Akai EWI-USB Control

Akai EWI-USB Control free studio-tool by Cognitone

Akai EWI-USB Control is a free studio tools plugin developed by Cognitone. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Utility software for the wind controller hardware EWI-USB from Akai Professional.

Provides controls for all the hardware’s parameters and allows for saving frequently used presets to disk. This way you can keep multiple settings for different setups.

Akai EWI-USB Control can be chained between the controller hardware and a sequencer or synthesizer software in order to filter the MIDI data stream in real-time. Four different key switches can be assigned to individual hardware sensors and trigger specific sound articulations this way.

Summary:

  • Control all hardware parameters.
  • Save and load presets.
  • Filter MIDI data stream in real-time.
  • Assign hardware sensors to key switches (articulations).
  • Requires Akai EWI-USB hardware.

http://www.cognitone.com

AirySynth

AirySynth free software-synthesizer by AA

AirySynth is a free software synthesizer developed by AA. Available format(s): Audio Unit for macOS.

Single Oscillator (Sine/Rect/Tri/Noise). LFO. AD amp env. Vowel filter.

http://airy.andre.online.fr/

AirRack

AirRack free host by Maizesoft

AirRack is a free host application developed by Maizesoft. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

AirRack is a live environment for those who make sound effects for TV program and other live performance.

AirRack provide you the following racks:

  • Amplifier: the component to connect with the audio interface.
  • Mixer: route other devices to the amplifier.
  • Effects: dual effects which load VST effect plug-ins.
  • VSTi: allow you to give real-time performance.
  • MP3 player: play MP3 audio file.
  • CD player: play the CD track with your CD-ROM.
  • Loop player: play an audio file as a loop.
  • Sound FX: a simple sampler to trigger sound effects.
  • Graphic EQ: 31 band graphic EQ.

You can control the AirRack with your MIDI controller and your computer keyboard. Both English and Chinese versions are available.

http://www.maizesoft.com

Agr

Agr free studio-tool by Max Brezhestovski

Agr is a free studio tools VST plugin developed by Max Brezhestovski. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Agr is a MIDI sequence generator with variable number of steps, randomizer and curve generator.

KVRDC12

Made with SynthEdit

http://mxavier.narod.ru/SynthEdit/prefabs.html

Aid01 MC-808

Aid01 MC-808 free loop-sample-pack by dboxSamples

Aid01 MC-808 is a free sample pack for Battery, Exs24, HALion and Reason by dboxSamples. Avalaible audio files format(s): sf2, cel.

Aid01 MC-808 is a fundamental classic drum hit collection loaded with 1300+ Kicks, Snares, Hats, Claps, Toms, Hits & EFX from Roland most desired percussive sounds.

dboxSamples drop a new concept from extensive sampling of hardware machines, turning ROM sounds into pristine 24-bits wav samples ready to use in your productions.

analogue::in::dbox captures de best of the MC-808 Groovebox factory drumkits featuring samples from rhythm machines such as the TR-909, TR-808, TR-707 and TR-606.

Boost your drum rig up with the aid01 MC-808 selection of internal sounds and MIDI patterns. Easy access to all the samples from this collection on most used software samplers such as Kontakt 4, Exs24, NN-XT, Battery or Halion.

Features.

  • 59 Factory Drum Kits – 16 Sounds per kit – 3 Kicks / 3 Snares / 3 Hats / 3 Toms / 2 Cym / 1 Clap / 1 Rim.
  • Single Elements – 78 Snares / 57 Kicks / 69 Perc / 36 Toms / 33 Hits / 32 Fx’s / 32 Chh / 27 Ohh / 14 Zaps / 12 Crashes / 11 Noises / 9 Rides / 9 Vox / 8 Rim.
  • 50 Xtra Factory MIDI patterns.
  • 1397 x 24-bits wav files.
  • Kontakt, Battery, EXS24, Ableton, Halion, NN-XT & Soundfont.

http://www.dboxsamples.com/

AGML II

AGML II free rompler by Ample Sound

AGML II is a free rompler VST, Audio Unit, RTAS, AAX plugin developed by Ample Sound. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

AGML II is the lite version of AGM II, recorded on the Martin D-41 acoustic guitar, Natural sustain and resonating sounds of the guitar are unadulterated.

As one of the largest free virtual instruments, AGML II provides most useful features of AGM II with 866 MB samples to satisfy accompaniment in pop music.

Sysem Requirements:

  • 6 GB of free hard disk space.
  • Windows XP or newer, Pentium 4 or Athlon processor with 2 GB RAM.
  • Mac OS X 10.7 or higher, Intel-based Mac with 2 GB RAM.
  • AU, VST, VST3, AAX or RTAS host application and professional sound card recommended. Stand-alone version included.

