.com – users get new presets daily, delivered right into their sequencer, already categorized.
Commercial presets designers can use Zen to send demo version of their presets to all potential customers.
Users can preview the presets in Zen, directly in the context of their track, and buy the presets they like with just one click. Presets can be bought individually, as opposed to purchasing a full bank of presets.
- U-he ACE
- Native Instrument’s Absynth 5
- Rob Papen Albino 3
- Anti’s Augur
- FullBucket Blooo
- Green Oak Crystal
- DiscoDSP Discovery, Discovery Pro, Phantom and Vertigo
- NuSofting daHornet
- TAL Elek7ro
- Wusik EVE
- Tone12 Firebird
- Smart Electronic Foorius
- Tone12 Gladiator
- Boris K. Intro
- Progress Audio Kinisis
- ConcreteFX Kubik
- SarVST LoganA
- FullBucket Mono/Fury
- TAL NoizeMaker
- FuzzPilz Oatmeal
- LinPlug Octopus
- Schwa Olga
- SonicProjects OPX-Pro
- Our own Rhino and RhinoCM
- Humanoid Sound System ScannedSynth
- Buchty SQ8L
- LennardDigital Sylenth1
- Ichiro Toda’s Synth1
- Image-Line Sytrus
- Cakewalk Triangle II
- FabFilter Twin II
- Vaz+
- U-he Zebra
- Cakewalk Z3ta+
Ambience is reverb effect plug-in for Windows and Mac
Ambience is reverb effect plug-in for Windows and Mac (VST/AU; 32bit/64bit) that, according to its creator, “rivals the quality of the best commercial reverbs.”
Check out the demo and decide for yourself. You can download it via Smartelectronix.com. Details below.
Features:
- Separate dry/wet controls (set direct to -inf to use as a send effect.
- Reverb time & room size parameters.
- Predelay to set the amount of delay between the direct sound and the onset of the first echoes.
- Width control for setting mono/wide stereo.
- Quality knob for lower CPU usage (is less quality).
- Variation button creates a new variant of the same room.
- Damping section for bass and treble (control the decay time).
- EQ section for filtering frequencies.
- Gating allows the reverb to follow the dynamics of the audio input.
- Hold button freezes current sound.
- Diffusion for subtle effect on the sound. It is especially noticable with small room sizes.
Sylo Synthesiser features live time-stretching technology
Sylo Synthesizer is a free iPad synth that lets you build sounds from basic waveforms, or capture them using the iPad’s built-in microphone.
Sylo Synthesiser features live time-stretching technology based on granular synthesis, and a suite of filters.
Options include:
- Speed up or slow down a recorded sound to use as an instrument
- With a regular wavetable synthesiser, higher-pitched notes are also faster, like chipmunks, and lower-pitched notes are also slower, as though they are moving through treacle, Enable “Sync Speed” feature, though, and lower or higher-pitched notes still play back at the same speed, keeping them in sync with each other
- Adjust the speed control even while you’re playing notes: Slow, stop or even rewind the sound in the middle of notes — without changing the pitch
- Granular synthesis allows you to create instruments or effects from a recording, that do not sound like the original, yet retain its realistic, natural sound
- Frequency modulation, ring modulation, echo/delay, distortion, and a low-pass filter with resonance control are available
Sylo Synthesiser is a teaser for Sylo Synthesizer Pro, which adds these features:
- Use existing audio files as the building-blocks of your instrument: import audio from wave, aiff, mp3 and aac/m4a files
- Save recordings to your iPad or to Dropbox1 online storage
- Save your new instruments to the preset list for fast acces
DUY has released Z-Room, a free reverb effect
DUY has released Z-Room, a free reverb effect for RTAS, MAS, VST and Audiosuite.
Email address required for the free download. Details on Z-Room below.
Features:
- High quality density and diffusion provide an unparalleled sound quality.
- Total control over parameters which had never been available to the user before, with a friendly and intuitive user interface.
- Three modes: Deluxe, Economy and Earlies. The second allows to free processing time, and the third focuses the strength of the algorithm on the processing of Early Reflections.
- An exclusive Rehearsal Mode allows you to set the parameters while hearing the real impulse response of the reverb. This is one of the finest tools to evaluate the quality of the reverb.
- You can choose between several room responses (reverse, gate, hall, room, stage…). All these values can be modified with the Stretch and Pre-delay parameters.
- Processing time is freed when you choose not to include Early Reflections.
- Internal 64-bit processing.
- Independent mixing controls for each of the three selectable bands, as well as for the Direct, Early Reflections and Reverb signals.
- Total control over the iteration depth, with six levels of calculation.
- Over 50 presets are included.
- Z-Room is the only reverb that allows you to control the time base of the reverb’s algorithm.
- Visualization of the Direct, Early Reflections and Reverb signals in the time domain.
Pterosaur is a free 16-oscillator monosynth for Windows.
Free Music Software: Pterosaur is a free 16-oscillator monosynth for Windows.
The basic waveform of each oscillator is a sawtooth wave – but the “mod” control morphs it into a sort of saw-pulse hybrid.
It’s available as a free download via VSTPlanet.
Mopho – free VST
For fans of the Mopho but who cannot afford the hardware version
With the MOPHO VSTi it is really possible to get out every sound from this great analog synth!
The Vsti is free: http://code.google.com/p/ctrlr/downlo…
It`s there for windows and OSX!
I was really waiting for that VSTi because MIDI Implementation of MOPHO is not working with every controller, the MOPHO knobs are crappy and now I can finally use the APC 40 to control mophoI recommend headphones to hear the analog quality of this demo
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