Instant samples in your DAW: Loopcloud Sounds hands-on and CDM deal

This idea has been some time coming, but Loopcloud has finally nailed it: build a plug-in that makes browsing an online sample library as easy as navigating local sounds. Loopcloud Sounds is the first plug-in to really make that seamless. Here’s a hands-on – plus an exclusive discount for CDM readers.

808 Day round-up: music, deals, downloads and … a Roland BMX bike?!

#808day has become a predictable annual event, a content churn in the lazy days of summer. That is, predictable except for … the machine’s original manufacturer, Roland. I’m sure precisely no one had “custom BMX bike” on their bingo card. Here we go.

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2023

Arturia Augmented BRASS makes it uncommonly easy to build up hybrid brass sounds

Arturia has rounded out its Augmented line with Augmented BRASS. It’s like a hybrid brass plug-in even for people who don’t like brass plug-ins – more like the brass tool for synth lovers.

Peter Kirn - May 5, 2023

Get Rudolph’s red nose as a free Ableton Live Pack, courtesy Brian Funk

Peter Kirn - December 25, 2022

Get the BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover instantly with Spitfire Audio – free, lightweight

Peter Kirn - July 14, 2022

Casio’s MT-100 toy keyboard is reborn as a free plug-in for macOS and Windows

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2022

Goldbaby’s Layered Drum Machine Claps are a machine-y sound design wonderland

Peter Kirn - April 5, 2022

tahti, free browser groovebox, is now improved and has an open source sample library

Peter Kirn - February 21, 2022

With AudioThing Noises, a noise generator becomes more than a noise generator

Peter Kirn - February 17, 2022

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