Squash plugin UI with X/Y grid, puck, depth on y axis, tone on x axis, and dry/wet control. Menu open, showing framerate / window size/ OpenGL options and oversampling off / 2x / 4x.

Minimal Audio’s Squash is a free OTT that doesn’t sound like OTT

OTT, the “over the top” multiband compression preset that began life in Ableton Live, was due for a modern refresh. It gets just that with Squash, a new free plug-in from Minimal Audio. And if you’re celebrating Buy Nothing Day instead of Black Friday today, you’re having a decent run.

Burn it all down with Obliterate, new free plug-in from Newfangled Audio

If I had to guess what would best fit the current audio zeitgeist, “free” and “violent distortion” would probably be exactly it. Obliterate, released today by Newfangled Audio, delivers. Get angry. Destroy everything.

Peter Kirn - November 29, 2024

Imaginando TV3 acid synth and bassline generator, free through Dec 1

Imaginando has made a brutal 303 acid synth, complete with a melody generator that supports dragging clips to your host. And it’s free through December 1.

Peter Kirn - November 25, 2024

Arturia’s take on Elka Synthex puts buttery layers, hypnotic arps in reach

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2024

Waldorf has recreated the Microwave 1 wavetable synth in software

Peter Kirn - August 22, 2024

Free SoundHack tools: now plug-ins and Max and Pd, Apple Silicon native

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2024

Extreme time stretching, spectral shaping: Sloom and instant ambient

Peter Kirn - June 28, 2024

Spectral Plugins are now free as maker goes out of business

Peter Kirn - April 2, 2024

Mr. Glass: Minimal Audio’s Flex Chorus is geared for rich, modern enhancement

Peter Kirn - March 20, 2024

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