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.

Free Soundtoys PhaseMistress: here’s a complete tour and extra presets

Soundtoys has made their exceptional phaser plug-in PhaseMistress free for a limited time. Here’s how to get it, plus some CDM-exclusive presets and a crash-course tour.

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2024

Arturia Pigments 5 audio input: video tutorial, tips and tricks, free presets

Pigments 5 from Arturia adds the ability to route audio input into soft synth, opening up new sound design possibilities and turning Pigments into a multi-effects plug-in for any source. Here’s a detailed guide on how to use it, with notes – and some presets to get you going.

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2024

Sonic Bloom has a pack of presets for the new Ableton Live Drift synth

Peter Kirn - July 17, 2023

Soundtoys VST3 beta (with M1+M2) arrives – here’s a round-up of sound design tips and tricks

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2022

Get free presets and tutorials each month from veteran sound designer Tom Wolfe

Peter Kirn - July 5, 2021

Free presets, free filter, TAL-Filter-2 mean a new trance-y Age of Love for us all

Peter Kirn - May 24, 2021

Focus your distracted mind with Tonepaper – music, plus Serum and Ableton Live sound pack

Peter Kirn - February 11, 2021

Here’s a free pack to get MIDI Polyphonic Expression under your fingertips

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2021

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