The Canary: free VST/AU plugin promises to make your drums sing

Worth crowing about?
Worth crowing about?

Black Rooster Audio has opened the cage and released The Canary, a new free processing plugin that's designed to help you "add the right tone to your drums" and "make them sound crisp and full".

Suitable for use on all types of drum, this VST/AU processor is also said to give your hits some extra punch. Alongside a chunky Tune knob, there are Filter, Attack, Sustain and Mix controls.

The Canary is available now from the Black Rooster Audio website. Once you've registered, you're free to download and use it.

Ben Rogerson

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.