Until March 31, 2021, you can download the IK Multimedia Amplitube 5 Soldano SLO-100 Head for free! This amazing freebie is certainly worth checking out and brings that delicious boutique amp tone to your virtual guitar rig. Read on below on how to get your free copy.

IK Multimedia Soldano SLO-100 – free until March 31, 2021

To access the emulation of this high-gain tube amp, you will need the free Custom Shop version of IK’s AmpliTube 5, which comes with 39 emulations of pedals, amps, cabinets, microphones and effect racks. So if you already have AmpliTube 5 Custom Shop installed, all you have to do is start the Restore My Purchases tool . After the update, you will be the new owner of the Soldano SLO-100.

The Soldano SLO-100 (Super Lead Overdrive) is based on a design that has remained virtually unchanged for over 20 years and is one of the most popular amps in the world. You get separate controls for the preamp and the master volume, plus a control for presence and a 3-band EQ. I have been using it for a while and it sounds great. It has lots of very useable tones and is pretty dynamic, so perfect for tracking guitars in your DAW setup.

Artist presets

The company is currently celebrating the success of its amp simulation, which was launched in 2002 and now has over four million registered users on Windows, macOS and iOS. This virtual amp head is the first of the freebies, and more artist presets will follow in the coming weeks. Starting from March 2, 2021, every week you can download a different preset from Joe Satriani, Gus G, Marty Friedman and Slash.

Specification and price

AmpliTube 5 Custom Shop runs on macOS (10.10 or newer) and Windows (7 or newer) as a VST, AU and AAX plug-in formats, as well as standalone. The download is free of charge, 39 emulations are already included. The other amps, pedals and effects must be activated for a fee.

More information

• IK Multimedia
• For more IK Multimedia articles click here

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We stumbled upon two excellent freebies for Ableton Live Suite or Live with Max for Live users. You can now download two new Max for Live Devices – Swarmalators T and Cellular Degradation – for free! Both are made by Max developer Dillon Bastan.

Max for Live developer Dillon Bastan contributed six very interesting effects and instruments for sound designers to the recently released Ableton Live 11 package. He has now expanded his portfolio with a new synthesizer and effect that you can download from his site for free. Pretty cool!

Swarmalators T and Cellular Degradation

Swarmalators T is a synthesizer based on a “Swarmalators” model. This type of sound generation is quite complex (more information can be found here). It employs synchronised dynamic movement of a ‘swarm’ of oscillators which generates a very lively sound, with lots of dynamics. A very useful tool if you’re into sound design. The graphic design is also very nice.

Cellular Degradation, as the name suggests, is an audio degrader with a life of its own. The idea behind it is predictably complex – it’s about the interplay of cellular automation and a polyphonic tone generator, creating interesting noises for experimental musicians. Bastan explains the procedure very clearly in one of the videos below.

Prices and dates

You can download the Swarmalators T and Cellular Degradation from the developer’s Gumroad page in the link below. Note that the price is determined by you, so if you choose to, you can download them for free. But if you decide to support the developer, it would mean he can invest more of his time in further creations. The Max for Live Devices require an installed Ableton Live version 10 (or higher) and Max for Live (which is included in Ableton Live Suite).

More information

• Dillon Bastan on Gumroad

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Reason brings the fun to FM Synthesis with the colourful Algoritm FM and plays with 9 operators, filters and completely free routing.

Algoritm FM

The idea was to make Algoritm FM (apparently not a typo) as accessible and easy-to-use as possible which is no mean feat with FM synthesis. The first thing they did was to remove the operator algorithms and leave the routing completely open and free. Once that freedom was achieved Algoritm FM became quite unique and exciting – or so they say.

What we have are 9 operator slots that can be connected together however you wish. You’d expect these slots to be filled with classic FM oscillators but they can also house wavetable oscillators, filters and shapers. There are 3 LFOs and a couple of “Curves” which are a bit like envelopes only more complex.

