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A free Winamp clone, for macOS, with FLAC and Milkdrop visualizations
It might be a funny intersection of interests. But developer Matt Greenwood built a macOS-native clone of the legendary Winamp in Swift, MIT-licensed, with MP3 and FLAC playback and Milkdrop visualization support (including fullscreen).
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Get a free spoooooky spectrum analyzer plug-in from PSP
Everybody could use some treats instead of tricks right now. And sometimes you just want a hardware-style, multi-band spectrum analyzer. PSP Audioware is one of our favorite plug-in devs, and they’ve got an excellent, flexible giveaway: the 31-band PSP Spector plug-in is now available for free.
Peter Kirn - October 31, 2025
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More free motion in Pikimov – ease into Graph Editor; free vector tutorial
Pikimov, the no-paywall, all-free, browser-based motion editor keeps adding new stuff — and we’re here to learn along with you as the developer adds tutorials. This week, there’s a new graph editor for easing animation, plus an easy tutorial for making the most of free vectors in your designs and animations.
10,000 Drum Machines is full of wild, weird, free Web music devices
Peter Kirn - September 22, 2025
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909 Day: freebies, sales, and celebrations
Peter Kirn - September 9, 2025
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LOCD is the free phase lock effect you didn’t know you needed
Peter Kirn - September 4, 2025
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Tekno, new bendable drum machine synth: we’ve got free patterns and kits
Peter Kirn - September 2, 2025
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