Making Music: 2009-11-01

2009-11-06

Effect: Sknote - Baz

Related: compressor, effect, filter, pc, plugin

SKnote unveils Baz, a Bass saturator, compressor and exciter VST effect for Windows.

Features:
frequency splitting
input boost with automatic output compensation
level based or spectral based selective compression

Currently in beta so launch date and price will be available later.

Find more effects here.

SKnote

2009-11-05

DAW: Ableton - Ableton Live Intro

Ableton launches Live Intro, that gives you the essentials of Ableton Live at a great price.

Some Features:
Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching
Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
Supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
Full ReWire support; runs as Slave or Master
Top-grade content package with loops and beats from premium sound designers
500 built-in Instrument Racks and Drum Racks plus Simpler (a sampler) and Impulse (a virtual drum machine)
200 built-in audio and MIDI effects
New groove engine; apply and extract grooves in real time
VST and AU support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
Simple MIDI mapping plus instant mapping for selected hardware
Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
Multicore and multiprocessor support
7 GB of loops, instruments and beats (boxed version)
1 GB selection of loops, instruments and beats (download version — a selection of content from the boxed version)
Printed Getting Started Guide in English, French, German or Japanese (boxed version only)
Built-in interactive lessons
Practical "Construction Kits"
Localized software menus, tutorials and PDF reference manuals in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese

Price: EUR 99/USD 99

"For established DJs and producers, Intro provides studio-quality sound and an opportunity to plug Live's renowned composition and performance features into your current setup" Ableton

Drum Synthesizer: AudioSpillage - MiniSpillage / Mac / Free

AudioSpillage unveils MiniSpillage public beta version. It's a FREE drum synth for Mac.

Some Features:
Multi model architecture
High resolution 64 bit DSP engine
Fluid real time live control
Clean and intuitive user interface
Efficient optimised design

"a free cut down version of a forthcoming flagship commercial drum synthesizer plugin" AudioSpillage

2009-11-04

Synthesizer: ToneBytes - Bend Box / Pc / Free

ToneBytes launches Bend Box, a FREE instrument for Windows that emulates a circuit-bending device.

All knobs can be tweaked manually or thru easily assignable MIDI controllers. MIDI Automation is also available.

Find more synths here.

"With Bend Box you can get wide range of noises: from the soft gurgling to ringing grinding" ToneBytes

Effect: 7AIR Productions - DepthCharge / Pc / Free

7AIR Productions unveils DepthCharge, a FREE compressor effect for Windows.
It has cool analogue VU meters :)
Designed specifically for tracking though it can be used in the master bus chain too.
Tested and working on Windows 7 64bit and Windows Vista SP2 32bit.

Find other effects here.

"I primarily use this for drums, guitar and vocals" 7AIR Productions

2009-11-03

Effect: B. Serrano - AMT-1 / Pc / Free

Related: effect, filter, free music making software, pc, plugin

B. Serrano launches AMT-1, a FREE Quad Multi Filter effect for Windows.

Features:
4 parallels multimodes filters (LP, HP, BP, Notch, Peak).
Each parameter can be sequenced up to 8 presets.
Presets can be chain with morphing.

Find other effects here.

B. Serrano

Effect: Wave Arts - Tube Saturator

Related: amp, amplifier, distortion, effect, filter, mac, pc, plugin, tube

Wave Arts unveils Tube Saturator, a tube emulation effect plugin for both Windows and Mac.

Features:
Accurate tube preamp simulator using 64-bit circuit simulation technology
Two common cathode 12AX7 preamp stages
Baxandall 3-band EQ
Drive control for distortion adjustment
EQ bypass
FAT mode for increased punch
Analog style metering
No latency
Up to 192 kHz sampling rate, depending on CPU speed.
Mono or stereo

Price: $149.95

Find other effects here.

"add a bit of analog warmth to recordings, or increase the drive for some distortion" Wave Arts

2009-11-02

Effect: Variety Of Sound - FerricTDS / Pc / Free

Bootsy unveils FerricTDS, a FREE tape dynamics simulation effect for Windows. Looks great!

This plugin simulates three effects:

DYNAMICS
SATURATION
LIMITING

Some features:

Win32 / VST compatible
digital signal processing
4x oversampled core algorithms
performance-critical parts are written in assembler
completely SSE-optimized

Find other effect here.

Variety Of Sound

Effect: Christian Budde - Noise Reduction / Pc / Free

Christian Budde launches Noise Reduction, a FREE noise reduction VST effect for Windows.

It's based on a spectral gate to filter out unwanted noise in the frequency domain. The gate features a soft knee and customizable attack and release times.

Find more effects here.

Christian Budde

2009-11-01

Weekly Software Wrapup 10/25 - 11/01 (9)

Ok. Here we go. This is the weekly music software wrapup! This is what we posted this week: