The Finds, Sep. 20
The week's new plugins, presets, samples and tools: what each one is, what it needs, who made it.
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The X waves
- CRUMPETS by CRQL (@BristowEwan): CRQL's CRUMPETS is a cepstral formant shifter that separates and transforms formant and harmonic content, with controls for cutoff and shifting mid-information formants. It's an anagram of 'cepstrum,' which is fittingly absurd for a tool that sounds like vocals. VST3 / CLAP / AU. crql.works
- klattsch by Crash United (@me_irl): A retro vocal synth built on 1980s formant speech synthesis that sounds buzzy and stiff. Crash United's app lets you type plain English or Japanese to hear it speak phoneme by phoneme, with a piano roll and six built-in voices to get you started. crashunited.itch.io
Plugins and instruments
- Panacousticon Series by Emi liano: Three granular instruments covering density, spatial erosion, and locked repetition; its maker calls them "three completely different results from the same underlying mechanism." 1991 includes a built-in generative source requiring no external sample to run. needs Ableton Live 12.4, $39. Gumroad
Sounds
- Elektron Analog Four & Keys Patches by Synth Patches: Synth Patches ships 128 .syx files for the Analog Four and Keys, covering OG, MK2, and Keys versions. Each kit arrives with the Modwheel pre-configured to modify the sound, leaving Macro and Velocity knobs untouched. MIDI, $14. Gumroad
- MPC-60 VINYL DRUM BREAKS VOL 3 (33 BREAKS 228 ONE-SHOTS) by PastToFutureReverbs: PastToFutureReverbs serves up 33 eight-bar breaks recorded by a live drummer, with 32 locked at 85 BPM for grid-ready looping. The pack includes 228 one-shots sliced on natural transients, organized into 33 kit folders for immediate drag-and-drop use. WAV, $10. Gumroad
Learning
- Don't Look At Grandma: Behind The Score with Venus Theory by Venus Theory (@venustheory): Venus Theory walks through scoring the indie horror title Don't Look At Grandma, covering creature vocal design and synthesizing horror drone beds from scratch. The four-hour video series includes seven OST breakdowns and five sound design modules. $80. Gumroad