The Good Free Effect Plug-in Thread

[alex zonder]

Well Jeroen Breebaart did it again. He added the excellent Omniverb plugin to his impressive free collection:
http://www.jeroenbreebaart.com/audio_vst.htm

Omniverb is a reverberation plugin with separate control of the reverberation time, echo density, room size, and early reflections. It can also be used as a gated reverb.

The incredibly low CPU usage is amazing for this kind of plug. And the sound is great.

[alex zonder]

Audio designer/engineer Jez Wells published some interesting free FX: http://www.jezwells.org/

One of them is Shapee, a sound morpher. Shapee let's you combine the sound of the two wave files, say the pitch of wave A with the formant of wave B. It creates a mono output from a seperated left (wave A) and right (wave B) stereo input.

In REAPER it's easy to set up a small track template for shapee.
Track 1: wave A (& StereoTools FX, select mute left or right)
Track 2: wave B (& StereoTools FX, select mute right or left)
Track 3 (SOLO): Shapee FX (routing: receive from track 1 and 2)

StereoTools (a useful VST on its own): http://www.kellyindustries.com/stereo_tools.html

[cAPSLOCK]

At a quick listen this plugin seems to actually sound pretty good:

Dream Vortex Leveling Amp

http://www.dreamvortexstudio.co.uk/8103/

the reason I say "actually sound pretty good" is just that I have tried a few plugins that try to do LA2ish compression with few that are satisfying. This one SEEMS to work pretty well... what do you guys think?

-Edit- Used it some more... It can kinda get sort of pumpy faster than say the UA LA2A, but for milder settings i still like the sound.

[alex zonder]

I just tried out the (in)famous Modern Plugins by Antress for the first time. He's a guy from Taiwan, and 'Made in Taiwan' will pretty much tell you that the thing is a cheap copy of a western product... so are some of Antress GUI's. And while in some heated discussions at KVR some guys tried to make fun of these plugins by saying that their actual sound is a parody of the originals, I think these plugins are sounding pretty if not totally amazing for free stuff...

It wouldn't surprise me if it turned out that Antress actually used the coding of rather expensive stuff to create his 'own' plugins... I might be wrong, but for the moment I'd say that these plugins are among THE Must Have 'Good Free Effects' out there...

Use a good EQ to treat some high frequencies hisses that might occur...

http://antress.myweb.hinet.net/

No doubt mentioned before here, and AFAIK loathed by our good man jens, but hey! what a compressors and sounds (and no, I'm not deafened by those GUI's :) )

http://antress.myweb.hinet.net/Modern/MCS-1.jpg

http://antress.myweb.hinet.net/Modern/VPME.jpg

[sebas777]

Shhhh... don't give out the secret ;)

Yes, these Antress plugins have lots of character (the compressors, the levelers, actually there is no bad plugin in the bundle - even though they are sometimes far from the "emulated" model). For non-critical tracks they may be just the magic ingredient. And let people talk :).

And wouldn't we all love a ReaComp with an Antress GUI (or better, made by White Tie)? 8).

[beatbybit]

alex,

thanks for the tip!
i like'em.

i just quckly tryied Antress' plugins, i think my fav. is the Fairchild. (i've only run thru the vintage series.)

but the 1176 is not doing its job, imo. nor has a character.

[sebas777]

The Fairchild (very good!), the VP-ME (for aggressive, dance-oriented sound), the Manley (a "one trick pony"), the analoger, and the modern plugins (these compressors sound very good!).

1176 and LA2A are much different from the hardware and their saturation is less than stellar. I like the 1176 on some tracks, even though it's not UAD or Bomb Factory at all :).

Btw the Leveling Amplifier by Martin Best rox ! It's fast, quite transparent, clean and very musical. And looks great !

[beatbybit]

The Fairchild (very good!), the VP-ME (for aggressive, dance-oriented sound), the Manley (a "one trick pony"), the analoger, and the modern plugins (these compressors sound very good!).

1176 and LA2A are much different from the hardware


at least it differs from my 2-1176..


Btw the Leveling Amplifier by Martin Best rox ! It's fast, quite transparent, clean and very musical. And looks great !

yes, thanks for that, cAPSLOCK!

[alex zonder]

Well Jeroen Breebaart did it again.

And again... Barricade is a great brickwall limiter. Recommended, just as any Breebaart plug!

http://home.versatel.nl/breebaar/downloads/barricade/barricade.jpg

http://www.jeroenbreebaart.com/audio_vst.htm

[alex zonder]

A lot of very handy MIDI plugins:

http://www.dehaupt.com/SynthEdit/DH_BasicModulePak.htm

Here's a VSTi/GUI wrapper for Haupt's MidiMunger:
http://device.arcanedevice.com/?misc

http://web.aanet.com.au/stk/img/arcdev/arcdev_dh_midimunger.png

[sinkmusic]

A lot of very handy MIDI plugins:

http://www.dehaupt.com/SynthEdit/DH_BasicModulePak.htm

Dave Haupt is not famous, but i think he is in fact known from most of us Sytnhedit users, as he made a big bunch of synthedit modules, used in many SE plugins... ;)

[alex zonder]

Dave Haupt IS famous, sink. :)

Something else. Brian Eno assisted Bowie in writing songs for Lodger by arbitrarily selecting chords written on some school board. The band would simply follow the schoolmaster. :) With some striking results, such as 'Repetition'.

Here's a nicely made plugin for song writing experiments in that same fashion:
http://www.mucoder.net/tonespace/

It's all about chords and scales.

[sinkmusic]

The skilled man who did Electri-Q has released a VERY low on cpu 7bands plugin (even lower cpu than the beloved reaeq) :
noname eq :
http://www.savioursofsoul.de/Christian/VST/NonameEQ.zip

http://stashbox.org/24936/noname-eq.jpg


... and also IIeq, which is free, and recently had a new nice gui :
http://www.ddmf.eu/

http://www.ddmf.eu/IIEQalt.jpg

[Art Evans]

I thought that IIeq interface was just an illustration until I tried it and... yup, that's the interface!

[sinkmusic]

ah ah
I like that sketchy look (a lot more than the classic metal brushed) :)
But if you prefer more conventionnal stuff, the plugin is available with 2 gui ;)

NoName eq is not "just another" eq : it has many filter types on the 7 bands, curve display, and never exceeds 0.7% cpu on my machine...

[Art Evans]

I downloaded the "NoName" eq last night and now see that it's been significantly upgraded with the display since then - yup, this one's a real cracker!

[Mike1]

Many thanks Alex! You give me very necessary information!

http://www.kellyindustries.com/stereo_tools.html

Thanks thanks thanks!

Michael.

[MikeLacey]

this is such a cool thread :-)

very useful to know what others have found useful, thanks guys

[tonazza]

hey guys, this thread rocks!!
I have found a simple but effective freeware VSTi soundfont player

http://www.rgcaudio.com/sfz.htm

they also have a few other freeware plugins!

[alex zonder]

I'd get the updated Antress plugins pack (and the updates really make a difference) before the climate changes too drastically:

http://antress.myweb.hinet.net/

edit / FWIW even KVR's critical compressor guru bmanic is clearly very impressed:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=187749&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

[alex zonder]

Not your everyday new free tube guitar preamp, by Nick Crow, in this KVR thread that'll lead you to some useful cabinet impulses as well:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=190357

[jamester]

No doubt mentioned before here, and AFAIK loathed by our good man jens, but hey! what a compressors and sounds (and no, I'm not deafened by those GUI's :) )

That's funny, cuz that's exactly how I felt about them when I tried them (granted it was some time ago, I see they've been updated more than once since then).

