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Free custom presets for Baby Audio’s Smooth Operator Pro
Baby Audio’s Smooth Operator Pro delivers powerful ways of dynamically sculpting sound and applying spectral processing. To round out the offering, here are some CDM-exclusive presets. You can try them out alongside the factory presets in their free trial.
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Nasko’s completely free N-IRIS is a spectrum disperser – why that’s cool
Nasko, the prolific and imaginative software developer, is back with a new one – and it’s completely free, running in Plug Data (Pd) on Mac, Windows, and Linux. It’s a convolution-based spectrum disperser. Say what? Well, you get a powerful, precise, fairly rare method for generating impulse responses for convolution tools, like Kilohearts Convolution (now on sale), the one just added to Serum 2, and more. Or just play it live, because that also sounds kind of awesome.
Peter Kirn - April 21, 2025
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DynaBunny, horrifying Easter bitcrusher plug-in and iOS app, is free now
Hey, kids, look, it’s the Easter Bunny! And listen to the way the beast helps your beautiful song to evolve! Okay, if the folks at Caelum Audio wanted to sell us on their new DynaBit plugin, this isn’t the worst way – especially as even this holiday freebie has some powerful features. They’ve got some other free downloads, too.
Reason’s classic ReCycle is updated, free, and more useful than you might think
Peter Kirn - April 2, 2025
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Three free spectral synths to try after the new Serum spectral oscillator
Peter Kirn - March 19, 2025
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Befaco’s new, updated modules in hardware and free for VCV Rack
Peter Kirn - March 10, 2025
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303 Day: the freaky CDM Megaroundup
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2025
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Acidwerk is a totally bonkers free and open source Web acid synth
Peter Kirn - February 17, 2025
Music tech Software Tech Web
Universal Audio is giving away their 1176 compressor for Valentine’s Day
Peter Kirn - February 14, 2025
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