Dancing “vibes” and 2 more mood-elevating freebies for Live, DAWs

As much as music making can pick you up, sometimes you need an extra injection of joy. So meet Max – a blue dancing figure you will “vïbe” to your music on any Ableton Live track, free. And more freebies: a bathroom reverb for Ableton Live and a chipper chippy 12-bit polysynth for any DAW.

Spectral Plugins are now free as maker goes out of business

Spectral Plugins, a relatively young plugin maker, has announced the end of its business. They’re making their three excellent plugins available for free download, complete with macOS and Windows VST2/VST3/AU/AAX support, so grab them while you can.

Peter Kirn - April 2, 2024

Collage 2.01 effects playground plug-in adds user-requested features

Kalide Systems’ unique effects playground and custom effects toolkit Collage got a nice update recently, full of user-requested features—some from comments here on CDM. Here’s a look, plus a couple of quick effects to download and play with.

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2024

Digital-analog delay, unchained: Sinevibes Integer (and free presets)

Peter Kirn - March 28, 2024

Grab all the free plug-ins from BABY Audio and roll for inspiration

Peter Kirn - February 13, 2024

Swarm Reverb hands-on: dual-stage reverb with creative extras, now $29

Peter Kirn - December 20, 2023

Free Valhalla Supermassive Reverb/Delay 3: Leo and Virgo

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2023

The greatest hits of Electro-Harmonix are now in pico-sized pedals: NYC Series

Peter Kirn - September 21, 2023

HoRNet DeeLay vintage digital delay is free today only

Peter Kirn - September 5, 2023

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