At the time, I felt like many people were "listening with their eyes", because their sounds did not impress me at all, yet they were being raved about on numerous forums.

Regardless, I applaud anyone who works hard at providing good products at affordable prices (and what's more affordable than free?). Power to the people! One of the same reasons I was drawn to reaper...

[Jason Brian Merrill]

the modernplugins crashed reaper here. i hope they aren't any good! : ^ p

now they are

[Jason Brian Merrill]

let me chienme in by saying that dblue glitch is the bedatyt plugin eeerty...

d
i f you master it it will t reat you well i am sure so i am printing athe amanaual.

[steadyrev]

The old url gives a 404

Try for Antress Modern Plugins at:

http://www.modernplugins.in-tw.com/

now at v2.70

[StudioDave]

... now I imagine you playing the Casio in REAPER while waiting for an Anton Webern quartet to begin...

I can't find a link for the VL1 on its homepage. Any alternative download site ?

Updated: Never mind, I found it. I wondered what that Download button was for...

And I have to ask: Are you a Willie McTell fan or do you just admire his picture ? :)

Now I return to listening to the Webern quartets...

[winbe]

hey guys, this thread rocks!!
I have found a simple but effective freeware VSTi soundfont player

http://www.rgcaudio.com/sfz.htm

they also have a few other freeware plugins!

Never heard of sfz :)
Just joking, to be honest, I don't know any other free Vsti soundfont player that works. Only problem: I always add a +12DB gain as the ouput is sooo quiet !!

[JasonTheron]

This is definitely the best I've ever used for cello, violin, viola, contrabass.
Even does whole orchestra sections.
It's called DSK Strings.

CAUTION: It's CPU intensive.

There's some other good ones here too:
http://rekkerd.org/dsk-vsti

[drramone]

I just got rid of all my cracked software and am redoing old projects with all free plugins...I feel so clean :D

[brother snag]

This is a great thread, you can spend a lifetime sifting through these freebies!

I found this one:

http://www.christiankleine.com/

Where he creates something called pluggos!

Forgive me if i'm a bit of a dunce but what are Pluggos...and how do i use them?

I really like this artist and would like to try out his plugins.

cheers
Brother Snag

[sinkmusic]

ah ! C Kleine, from Hermann & Kleine (Morr music). He nows works for Ableton.
I have some EP he released some years ago, i like it.

Pluggo is a bit like a plugin format (in fact it is a tool for creating plugins, which needs pluggo runtime engine to run, a bit like Reaktor).
There are many nice free pluggo plugins (but you need to install the pluggo runtime engine first).
But these ones are for mac only ("Here are some Plug-ins for your own convenience all for OS X (UB) and Pluggo. ").

But here you'll find several free pluggo plugins, and by googling around, you'll find dozens of them ;)
http://cycling74.com/products/plugins

Cheers

[jamester]

Yes the Pluggo concept is quite cool, and I can't wait to see how it gets incorporated into Live. Have to wait till the next version of Live, unfortunately...

[brother snag]

Thanks Sinkmusic for the tip, i'm downloading the RE at the moment...hopefully that should sort out the pluggo problem.

I think I bought the same Christian Kleine EP as you...although he's been a bit quite lately.

In the meantime i've been trying out the delamancha plugins

http://www.delamancha.co.uk

recommended a couple of threads ago...they are great! Totally lo-fi in all aspects. Exactly what I have been looking for.

[sinkmusic]

You're welcome.
You have the same EP than me, and i have the same MS-20 with Phil Rees box as you ;)
Glad you like the DLM plugs : they rock !

[brother snag]

It is my prize possession...picked it up in london (1995) via Loot (a free ads paper) for £150 plus a small Gem synth for £100...a very good day.

got the CK pluggos to work, they are pretty twisted, not sure how they all work but it has definitely opened the door into a new world of noise creation. Shame i can only use them on my old G4 lap so i haven't been able to try it out with Reaper.

[Leitmotif]

Some of my favourites (might have already been mentioned)...

VOXENGO BOOGEX
Great guitar amp sim. Supports external impulse files for the cab emulation. 64bit processing! (Amplitube is only 32bit).
http://www.voxengo.com

VOXENGO SPAN
Spectrum analyser. Indespensible tool for mastering.
http://www.voxengo.com

VOXENGO TUBE AMP
Does exactly what it says on the tin... and does it *well*. There's a lot of very expensive plugins that do nothing more than what this does and a lot of them aren't even as good.
http://www.voxengo.com

VOXENGO STEREO TOUCH
Widens mono tracks into psuedo stereo. Got a mono synth sound you want to widen? Like all Voxengo plugs it's 64bit.
http://www.voxengo.com

VOXENGO OLD SKOOL VERB
Reverb... "old skool" style. Nothing terribly special, but it does sound great on lead guitars, rock vocals, etc.
http://www.voxengo.com

KJAERHUS CLASSIC SERIES
Shame they're only 32bit. Be warned, these could potentially make Reaper's 64bit processing fruitless. But they're cool. The reverb sounds great. I wouldn't recommend the "Master Limiter" for mastering, but it's quite useful for tracks. Just remember it's 32bit and will say goodbye to your 64bit processing up to that point.
http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/classic-series.php

SILVERSPIKE RUBY TUBE
Another pretty good tube driver. Like the limiter option, it makes it like a good saturator (a little bit like a Fairchild 670 or the LA-2A). It's 32bit, so it'll render Reaper's 64bit processing pointless. But it's still cool.
http://www.silverspike.com/?Products:RubyTube

SILVERSPIKE ROOM MACHINE 844
Room modeler. Not a reverb, it gives great reflections minus the tails. A little "dead" by reverb standards, and not great for drums since you get strage copies of the hats appearing, but good for vocals. Again, it's 32bit, so use it wisely. Put it on a send bus. That way, your original vocal track (or whatever) remains 64bit.
http://www.silverspike.com/?Products:RoomMachine_844

DAKRWARE FX AND SYNTHS
Darkware. Where to begin? I can sum up Jack Dark's Darkware effects and synths as... crazy freakin' hentai-skinned barbaric dementia. :) Great for when you want to make people feel ill. Don't get me wrong; they have their uses. I love Syntendo. If you don't like cartoon nudity, you won't like some of the GUIs. And if you don't like frank colloquial expletives, better not look at Jack Dark's site at all. Or grow up, get a sense of humour, then look at it :)
http://www.jackdark.net/darkware.html


Just a few of the free plugs I like to use sometimes. I use Voxengo plugins (free and commercial) a lot. I absolutely swear by Voxengo plugs! Awesome through-and-through.

So many plugins do what they say on the tin and nothing more. Voxengo plugs have what you could call "character". It's like having a rack of vintage analogue gear. You could try three examples of the exact same analogue compressor and get slightly different characters -- same with guitar amps and anything that involves a tube/valve. Most Voxengo plugs have a selection of tube processing modes to choose from to get different characters. That's why I love Voxengo plugs.

