AudioKit Synth One J6 ‘Amazing, Awesome & Free’


AudioKit Pro has released AudioKit Synth One J6, a professional-quality iOS synthesizer that they built as a labor of love.

Here’s what they have to say about it:

“We built Synth One J6 for people who are often left out. Many students and aspiring artists have mobile devices through schools or other programs, but those devices cannot install paid apps. We wanted to change that. With Synth One J6, anyone can explore, learn, and create music right away.

The interface is intuitive and welcoming. Each function has a dedicated slider or knob, making it simple for beginners and deep enough for pros. You’ll find arpeggiators, sequencers, lush reverbs, tape delays, warm choruses, and over 400 inspiring presets created by talented sound designers worldwide.

Built by volunteers who deeply value music education and accessibility, this app ensures everyone, from classrooms to community programs, can start creating music instantly.”


Features:

  • Completely free – nothing to buy
  • 400+ Presets
  • Control it with a MIDI Keyboard, MIDI Learn to map your controls to the app
  • FX: Glorious Reverb based on Sean Costello’s code (Valhalla plugins Plug-ins), Analog Tape Delay, Chorus, Crush, and more.
  • 3 LFOs, over 60+ possible destinations, almost everything can be modulated. LFOs can even modify other LFOs
  • Dual Assignable Touch Pads, manipulate FX in real time
  • Classic Arpeggiator & Vintage Style Step Sequencer
  • ADSR for Amp & Filter Envelopes
  • Works as a Plug-in Instrument in GarageBand and Logic for iPad

AudioKit Synth One J6 is available now as a free download.

They say it’s ‘Amazing, awesome & free’. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments!

Free Browser-Based Synth, Droid Resonator, Features 3 VCOs Per voice, MIDI Support + More


Droid Resonator is a free, browser-based synthesizer, built with HTML/JS/CSS and Tone.js.

It features 6-voice polyphony, with 3 VCOs/voice, MIDI support, an oscilloscope and more.

Features:

  • 3 VCOs with waveform/octave selectors & mix control
  • 6-voice polyphony (you can play chords!)
  • AMP and Filter envelopes
  • Lowpass filter with cutoff & resonance
  • LFO for filter modulation
  • MIDI keyboard support (with chord recognition)
  • Note latch mode for droning goodness
  • Real-time oscilloscope
  • Clean, single-screen interface with fullscreen mode

Give it a try. Apparently, it worked best with Chrome. If you give it a try, leave a comment and share your thoughts on it!

 

New HyperspaceCore ‘The Most Powerful Free Reverb Ever’


United Plugins has released HyperspaceCore, a free reverb – based on their Hyperspace algorithmic reverb – that they call ‘The most powerful free  reverb ever’.

Here’s a video demo, via Audio Toolshed:

Features:

  • X-Y Pad – the XY pad lets you morph the parameters of the algorithm, such as delay times, frequencies and internal routings. This allows almost unlimited possibilities to create your own algorithm characters. Plus this can be automated for creative uses.
  • Intelligent Randomization – The dice symbols are smart randomizers that dial in useful settings to give you great sounding reverbs in just one click. With 3 levels of randomness, you can use them to subtly change the character of your existing sound or unleash chaos.
  • Intuitive Interface – The GUI is resizable and HDPI compatible, so it will fit perfectly on any screen.
  • Smart Control – The parameters in Hyperspace offer extreme value ranges to give you the most flexibility possible while having the useful values tuned to the center of the controls, allowing you to find that sweet spot quickly. Separate controls for Wet & Dry give you control over the balance of reverb, with a link option to give you the typical mix behavior found in most other plugins. Time-based parameters can be synced to the host tempo to get predelay and decay grooving with the beat.
  • CM Legacy – HyperspaceCore is a successor to the discontinued Hyperspace CM version, which was created for (late) Computer Music magazine.
  • 64-bit audio quality at any sampling rate – The plugin provides the maximum audio quality you can get. It uses internal 64-bit audio processing and can handle any sampling rate. 192 kHz or even higher.
  • Smart bypass – ensures that you don’t get any clicks or noises when automating the parameter. It also compensates for latency, ensuring that the bypass states are perfectly in sync with each other.
  • Intelligent sleep on silence – This plugin intelligently detects whether it makes sense to perform processing at all. If not, it temporarily turns on sleep mode. In such a state, it requires virtually no CPU, to save the computing sources for other processes.

HyperspaceCore is available now as a free download for Mac & Windows. Registration is required.