

This pair of free percussion synths from German developer Synsonic focus entirely on just one drum sound: the kick. Native Instruments Urban Beats (opens in new tab) A factor worth bearing in mind if you’re on or considering a new system. One important thing to note: MiniSpillage is Mac only and, like several tools in this roundup, doesn’t seem to work with Apple’s new M1 hardware. Filters and an onboard distortion let users sculpt the tone of each drum further, too. The kick can do punchy hits and deeper bass sounds, hats can be noisy and complex, and the wood drum can create a nice variety of perc sounds.Įach generator is equipped with an LFO and envelopes to help add shape and movement. The plugin is a trimmed-down version of the paid-for DrumSpillage, making use of the same impressive sound engine but paring things back to just three generators - kick, hat and wood drum.ĭespite the limited sound engine, there’s more sonic scope than you might think from these three tools. Watch them at the Learn Live or Learn Push pages.MiniSpillage has been around a few years now, but remains one of the handiest freeware drum synthesizers going.

Learn Live and PushĪlongside the new release we've updated our series of video tutorials that show how to use some of the key features of Live and Push. If you don’t have autoupdate activated in Live, you can download from your account page. For those with auto-update still enabled, it’ll download next time you open Live. Live 9.7 is free for all owners of Live 9 Lite, Intro, Standard & Suite. They also work with the first Push – for full details of the new features, c heck out the release notes.

Powered by Simpler, the new slicing functions can be used in all editions of Live 9. Plus you can now route audio or MIDI right from the unit, alongside other features.įind out more and watch the feature demos Features for Push 1 and Live 9 The latest free update for Live 9 users brings more sample slicing options, a new drum layout and on-screen display improvements to the hardware. New sampling features and workflows mean making beats is better than ever, and even more is possible without taking your hands off Push.

Packed with improvements for Push, Live 9.7 is here.