Just a little rant about Voxengo. Try them! They're worth the money. :) Even the free ones are an insult to be free.

[Art Evans]

Just remember it's 32bit and will say goodbye to your 64bit processing up to that point.If the point of 64 bits (or even 32) is to give you huge amounts of headroom during processing, and the point of a hard limiter is to chop everything above full scale off, then does it matter that you've lost the difference between 64 bit and 32 bit, when by definition you won't be using that headroom anyway after the limiter?

[Kainer]

My problem is that Reaper crashes with nearly the half of the plugins i use. all freeware. that sucks.
Pos1 button causes crash, fx-change causes crash, set loop causes crash.... and so on.

i save every minute cause it crashes nearly every 5 minutes. i go back to logic and try Reaper in a few weeks again.

[pattonfreak1]

These are all my faves.
They find their way into everything:
MonstaChorus (http://www.betabugsaudio.com/dl.php?id=7)
Togu Audio Line (http://kunz.corrupt.ch/) (excellent phaser, flanger, and preamp)
Dirthead (http://www.ndzeit.org/guitar/dirthead.html) THE BEST FREE AMP SIM EVER!
Antress pulgins (http://www.modernplugins.in-tw.com/) These are good for your mix/master (honorable mention to TbT (http://www.tinbrooketales.com/archive/archive.htm))
Elogoxa's Xcita (http://www.uv.es/~ruizcan/p_vst.htm) is a great low/high freq enhancer
And finally the one effect on ALL my vocals:
Camel Crusher (http://www.camelaudio.com/camelcrusher.php)

[Billoon]

If the point of 64 bits (or even 32) is to give you huge amounts of headroom during processing,...


For me, headroom isnt the issue as i keep everything below 0db as a habit...the advantage is the extra precision that 64bit gives, which gets lost when you introduce a 32bit plugin into the signal path.

[Billoon]

Like all Voxengo plugs it's 64bit.

Just to clarify this...they use 64bit internal processing but only 32bit i/o. So you still lose the 64bit signal using these plugs, if thats of any concern to you.

You can use Schwas Bitter plug to take a look at what youre getting if youre interested.

[xxavengeatticaxx]

This is a cool one

http://www.soniccharge.com/products

Sonic Charge µTonic (pronounced "MicroTonic") is a VST / AU plug-in for Windows and Mac featuring a unique drum and percussion synthesizer combined with a pattern based drum-machine engine.

You can use µTonic as a sound module to play drum sounds from your MIDI keyboard or sequencer, or you can use the built-in pattern engine to play drum patterns in sync with your sequencer. The sound of µTonic is 100% synthetic and rendered in real-time. No samples or pre-rendered waveforms are used.

[LOSER]

Just to clarify this...they use 64bit internal processing but only 32bit i/o. So you still lose the 64bit signal using these plugs, if thats of any concern to you.

You can use Schwas Bitter plug to take a look at what youre getting if youre interested.

Bitter doesn't display 64bit float vs 32bit float, or does it? It only displays wether you are in the integer domain and how low you are there, no?

[Billoon]

Bitter doesn't display 64bit float vs 32bit float, or does it? It only displays wether you are in the integer domain and how low you are there, no?

I just meant its easy to see what youre getting out of a plug using Bitter...take a look.

After a 32bit plug...

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/750/32sp2.png (http://imageshack.us)


...and after a 64bit plug.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6060/64zz0.png (http://imageshack.us)

[schwa]

Bitter doesn't display 64bit float vs 32bit float, or does it? It only displays wether you are in the integer domain and how low you are there, no?

Hi ... Bitter displays the information value in bits. If the signal is 24 bit integer, the lowest bar will be 24, if the signal is 32 bit float, the lowest bar will be 32, etc. So yes, it does tell you if a plugin is converting your 64-bit float signal into 32-bit float.

(By the way Bitter is a free plug-in, so this is still on-topic :) )

[S-N-S]

have been searching for nebula 3 the free version,but cant find it anywhere??

[LOSER]

Hi ... Bitter displays the information value in bits. If the signal is 24 bit integer, the lowest bar will be 24, if the signal is 32 bit float, the lowest bar will be 32, etc. So yes, it does tell you if a plugin is converting your 64-bit float signal into 32-bit float.

(By the way Bitter is a free plug-in, so this is still on-topic :) )

Woah, nice! So how does it do it? I mean I know it can be done somehow, but if I think about it it would be a hell of complicated, so there is a easy solution to it? Haha, anyway, really nice.

So but this means it would display 32 bit float the same way as 32 bit int, right? Would be nice to have a indicator for wether it is float or int.

[xxavengeatticaxx]

On the microTONIC, does anyone know how to make the robot voice when you first open it go away. It says "Please consider buying you copy of the microtonic." I cant actually test the product to see if i want to buy it untill that voice thing is gone. Ayone know how to fix it?

[jamester]

Last I checked MicroTonic wasn't free (which is what this thread is about). The way to get the robot voice to go away is to pay for it!

Be careful however, it doesn't work in Reaper for me and a few others. At least not the last time I checked...don't know if anything's been fixed since.

[xxavengeatticaxx]

on the soundcharge.com page, under downloads, it says it was free to all users.

i just wanted to try it out before i paid 90 bucks for it, just to see what it was capable of.

[mr. moon]

Hi ... Bitter displays the information value in bits. If the signal is 24 bit integer, the lowest bar will be 24, if the signal is 32 bit float, the lowest bar will be 32, etc. So yes, it does tell you if a plugin is converting your 64-bit float signal into 32-bit float.

(By the way Bitter is a free plug-in, so this is still on-topic :) )

I was under the impression from a post Justin made a while ago, that all files were converted internally by Reaper into 64-bit floats by default. Is this not correct?

If so, all files would show up as 64-bit, correct?

-mr moon

[schwa]

I was under the impression from a post Justin made a while ago, that all files were converted internally by Reaper into 64-bit floats by default. Is this not correct?

If so, all files would show up as 64-bit, correct?

Reaper handles everything internally at 64 bits, but if an input signal (from say a 24-bit A/D converter, or from a 32-bit VST) contains fewer than 64 bits of information, it will still show up in Bitter as a 24 or 32 bit signal, until meaningful processing is done by Reaper (by say moving a fader, or inserting a ReaPlug). Bitter shows the information value in bits, not the file or signal depth in bits.

Not to get too OT though, we could talk about it more over in this thread (http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14891) if anyone is overcome by morbid curiosity.

[hamish]

Hi, this reply is mainly to pattonfreak1 for the link to 'dirthead' . I've been keeping my eye on this thread for a while now and as a professional gtr amp sim user (gtr tutor) I've had massive use of tubebaby, but gave up on him (nikko) doing an update as I checked his site for over a year for nothing. If 'dirthead' really does blow tubebaby away then it should be good to see. BTW re bitter I noticed that with 24 bit integer there is a full width base line, wheareas with 32 and 64 float signals there is that pointy egg? shaped metering?? Anyhow an essential free plug for sure.

While I'm here I'll share my 2-3 year amp sim experience. Started with Cakewalk FX amp sim, (DX, rendered in cooledit 1.2 - no realtime driver). Progressed to realtime in logic, discovering tubebaby, which is highly recomended for newbie use. Aquiring more CPU power I was able to get good use out of Voxengo boogex. Boogex deserves special mention as it can import high quality impulses, not limited to amp cabinet, so it even can be used like SIR, with the advantage of latency compensation which SIR couldn't manage.

