Resources
Digital resources for musicians and artists. please consider adding to our resources page in the form below. New additions can take up to 30 days to be uploaded.
Music/Sound Production
DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations)
Reaper (Free)
Reaper is a professional-grade DAW with a generous free trial—officially 60 days, but as far as we know, the software continues to work afterward with reminders to purchase a license. It’s a lightweight yet powerful option perfect for getting started.
Ableton Live Intro (Paid)
Ableton Live is our team's fave DAW due to its creative and intuitive workflow. It’s great for both production and live performance, and offers a 30-day free trial. After that, you can purchase the Intro version or pay in instalments.
Plugins
Reverbs
Limiters
Instruments
Spitfire LABS (Free)
BBC Symphony Orchestra (Free)
Surge XT (Free)
Samples
r/Drumkits (a reddit thread of loads of free drum samples)
Visual Arts
DaVinci Resolve (Free)
DaVinci Resolve is an incredible, fully-featured video editing suite that’s free to use. You can even use it for photo editing by importing individual images as frames and exporting them as JPG or PNG. It’s a great alternative to expensive tools like Adobe Photoshop or Premiere.
Blender (Free)
Blender is a free, open-source 3D modeling and animation software. Fun fact: we made our resources logo using Blender!
Unity (Free)
Unity is a free software that you can create games, animations and immersive experiences. It’s got a bit of a steep learning curve because of all of its features but is a great software to learn to create digital worlds and experimental creative projects.
TOUCHDESIGNER (Free)
TOUCHDESIGNER is a software used to create moving image visuals, used quite often for live visuals at events.