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Kick Machine is the new plugin from Infected Sounds that gives you an awesome bass drum generator with loads of settings, all entirely free. Developed in collaboration between Infected Sounds, Noizefield, and the Guru-Project team Kick…

This week we’re going back to basics and looking at the best piano and organ plugins. It all started with these instruments hundreds of years ago – flash forward to the present day and within…

Having a good drum plugin is essential to your mix, whether you’re sampling or playing a drum synth it provides the blueprint to your tracks. We don’t all have the convenience of an in-house drummer…

The amount of synth plugins out there is enough to keep you busy for 1000 lifetimes. Going cost-free narrows the selection down but still leaves thousands of amazing plugins to sort through. We’ve compiled a…

Amongst all the emulated synths and delay plugins out there are some surprisingly strange tools you can use with your DAW software. We’ve collected 10 of the most unique VSTs we’ve found on the web, from crazy effect manipulation…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-_zaXvuFKQ?rel=0&w=640&h=360] Tech startup Imaginando have brought us DRC, a free virtual synth full of features for iOS, Android and PC/Mac. The creative minds at Imaginando have created DRC, a multi-platform synth that has designed…

The always brilliant music software devs at Acoustica have released their new EDM optimised “showstopper VST instrument” for free. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3X1JLxBq0w?rel=0&w=640&h=360] Nightlife is a fun and inspiring virtual synthesizer instrument, packed with bone rattling basses,…

Alesis’ new VX49 MIDI keyboard and controller promises a fully integrated workflow offering “advanced control of virtual instruments and DAWs.” With the VX49 keyboard Alesis aim to combine “the creative power of software instruments with the…

Best Free VST Host Applications Audio Editors Mastering Software VST Hosts Best Freeware VST Effects A selection of freeware effects in VST/AU plugin formats: Auto-Tune (Pitch Correction) Bitcrusher Chorus (coming soon) Compressor (Bus/Channel) Compressor (Multiband) Compressor…

Feel like helping develop a new piece of sampling software? Maize are currently developing the Beta version of Maize Sampler 2, to go alongside their ‘Modular Studio Environment’ a VST and effect chaining/mixing shell. They’re…