A great free substitute for a full featured amp sim + stomp box rig is freeamp2. If you have plenty of CPU it is a great interface and cool sounds. (I have some crackle problems when running 2 instances during lessons in REAPER on celeron 1.8 with 760 Mb ram)

I found the Juicy 77 recco in this thread and now use and recommend it myself (I like to start my braver students off with REAPER and boogex + freeamp2 as soon as they get their first ASIO driven audio interface)

While on free vs pay I think sims like boogex and juicy 77 blow away the payones I have seen. Even splitting your mono gtr wav with Kjaerhus Classic Chorus and bi-amping using two instances of tubebaby can get some fat results.

I messed about with demo of DX 'revalver' :(

Stick with free VST

Hamish

PS partial list of other ampsims I have used: (out of 5 *****)

Magix audio studio **
Cortex ***
G-suite (aka simulanalog) ***
G-amp Classic **
Green amp (or something, wurr audio) **
REAPER JS amp sim ** (even if it is 64 bit)
Stomp n FX DS **

[jhardin]

The developer of the T-Sledge Multiband compressor's site is gone, but I found a new place to download the free plug in...

http://rekkerd.org/sweetboy-vst/

[jhardin]

"Prodyspace is a new kind of 4d-Panner which has been designed to put Instruments within a mix to the front or to the back. To achieve this effect, the Prodyspace uses delay-modulation (kind of spatial processing), intelligent filtering and very short reverberation
Not only you can place sounds in the left or right within a mix, now it´s even possible to place them in the front or back of a mix. This allows easy working with all types of sound sources. The Prodyspace has been designed to make it easier working with instruments that are different to mix. Now, mixing Instruments is a breeze!"

Works very well, imo, for room simulation. Left in the back of the room there's your bassist freaking, far to his right the drummer is going nuts, the guitarist is moving to the front playing slide with a bottle of Smirnoff and to his left the singer is shouting to shut the fuck up -

http://www.prodyon.de/prodyspace.htm

... but it will also bring a string quartet to life :)

The Prodyspace download is gone???? It took some searching but here is a new download link. http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/8/31/195824/prodyspace.rar


John

[LOSER]

I think those aren't listed here yet: http://loser.asseca.com/ ;).

[pattonfreak1]

have been searching for nebula 3 the free version,but cant find it anywhere??

Here ya go (http://www.acusticaudio.net/modules.php?name=Products&file=nebula3free)

[S-N-S]

Here ya go (http://www.acusticaudio.net/modules.php?name=Products&file=nebula3free)


thanx really appreciate it

[hamish]

These are pretty useful, basic look and easy to use.

http://www.x-buz.com/BuzCompFree.html

[hamish]

This interface is fiddly but the unit is really good, like all this coders stuff

http://www.geocities.jp/webmaster_of_sss/vst/#lpgeq2

hamish

[hamish]

Please note the new download location for these plugs:

http://antress.myweb.hinet.net/

...also note that they are up to version 1.60 which includes presets and new effects!

-mr moon

It looks like you all made too much noise about antress, because his free site host is trying to cash in on his popularity, just blocking his page and putting up flash ads.....

[Alteregoxxx]

It looks like you all made too much noise about antress, because his free site host is trying to cash in on his popularity, just blocking his page and putting up flash ads.....

The new url is this
http://www.modernplugins.in-tw.com/
the last version of antress plugins is 3.25 and include a GML8200 simulation...but seems that the domain has temporarily been disabled...fortunately i had already downloaded them...

[mr. moon]

The new url is this
http://www.modernplugins.in-tw.com/
the last version of antress plugins is 3.25 and include a GML8200 simulation...but seems that the domain has temporarily been disabled...fortunately i had already downloaded them...

Here's a functioning one with 3.25 posted!

http://users2.titanichost.com/antress/download.html

-mr moon

[S-N-S]

Here's a functioning one with 3.25 posted!

http://users2.titanichost.com/antress/download.html

-mr moon


thanx really like these plug-ins

[hamish]

Yep that is a good link. Great work mr moon.

[daverich]

I haven't really found any magic freebies recently but I still use

Refined Audiometrics CLAS
BlockFish
Spitfish
Dominion (try this is you haven't got the UAD transient designer)

oh- and of course the wonderful Overtone EQ from voxengo- that thing is great and sounds incredible.


Kind regards

Dave Rich

[mr. moon]

Yep that is a good link. Great work mr moon.

No Problemo! I work in IT as my "real" job, so I'm used to digging up valid URLs for stuff! ;)

-mr moon

[hamish]

This thread is getting large these days, and I just found this great post back on page five

http://www.emptyseatsband.com/download.html

user efaithfarm has put a sick page with his favorite FX plugs, I found all my old favorites such as the mda series plus such exiting new stuff as the LUXONIX module.

thanks efaithfarm!

[hamish]

Tobias Fleischer, responsible for some of the sickest sounding VSTi's ever created also has made some amazingly useful stuff, I found this ages ago and I haven't really tested them yet in REAPER.

quote from his site
"DMOBag contains VST wrapper plugins for all
so-called DMOs (DirectX Media Objects) included
with DirectX9. You only need to have DX9 installed,
then you get two cool reverbs (one from Waves!),
chorus, flanger, gargle, EQ, distortion, compressor
and echo, all for free..."

http://www.tobybear.de/p_sourcebag.html

I have tried them as multi-channel and they do work. My favorite is the DMO I3DL2 Reverb.dll just copy it and rename it to DMO I3DL2 Reverb-Stereo.dll and it becomes stereo. Amazing.

[mschuster]

found this one over on the andy sneap forum. gave it a ride this morning... not too shabby...

signal modelling/saturation

http://rekkerd.org/bootsy-releases-tesslase-vst/

[pattonfreak1]

Just noticed that I dont think these guys have been mentioned yet:


Krakli Synths (http://www.krakli.co.uk/)- Simply astounding how many free synths are here (dont forget the archived ones!)
Odo synths (http://www.odosynths.com/)
B. Serrano synths (http://bserrano.free.fr/)-particularly Adonis (awesome)
HG fortune (http://www.hgf-synthesizer.de/)-STS 26 is just insane.
And finally, prolly my most favorite:
NOVAkill synths (http://www.novakill.com/killerz.htm)-
Numerous and POWERFUL.

[Lucian]

This thread is PRICELESS. I keep seeing hints online that someone
has made a VST of the Casio CZ-1000 line but I can't find it anywhere. anyone have any info as I loved my old one. If not, what's a good synth to use now days as there are so many to choose from.

[hamish]

Lucien, this thing is a great little freeware Casio CZ101. I don't know my Casio that well?

http://free-plugin-list.com/plugin.php?id=16

Have fun!

[Lucian]

Hi Hamish, thanks for the link! the download is broken but I found it here: http://www.algomusic.net/freeware.html

[krom8]

VisualVox VST(like autotune or v-vocal)
http://static.kvraudio.com/i/b/visualvox.gif
VisualVox VST is an intonation correction plugin.

