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Texture, movement, colour and happy accidents.
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Image unavailableMeyer decided to transform a parlor acoustic guitar. He replaced the bridge with rubber, strung it with flat wound strings, and added the cheapest electronics from Amazon. And as if the guitar wasn’t dead enough, he wedged an eraser under the strings
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the result of a random sound in my house driving my wife and I insane. A bowl sitting in our kitchen sink with a knife across the top with the sink dripping perfectly on the edge of the knife creating a lovely little 'doo' sound
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Image unavailablesample-based virtual instrument that will bring polished and well-engineered sound to your projects. It was made with Maize Sampler, so the feature set is somewhat limited, but the included samples make up for it.
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Image unavailablea semi-modular software synth that offers various synthesis techniques.
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Image unavailablePiano One comes from the Yamaha C7 concert grand, a true workhorse in the professional piano world, appearing on famous concert stages, in international competitions and in prestigious music events throughout the world.
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Image unavailableThe content of the library was recorded in the Sofia Session Studio B with a variety of close microphones, later summed into one microphone position.
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Image unavailablea complete emulation of the TB-303’s sound engine, with the added bonus of a continuously variable waveshape from sawtooth to square.
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Image unavailableWe sampled a guitar through an actual vinyl record player and then made a playable instrument out of those samples.
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Image unavailableA free instrument that sounds like your favorite games from the olden days when anything more than two buttons was too much.
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Image unavailablea free plug-in that marks the beginning of a never ending stream of free, original and inspiring sounds for you to keep forever.
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Image unavailablea free emulation of the classic Oberheim® self‑contained synthesizer module of the same name.
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Image unavailableDixon Beats pays homage to everyone’s favorite toy sampler from the 80s, the legendary Casio SK-1. For the new DB1 plugin, they’ve meticulously sampled all presets from the original keyboard, and added some new ones for even more variety.
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Image unavailablehard-hitting sub bass sounds from the upcoming Notonik v2 plugin.
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Image unavailablea classic analog polysynth and string machine. This time, the developer set out to recreate the sound of the ARP Omni-2 Polyphonic Synthesizer from 1978.
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Image unavailableSoftware instrument with a library of 100 essential, hard-hitting, mix-ready synths, keys, basses, pads, and more that’ll make you fall in love with music all over again
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Image unavailableA polyphonic, subtractive virtual analog (VA) synthesizer plugin with focus on sound quality and easy usability.
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Image unavailableAztec death whistle library for MNDALA 2.
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Image unavailableA free jaw harp virtual instrument. A Tribute To The Twangy Melodies Of A Bygone Era.
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Image unavailableWavetable synthesizer with dual wavetable oscillators and modulation.
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Image unavailableHybrid wavetable synthesizer and sampler workstation.
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Image unavailableRetro Lofi virtual instrument plugin with 9 multi-sampled presets taken from the full version.
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Image unavailableKorg Lambda ES-50 ensemble synthesizer simulation.
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Image unavailableDual-engine synthesizer for kicks, basses and leads.
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Image unavailableDhrupad vocal and antique church-bass sample library.
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10 pluginsCharacterful pianos, electric keys and organs, with tremolo to bring them to life.
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10 pluginsBuild depth and atmosphere with echoes, reverbs, granular textures and evolving pads.
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