Audio & music gear freeware news

Korg has announced the microSAMPLER Bonus Sample Pack, a collection of sampled sounds available as a free download to all microSAMPLER users.

AudioTeknikk has released DoublePrecisionEqualizer, a free EQ plug-in that got its name because it uses "double precision floating point stream" in the critical parts of the calculations.

v-o-f has released xage, which is described as a simple sequenced LP-filter, modulating cutoff and resonance in cycles of 8 steps.

WOK has released SimpArp, a free MIDI-Arpeggiator VST plug-in for Windows.

Prodyon has announced the release of Phenome, an eight-part multi-timbral SoundFont Player VST instrument.

NTS Audio has released Benassi Bass, a customized "Benassi bass" virtual analogue synthesizer that follows the techniques Benny Benassi used to synthesize his specific type of sound.

Fsynthz has released Sandra, a hybrid AM+FM subtractive synth specially designed to produce low rezo sweeps and drones.

platinumears has released FL4TT3RY, a compressor intended for use on busses, but which is also designed to work well on individual channels.

Plektron has announced the release of IRcab, an impulses-response cabinet supporting wav impulses that can be found on the web.

AcousticsampleS has released updates for five of its sample libraries so that they can now load in AcousticsampleS' new ASPlayer plug-in sample player.

Serato and Ableton announced the release of The Bridge, a software partnership which brings together DJ performance and production.

DSK Music has announced the release of SF2, a free SoundFont player VST instrument plug-in for Windows.

ProducerLoops.com in collaboration with sample manufacturer Diginoiz presents 'Diginoiz For Free', a free sample pack that can be downloaded as part of a paid order and features 6 construction kits i…

Korg has released the SV-1 Sound Pack 2 for its acclaimed Stage Vintage (SV-1) Piano, featuring an assortment of sounds, including some that were reportedly inspired by user feedback.

Fsynthz has announced the release of RepeeteR, a free VSTi MIDI processing plug-in for Windows that records and loops a played fragment of 1/2/4 measures.

A.O.M. has announced the release of Invisible Limiter, a transparent brick-wall limiter with automatic attack/release-time optimization.

Loop & Sound has released Eternity, a powerful virtual analogue synthesizer featuring 2 VCOs with about 140 waveforms each (Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Square plus 135 special wave forms).

Audiocation has released AC1 Compressor, a dynamic processor plug-in optimized for low CPU usage whilst maintaining the highest precision in signal processing, according to its creators.

Aradaz has announced the release of Aradaz Maximizer 5 for Mac OS X Universal Binary in Audio Units and VST plug-in formats.

This is a detailed video tutorial for beginners and intermediates on the subject of equalisation covering filters, slopes, various types of EQs and the terminology used.

Boomplug has announced the release of BoomComb, a MIDI tuneable comb filter designed for creating similar effects to a flanger or for just generally doing things like spicing up synthetic drums.

Full Bucket Music has released Mono/Fury, a software synthesizer plug-in for emulating the classic Korg Mono/Poly analog synthesizer of the early 1980s.

Solid State Logic has released their first iPhone App, the ‘Remote Control For X-Patch’ that can be downloaded for free from the iTunes App Store now.

Swar Systems has announced the release of Tanpura Droid, a new free App for the Android operating system.