Audiomodern

Amazing piece of software - works perfect on my Linux OS. Much fun, and a lot of fantastic libraries for a very nice price ! I'm a fan :)).

The quality of sound is pretty good however the application is very buggy. Doesn't do much without buying sound packs and they're very expensive with few presets. The samples are in proprietary format so while they say fully unlocked, they're only unlocked for their own instrument, that makes no sense to me. Much better to go with something like Kontact. Very disappointed.

Chordjam is a creative go to for anyone who needs an expressive tool to Aid in the process of getting past Beat Block. And KVR is a staple for the plugin community.

I like it very much. I wish it had a little more edge to it. I will be researching different ways to use it. Thanks KVR.

One of the more interesting step filters I've used. The interface is nice to look at and generally intuitive. The randomize function ("Random Dice") is fun. Saving and loading patches is a little clunky.

Now, here's something different - a product that the company doesn't try to oversell in their ads. From a cursory glance at Riffer's ads, I got the impression that it was basically a one trick pony, a simple product that producers MIDI riffs for your productions, and nothing more. I couldn't have been more wrong. As arpeggiators go, Riffer is at the top of its class. Going beyond the typical rate/scale/direction/gate/velocity/swing (called Shuffle here) of other arpeggiators, this one offers a whole lot more with things such as glitch/ratcheting (called Density here), tie and sustain (probably the first place I've ever seen this), 64 step sequencer, perpetual random sequence of every loop, and the creme de la creme - 57 scales in any key you choose, from the ordinary (chromatic, major, minor, etc) to the exotic (Arabian A & B, Hungarian Gypsy, Prometheus, Chinese, etc), plus you can save your own. All of these features propels Riffer to the top of the arpeggiating class. Also, and I'm not sure its because its a VST3, but it doesn't freeze Cubase 12 like other VST2 arpeggiators when I try to run two or more instances. Riffer is definitely a keeper.

AudioModern is turning out to be one of my favourite plugin manufacturers this year, and that's partially because they have three superb plugins they give away for free - Panflow, Gatelab and Filterstep. I've also dabbled a bit with their Riffer but my main drum tool, Playbeat, is what gets the most workout on my computer. That said, I was eager to give Panflow a spin as soon as they offered it.

You'd think that Panflow, being free, would be a grossly limited product. Nope. It's as full-featured and CPU-friendly as if it cost a lot. And it works well, too. Random controllable panning really gives life to static elements like pads, high hats and percussion. I've also used it for plucks to either give them width or timed-panning in the stereo field, and it comes in handy across synths with arpeggiators that lack panning modulation like GR-8 and Proclethya. To randomize these synths volume, Gatelab does the trick. I wouldn't be surprised if AudioModern combines all three free effects into one package. It'll be worth it.

This is a very versatile chord progression generator plug-in. It's very easy to understand. It allows control over all the parameters I wanted. I don't think it's really machine learning or AI. It's really just randomization. But it lets you pick the characteristics you want to randomize.

The price is right.

I joke that it's got Keith Jarrett in a bottle.