Here’s a site with several ready-to-use samples in Wav format of classic digital and analog synthesizer or drum machines, such as the always useful Roland TR-808 and TR-909, Roland Juno 106 and JV 1080, Korg Prophecy, DW-8000, Casio FZ-1, Alesis HR-16, Rhodes, Simmons, Akai and Linn. …click here to read more →

Popularity: 25%

Atom Splitter Audio just released 2 new free vst effect plug-ins for Windows, Mechaverb (reverb) and Clip-R, a clipping fx that appears to sound very good on percussive sounds.
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Popularity: 47%

Terry West updated his EasyVox vst plugin for Windows XP and Vista to version 1.3. This version fixes a problem withpre-limiter being broken.
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Popularity: 65%

Rekkerd.org announces the release of DSK DrumZ BeatVoicZe free vst drum plugin for Windows, a vst instrument that feature Human Beat box sounds with 8 sound slots, 8 stereo outputs, 3 different kits and 26 samples in total. It features Midi automation.
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Popularity: 100%

Three Windows freewares (I would dare to say the best free ones, but if you have other suggestions drop a comment below) that allow to convert digital audio from a cd to mp3 format.

Audiograbber ripping software: a beautiful piece of software that grabs digital audio from cd’s. It copies the audio digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals. It can even perform a test to see that the copies really are perfect. …click here to read more →

Popularity: 27%

Still undecided about what kind of cd player is the one good for your dj performance, yes?
Anyway, here is the best selling dj cd/mp3 players as today at Musiciansfriend, we hope this chart and our brief considerations could be useful to help you make a decision.
If you own or you have tried any of these players, please don’t hesitate to add your comment/opinion about them.

#1 - Stanton C.314 Single CD / MP3 Player

The Stanton C.314 is a tabletop CD player that’s ideal for the DJ with an MP3 library looking for real vinyl feel when scratching CDs. A large touch-sensitive jog wheel gives you the scratch and beat juggling feel of a turntable, while effects plus seamless looping and sampling arms you for monster mixes and mash ups.
Very easy to use. Very cool digital effects. Pricing: $299
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Popularity: 30%

Togu Audio Line releases TAL-BassLine instrument plugin as a free download for Mac OS X and Windows systems. TAL-Bassline freeware vst synth is a virtual analog bass synthesizer especially made for bass, acid sounds and effects, and it has a very similar appareance and structure of the legendary 80’s analog monophonic synthesizer Roland SH-101 …click here to read more →

Popularity: 75%

Renoise, a really nice tracker that supports VST instruments, has been updated to version 1.9.1 (some fixes plus new functions and upgraded functionalities) and it’s now available for download for Linux too.
The Linux version includes ALSA support (for Audio and MIDI), JACK Audio support (optional), LADSPA support (native Linux audio plugins) and Native Linux VST support.

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Popularity: 31%

Elevayta made available for download a free plugin for Winamp, Wamp Boy. It allow to host Elevayta VST plugins, providing real-time processing over Winamp playback and the recording of processed audio to hard disk in WAV format.
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Popularity: 22%

Coming in VST, AU and RTAS plugin formats for Windows and Mac OS X, the ELS Vocoder from Eiosis faithfully reproduces that clear and organic vintage analog vocoder sounds which have been used by many artists in the electronic music history.
The new 1.6 version features two interfaces sizes : the normal one, and another one with a reduced height, to fit into laptop screen resolutions.
It also includes a wide range of rare and new features, which makes it unique, powerful and simple to use. A Sidechain plugin allows to route any track (i.e. an external input in addition to the internal oscillator) to the ELS Vocoder in a simple and efficient way. You can have up to 3 stereo inputs without the need for complex routing manipulations or multichannel busses.
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Popularity: 63%

UltraMixer is a DJ mixing software, coming in 3 versions (Free, Basic, Professional) which enables you to mix digital music in various formats such as MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, WAV or CDs in real time. The DJ’s turntables are replaced by two digital SoundPlayers, the “vinyls” are available within seconds through the integrated FileArchive.
It is available for the most popular operating systems: Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
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Popularity: 86%

M-Audio, a leading provider of creative tools for musicians and a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), announced some days ago at NAMM convention the availability for download within the first quarter of 2008 of Torq 1.5 DJ software.
The press release from M-Audio announces new features in Torq 1.5 version, including Tempo Anchors, Tempo Master, zplane elastique time stretching, send/receive MIDI clock, a new toolbar and a variety of workflow enhancements.
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Popularity: 72%

Ein weiteres kostenloses Plugin in vst Format für Windows ist zum download auf der “de la Mancha” Seite verfügbar. Von Synthedit entwickelt eignet sich dieses Plugin hauptsächlich für Produzenten von elektronischer Musik. Subatomic (sub-bass drum synth) generiert eine reine Sinus-Form und ermöglicht somit den typischen Klang eines sub-Basses oder einer sub-Box (in 808 style) zu reproduzieren. …click here to read more →

Popularity: unranked

A free plugin in vst format for Windows, useful for sure for whom interested in electronic music production, developed with Synthedit and available for download fro de la Mancha.
Subatomic (sub-bass drum synth) generates a pure sinusoidal wave and allow to easily obtain the tipical sound of a deep bass - or sub kick like a roland 808.
Just be sure to play this vst instrument in the right low octave, or what you will obtain will be more similara to a bell than a wrecking bass.
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Popularity: 85%

Musicrow, a company that specializes in the development of professional VST instruments, effects, and top quality ensembles for the NI Reaktor platform and is committed to the accurate recreation of analog vintage sound, releases a vst preamp plugin (Preamp Emulator) as a free download for Windows.
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Popularity: 50%