Moog’s vacation promos this 12 months embrace a very good perk: a freebie. The synthesizer pioneer has released a free new MF-109S Saturator add-on (proven above) for all Moogerfooger Effects Plugins customers. As the title implies, the plugin provides you extra management over the enter drive circuit to supply something from analog saturation by to clean compression. It additionally replicates the noise generator circuit of the Minimoog Model D, with management by a switchable filter sort.

You’ll must personal Moogerfooger Effects Plugins to get the MF-109S, however the pack is on sale for $149 (usually $249) as of this writing. It works with widespread plugin codecs like AudioUnits, ProTools AAX and VST3 on Macs and Windows PCs.

And don’t fret when you’d fairly purchase full-fledged inventive software program — Moog has offers there, too. The firm is as soon as once more providing 50 % off its iOS and Mac software program, together with the Animoog Z wavetable synthesis app ($15 to unlock), Minimoog Model D ($15) and Model 15 (also $15). This is not the primary time Moog has run a sale on its apps this 12 months, however you won’t thoughts when you’re hoping so as to add basic synth sounds to your musical repertoire.

It could also be value investing within the Moogerfooger results set even when the bonus is not a draw. We had been impressed with the plugins after we tried them in October. You can produce delicate outcomes if you’d like, however they’re at their greatest while you enterprise to the stranger facet — even a primary observe can stand out with the best tweaks. They’re treats for musicians who revere analog synthesis however haven’t got 1000’s of {dollars} to spend on classic {hardware}.