With it you can:

* Shift notes of a voice recording to perfect intonation.
* Fit a voice recording into rhythm by stretching, cutting and moving parts of it.
* Fit a voice recording to another key with minimal pitch changes.
* Produce a perfect vibrato.
* Visualize how right or wrong you can sing.
* Create artificial polyphony from single voice recording.
* Design frequency curves freely with your mouse.
* Let the plugin improve intonation automatically.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2911.html

[zendar]

anyone got a working, non-chinese anstress link, and a nebula3 link that doesnt require registration?

[ieso]

anyone got a working, non-chinese anstress link, and a nebula3 link that doesnt require registration?

no kidding! that antress link thing is weird. one day it's plugins and the next it's investment tips from god in chinese

wtf?

[Mind Riot]

Holy crap, this thread freaking rules. I can't believe how much great stuff I've gotten out of here.

Looks like I missed the boat on the Antress stuff though. Each link I've followed in this thread redirects to the SSL website.

Oh well. Tons of great stuff for me to go play with. Actually, I think it'll take me quite some time to see which ones I like best. I've got like ten limiters, four compressors, ten EQs, three choruses, three delays, and about fifty reverb impulses to go try out. And that's not counting any of the included ReaFX, the Kjaerhus stuff, the Yohng limiter, or the SIR1011 reverb, all of which I already had.

Yikes. Brain fried. How can there be so much great free stuff out there? Why on earth do people still buy plugins with all this stuff floating around?

[uksnowy]

Why on earth do people still buy plugins with all this stuff floating around?

That is a very good question and one that I ask myself quite a lot. Some of the VSTis I have for free are as useable as others costing $100s. Mind boggling isn't it.

[DrJ]

here's the antress stuff:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f966ba3769643e4c0382d80f84f9f3cf951220f0 a987674a

[Mind Riot]

here's the antress stuff:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f966ba3769643e4c0382d80f84f9f3cf951220f0 a987674a

Thank you very much, good sir. Looks like I didn't miss the Antress boat after all. :)

[chinglnc]

hi guys,

is there any free pitch tuner vst and some really good electric guitar plug in??

the vocal in the recording doesnt sing in pitch and i just notice the bass was not in tuned as well!!!

please advice.

thanks.

[henge]

Gsnap does a decent job.

http://www.gvst.co.uk/gsnap.htm

[jaydottcomm]

I think ima add these to the selection
KarmaFX Dee-lay
Plugsound Free
Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst
mykrasound.com
BuzComp

[Bebop52]

Any orchestral composing type Reaper users tried the Synful Orchestra free 15 day demo? It's unclear on the site whether you can re-install the demo after the 15 days expires, but they say it allows installation if you have already installed previous demos. It sounds interesting - MP3 demos on the site seem remarkable considering this is not a sampled library, but a synthesiser that produces pretty realistic sounds and articulations from playing styles. Probably an orchestral purist would diss it, but to these untrained orchestral ears it sounds convincing enough for a lot of purposes. It's about £245uk to purchase, but I guess if you can produce something in 15 days or less, it qualifies for this thread on free plugins (check if the demo license covers commercial use if needed, of course).It's at http://www.synful.com/ Cheers

[livedead13]

hi guys,

is there any free pitch tuner vst and some really good electric guitar plug in??

the vocal in the recording doesnt sing in pitch and i just notice the bass was not in tuned as well!!!

please advice.

thanks.
you can pitch correct quite easily with reapers native pitch tools. but i would recommend just re-recording the tracks if they're out of tune.

and check out freeamp for a free guitar amp plugin.

[chinglnc]

you can pitch correct quite easily with reapers native pitch tools. but i would recommend just re-recording the tracks if they're out of tune.

and check out freeamp for a free guitar amp plugin.

cheers guys!!!

what plugin would be nice to use on a classical recording??
Other than using the convolution reverb?

[midiholic]

Anyone know of any good FREE Piano VST Instruments?
There's a million synths, just looking for a good sounding Piano

thanks

[chinglnc]

is there any good time stretch plugin??

I want to extend the "tail" of the strings...so that you could actually hear the beautiful convolution reverberation......

any idea?

[zappadave]

This is the best free synth I've found, its beta, but works fine in Reaper.
http://www.audjoo.com/Helix.html

[zappadave]

M drummer vst is a free download.
180mb download!
Got to be worth a try.
http://www.meldaproduction.com/mdrummer/download.php

[dumant]

Anyone know of any good FREE Piano VST Instruments?
There's a million synths, just looking for a good sounding Piano

thanks

Just 2 suggestions:
- on the "light" side, you can try Prova http://smatni.tripod.com/safwanmatnivstplugins/

- on the (very) heavy side, try the SynthFont VSTi (http://www.synthfont.com/) with the Maestro Concert Grand sample bank (available here: http://lesitedeburnie.free.fr/matshelgesson-maestro-en.html).

From the site: "So, the Maestro Concert Grand v2 is a big giga bank using 792 stereo samples of a concert piano, a Yamaha CF3, recorded with two Neumann KM84 microphones, disposed in X/Y, with 5 velocity layers, and weighs 932 MB ! The piano alone, without release samples, weighs 887 Mb and 440 samples. The release samples are 352 and weigh 45 MB. You can play with or without them."

You need SynthFont to play these samples (.gig format). It takes a few hours to download the library...

Using SynthFont (the VSTi version) in Reaper is not straightforward, because Reaper crashes when you close the VST window (if you have made any modifications to it - at least, this is what happens to me - and I don't know if the crash is a Reaper or a SynthFont problem). So, follow these steps:
- create a track
- save your project (remember, Reaper will crash...)
- open the effects window, choose synthfont
- select the sound bank
- close the effect window -> Reaper crashes...
- reopen your project, reopen the effects window, re-select SynthFont
- You're done ! If you open Synthfont, you'll see that the bank is still here. If you don't do any other modification, you can close the window, and Reaper won't crash this time.

Warning: SyntFont doesn't use disk streaming, which means that the entire sample set is loaded in memory. On an empty project, with just SynthFont and the sound bank, Reaper takes about 1Gb RAM. It is the price to pay for a really good free piano... This also means that Reaper will take some time to start.

Enjoy !

Bruno

[livedead13]

not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but:

Leftover Lasagne Pushtec 5+1A EQ (http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2761.html)

http://static.kvraudio.com/i/b/pushtec.jpg

[Sasu Honka]

Anyone know of any good FREE Piano VST Instruments?
There's a million synths, just looking for a good sounding Piano

thanks

I quite like the mdaPiano (http://www.pluginspot.com/English/frames.html)

It is very small PM effort that you can tweak to suit your playing style.

Very low CPU hit also.

[Diogenes]

not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but:

Leftover Lasagne Pushtec 5+1A EQ (http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2761.html)

http://static.kvraudio.com/i/b/pushtec.jpg

Oh yeah... PushTec... that one sees a lot of use here. Nice sounding plugin!

D

[jaydottcomm]

that M drummer looks like its worth a download..

[larrygates]

This thread is PRICELESS. I keep seeing hints online that someone
has made a VST of the Casio CZ-1000 line but I can't find it anywhere. anyone have any info as I loved my old one. If not, what's a good synth to use now days as there are so many to choose from.

Couldn't resist.

Vl-Tone Vl-1 (http://www.polyvalens.com/vl1/)

[ZERO]

Check out www.yellowtools.com for "Independence Free 2.0" It works perfectly inside REAPER.Limitations: Audio import is disabled. I have High Speed DSL & Downloading it & the 8 Sample Librarys still took some time (Slow), But it was worth it. Highly Recomend! Later......

