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Three free spectral synths to try after the new Serum spectral oscillator
Spectral resynthesis is having a moment now that it’s one of the new oscillator types in the mighty Xfer Serum 2. If you’re looking for other ways to get your spectral resynthesis on – or you’re a Serum user who just can’t get enough – here are three free tools to sink your FFTs into.
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Befaco’s new, updated modules in hardware and free for VCV Rack
Befaco has some new and refreshed modules, elegantly covering some essential utilities and mixing. They’ve done a hands-on demo in Barcelona, and best of all, you can grab these as free and open source modules for the free VCV Rack environment. That means you could be playing with them in a matter of moments.
Peter Kirn - March 10, 2025
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Freebies: Universal Audio Pure Plate Reverb
Universal Audio also has their holiday freebie announcement, and it’s lovely – the Pure Plate Reverb, licensed for both native systems and their UAD-2/Apollo hardware.
Peter Kirn - December 19, 2024
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Freebies: Mallets get Arturia’s Augmented treatment
Peter Kirn - December 19, 2024
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Free Baby Audio Warp: Varispeed, pitch effect from Transit 2
Peter Kirn - December 13, 2024
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ALM’s new MCO mk2 packs a studio of classic digital synths into 6HP, VCV
Peter Kirn - December 3, 2024
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Burn it all down with Obliterate, new free plug-in from Newfangled Audio
Peter Kirn - November 29, 2024
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BOSS DR-55 drum machine from 1979, now a free plug-in
Peter Kirn - November 27, 2024
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Free Supermassive reverb gets a silky, stellar new mode: Pleiades
Peter Kirn - November 22, 2024
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