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Some interesting things I found recently:

# Free, Native Linux Plug-ins, and How to Use Them in energyXT for Linux

Peter Kirn writes:

It’s simply stunning some of the terrific instrument and effect plug-ins available that are now free and open source – yes, free as in freedom, not just freeware. I had commented in the past something along the lines of, “boy, wouldn’t it be great if this now meant, say, a Linux port?” and then went on the business of my daily life, which tends not to include re-compiling plug-ins. But now, the folks of JUCETICE have been busy doing just that, serving up delicious instrument and effect goodness, running native on Linux.

# Arduino noise box synth – an Arduino based step sequencer, synthesizer and sound effects box.

mechomaniac writes:

It was constructed a year ago as a third birthday present, and has recently come back to me for some 'refurbishment' – fresh batteries and some glue to fix LEDs that have been pushed into the box. Not too bad after a year with a small child!

The full source code is available here: http://mechomaniac.com/node/67

# Echo Bender V2

Casper Electronics’ Echo Bender is an echo, distortion and experimental, stand alone noise generator.
It’s capable of creating smooth, clean echos as well as delving deep into screeching, noisy realms seldom heard from a traditional echo pedal.

Echo Bender V2 features

• Coarse pitch
• Fine pitch
• Decay
• Wet volume
• Dry volume
• Feedback/distortion amount
• True bypass foot switch
• Effect activation indicator LED
• 9 volt DC Power jack
• 9 Volt Battery compartment
• 1/4″ Switching input jack (conserves battery power by switching off power when plug is empty)
• 1/4″ Output jack
• External power supply included. Input 120AC, output 9Volts DC. 200mA

Rhythm Lab has released version 1.04 of Mo’Verb, a free reverb effect plug-in for Windows PC.

Mo’Verb is a reverberator, based on original algorithms, combining simulation of spring and digital reverbs. In our plug-in we did our best to provide basis for creating of wide spectrum of timbres, make smooth and warm sound, handy and intuitive interface for making the required sound easy and fast. While making our reverb algorithm we used specially created program for the search of inner parameters to make the sound of the reverb smooth and clear.

Changes in Mo’Verb v1.04

• FPU, SSE2, SSE3 auto-detect (no need to use previous versions for old CPUs).
• Minor bug fixes.

Mo’Verb is available as a freeware VST effect plug-in for Windows PC.

More information: Rhythm Lab

rhythm-lab has released Twin Delay, a VST plugin designed for emulation of digital and analogue delay effects.

The program is not an exact copy of already existing hardware-based equipment, nevertheless it can be used for producing a majority of popular effects, as well as some modulation and ‘unusual’ effects, for instance Flanger, Metallizer.

Special attention have been given to analogue delay algorithms, that make it possible to create beautiful and original sounds, frequently used in such genres as IDM, Experimental, Breaks and especially Dub, as well as genres that use Dub elements: Dub techno, Dubstep, Dubwise and so on.

Twin Delay features

• Digital algorithm and 3 original tape algorithms.
• Channel Delay.
• 3 types of sync: auto, ms and manual bpm.
• Cross feedback function for ping-pong delay algorithms.
• Mono/stereo smooth function.
• HP and LP filters with tube drive emulation.
• Programmed with Delphi and Assembler.
• 65+ presets.

Twin Delay is available as a freeware VST effect plug-in for Windows PC.

Visit rhythm-lab for more information.

rhythm-lab.com has released version 1.0.3 of Mo’Verb, a freeware algorithmic reverb VST effect plug-in for Windows PC.

Mo’Verb is a reverberator, based on original algorithms, combining simulation of spring and digital reverbs. In our plug-in we did our best to provide basis for creating of wide spectrum of timbres, make smooth and warm sound, handy and intuitive interface for making the required sound easy and fast. While making our reverb algorithm we used specially created program for the search of inner parameters to make the sound of the reverb smooth and clear.

Changes in Mo’Verb v1.03

• More presets.
• SSE optimization.
• Some bug fixes.

Mo’Verb is available as a freeware VST effect plug-in for Windows. Donations are appreciated.

Visit rhythm-lab.com for more information.

rhythm-lab.com has released Mo’Verb, a freeware algorithmic reverb VST effect plug-in for Windows PC.

Mo’Verb is a reverberator, based on original algorithms, combining simulation of spring and digital reverbs. In our plug-in we did our best to provide basis for creating of wide spectrum of timbres, make smooth and warm sound, handy and intuitive interface for making the required sound easy and fast. While making our reverb algorithm we used specially created program for the search of inner parameters to make the sound of the reverb smooth and clear.

Mo’Verb features

• Optimized design for maximum smoothness of reverb sound
• Independent Early and Late reflections EQs
• Wall reflection iterative filter
• Built-in stereo imager
• Built-in gate
• Built-in goniometer
• Variable stereo spread
• Programmed with Delphi and Assembler
• 30+ presets
• Concept and sound design by Dmitry “Cyberworm” Vasilyev, programming by Oleg Sharonov, and design by sk1e

Mo’Verb is available as a freeware VST effect plug-in for Windows. Donations are appreciated.

Visit rhythm-lab.com for more information.

Prime Loops recently released Minimal & Tech House Drums, a collection of over 1,000 drum sounds.

From the product page:

Prime Loops are extremely proud to present Minimal & Tech House Drums which contains 1,000 skilfully hand-crafted drums painstakingly designed over a period of 6 months – from scratch, using over 20 high-grade analogue synths. These include: Access Virus B/TI, Korg Prophecy, Jomox Airbase99, Polivox Synthesizer, Juno-106 and many others. The drums have been mastered using TL Audio Ivory and enhanced using a host of the finest studio hardware processors.

The collection includes:

• 200+ Synthesised Claps & Snares
• 200+ Crystal Clear Cymbals & Hi-Hats
• 300+ Synthetic FX & nu-era Analogue Percussion
• 100+ Sonically enhanced Kicks
• 100+ Pristine Snares
• Toms, Shakers and lots more.

Minimal & Tech House Drums is available for download in a variety of formats for £12.95 GBP (~19 USD, 15 EUR).

So what do I think?

I always tell myself that I don’t need more electronic drum sounds (and it’s the truth isn’t it), but since Prime Loops was kind enough to send me a copy of Minimal & Tech House Drums I now have yet another 1,000 samples in my sample library. How will I ever be able to use them all? Well, probably not.

Anwyay, this *is* a great collection of drum sounds. Perhaps not so surprising since the guy behind these samples is none other than Cyberworm. Doesn’t ring a bell? Make sure to check his website Rhythm-lab.com, where he has been offering quality free samples since 2007 (the Vermona DRM1 MKIII samples he released a few weeks ago are top notch).

At just under $20 this library is a regular steal. Certainly when you do need more electronic drum sounds, but perhaps also when you don’t. You can download some free demo sounds from the Minimal Tech & House Drums here (zip).

More information: Prime Loops / Minimal & Tech House Drums