[nym]

EXCELLENT collection of midi controlling vsts

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192282
direct download link => http://thepiz.org/xt/pizmidi20080203.zip

highly recommended, i put a couple of the particularly essential ones by default on all my midi tracks. i intend to make a panel w/ designated buttons to enable/bypass them at whim.

[ZERO]

www.tascam.com/products/gvi.html 100% Free VSTi & Standalone KAWAI 7'4" Grand Piano. 156 mb dwnload. Sounds great & runs very well inside REAPER.

[ZERO]

http://www.autodafe.net/dblog/storico.asp?s=Samples

Downloads:RAR file 185mb-includes wav & Halion patches
Also there is a download option for .sfz format (Have Not Tried That File Format, I run SF2 files inside VSTSynthFont.

You can use a file converter to convert G&S files to SF2 if thats your preference.

I have SoftDrum LTD 12 & 6 by Fretted Synth Audio & I import the wav files into it. Multi-Channel it out & its set.

G&S comes w/ a multitude of kit pieces at different velocitys and sounds stellar.

[Wilkesin]

Hope this hasnt been mentioned. Here is a free toy piano VST. The guy only asks you let him know how well it's working:

http://armanbohn.com/blog/?p=80

[technogremlin]

I'm cleaning out my VSTi folder to see what plugins will remain for use in Reaper, came acros this synth:

http://www.sitesled.com/members/bksl/thumb_INTRO.jpg

This is tmo one of the most incredible free synths around, just download it and listen to the presets. TIP: hold a chord a bit longer, there's all kinds of things happening ;)

Also, just start clicking on the interface (display values and such) as it is also completely incredible what functionality is hidden there.

Download: http://www.sitesled.com/members/bksl/

[Limeflavour]

NI ,ReFX and WWAYM synths are not free! and I don't think they never will be so this must be cracked warez. Someone should remove the link!

[hamish]

Correction I hope. ReFX have a mono synth called 'claw' that IS freeware.
http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/downloads.php/id/664/software/Claw/

Also WWAYM mono bass synth IS freeware.
http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/downloads.php/id/4337/software/NWBass/

NI I have never heard of doing any freeware.

A great site pick up most freeware FX and instruments is often www.dontcrack.com

Happy searching

[technogremlin]

NI I have never heard of doing any freeware.

Kore Player is free and comes with a some instruments. The addon-packs are buyware. You must activate Kore Player with a challenge-response system, but it IS free.

Haven't tried it yet myself, it's installed but the challenge-response thingy is fiddely because my DAW is not internetted.

[hamish]

That kind of stuff doesn't do those guys heaps of good methinks. I have a similar version of sampletank. Yuk-ware.

Thanks for you link to BKSynthlab, technogremlin that was news for me. I took the freebie "MEDDLE-II"
http://www.sitesled.com/members/bksl/MEDDLE.rar

[technogremlin]

Thanks for you link to BKSynthlab, technogremlin that was news for me. I took the freebie "MEDDLE-II"
http://www.sitesled.com/members/bksl/MEDDLE.rar

I have MEDDLE II also, but INTRO is the more impressive one tmo ;)

[Limeflavour]

The post before mine (is now removed) stated that NI FM7 and ReFX Vanguard was free and linked to a .ru site!

I know about the ReFX Claw, which is great but not supported by them anymore. Soon they will release the ReFX Scout, also freeware (keep an eye out for that one).

Another good but cpu hungry synth is Genesis (special version will soon appear in CM magazine) check it out at www.ummetozcan.com

These synths have probably been mentioned already:
Negspect Atlantis
GreenOak Crystal
Audjoo Helix
Nubi+ (very hard to find a working link)

[technogremlin]

Just a few weeks ago I sold my ESQ1 synth (among other things) as I'm moving into virtual synths completely now. I have many great VSTi synths that can fill the gap (Albino, Pro53, Tera, just to name a few). However, I stumbled upon a free VSTi emulation of the SQ80/ESQ1 and it sounds very close to the real deal. So I'm very happy to have this one as well ;)

http://itec.uka.de/~buchty/sq80/sq8l/SQ8L-v0.9b.jpg

The only real limitation is that it's 'only' eight voice polyphonic, but hey my ESQ1 was also eight voice poly.

For those that don't know the Ensoniq synths: they combine digital wavetable oscillators with analog filters. The result is a very versatile instrument that can do bright digital sounds close to DX7 and PPG stuff, as well as fat warm analog things (the ESQ1 bass sounds are earth-moving).

So if you are looking for a very versatile 'bread and butter' synth, or just a great sounding one to complement others, grab this one (before it dissapears, you never know).

It's here: http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/

[technogremlin]

Yet another very nice VA-synth:

http://static.kvraudio.com/i/b/daedalus.png

Sounds great and has a very usefull controller section (lower part of the screen). It has a nagscreen that you can click-away without delay and it only shows when loading the plugin, not when showing the GUI afterwards.

Get it here: http://www.northernbeat.com/nb-audio/

[hamish]

Hey technogremlin, how many 2 operator synths do we need? :)

BTW Did you notice the title of this thread 'The Good Free Effect Plug-in Thread' ;)

Yeah! I got Daedalus and ESQ1 Thanks, you're obviously a discerning free-ware loader...

[technogremlin]

Hey technogremlin, how many 2 operator synths do we need? :)
Well, there aren't that many free VA synths that sound realy good AND are good looking AND are easy to program (I think Deadalus has that all).

BTW Did you notice the title of this thread 'The Good Free Effect Plug-in Thread' ;)
You are right, I'll only post Fx from now on ;)

Yeah! I got Daedalus and ESQ1 Thanks, you're obviously a discerning free-ware loader...

Actually, I have a nice arsenal of LICENSED commercial stuff (dB-audio, almost everything from PSP, Albino, PPG-Wave, Virsyn Tera, Kontakt, Battery, Linplug RMIII, Pro53.... I can go on) but I realy like the fact that there is so many good free stuff around and I know not everyone can buy all these commercial stuff so I like to help out whenever I can :)

[pattonfreak1]

Well, I didnt see them on this list (shame) so here are direct links and descriptions to Bootsy's FREEware... I emphasize free because this guy could sell this stuff and make a fucking fortune. In other words for freeware, this stuff is really, REALLY good.
P.S.: The gui's are stunning:
(click the name for the link)
BootEQ (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/BootEQ_1.0.rar)- a musical sounding mixing EQ.
at a glance:
- four independent bands plus additional highpass filter
- special selected and musical sounding EQ curves and phase responses
- capable of reproducing several 'classic' curves
- well adjusted auto Q and versatile overlapping frequency ranges
- minimized curve warping at Nyquist frequency
- stepless selectable frequencies in low mid and high mid band
- adjustable HF shape
- level metering and output volume trim

Density (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/Density_1.0.rar)- smooth and versatile dynamics processing.
• smooth and versatile stereo dynamics processing
• flexible audio encoding and routing
• designed for glueing all things together
• few controls, flexible work
features:
• zero latency processing
• natural, smooth and unobtrusive coherent compression
• modelled transformer circuit
• modern and program dependend release curve
• seemless MS compression and blending
• phase consistent internal mixing
• special 'phat' mode for reduced compression artifacts
• sidechain filtering
• completely SSE optimized

TesslaSE (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/TesslaSE_1.1.rar)- modelling pleasant sounding 'electric effects' coming from transformer coupled tube circuits in a digital controlled fashion.
at a glance:
• transformer style signal saturation
• smooth transient polishing and increased RMS leveling
• subtle analog style signal colouration
• switchable sub bass enhancements
features:
• zero latency processing, low CPU usage
• harmonic enhancements without artefacts (aliasing)
• dynamic noise model
• proprietary signal processing and modelling algorithms implemented
• performance crucial parts are written in assembler, completely SSE optimized

Rescue (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/Rescue_Release_1.1.rar)-Rescue features decent gain and transient mechanics applied straight forward to m/s encoding. Some decent non-linear signal couloration is given as well.
For further features and overall handling please check the manual. Use the presets for inspiration but don't take them to serious - u will have to tweak your own like with EQ or Comp.

