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Free Friday: GForce’s superb Axxess instrument is free until December
GForce has updated their site, branding, and pricing (now with both lifetime licenses and subscription options). And there are two freebies, time-limited through the end of November: a Mellotron M400 instrument, and the one I suspect most readers will be into, GForce’s take on the 1975 ARP Axxe synthesizer.
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Free Friday: D16 is turning 20 and they’ve got a new free stereo delay
Straight outta Katowice, our friends at D16 Audio Group are celebrating 20 years with an all-new stereo delay: Echolite. And don’t let the “lite” in the name deceive you: this all-new giveaway has some power beneath its simple UI.
Peter Kirn - October 23, 2026
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Septabee, an insane-looking free Linux/Windows DAW with pomegranates
Suddenly, a bunch of the producers I follow are buzzing about the music-mangling possibilities of Septabee, a free DAW for Linux and Windows developed “in secret” over “20,000 hours.” And it looks like insane fun: a bonkers dataflow interface and “violently unfinished” early-access software available through an intentionally broken website that autoplays music and makes you hunt for the click zone like it’s 1994.
Peter Kirn - September 3, 2026
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Test what you’re hearing, scientifically: free ABX testing website
Peter Kirn - August 24, 2026
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The PlayStation Vita just got a new sampling groovebox and synth
Peter Kirn - August 6, 2026
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VST is 30 years old, and Steinberg is giving away some of its earliest plugins
Peter Kirn - August 4, 2026
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Free BEAST Repeat for Ableton Live is so good, you’ll switch genres to IDM
Peter Kirn - July 22, 2026
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