DRON-E is a Reaktor Instrument created by Antonio Blanca that specializes in creating ambient, generative, abstract and cinematic soundscapes or drones. DRON-E’s flexible parameters and controls are perfect for creating everything from delicate atmospheres to complex walls of sound.

Included in the latest version are two custom created sample maps of acoustic and synthetic instruments, as well as field recordings custom designed for use within DRON-E. If you’d prefer to use your own sounds, you can load your own samples and venture into unknown sonic territories. In addition to the pre-established modulators and controls, it’s possible to easily use your own modulators built in Reaktor. This means that you can connect things like sequencers or break-point envelopes using the EXT option, and use MIDI or OSC signals to further shape your sounds.

The DRON-E ensemble is a free.

Independent developer Takana introduces a new audio meta-data analysis tool: Audio Spy.

Changes in v1.2

- Fixed an issue with some poorly formed audio files

Audio Spy is a new tool for audio proffesionals, including audio engineers, mastering engineers, and audio archivists. It provides detailed analysis of the meta-data portion of industry standard audio files. Audio Spy opens WAVE, Broadcast WAVE, AIFF and AIF-C files.

Audio Spy Lite  is free.

Mantra is composed of two oscillator modules having three panels each. The FM Module has the basic waveforms that are followed by three waveform carriers (Sine/Saw/Triangle). The Phase Distortion Module has several waveforms divided in two waveform pickers. Mantra also has a short effects table.

Features:

• Powerful FM and Phase Distortion Oscillators;
• FM Modulation based type;
• Powerful and well elaborated Tempo Sync LFO;
• Simple Arp/Stepper;
• Reverb;
• Distortion;
• TranceGate;
• Mantra can load/save .fxb formats.
• 64 preset range soundbank.
• several demo samples.

This Synth is 32 voices featured, brings a 64 preset range soundbank with sample presets and loads/saves .fxb banks. Mantra is free.

Are you curious to “touch” the sound of Protagonist Drums library, but you’re not sure to buy it?

Try FOR FREE one of the four drum kits of the library, the Rock Kit!

Works on Kontakt 5.2 or newer (Full: no limits; Free: 15 mins limit).

"What a cool old dirty drum machine!’– Me about the Yamaha DD-10 when I first saw it some years ago.

This is really a charming lo-fi low cost 8-bit drum machine released in 1988 aimed at the home market and I really love it. I’m writing in first person because I wanted to get really personal about this one. This is one of my all time favorites and it’s the sample pack I use the most when it comes to drum machines

For those who know me, it was pretty obvious that I’d pass it through a tape recorder and store the sounds on my HDD. They didn’t thought I’d experiment with each and every sound of this awesome piece of gear and a whole bunch of cassette and reel-to-reel tape recorders. That’s what I did and this is what I’ve got.

You guys know that you can pass the same sound through the same tape machine a hundred times and the sound you’ll achieve each time is a little different from the other ones, right? We wanted to make sure you can achieve this too, so we made three round robins for each drum piece."

Radium is a free music and notation editor with its own unique interface.

It is based on tracker software but has more features and fewer limitations. It also utilizes graphics to show musical data.

Changes in v 1.9.34:

• - Disable pd for all builds except linux (since libpds only exists on linux for now)

• - Avoid memory corruption if settings_version is not in settings

• - Patch color, step 1: some experimentation (some diffuse colors used in track headers and the mixer sound objects

• - When switching to a new block where current line is the last line, set current line to first line instead

• - Possible to switch block while playing

• - Adjustable crossfade length (when looping) for the Sampler instrument

Monocasual has updated Giada to version 0.8.1, codename Jack Sparrow.

Main new features:

- New high quality pitch control, based on libsamplerate

- New spread sample to bar, spread sample to song functions in Wave Editor