Waves Audio Teasing A Free Plugin To Be Revealed On Black Friday – Sign up Now To Be First In Line


Budget-conscious musicians and producers, prepare yourselves: Black Friday is almost upon us. It’s the most wonderful time of year to bag a freebie. And if you’re in the market for a shiny new addition to your studio, Cyber Weekend is the time to buy it. Synths, samplers, guitars, audio interfaces, you name it – if you can use it to make music, it’s probably discounted somewhere.

It’s not only hardware that’s on offer this Cyber Weekend, there are some fantastic Black Friday plugin deals already popping up across the internet.

You know what’s better than a discounted plugin, though? A free plugin. Nobody knows this better than plugin developer Waves, who are celebrating Cyber Weekend with the release of a mysterious freebie, to be revealed on November 29th, AKA Black Friday.

While Waves are remaining tight-lipped on any details, one thing’s for sure: it’s bound to be worth a download, as previous Cyber Weekends have seen Waves drop a variety of freebies that has included lo-fi reverbs, vocal processors and delay plugins endorsed by none other than renowned mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge – seek out those plugins now and you’ll pay through the nose for them, so our advice is to strike while the iron’s hot free.

If you want to secure your copy of Waves’ free plugin this Black Friday, all you need to do is visit their website and sign up to their mailing list. You’ll then be first in line to download the plugin once it’s available.

If you’re a fan of Waves products, then you might also want to take advantage of the brand’s early-bird Black Friday sale, which features a variety of unmissable discounts across many of the best Waves plugins, starting from only $19.99.

Soundtoys PhaseMistress Phase Shifter Effect A Free Download Thru Nov 15th


Soundtoys let us know that PhaseMistress, a full-featured and powerful plug-in effect designed for rich phase sweeps, analog vibes, and programmable rhythmic modulation, is available through Nov 15th, 2024 as a free download for Mac + Windows.

“When we designed PhaseMistress, we were inspired by the sound of classic analog phase-shifters of the 1970s and 80s, but I think we ended up re-inventing the effect,” said Ken Bogdanowicz, CEO and lead designer at Soundtoys. “By combining a super flexible phase-shifting engine with a powerful modulation system we transformed a stock effect into something totally new and wonderful. We’re still discovering new sounds and new ways to use PhaseMistress.”

PhaseMistress Video Demo:

PhaseMistress puts you in control of all aspects of the phaser sound. You can set the number of stages from 2 up to 24, then fine-tune and offset the resonance, color, and intensity to craft unique phase-shifting styles.

PhaseMistress contains a customizable LFO with preset shapes, or you can draw your own and store it. Plus, you can draw your custom curves in the Tweak panel. Rhythm mode lets you program and store simple or complex patterns, while in Envelope mode, PhaseMistress responds to the dynamics of the incoming audio for funky triggered effects.

Open PhaseMistress’s Style menu to browse an extensive set of styles that give you the sonic flavor of legendary hardware like the Bi-Phase, Super Phaser, Phase 90, Instant Phaser, Small Stone, and more. These retro analog sounds combined with modern controls and customizable LFO make PhaseMistress one of the most powerful phase effects available.

Users who download the free PhaseMistress plug-in will also get a discounted upgrade offer in their Soundtoys account to trade up their PhaseMistress license to the Soundtoys 5 bundle. They say that, with the Soundtoys Black Friday sale starting soon, that deal will get even sweeter.

The Hidden Depths of PhaseMistress:

PhaseMistress is available thru Nov 15, 2024 as a free download.

AFT SonicDeCloner For ‘Acoustic De-Duplication’ Of Audio Files


Developer Alex Radzishevsky let us know that they’ve released a new freeware tool that’s designed for “acoustic audio de-duplication”.

AFT SonicDeCloner is built to recognize acoustically similar audio files, or “clones”, across various formats by using advanced acoustic fingerprinting technology. The tool “listens “to audio files, and can identify duplicates originating from the same performance or recording, regardless of file compression, format or sound quality.

Alex Radzishevsky says that the tool is designed for audiophiles, DJs, sound engineers, and music enthusiasts, helping you manage audio collections, removing unnecessary duplicates for a more organized, streamlined library.

Features:

  • Acoustic-level detection: utilizes sophisticated acoustic fingerprinting algorithm (AFT) to analyze actual sound content, not just file metadata or binary data
  • Format and compression agnostic: works with all major audio formats and codecs
  • Robust: works with distorted, pitch-shifted and speed-altered audio
  • Freeware – free for non-commercial use
  • Cross-platform software: Windows, Mac OS, Linux
  • Portable, does not require installation
  • Works offline and is fully stand-alone
  • Supports for batch processing via the command line
  • Old-school text interface

AFT SonicDeCloner is available as a free download for Windows. Mac OS and Linux builds are also available.