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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.

Developer Iftah has introduced Pyra, a 12-voice expressive string modeling Max 4 Live synthesizer.

What they have to say about it:

“Pyra is my take on physical modelling. It’s a 12-voice string synthesizer that covers everything from acoustic to electric, plucked to bowed string sounds. It runs on Live and Push 3 in standalone mode.

Pyra features deep expression control and plays beautifully with MPE controllers. It can be played microtonally using a microtuner, or abletons built in tuning system. All of Pyra’s parameters are logically laid out and fully controllable via Tabbing, making it accessible to blind, visually impaired, and sighted users.”

Pyra is available now as a free or pay-what-you-want download.