Free music software round-up: Week 113

free music software

free music software

We hope you managed to pick up your free copy of Arturia's Minimoog V synth last week, but if that hasn't quenched your thirst for non chargeable music making software, read on.

If you've got a new free music software release, make sure you let us know about it by emailing musicradar.pressreleases@futurenet.com with all the details.

wok bassimo

wok bassimo

Wok Bassimo

Platform/format: PC/VST Download

Released last week to coincide with World Music Day, this 'easy analogue synth' has a standard virtual analogue design and can be used for both bass and lead sounds. You can turn the volume knob up to 11 for some extra dirt.

DDMF coloureq

DDMF coloureq

DDMF ColourEQ

Platform/format: PC, Mac/VST, AU Download

Not just another EQ, we're told, but one that sounds unlike any other. The five bands of super-parametric peaking filters are responsible for this uniqueness, apparently - you have one more parameter on top of the standard gain/width/frequency to influence the curve shape.

Syncersoft bass landscapes

Syncersoft bass landscapes

Syncersoft Bass Landscapes

Platform/format: PC, Mac/VST, AU Download

Previously featured in one of our paid plug-in round-ups, this bass boosting plug-in can now be yours for nothing. You can use the low-mid boost to help sit your bass or kickdrum in the mix and turn on tube emulation for a vintage feel.

HG fortune altair-4 b and x-wof 4

HG fortune altair-4 b and x-wof 4

HG Fortune Altair-4 B and X-WoF 4

Platform/format: PC/VST Download

HG Fortune has made a couple of its instruments free. Altair-4 B Pro is a slightly reworked version of the Altair-4 sci-fi sounds lab, while X-Wof 4 Pro is an 8-part algorithmic music system.

Whitebox newmodeloscillator

Whitebox newmodeloscillator

Whitebox NewModelOscillator

Platform/format: PC/VST Download

An FM synth that sports four oscillators (one carrier wave and three modulator waves), each of which has seven waveforms. There's a reverb unit, plus a "massively tweakable" multitap delay.

Ben Rogerson
Deputy Editor

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.