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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Every Monday I highlight free plugins new and old that are worth checking out. See all posts in the Free Plugin Of The Week Series.
Just announced this morning, TC Electronics has released the Free M30 Reverb plugin (PC VST, Mac VST + AU) This is a limited time offer, 3 days only.
About the M30 Studio Reverb.
The M30 Studio Reverb is a simple to use, great sounding reverb that is powered by AlgoFlex™ – a new high definition TC technology that enables hardware quality and predictability to be ported to native software.
TC Electronic has been at the forefront of effects development for decades, and our reverb algorithms can be found in the best recording and mixing environments in the world. With its great sound M30 is a unique addition to VST- or AU compatible applications running with Mac or PC.
I haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, I’m not sure if this is old or new, but be sure to grab it right away before it’s too late.
Get the TC M30 for free here: http://www.tcelectronic.com/freetcreverb.asp
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
Every Monday I highlight free plugins new and old that are worth checking out. See all posts in the Free Plugin Of The Week Series.
Last week Brainworx released their second free plugin bx_cleansweep and since I actually use their other free plugin bx_solo quite often I figured I’ll talk about them both. 1 is new, 1 is not, both are helpful tools. PC: VST & RTAS; Mac: VST, RTAS & AU
bx_solo is a simple MS tool. It allows you to swap Left and Right, solo Left/Right/Mid/Side as well as a handy stereo width control. Once in a while I’ll have something in a mix that I want über wide and in the background so I’ll set the stereo width control to 400%. More info on bx_solo
bx_cleansweep is a hi-pass and low-pass filter (aka bandpass) but goes about it in an interesting way with a joystick to adjust HP and LP cutoff simultaneously. Additionally there is a knob for each filter for finer/more traditional adjustment. More info on bx_cleansweep
Get both of these on the Brainworx Free downloads page, the TT Dynamic Range Meter is also available for download on that page.
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Free Plugin Of the Week post, I intend to have a new one every Monday. See all the previous posts in the series.
Bootsie epicVerb isn’t brand new, but over the past few months its become my favorite free reverb.
The “epicVerb” reverberation device aims at both: Tight small room and ambience effect simulation well suited to modern drum and vocal productions up to large “epic” halls as known from high quality outboard gear. This reverbs sound ranges from rather concrete or even edgy up to smooth, transparent and artifact free reverb tails. It is designed for maximum flexibility and usability and to take place as a true high quality stereo main reverb.
“epicVerb” features two different reverberation modes and 6 different stereo early reflection models. There are some standard reverb controls like ‘TIME’, ‘DAMP’ or ’PRE-DELAY’ as well as reverb tail modulation and detailed control over very first reflection patterns as an option.
It offers different reverb time handling for high and low frequencies as well as a musical sounding EQ section containing two “BootEQ” equalizers and additional high- and lowpass filtering.
As I said before, this is my favorite free reverb, it’s easy to use, has many great preset settings and sounds great. I don’t use it on all my mixes, but I’m thankful to have it in the mixing toolbox. Be sure to check out Bootsie’s many other great free plugins.
PC – VST
Get it here: epicVerb
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Every Monday I highlight free plugins new and old that are worth checking out. See all posts in the Free Plugin Of The Week Series.
Lately I’ve been finding this new plugin TT Dynamic Range Meter by Pleasurize Music Foundation to be useful. I use it for two things, when I’m building a mix up I have it on the master so I can have nice big meters showing peak and RMS, this helps me keep things a conservative level from the start. The other thing I use this for is the MONO button. Setting your balances and even panning in Mono can really help. My interface doesn’t have a mono button on it (my 002r did but my 2626 doesn’t) so the MONO button on this plug makes it really simple.
My only complaint about this is the plugin is HUGE! It takes up nearly a 1/4 of my 22″ monitor
Oh yeah…it’s FREE! VST|RTAS|AU Mac/PC so everyone can play. A great weapon for fighting the loudness war, whichever side you’re on.
They also have an offline program to analyze the dynamic range of audio files, might be useful to some.
Pleasurize Music Foundation
EDIT – NOVEMBER 4 2009
I just noticed Brainworx has the TT Dynamic Range Meter for download here
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Every Monday I highlight free plugins new and old that are worth checking out. See all posts in the Free Plugin Of The Week Series.
For those of you that missed this on the Twitter, Digidesign has released a few of the older plugins free.
Pro Tools 8 comes with a ton of new plugins, but it also comes bundled with a few very useful oldies. These are now free for anyone on a 7.3+ system. Look for the version 8 download for each of these. No iLok required for any of these, no codes, just run the installer.
Digidesign: D-Fi Bundle (Lo-Fi, Sci-Fi, Recti-Fi, and Vari-Fi)
Digidesign: Maxim
Bombfactory: Sansamp PSA-1
Trillium Lane Labs: TL AutoPan
Trillium Lane Labs: TL Utilities (TL Metro, TL InTune, TL MasterMeter)
Even if you don’t upgrade to Pro Tools 8 you can still use these. Sansamp is my favorite right now.
You’ll likely need to get the most recent Pace InterLok drivers [end user dropdown box on right]
Happy Holidays!
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