[pattonfreak1]

Here's a link to some rather hard to find EvM synths. Theyre hit or miss... Some like em, some dont. Personally I love them.
Particularly Occam SE and UltraSonique:
OccamSE (http://web.archive.org/web/20070306093733/http://www.evmsynths.com/free/evm_occam_se.zip)
EvM rare archive (http://www.gersic.com/plugins/hosted/EVM/)
Syncoder32, UltraSonique, and Bassline (http://evm.110mb.com/free.htm)

[pattonfreak1]

Liquidclear FX:
Fo glitchy/noisy production.
My fave is Transilient. Its like a tamer version of dBlue's Glitch vst:
http://www.liquidclear.net/lcvst.html

[technogremlin]

Here's a link to some rather hard to find EvM synths. Theyre hit or miss... Some like em, some dont. Personally I love them.

Yep, had them (and still have) in my arsenal for quite some time, some very useful stuff in there.

[chinglnc]

is there any good tempo stretching plug-in? which it does not change the pitch when the tempo is changing?

[labyrinth]

is there any good tempo stretching plug-in? which it does not change the pitch when the tempo is changing?

Yeah....the one in REAPER, elastique 2. It's incredible!

[chinglnc]

Yeah....the one in REAPER, elastique 2. It's incredible!

any other free vst other than reaper's one? I need to cross-use in a few different hosts.......

[plgrmsprgrs]

showed up only once in this entire thread (and only as a brief mention). Is this because everyone has tried them and found them less than interesting? Or, is it because most haven't yet run them through their paces? I'd be interested in hearing additional feedback on these 64-bit plugs, if there's any to be given.

Kyle

[plgrmsprgrs]

bump - hard to believe these have escaped scrutiny.

[parr]

I've made a search and I've not found these guys in the forum.
I've not tried them but look great. There is even a VST-Matlab connection!:

http://www.hoertechnik-audiologie.de/web/file/Forschung/Software.php#MatPlug


juan

[Art Evans]

Nice one! Excellent spectral and pan displays!

[livedead13]

anyone have a download link for 2RuleFilter? the website is down. thanks.

[mr. moon]

ANTRESS!!!

http://antress.webng.com/

Updated to version 3.35!!

Whoopee!!!!

:D


-mr moon

[livedead13]

Tal-Dub 2 is out (http://kunz.corrupt.ch/?Products:VST_TAL-DUB-II)

[Faderjockey]

ANTRESS!!!

http://antress.webng.com/

Updated to version 3.35!!

Whoopee!!!!

:D


-mr moon

Hey do these sound any better?
I tried them long ago and thought they look great and a few sounded okay. But I didn't think they were up there with UA or Waves or even the free plugs in Reaper.

But have you tried these newer ones? does it seem like they are less buggy or are they still spending more time on the looks?

[labyrinth]

Antress is just pretty looking crap! Just my opinion.

[zappadave]

EMU Proteus VX is now free.
http://www.emu.com/promo/proteusvx/

[labyrinth]

EMU Proteus VX is now free.
http://www.emu.com/promo/proteusvx/

Thank you...it is really quite nice.

[jakerock]

bump - hard to believe these have escaped scrutiny.

I have tried the compressors and delays and I wasnt really into the sound of them.

I like the plug that doesnt do anything!!!!
....I use the "GGain" plugin every day!

All it does is change the volume!

[zappadave]

Odo synths are now free
http://odosynths.com/

[technogremlin]

Odo synths are now free

I thought they always where free ? (or at least most of them).

[carbon]

Odo synths are now free
http://odosynths.com/

Not quite:


faq: why can't move any knob ?
question:you have to donate a little ;)


Or do they work after all?

[technogremlin]

OK, so some of them where/are free ;)

[Alteregoxxx]

Antress updated his plugs to version 3.84....
http://antress.webng.com/
i think that (at this release) all antress plugins are really good sounding plugs,especially VD-ME,VR-ME and VF-ME...i think these are awesome compressors....anybody share my toughts?

[edrod]

I apologize if these have been posted already

http://www.dskmusic.com/blog/?page_id=3

I really enjoy AkoustiK KeyZ

It sounds very good IMO

[pixeltarian]

I'm picky when it comes to plugins. I want it to have quality sound of course, but also a nice UI and something new to offer that similar plugins don't have or don't implement well. These are two very new compressor plugins that I found quite amazing:

new compressor from melda production:
http://www.meldaproduction.com/freevstplugins/mcompressor.php

audio damage's "rough rider":
http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/product.php?pid=ADF002


and be on the lookout for bootys epicverb plugin (reverb) I'm beta testing it at the moment and it is wonderful:
http://rekkerd.org/bootsy-announces-epicverb/

[hamish]

I'm picky when it comes to plugins. I want it to have quality sound of course, but also a nice UI and something new to offer that similar plugins don't have or don't implement well. These are two very new compressor plugins that I found quite amazing:

new compressor from melda production:
http://www.meldaproduction.com/freevstplugins/mcompressor.php

audio damage's "rough rider":
http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/product.php?pid=ADF002


and be on the lookout for bootys epicverb plugin (reverb) I'm beta testing it at the moment and it is wonderful:
http://rekkerd.org/bootsy-announces-epicverb/

thanks for telling us about meldaproduction pixeltarian, they look good. I'm just grabbing the free drum module MDrummer small. I noticed from the change log that they are testing/supporting Reaper...

[hamish]

EXCELLENT collection of midi controlling vsts

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192282
direct download link => http://thepiz.org/xt/pizmidi20080203.zip

highly recommended, i put a couple of the particularly essential ones by default on all my midi tracks. i intend to make a panel w/ designated buttons to enable/bypass them at whim.

