Dodo MIDI is a free voice to MIDI plugin that detects incoming audio, which can be voice or musical instruments, and translates it into MIDI that you can use to control any MIDI synth.
The video demonstrates how to get started with the plugin.
Here’s what the developer say about it:
“What sets it apart from all the other audio to MIDI software packages available, is that it really works incredibly well and is extremely useful as a live musical instrument! For the first time, you can play (almost) any synthesizer or sampler just by using your voice, with imperceptible latency, and exceedingly accurate control over legato, slides and articulation.”
The following video demonstrates how to set it up to control a MIDI instrument:
Arturia has released a free firmware update for the MicroFreak, their four-voice digital-analogue hybrid synthesizer.
00:00 Intro
00:11 WaveUser Engine
00:33 Sequencer Unison and Chord Voices
The Firmware V4.0 update brings a new engine to the MicroFreak, expanding its capabilities as a wavetable synth. The WaveUser engine gives music makers the opportunity to upload their own custom wavetables (or any WAV or AIFF file) into MicroFreak through the synth companion software, the MIDI Control Center.
The engine comes with 64 new presets, featuring “decimated waveforms, scanned sonic surfaces and evolving 3D soundscapes.” User-uploaded wavetables can be tweaked with Table, Position and Bit Depth controls.
Released in 2019, the MicroFreak is an affordable “algorithmic synthesizer” that boasts a 12-mode digital oscillator, analogue multimode filter and 25-key capacitive keyboard.
Native Instruments is turning 25 this year. To mark the occasion, they’re sharing a newly developed free instrument and releasing a limited-edition run of six NI products called the 25th Anniversary Collection.
TWENTY FIVE is a new instrument from NI for KONTAKT 6 and the KONTAKT 6 PLAYER that’s intended to be a time capsule of their contribution to digital music making. Drawing sounds from 37 different instruments across the company’s history, it enables users to blend the sound of classic presets from their flagship synthesizers, KONTAKT piano instruments, REAKTOR, and GENERATOR, their first ever soft synth. Coming equipped with powerful FX, macro controls and a built-in sequencer, TWENTY FIVE is part of Native Instrument’s Play Series, a set of easy-to-use instruments for KONTAKT.
The 25th Anniversary Collection is made up of MASCHINE, TRAKTOR AND KOMPLETE hardware reimagined in two new colorways, Ultraviolet and Vapor Gray. The range of instruments includes MASCHINE+, MASCHINE Mk3, KOMPLETE KONTROL S49/S61, TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, and TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 – each has been hand-numbered and finished with reflective graphics celebrating Native Instrument’s anniversary.
Native Instruments is launching a producer challenge to commemorate their anniversary. Artists from across the globe are invited to submit tracks made with TWENTY FIVE, with the winning entries receiving hardware from the 25th Anniversary Collection and KOMPLETE 13 packages. The competition runs from today until 31 December.
Regarding the anniversary, Native Instruments Chief Product Officer and President Robert Linke. said: “We couldn’t have achieved what we have without the continued support of the creators who use our products on a daily basis […] TWENTY FIVE is a small token of our appreciation.”
Visit Native Instruments website to download TWENTY FIVE, which is available until 31 December. The 25th Anniversary Collection can be purchased via their online shop.
