Wavea Intros New Free Powerful Sampler & Synth Plugin For Music Creators, Flite Play

18 Sep, 2024  No Comment


This free synth and sampler plugin comes with over 2GB of samples from “the world’s rarest synthesizers”

Flite is a combined multi-sampler and FM, wavetable synth with extensive mod matrix and dual note/parameter sequencer. It coimes in VST / AU format with a 2.5GB sample library + over 250 presets. The new standard for creators.

Flite is a new synth and sampler plugin from Wavea, a recently founded music tech startup headed up by Sharooz Raoofi of Sample Magic and Wavetick and co-creator Milan Van Der Meer.

There’s a lot to say about Flite, but the main draw here is the plugin’s extensive sound library, which is based on 2.5GB of samples from a long list of rare and classic synths in Raoofi’s personal collection, including the Yamaha CS-80; Roland Juno 106, Jupiter 8, TB-303, TR-808, TR-909 and SH-101; Oberheim OB-8 and Xpander; Sequential Circuits T8, Pro-One, and Prophet 5; Korg Monopoly, LinnDrum, Forley, FX and more.

Flite’s entire preset library can be accessed for free as part of Flite Play, the plugin’s free tier, whereas the paid-for tier, Flite Create, will give you access to additional functionality such as in-depth parameter editing, preset saving, and sample importing. In the free tier, you’ll still be able to shape presets with a row of eight macros at the bottom of the interface.

The plugin’s paid-for tier opens up access to a powerful four-layer multi-sampler and a synthesizer based on a three-oscillator synth engine offering virtual analogue, FM and wavetable synthesis, with a noise generator. These run through dual 12/24dB multimode filters, which can be routed in parallel or series, and modulation comes courtesy of three LFOs and three assignable envelopes, routed through a mod matrix.

There is also a sophisticated 32-step sequencer onboard with independent layers for sequencing notes and modulation, along with randomization and scale-locking functionality. Flite’s selection of six effects includes a granular reverb from developer Sinevibes, in addition to chorus, flanger, delay, a conventional reverb and a lo-fi effect; up to three of these can be used at a time.

Features

  • FM, virtual analog and wavetable synth with multiple osc modes.
  • 4 x multi-samplers, with individual sound & group controls.
  • 2 x 32 step sequencers with modulation, note, pitch, rate, gate.
  • Dual 12/24dB HP/BP/LP filters.
  • 3 x LFOs with key trigger, delay and rate.
  • 3 x assignable envelopes.
  • Multi FX including granular reverb by Sinevibes, chorus, delay and more.
  • Extensive modulation matrix.
  • 8 custom macros to create unique instruments from scratch.
  • 5 x 3 band EQs – one for each voice.

Priced at $99, Flite Create looks like a respectable hybrid of synth and sampler with an admirable amount of bells and whistles attached. Whether or not you intend to experiment with the Create tier, though, Flite is undoubtedly worth a download, if only to access the free Flite Play library.

Wavea Flite is compatible with macOS and Windows and available in VST3/AU formats.
Flite Play available download now for FREE at Wavea website. 

Full Bucket Music Releases Free Plugin Emulation of Classic Sequential Circuits DrumTraks ‘the world’s first MIDI-equipped drum machine’

17 Sep, 2024  No Comment


Full Bucket Music has been delivering free plugin emulations of rare and classic synths by the bucketload this year, and it looks like the developer has no plans to slow down, as it unveils an emulation of the Sequential Circuits DrumTraks drum machine.

The first MIDI-equipped, sample-based drum machine, DrumTraks was ahead of its time upon its release in the ’80s. Back then, it was the only drum machine available that enables you program volume and tuning individually for each of its sounds.  So, how far we have come.

Full Bucket’s emulation is DrumTraqs, which features the original factory samples found in DrumTraks, alongside some extra ROM samples. The plugin simulates the original Z80 chip found in the original drum machine, and – despite its lack of sequencer – recreates its endearingly clunky song and pattern-based workflow.

Tuning and levels for each of DrumTraq’s fourteen sounds can also be adjusted individually, while each of its six channels can also be tweaked in volume or panned to create stereo drum patterns. It’s also got MIDI CC support, along with SysEx and MIDI import and export, in case you want to load in patterns or patches from the original hardware.

“DrumTraqs is not intended to be the latest hot-stuff power drum plug-in with bells and whistles (although there are some bells), the most cunning AI-driven super- human composition assistance tool, nor the coolest mega spawn of those magical 80s sound machines,” says Full Bucket on its website.

“Instead it is a faithful recreation of the original hardware with all its limitations and only a few extensions. Don’t be afraid of time travel – this is the way drum computers were handled more than 40 years ago!”

Main Features:

  • Simulation of the original Z80 system used in the hardware
  • Original factory and some additional ROM samples
  • Old-school Pattern and Song building
  • Built-in stereo mixing options
  • SysEx and MIDI import/export
  • Resizable user interface (not “N” version!)
  • MIDI Learn – all parameters and buttons can be controlled by MIDI CC
  • Plug-in supports Windows and macOS


Full Bucket Music DrumTraqs is available now in VST/VST3/CLAP/AU/AAX formats for macOS and Windows. Find out more and download the plugin on Full Bucket website.

New Free Plugin Buddy By Modalics

10 Sep, 2024  No Comment


Modalics, the developer behind the pizza-inspired beatmaking plugin Beat Scholar, has announced the launch of a new free plugin and app: Plugin Buddy.

Use Plugin Buddy to create complex chains of MIDI effects, audio effects and instruments that can be run inside a single plugin or standalone app.

Plugin Buddy is a plugin host and utility that does a lot of useful things. As a standalone app, it can host VST3 plugins, so you can use it to open up and play with instrument, effects and MIDI plugins outside of your DAW. But, as Plugin Buddy is also available in AU and AAX formats – and hosts VST3 plugins – you can also use it to circumvent compatibility issues by opening up VST3 plugins in DAWs that don’t support them, such as Pro Tools.

Open up Plugin Buddy and you’re able to load up an instrument plugin via the central panel, located below a display that visualizes incoming MIDI notes and the frequency spectrum. Below this, you can host up to four audio effects and tweak their individual wet/dry mixes.

Nearer the top of the interface you’ll find Quick Controls that can be assigned to quickly tweak specific parameters in any hosted plugin, and space to host up to four MIDI effects. With all of this functionality combined, you can use Plugin Buddy to create complex chains of MIDI effects, audio effects and instruments, that can be hosted in your DAW in a single VST3 plugin.

Plugin Buddy is equipped with a few MIDI utilities that may also prove useful. Velocity Curve applies custom velocity curves to incoming MIDI notes, Transpose will transpose notes by a chosen number of octaves or semitones, and MIDI Monitor displays incoming MIDI data in real-time.

In addition, there is a built-in synth installed in Plugin Buddy, a basic two-oscillator affair named The Bud, along with two effects plugins: a clipper and a low-pass filter. Another fun feature is Plugin Buddy’s randomizer, which lets you randomize all of a plugin’s parameters to create unpredictable and chaotic sounds.

Visit Modalics website to download Plugin Buddy for free.

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