Free Plugins That Write the Part for You
Six free generative plugins — sequencers, a granular instrument, a drum machine and a speech synth — and what each one actually does, from its maker's own page.
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Free Sample Libraries of Things You Will Never Record Yourself
Thai gongs, a string quartet with arco and pizzicato, 75 kicks and a brass preset in 120 samples — seven free sample packs and libraries, and exactly what is in each one.
The People Who Make the Drums
Seven storefronts run by the makers themselves: Kount and Tamuz, STLNDRMS, Kaelin Ellis, Cuckoo, Side Brain and Andrew Huang. What each one is selling, in their own numbers.
The Finds, Sep. 20
The week's new plugins, presets, samples and tools: what each one is, what it needs, who made it.
Everybody Wants a Robot Choir
CRUMPETS and klattsch turned formants into the week's most shareable nerd sport on X. What each one actually does, in the words of the people who built them.
The Finds, Sept. 19: Formant Surgery, a Browser Time-Machine and a Box of 85 BPM Breaks
Ten new things for your sessions, from a cepstral formant shifter to a free time-stretcher that runs in a single HTML file. What each one is, what it needs, who made it.