Graveyard

The stone wall before you reads: “Free Instrument Memorial.” Beneath it is carved a list of names, some with brief epithets, each belonging to a free instrument that disappeared from the net one day without a trace. It was no use putting them in the cemetery. They left nothing to bury.

In loving memory:

• Clara’s Vocal
• Faycel Sounds
• Hephaestus Sounds freebies (except for the Oboe and Hang which live on at LootAudio)
• Imagik Sound Chalumeau
• Impact Soundworks Trial Pack
• Northern Scoring Tools freebies (Solo Viola – Lite, Room Toms). Superseded by the aptly named Fracture Sounds.
• Performance Samples freebies (Solo Legato Violin, River Harp, …)
• Quique Prieto’s Congas Acusticas
• Rhea Hosanny Legato Viola LITE. You still live in my Pulse account.
• Synth Magic freebies that just vanished ig?

Oh! Underneath the names, it says, “Shoutout to the Wayback Machine, who has blocked my number.”

Across from the memorial wall is a bulletin board with more names under the heading, “Instruments That Went Premium.” They are like, total sellouts.

• Jon Griffin’s Marimbula, which now retails for an entire dollar. Ditto Blonde Claves. Capitalism must be stopped.
• Junk Spider Junk Guitar