While it’s completely capable of coming up with regular FM sounds it’s also free from those assumptions and can hybrid itself into all sorts of tones and possibilities. It has a randomisation engine to get things moving, a unison mode and some reverb and delay effects.

Algoritm FM looks pretty fabulous to me. I like the routing panel and how easy the very visual interface makes everything. While it’s a great place for exploration FM often needs a bit of instruction regardless of how simple the interface is. Reason has provided a decent tutorial video where their man Ryan takes us through what we need to know – good stuff.

Algoritm FM is available now as a Rack Extension for £99 or free as part of the Reason+ subscription.

More information

• Algoritm FM webpage.
• More from Reason Studios.

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Many Behringer synths are perfect for dropping into a Eurorack case but then you lose access to the back panel features. PH Modular has a solution.

Extensions

It’s a really neat idea to bring those back panel functions back into use when the synth is mounted in a Eurorack case. PH Modular has one sorted out for the Neutron semi-modular synthesizer. It features a power socket with on/off switch, a USB connection, MIDI channel select and MIDI Thru, a headphone output with volume control, a main output and an auxiliary input. It all fits into a nice looking 1U panel that can be dropped into a 1U Eurorack row.

The Extension kit consists of the 1U Intellijel format Eurorack 42HP front panel, a TRS MIDI adapter, a TRS Jack, a spare MIDI Din socket in case you want to put it back in the original case and a bunch of screws and bits. The beauty of this kit is that it uses the existing back panel PCB and repurposes it for 1U Eurorack. To make this fit properly you’ll need to desolder and remove the existing MIDI Din socket and replace it with the supplied TRS one. That’s the trickiest bit and full instructions are included.

Be aware that modifying a products PCB will invalidate the warranty.

The whole kit costs just €35 plus shipping.

Christian Foucaud of PH Modular says that they are planning to offer a similar kit for the Model D, K-2, CAT, WASP and Pro-1.

It’s a really helpful little kit and keeps the versatility of a standalone instrument even though it might be used differently within a Eurorack environment.

More information

• PH Modular website.

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This week’s collection of the best free plug-ins includes HY-ESG, a very cool gate sequencer with Euclidian rhythm generation. We’ve also got a bundle of 13 effect plug-ins for Mac and a bit crusher with a few extras.

Be sure to visit our huge archives for many more free plug-ins!

Bedroom Producers Blog HY-ESG

HY-ESG is an awesome new free plug-in for the popular “sequenced gate” or “trance gate” effect. You can shape the gating effect using an ADSR envelope. The Euclidian sequencer module lets you create rhythms in many different ways by defining the number of steps and pulses, rotation and direction. It can also be fully randomized. HY-ESG also offers three LFOs for modulating the ADSR and sequencer parameters, which can lead to very creative patterns. Very cool!

HY-ESG is available for Windows and macOS in VST, VST3 and AU formats.

Get HY-ESG here

Beatassist.eu MacPack

As the name suggests, MacPack by Beatassist.eu contains not one, but thirteen different effect plug-ins for the Mac platform. You get a bunch of modulation effects like chorus, flanger and phaser, several different dynamic processors and a couple of EQs and filters. MacPack even includes a reverb, delay and a vocal processor. You can download the whole bundle or individual effects, and it’s completely free. If you need a collection of essential plug-ins for the Mac, here it is.

MacPack is available in AU format only.

Get MacPack here

Fabric 70 Crush

A couple of weeks ago, we introduced Fabric 70’s Basic Filters plug-in. Now the developer is back with a bit crusher effect. Crush lets you adjust the bit rate and downsampling for classic digital destruction. But the plug-in also offers a drive section with four different modes for added distortion, a noise generator that can react to the input signal, and pan and mix controls to bring it all together. If you’re looking for a versatile bit crusher and distortion, Crush is worth a look!

Crush is available for Windows and macOS in VST3 and AU formats.

Get Crush here

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