Double Vision 

Brian Smithers

Have you worn out your Alt and Tab keys switching between your sequencer and editor/librarian? Have you saved dozens of screen sets in your favorite DAW...

Double Your Pleasure 

Elizabeth Papapetrou

Whether you record live or in the studio, stereo recording can heighten the realism of your productions. Humans have two ears, so stereo-sound reproduction sounds more natural to us than mono does. In fact, most stereo-miking setups grew out of attempts to approximate the positioning and functioning of our ears....

Download of the Month: Acon Digital Media Acoustica 

By Len Sasso

ACOUSTICA 3.2 Acoustica (Win, $34.90 download, $49.90 CD) from Acon Digital Media (www.acondigital.com) is an audio editor whose extensive feature set...

Download of the Month: Airy Andre Speedster 

By Len Sasso

SPEEDSTER Speedster (Mac) a time-stretching and pitch-shifting audio processor with some interesting twists is the latest and most sophisticated of five...

Download of the Month: AlgoMusic Atomic 1.0 (Win) 

By Len Sasso

Atomic ($39.99) from AlgoMusic (algomusic.net) is unlike any step sequencer you've used in the past. Sound designer Tim Conrardy and software developer...

Download of the Month: Ambience 

By Len Sasso

AMBIENCE Ambience (Mac/Win, donationware), by SmartElectronix's Magnus Jonsson, is a reverb plug-in with excellent sound quality and an unusual combination...

Download of the Month: Andy Ware Analog Box 2 

By Len Sasso

ANDY WARE ANALOG BOX 2 (WIN) Analog Box 2 (ABox2) is a free and very powerful modular software synthesizer designed and implemented by Andy Turner. You...

Download of the Month: AudioFinder 

By Geary Yelton and Gino Robair

AUDIOFINDER 2.4.4 There's nothing quite like sitting back and letting the computer walk you through your audio library. AudioFinder (Mac OS X shareware,...

Download of the Month: AudioMulch 0.9b2 

By Gino Robair

Ross Bencina's AudioMulch 0.9b2 (www.audiomulch.com) is a shareware application that combines looping and other dance-music features with highly sophisticated...

Download of the Month: BeatBurner 

By Len Sasso

BeatBurner (Win; $50; www.beatburner.com) is an addictive VST plug-in that can be used to lightly touch up or completely revamp a loop in real time. BeatBurner...

Download of the Month: Big Tick Audio Software 

By Len Sasso

If you're looking for retro additions to your virtual-synth kit, Big Tick Audio Software might be just the ticket....

Download of the Month: Blue Cat Audio Freeware 

By Len Sasso

Blue Cat Audio (www.bluecataudio.com) is a developer of custom audio plug-in effects for the PC. Its plug-ins emphasize audio analysis and repair, with...

Download of the Month: Crystal 

By Len Sasso

Downloadable soft synths are popping up everywhere, but Crystal (Mac/Win) a freeware VSTi from Green Oak (www.greenoak.com) has several unique features...

Download of the Month: CutterMusic Revitar 2.0  

By Len Sasso

REVITAR 2.0 (Win) CutterMusic's Revitar 2.0 ($69) is a guitar synthesizer in the form of a VST instrument plug-in for Windows. It physically models various...

Download of the Month: d16 Group's Fazortan (Mac/Win) 

By Len Sasso

Read Electronic Musician September 2008 profile on download d16 Group's Fazorta for music production...

Download of the Month: DCOffset 

By Roger Maycock

In working with computer-based digital audio systems, musicians commonly encounter DC offset, in which a file contains a static, nonperiodic waveform....

Download of the Month: Desktop Theremin 

Available from the BBC's Science Playground site is a downloadable gem that is sure to be the hit of your office or dormitory. The Desktop Theremin (Mac/Win;...

Download of the Month: Discord 2 

By Len Sasso

Discord 2 ($49) is the latest piece of audio-demolition software from Audio Damage (www.audiodamage.com), a partnership between plug-in designer Christopher...

Download of the Month: Downer 

By Len Sasso

AMAZING SLOW DOWNER 2.6.3 Amazing Slow Downer (Mac/Win, $39.95) is a standalone application for high-quality, independent manipulation of pitch and playback...

Download of the Month: Expert Sleepers 

By Len Sasso

EXPERT SLEEPERS Expert Sleepers offers a collection of Audio Units plug-ins that includes five delay-based effects Augustus Loop, Ping Pong Delay, Multitap...

Download of the Month: FreeG 

By Len Sasso

FreeG (free) is a channel strip plug-in with extensive metering and customization options. It is intended for use as a track insert effect and is available...

Download of the Month: Girl 

By Len Sasso

If you're a loop freak and you work on a Mac, Girl ($99) from Yowstar (http://girl.yowstar.com) should get your creative juices flowing. Girl can slice,...

Download of the Month: GranuLab 1.0 

By Gino Robair

If you haven't experienced the fascinating sounds of granular synthesis, now's your chance. GranuLab 1.0 (Win) (http://hem.passagen.se/rasmuse/ Granny.htm)...

Download of the Month: Groove Analogizer 

By Len Sasso

NUSOFTING GROOVE ANALOGIZER (WIN) Groove Analogizer ($29), a Windows VST effects plug-in from Luigi Felici of NUSofting, is a percussion-oriented synth...

Download of the Month: Heizenbox 

By Len Sasso

HEIZENBOX (MAC/WIN) Heizenbox ($59) is a real-time granular processing VST plug-in for Mac OS X and Windows XP. The key description is real time: every...