Dubbed an “electric harpsichord”, the Rocksichord is certainly an interesting sounding instrument. It is somewhere between an rock organ and a dirty clavinet and Souniccouture has released the sounds of this rare instrument in the Kontact format for free. Demo 4 on their page really caught my ear. Check it out, brah.
(via AnalogIndustries)
Airwindows just released a new set of reverb Audio Units called FarSpace and NearSpace. Due to the fact that Airwindows believe that they bested their previous reverb attempts, they’ve decided to make their old reverbs freebies! This set of reverbs simulates spaces and doesn’t have any adjustable parameters. Basically, you choose between VerbTiny, Verb Small, Verb Medium, Verb Large, Verb Huge, Verb Colossal and Verb BrickWall and layer them as you wish to get the sound you are looking for. They sound really good to me but I’m a huge Airwindows fanboy.
Scroll down to the “Free” section on the Airwindows website to download “Dual Mono Verbs” and give them a shot. And while you’re there, snag the FreeverbCJ, too. Oh Airwindows, how you spoil us.
Youtube just launched a new program at SXSW called “Musician’s Wanted”; a way for musicians to partner up with Youtube for revenue sharing on their videos. Check out Youtube’s blog for information and how to apply. US bands only, right now.
In this case, the term “bomb” is a good thing. Stillwell Audio introduced the new Bombardier Buss Compressor today and it is a beast. Go download the evaluation version at their site and try it out!
If you are an Ableton Live user (which I am currently work on becoming), check out PureMagnetik’s site for some new sounds and instruments. PureMagnetik makes Live Packs which are available by paid subscription, but they also offer some freebies which offer some nice drum and synth sounds. Also, in the “Artist Kits” section of their site is even more free stuff.
Max for Live was recently just released which is a modular programming environment to create your own synths and effects. Luckily there are hundreds of presets already out there for you to use right away. PureMagnetic is working on some new ones and are offering “Spectral Mixer” for free.
Goldbaby just released a new product called FatJuno 6…a phat sampled Roland Juno 6 through an Empirical Labs Fatso. But for us freebie’ers, they’ve also put out two free sample packs! There is one that is drums and fx sounds from the Juno 6 and the other is the Eventide H3500 sampler played as a multi-instrument. Very cool stuff.
Check out Hugo’s new blog post and download the sample packs.
And as always, Goldbaby has way more free stuff here. They are one of my favorite sample pack producers so check them out.
Yes, this great freebie has been out for a few months but I only got a chance to really put it through its paces this weekend. I had two remixes to do and I decided early on that I would use Tal Elek7ro as the basis of these tracks. One was a hardcore dubstep son driven by the infamous wobble bass sound and the other was a disco house track.
The filter is great on Elek7ro and apparently the envelope has been improved over the previous version to allow for easier creation of percussive sounds. I’ll probably do some video tutorials on sound creation using this simple but powerful synth but in the meantime download it and get playing.
The best thing about using Tumblr as your blog is the ease in which your posts can spread. It is a social blogging community where everyone freely reblogs and passes on links, pictures, music, etc. and I highly recommend you throw one together for your music. Oh, did I mention there is almost zero setup and it’s super easy to post? Yeah…you should be on there.
And today, Tumblr added the ability to add static pages to your blog. Meaning, you can finally put up that “About” page or “Music” page and start building your Tumblr into a more full-fledged site. Click here to read about the new feature and start sharing with their millions of users.
SoundsDivine, a company that specializes in sound design for synths and effects, brings you 16 presets for IK Multimedia’s CSR Reverb plugin.
This bank contains 16 presets for each of the Hall , Plate and Room reverbs and 8 presets for the Inverse reverb . Most of the presets make extensive use of CSR’s modulation matrix , giving them a highly dynamic character .
Click here to download!
Here’s a free sampled Yamaha Rick Marotta Signature Hipgig drum kit available for Kontact, EXS and several other drum mappings.
There’s a quick audio demo here but hop over to Acousticsamples’ site and give it a shot. More mappings are being uploaded by users so chances are this will work for your favorite sample format.