Modern Recording Techniques, 7th Edition

Modern Recording Techniques

Acid Planet
Free Acid Loops a fully operational version of ACID Xpress (PC)
Ambisonic plug in
Ambisonics is a method of recording information about a soundfield and reproducing it over some form of loudspeaker array so as to produce the impression of hearing a true three dimensional sound image
AP Instrument Tuner
Hey, how 'bout a free instrument tuner for your PC? Audio Phonics have created two tuners - a six-note model that's made especially for guitarists and a chromatic version that can be used to tune any instrument or note.
Apple iTunes
It plays, it rips (in a wide range of formats), it burns CDs, has an attractive interface and includes support for portable players and streaming internet radio stations... Oh, yea... it's free.
Digidesign's Pro Tools Free
Pro Tools Free is a fully functional digital audio 8-track editor with 48-track MIDI sequencing capabilities and AudioSuite DSP plug-ins. (Editor's note: Many folks seem to have trouble getting ptfree to run on their Windows systems. Stability doesn't seem to be this puppy's middle name.)
ESoundz
For owners of sample playback software, softsynths, and loop playback software we offer you our vast growing downloadable freeSoundz. Sounds are categorized by sampler/computer format so please pick the format you are interested in and the link will take you to that product page.
Free Reverb Plug-in
Free DirectX reverb plug-in (PC)
Izotope
iZotope Ozone for DirectX: Complete mastering solution for DirectX audio applications. A system of 64-bit analog modeled effects in one easy to use interface. iZotope Vinyl for DirectX: The ultimate lo-fi plug-in. And it's free.
Karlette Looper
Karlette is a fun re-creation of a tape-loop echo device PC/Mac). Also, check out www.cubase.net for tons of sounds, info, forums and more!
Make A Testone
This Mac app is a single frequency or a sweeping, full-spectrum test tone oscillator that creates easy-to-use tape, speaker or setup tones in AIFF, SD2, WAV and Paris formats. A very cool tool!
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder
This free app lets you encode files (or file batches) to the Windows Media Audio (WMA) file format.
More Effects
A nice distortion, stereo phaser and compressor plug-in pack (PC/Mac)
Plug In's Galore
A cornucopia of VST and DirectX plug-ins demos and freeware
Ring Modulator
VST ring Modulator (Mac/PC)
Sample Craze
Primarily dedicated to providing licence free drum loops and audio samples, SampleCraze features a collection of quality licence free audio samples on sample CD-ROMs in a variety of audio formats, with plenty of free drum loops and sound loops to demonstrate their content.
Silent Bob
Silent Bob lets you grab sound bites off of the radio or TV by continuously recording up to two minutes of audio into a buffer. If you hear something that catches your interest, simply click Stop/Save and Bob'll save the audio in RAM and that which follows as a 44.1, 16-bit wavefile.

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