Freebie Friday: March 2023 Audio Roundup

Tune in and turn up the volume on this March 2023’s awesome freebie audio finds. This month we’re featuring music-making goodies from Native Instruments, Steven Slate, Audiolatry, and GPU Audio.

Native Instruments Komplete Start

Komplete Start is a free bundle of 2,000 studio-quality sounds, including drums, percussion, bass, guitar, and more. It also includes Kontakt 7 Player, used to play Native Instruments and other third-party instruments. 6 GB of goodies in total.

It’s worth mentioning, this month, Get Free NKS Extras with a Native Instruments Komplete Purchase. Get amazing extra gifts from Artistry Audio, Wide Blue Sound, and Strezov Sampling with a Native Instruments KOMPLETE bundle purchase.

Requirements:

macOS 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, or 10.15 (latest update)
Windows 7, 8, 10 (64-bit, latest Service Pack)
Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)

2 GB free disk space (7 GB for complete installation)
Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher

Steven Slate Drums – SSD 5.5 Free

Download the SSD 5.5 demo, a fully-featured virtual drum instrument. It comes with some cool kit presets, “Deluxe 2 Free”, “Hugo”, & “Dry n’ Tight”. Watch below, where Steven Slate talks more about what’s in this kit. This freebie is part of the Steven Slate Drums 5.5.

To download the free kit, you’ll need to sign up for an account at StevenSlateAudio.com, and fill in some details. If you already have an account there, you can log in and add it to your downloads.

Supported OS: macOS and Windows
Format: 64-bit AAX, VST, AU supporting DAW
Licensing: Machine ID or iLok dongle

Audiolatry Retromania Lite

If you’re as big of a fan of 80s synth pop as I am, then you’ll love Retromania Lite. It comes with 12 vintage synth sounds, so you can compose your own John Hughes tribute or Stranger Things-style soundtrack! I could see this being used in some really sweet retro hip-hop loops.

Supported OS: macOS and Windows
Format: 64-bit VST/VST3/AU

This is from Gumroad so be sure to use the coupon code FREE in the checkout.

GPU Audio Beta Suite: Space & Time Bundle

GPU Audio Space & Time Bundle beta includes three standalone classic time-based effects – the original FIR Convolver, the powerful and flexible FIReVerb, and a Delay module with a wide range of time manipulations.

Supported OS: macOS and Windows
FREE early access support for Apple M1 & M2 devices with the FIR Convolver plugin.

If you want this bundle, sign up after clicking the button below.