Best free plug-ins this week: a bunch of synths and other good stuff

As you consider selling a kidney to fund your next 15 or so synth purchases, take a moment to stop and check out all the cool stuff you can have for free this week!

Superbooth 2019: MFB SYNTH 8 polyphonic analog synthesizer

On the last day of Superbooth 2019, MFB has unveiled the prototype of the SYNTH 8 polyphonic analog synthesizer. With 3 VCOs and 2 filters per voice, we can expect some thick and lush sounds!

Superbooth 2019: Erica Synths Black Input

The Erica Synths Black Input module is a preamp, envelope follower and pitch tracker that lets you control your Eurorack system with other instruments or your voice. Neat!

Superbooth 2019: Instruments of Things 2.4SINK module

Instruments of Things is presenting the 2.4SINK module at Superbooth 2019. The module lets you control a Eurorack system with wireless motion sensors. Dance your CV!

Superbooth 2019: ALM Busy Circuits Squid “Salmple” sampler

The weirdly named Squid Salmple is an old school sampler that gives you 8 channels of sample triggering, loads banks from USB or record straight in. Assignable CV control, 3 channels of pitch control.

Is the Vanflet Station 1 really “the future of guitar amps”?

Bold claims from French company Vanflet about their new Station 1, a valve-based 40-Watt amp-in-a-pedal product. Could this be "the future of guitar amps" as Vanflet claims?

PRS CE 24 Smokeburst, a limited run of 200 guitars exclusive to Europe

Another highly limited run of PRS models for the European market! This time it's the new PRS CE 24 Smokeburst with a satin nitro finish. Only 200 of these will be available.

Dadamachines Composer Pro: The only performance sequencer you’ll ever need?

Dadamachines Composer Pro is a standalone MIDI performance sequencer with a massive 192 button matrix and support for open source audio engines. Here's what it can do.

Superbooth 2019: Erica Synths Black Stereo Delay and Black Spring Reverb

Erica Synths has two new effects module, the Black Spring Reverb with an actual tank behind the front panel and a Black Stereo Delay that can also be a 20-second overdub looper.

Superbooth 2019: Rabid Elephant Portal Kick

The Portal Kick builds in everything that people normally do to build kick drums in modular - the click, the EQ, the layering, distortion, envelopes and puts it all in the one module.

Superbooth 2019: Meng Qi Wing Pinger oscillator free synthesizer

Wing Pinger is a strange and delightfully musical instrument that pings filters and generates everything from pure and organic tones to chaotic soundscapes of colliding melodies.

Superbooth 2019: Frap Tools USTA 4-track spaceship sequencer

Usta introduces a delightful oval ring of 16 lights and sequencing encoders that offers 4 independent dual layer tracks of CV/Gate with per step step-length and CV controlled variation

Superbooth 2019: Superlative SB-1/Space Bee SH-101 tribute

The SB-1/Space Bee is the deepest darkest tribute to the classic Roland SH-101 featuring 10 hours of rechargeable portability, a dual channel sequencer and sequence saving.

Superbooth 2019: Make Noise Sound Hack Mimeophon Repeater

The Mimeophon is a stereo multi-zone colour audio repeater with seamless delay time transitions, buffer mangling and stereo skewing. It's essentially a fascinatingly creative stereo delay.

Avid releases Pro Tools 2019 with macOS Mojave support and more tracks

Avid has announced that Pro Tools 2019 is now available. The new version comes with higher track counts, workflow improvements and macOS Mojave compatibility.

Fender Meteora HH: A new Alternate Reality model has landed!

Fender's Alternate Reality Series has some great looking guitars and now the Meteora HH model has finally landed with its twin humbuckers and retro classic colour options.

Superbooth 2019: TINRS Fenix IV uber modular synthesizer

This is Not Rocket Science has opened preorders on their Fenix IV proprietary format complete and all-encompassing modular synthesizer thing. Fenix IV The Fenix was originally designed for an artist who ...

Superbooth 2019: UDO Audio Super 6 Polysynth – more details

Check out the thick animated sound of this unfinished prototype Super 6 polyphonic synthesizer. It offers a full stereo signal path per voice with all sorts of phasing and detuning.

Superbooth 2019: Future Sound Systems and Mute collaborate on 2 modules

Two new Eurorack modules from Future Sound Systems and Mute Record's Daniel Miller. The Makrow patch macro controller and Stumm click-less audio mute.

Superbooth 2019: Instruo Lubadh Dual Looper Eurorack module

Old style looping with the twin tape decks of Lubadh with lots of overdubbing, up to 5 minutes per deck, internal feedback loops and crossfading inputs with outputs.

Superbooth 2019: Instruo arbhar granular audio processor

Mystical granular manipulation with the Instruo arbhar. 6 layers of recording directly into the module via inputs or integrated microphone and get manipulating those voltage controlled grains.

Superbooth 2019: Motor Synth – analogue synthesis running on electromotors

The Motor Synth from Gamechanger Audio looks phenomenal and uses electromotors to generate its 4-note polyphonic and 2 voice analogue sound. Coming to Kickstarter soon.

Superbooth 2019: XAOC brings along 5 new Eurorack modules

Working class heroes XAOC has 5 new shiny modules covering digital hacking, waveform processing, DSP effects, stereo mixing and delay. It's always fabulously intriguing stuff.

Superbooth 2019: Enjoy Electronics Reminder desktop effects box

Reminder is a very cool looking desktop effects processor featuring a filter bank, stereo delay, reverb and modulation with quadrophonic outputs and lots of manipulation.