Sampling:

  • DFD (Direct from disk).
  • Controllable Resonance.
  • Rich Fingering Noise – more vivid and realistic.
  • Finger Instrument libraries to fit different needs.
  • Each Cycle & Rhombic Sampling structure – Separate sample cycle for each note and vel layer to improve sample utilization efficiency.
  • Sustain, Hammer On & Pull Off, Palm Mute, Popping 5 articulations.

Technology:

  • Capo Logic – Intelligent play according to guitar rules.
  • Doubling Guitars – different samples at L & R.
  • CPC (Customized Parameters Control) – any button knob etc can be controlled by MIDI CC or Automation.
  • Poly Legato.
  • Slide Smoother.
  • Combined Articulation – combine 2 articulations via pressing 2 keyswitches at the same time.
  • Poly Repeater.
  • Open String First for playing arpeggio.
  • Alternate Tuner.
  • Capo – Transpose without need to modify midi.

Tab Player:

  • The Tab Player can load and play several prevalent guitar tablature file formats. Users can load, display and playback any specific track inside a tablature file. When used in DAWs, the Tab Player also allows users to export the tablature as an audio file.
  • The Tab Player supports all the fingering, looping, chords, articulations and other markers in the loaded tablature. Supported articulations articulations include: Strum, Natural Harmonic, Artificial Harmonic, Hammer On/Pull Off, Trill, Bend, Tremolo Bar, Legato Slide, Slide In, Slide Out, Vibrato, Tremolo Picking, Palm Mute, Popping, Tapping, Let Ring, Staccato, Dead Note, Grace Note, Ghost Note, Accentuated Note, Fade In, etc.
  • As a built-in function, the Tab Player works seamlessly with the Ample Sound instrument engine, which has extremely customized guitar playing logic so as to model a real world guitar being played. The Tab Player can even judge on its own to automatically add some refining articulations when it thinks it is appropriate, such as slapping on strings or body, or other realistic and indispensable noises.
  • Strumming is an important factor of guitar playing. By taking advantage of the Ample Guitar Strummer engine, the Tab Player can not only mingle different articulations into strumming, but can also alternate between strumming several strings (i.e. multiple notes) simultaneously and strum at a particular string (i.e. one note).

Strummer:

  • 14 Strum notes + 28 ways to play for every chord.
  • Strum Legato – HP can be played while strumming.
  • Easy Strum Time Control via velocity.
  • Body Resonance and Mute Depth.
  • Total and Each Strum time, 4 humanization settings.
  • Customized Chords in Select or Detect mode.
  • Chord inversions to Positions.
  • Strum SEQ with customized rhythm.
  • Delicate presets with Drag & Drop Support.

https://www.amplesound.net/

Agares RackA3

Agares RackA3 free multi-fx | delay | echo by Agares Media

Agares RackA3 is a free multi fx and delay and echo VST plugin developed by Agares Media. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Featuring triple distortion, triple delay, triple reverb, triple pitch shifting, triple chorus, and triple phaser effects, the Agares RackA3 bundle includes six VST effect plug-ins that are designed to provide the basic effects toolkit that every musician needs.

Made with SynthEdit

http://www.agaresmedia.com/

Afterlife Free

Afterlife Free free soundbank by ForceSampling

Afterlife Free virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Kontakt, by ForceSampling.

Afterlife Free is is the free version of the Kontakt library Afterlife, featuring 1.06 GB of sample content and 100 patches hand-picked from its big brother.

The library content covers a wide scope of different genres (cinematic, ambient, dnb etc.), but its goal is not to provide bread and butter sounds for modern genres, instead the focus is to bring unusual and unexpected sounds to give extra spice to your compositions. Distorted synth brass from dystopian lands, surrealistic drones from your weirdest nightmares, ethereal pads full of enlightenment and morphed acoustics that sound both natural and otherworldly, all in the same library.

Tweak the sounds fast and easy using the simple interface that provides a filter, amp envelope, 4 band eq, arpeggiator and 4 custom fx buttons. These buttons offer easy tweaking of all patches, just with a one or two clicks.

http://forcesampling.com/

African Slit Drum

African Slit Drum free soundbank by Xtant Audio

African Slit Drum virtual instrument is a free drums sound bank for Kontakt, by Xtant Audio.

A high quality African slit drum for Kontakt. These samples were produced by Ethan Winer originally as a Sound Font instrument. Ethan has made the samples freely available to everyone through his website.

From Ethan’s website: “The drum used for these samples has seven slit sections, and each was recorded in stereo and sampled at three velocity layers.”

Xtant Audio has taken these samples and put them into a single Kontakt monolith file for ease of use by Kontakt users.

http://www.xtant-audio.com/

African Gyl

African Gyl free soundbank by Rast Sound

African Gyl virtual instrument is a free percussions sound bank for Kontakt, by Rast Sound.

African GYL II is a free library with playable solo instrument and patterns available in Kontakt & WAV format. The King Gyl tonal percussion instrument is a rare taste, with a distinct sound colour.

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+ 167 MB unzipped Kontakt & WAV.

+ Loops & Multisample One-shots.

http://www.rastsound.com