Open Steinberg: VST3 and ASIO SDKs now have open source licenses

Open licensing for proprietary audio and plug-in standards could enable the entire industry to move forward on some critical work. So it’s great news that Steinberg this month announced not one but two big licensing announcements: first, a dual-licensing model for their ASIO audio driver protocol for Windows (including an OBS collaboration), and now a permissive MIT license for the mighty VST3 plug-in spec.

Faircamp lets you put sound, podcasts, and music on your own site

Give Faircamp a folder of audio. A few minutes later, get a complete static website with your music, podcasts, whatever. That includes playlists, RSS, and a Web player, downloads, third-party links, purchases, and unlocks. No coding. And it’s free.

Peter Kirn - August 21, 2025

Free GATE-12 gives you envelopes and patterns on Mac, Windows, and Linux

Trigger envelopes and synced patterns of shapes and gates on macOS, Windows, and Linux – for free. GATE-12 by tiagolr has some features you’ve probably seen before, but combined in clever ways and elegantly integrated, plus the price is right.

Peter Kirn - May 13, 2025

IINA, open-source Swift media player, is what macOS has been missing

Peter Kirn - April 18, 2025

Mix and patch ChowDSP’s tape modeling for free in VCV Rack

Peter Kirn - March 10, 2025

Synthstrom Deluge synth-sampler-sequencer is now open source, GPLv3; details

Peter Kirn - May 10, 2023

The best free tools for working with modular synthesis and music

Peter Kirn - December 7, 2021

VCV Rack 2 teaser gives us reasons to be excited about Rack again

Peter Kirn - September 14, 2021

Audacity makers clarify data usage – and there’s not reason to dump the editor yet

Peter Kirn - July 5, 2021

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