Author: William Frady
William Frady
Liam is a producer, mixing engineer, and compressor aficionado. When not mixing, he can be found pretending to play guitar, as he has been doing for the last 20 years.
Developer Splash Sound released Djembe, a free sample-based VST/AU plugin for Mac and Windows. Percussion is one of humanity’s oldest fascinations in music. Drums…
Analog Obsession has released ATONE, a channel strip with an A-Type EQ, filters, and a 436-style compressor. Channel strips are a guilty pleasure of…
Audible Planets is an expressive, quasi-Ptolemaic semi-modular synthesizer for Windows, Mac, and Linux. I’ve previously mentioned my love of VCV Rack and other modular…
Tracktion Corporation released Waveform Free 13, the latest version of the industry-leading free digital audio workstation. The world of free DAWs has surprisingly little…
PadScape Lite by the developer Electronik Sound Lab is a free virtual instrument available for both Windows and Mac. I love pads, and I’m…
Solicito Musica released Solionid, a free virtual string machine synthesizer for Windows based on the Solina String Ensemble. As an ardent fan of all…
The BL-303 by Yooz Music was recently updated to 3.0 and comes with a few enticing features. We talked a bit about the legendary TB-303, and…
Music Instinct released Mi-03 Bassline, a free synthesizer plugin that revitalizes the classic 303 sound. Few synthesizers have the same sort of fame and…
Until April 30th, you can claim your free copy of Excite Audio VISION 4X Lite or Audified U78 Saturator at Plugin Boutique with any…
KVR Audio and Native Instruments are teaming up again for another giveaway where you can win a free copy of Native Instruments’ Utopia instrument…
Developer Aurora DSP has released Liver 6, a free VST plugin simulating the early Line6 POD 2.0. I will readily admit I groan audibly…
Spectral Plugins make their plugins free to download and use following the company’s closing. It is always a sad day when a developer closes…
SoundWare Inc. released TIZE and VYBE, two freeware plugins for Windows and macOS. Let’s quickly examine both new freebies from SoundWare Inc. TIZE TIZE is…
Wusik JX1 is a new virtual analog synthesizer in the Wusik lineup that is available for free for a limited time. It’s fully functional…
For a limited time, Audio Plugin Deals offers the Analog Lab Play plugin and the Pop Transcendence sound pack by Arturia. Out of Arturia’s…
Vox Samples has just released Pitchmunk, a freeware pitch shifter plugin for Windows and Mac (64-bit). I have to admit that I am not…
Zak Sound released Atmospheres, a free reverb plugin for Windows and Mac. Creating atmospheric effects is deceptively tricky. The usual suspects, like delay and…
Kilohearts released Shaper, a freeware distortion plugin for Windows and Mac (64-bit only). I suppose March has just been that sort of month for…
Who doesn’t love a good delay? If you’re quick, you can download Digital Echoes for free until the 18th of April over at VST…
LufsLimiterFree is a free VST plugin for Windows only, designed, according to its developer SaschArt, to revolutionize audio limiting. Who said the loudness wars…
Plasma from developer Dimethoxy is a free, open-source digital audio effect for VST3 hosts. There has been no shortage of interesting distortion effects in…
Blowdio is a new free effect plugin by Integraudio that lets you add different colors and flavors of tape saturation to your sound. I…
Developer Blaukrat has released Charlatan 3, a new version of the free virtual analog synthesizer for Windows and Linux. Charlatan has received a lot…
Developer CMajor has released the Pro-54 Synthesizer, a faithful port of the classic Native Instruments Pro-53 synth. Surprisingly, it’s not a VST plugin. Instead…