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Moby relaunches Mobygratis sound library which brings 500 new instrumental tracks available for free.

Mobygratis is a free sound library launched by electronic artist Moby all the way back in 2005 with the goal of providing creators of all kinds with high-quality, royalty-free music to use in their projects. The library has since supported over 50,000 indie films and media projects.

This week, Moby announced a relaunch of Mobygratis that brings 500 new tracks to the platform.

The majority of the library’s songs can be downloaded in both MP3, WAV and multitrack formats, making it easier to remix, adapt and customize music to suit any project. The library also now has improved search and filter functionality, so you’re able to filter tracks by genre, mood or BPM to hone in on exactly the vibe you are looking for.

Most of the music in the library can be used in any non-commercial creative project, with the proviso that it cannot be used to promote animal products or right-wing political causes. If you’d like to use the tracks in monetized or commercial projects, you’ll need to apply for a license. Certain tracks marked as restricted may not be modified or used collaboratively.

“You can do whatever you want with it,” Moby says in a video shared to his YouTube channel. “You can remix it, you can edit it, you can add parts to it, you can play clarinet on it, you can use it for social media, for films, for choreography: the idea is complete creative freedom. I don’t want to inhibit whatever you’re going to do with the music here.”

“To be really clear, it’s free. There’s no bait and switch; it’s not like you have to sign up for seven days free and then all of a sudden you have to pay something. Nope. It’s free. One of my goals with Mobygratis is to create as few barriers for use as possible. I want you to just dive in, use the music and we can see, or you can see, what happens.”

The tracks in Mobygratis’ library are almost exclusively instrumental, as Moby says he wants to leave them open to be adapted and reimagined by its users. He also says that at some point in the near future he plans to add another 1000 songs to the platform, so stay tuned for updates.

Sound Magic has introduced Violin One, a free physical modeling violin virtual instrument plugin for Windows. A Mac version is also in the works.

What Sound Magic has to say about Violin One:

“Violin One combines physical modeling with behavior modeling. This results in a smaller footprint and excellent playability.

A standout feature of Violin One is its support for MIDI 2.0 and MPE, offering users an entirely new way to interact with the instrument through their devices. The higher resolution of MIDI 2.0 provides more precise control over the sound, along with numerous advantages when used with the latest MIDI 2.0-compatible keyboards and controllers.

Violin One is a virtual instrument with great potential, and we’re committed to continuously improving it. We greatly value user feedback—it’s the driving force behind the evolution of Violin One.”

We do not see any audio demos at the Sound Magic site at this time, but here’s a demo via Elektronick Musick:

Violin One is available now as a free download for Windows.

Waves’ team must be feeling particularly generous this week, as the software developer announces that it is releasing a bundle of seven free plugins that offers a convolution reverb, FM synth and several emulations of vintage studio gear. Plus, all future updates are free.

Inside you’ll find Lil Tube, a tube saturation emulator with a simple and intuitive interface designed to imbue signals with the warmth, fatness and texture characteristic of vacuum tube-based gear.

This is joined by V-EQ3, a “natural-sounding” emulation of the revered Neve 1073 preamp, and V-Comp, a software version of the Neve 2254 Limiter-Compressor that Waves says delivers a “fat and textured” sound thanks to component-level modelling of the original hardware.

The plugin pack also contains IR Live Reverb, a convolution reverb that includes an extensive library of impulse responses for halls, rooms, plates, cathedrals and more, along with AudioTrack, a channel strip plugin that squeezes EQ, compression and gating into a single processor.

Additionally, the bundle of free software tools features Flow Motion – an FM synth plugin and GTR Solo, a somewhat dated amp simulator and effects suite.

Waves’ Free Plugin Pack also offers StudioVerse Instruments and StudioVerse Audio Effects, two plugins that give you access to Waves’ StudioVerse online preset library. This enables you open multiple instruments and effects within the StudioVerse plugins, save presets to the cloud, share these with the online community and utilize chains from other Waves users and pro producers.

Here’s What You Get in the Pack:

• StudioVerse Audio Effects (New)
• StudioVerse Instruments (New)
• Lil Tube: Sweet Analog Saturation
• IR Live: Real-World Reverb
• V-EQ3: Smooth & Musical Vintage Analog EQ
• V-Comp: Classic Vintage Compressor
• GTR Solo: Pro Effect Pedal-Style FX
• AudioTrack: All-in-One Channel Strip
• Flow Motion: Hybrid FM Synth

All of the 9 plugins are compatible with macOS and Windows and available in AAX/VST3/AU formats. Find out more on Waves’ website.