Consider this is a bump. I was wanting to do this - 'midiInvertNotes - "Mirrors" notes centered around the selected note' in the midi editor and since then I've been using this collection more than the JS midi plugs, except the excellent 'midi humanize' which is much better than the new midi editor humanise action.

the full listing of plugs is as follows:

midi16CCRouter - Changes up to 16 CCs to 16 other CCs
midi2qwerty16 - Use midi to trigger fake keystrokes to the focused window (Windows/Linux only)
midiAudioToCC - Converts audio amplitude to CC messages
midiConverter2 - Change and convert between CC, Channel Pressure, Poly Aftertouch, Program Change, Pitch Bend, NRPN/RPN, and Note On/Off messages in various ways
midiChannelize - Transforms everything to the selected channel
midiChs_noGUI - Channel filter/changer like energyXT1.x "MIDI chs" component
midiForceToKey - Enforces a scale, and transposes within the scale (optionally based on midi notes on a selected channel)
midiForceToRange - Transposes by octave into the selected range
midiInvertNotes - "Mirrors" notes centered around the selected note
midiNotchFilter - Isolate, remove, or channelize specific midi messages
midiNotesToCC - Converts note number and velocity to CC messages
midiNoteToggle - Notes (optionally within a selected range and/or channel) are toggled: play a note once to turn it on, play it again to turn it off.
midiNRPNConverter - Converts between NRPN/RPN and CC messages, with 16 conversion slots
midiSimpleLFO - One CC LFO with some "simple" options
midiSostenuto - Like a piano sostenuto pedal, but for midi notes instead of piano dampers
midiVelocityScaler - Scale/reverse/offset velocity of input notes

Insert Piz Here has done some great work with these

[celfyn]

I need a good free VST drum plugin.
Apologies if there is already one posted but I've looked and can't find.
When I say good, what I mean is powerful, not the weak sounding 'psst' type snares that I've found so far.
The MS GS wavetable synth has a goodish drum kit but the latency makes it unusable, any ideas?

[Bebop52]

Loads of very good powerful free drums out there which blow away MS wavetable. Try the free Kore Player, the Mydrumset kits, and the excellent Addictive Drums free demo. Plus use SFZ soundfont player and download hundreds of free soundfont drum kits of every variety from dozens of sites on the net. THe latency on wavetable is because it is not driven by ASIO, it is not a VSTi, which all these other free instruments are. Cheers.

[labyrinth]

Another AWESOME low CPU usage Drum VSTi is the Yellow Tools Independence Free 2.0 (http://www.yellowtools.us/cp21/cms/index.php?id=842). This is REALLY GOOD.

[Bebop52]

Yes indeed, labyrinth, the Independence Free is definitely awesome:)

[zappsunzorn]

For the person who has everything, but the kitchen sink, for effects is the....

Kitchen Sync VST

http://www.delamancha.co.uk/freeware.htm

Bumping a good Thread

[BoxOfSnoo]

Another AWESOME low CPU usage Drum VSTi is the Yellow Tools Independence Free 2.0 (http://www.yellowtools.us/cp21/cms/index.php?id=842). This is REALLY GOOD.

This completely missed my notice, I was looking for something I could use for my new Trigger Finger on my Mac - it's ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

I can't think of words that emphasize enough how good this is. It's about 2.5GB of downloading and worth every byte.

[timandmonica]

I know this says free effects but since so many others added VSTi's as well I thought I'd add the post of 100 Free Drum Machines (and growing...)

http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=31764

[brainwreck]

Well, I didnt see them on this list (shame) so here are direct links and descriptions to Bootsy's FREEware... I emphasize free because this guy could sell this stuff and make a fucking fortune. In other words for freeware, this stuff is really, REALLY good.
P.S.: The gui's are stunning:
(click the name for the link)
BootEQ (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/BootEQ_1.0.rar)- a musical sounding mixing EQ.
at a glance:
- four independent bands plus additional highpass filter
- special selected and musical sounding EQ curves and phase responses
- capable of reproducing several 'classic' curves
- well adjusted auto Q and versatile overlapping frequency ranges
- minimized curve warping at Nyquist frequency
- stepless selectable frequencies in low mid and high mid band
- adjustable HF shape
- level metering and output volume trim

Density (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/Density_1.0.rar)- smooth and versatile dynamics processing.
• smooth and versatile stereo dynamics processing
• flexible audio encoding and routing
• designed for glueing all things together
• few controls, flexible work
features:
• zero latency processing
• natural, smooth and unobtrusive coherent compression
• modelled transformer circuit
• modern and program dependend release curve
• seemless MS compression and blending
• phase consistent internal mixing
• special 'phat' mode for reduced compression artifacts
• sidechain filtering
• completely SSE optimized

TesslaSE (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/TesslaSE_1.1.rar)- modelling pleasant sounding 'electric effects' coming from transformer coupled tube circuits in a digital controlled fashion.
at a glance:
• transformer style signal saturation
• smooth transient polishing and increased RMS leveling
• subtle analog style signal colouration
• switchable sub bass enhancements
features:
• zero latency processing, low CPU usage
• harmonic enhancements without artefacts (aliasing)
• dynamic noise model
• proprietary signal processing and modelling algorithms implemented
• performance crucial parts are written in assembler, completely SSE optimized

Rescue (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/Rescue_Release_1.1.rar)-Rescue features decent gain and transient mechanics applied straight forward to m/s encoding. Some decent non-linear signal couloration is given as well.
For further features and overall handling please check the manual. Use the presets for inspiration but don't take them to serious - u will have to tweak your own like with EQ or Comp.

i just took booteq and density for a spin on the bus and i like em there a whole lot. now if only i knew what i was doing in the first place.

[ezurick]

Here's one I found recently, it's getting a lot of use atm, it made it in to my handful of, musthavecantloseputinasafeplace folder.

http://www.stevethomson.ca/vi/

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I apologize to post this question in this thread, but I tried asking this elsewhere and got zero response. I am curious about this stereo to multi-channel plugin. How do you folks use this in Reaper, since Reaper can't export to multi-channel. How are you using this plugin?

[sebas777]

http://www.araldfx.com/sg1/ (Storm Gate - a nice rhythmic gate)
http://vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=211 (Sxratch)

[pixeltarian]

Well, I didnt see them on this list (shame) so here are direct links and descriptions to Bootsy's FREEware... I emphasize free because this guy could sell this stuff and make a fucking fortune. In other words for freeware, this stuff is really, REALLY good.
P.S.: The gui's are stunning:
(click the name for the link)
BootEQ (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/BootEQ_1.0.rar)- a musical sounding mixing EQ.
at a glance:
- four independent bands plus additional highpass filter
- special selected and musical sounding EQ curves and phase responses
- capable of reproducing several 'classic' curves
- well adjusted auto Q and versatile overlapping frequency ranges
- minimized curve warping at Nyquist frequency
- stepless selectable frequencies in low mid and high mid band
- adjustable HF shape
- level metering and output volume trim

Density (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/Density_1.0.rar)- smooth and versatile dynamics processing.
• smooth and versatile stereo dynamics processing
• flexible audio encoding and routing
• designed for glueing all things together
• few controls, flexible work
features:
• zero latency processing
• natural, smooth and unobtrusive coherent compression
• modelled transformer circuit
• modern and program dependend release curve
• seemless MS compression and blending
• phase consistent internal mixing
• special 'phat' mode for reduced compression artifacts
• sidechain filtering
• completely SSE optimized

TesslaSE (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/TesslaSE_1.1.rar)- modelling pleasant sounding 'electric effects' coming from transformer coupled tube circuits in a digital controlled fashion.
at a glance:
• transformer style signal saturation
• smooth transient polishing and increased RMS leveling
• subtle analog style signal colouration
• switchable sub bass enhancements
features:
• zero latency processing, low CPU usage
• harmonic enhancements without artefacts (aliasing)
• dynamic noise model
• proprietary signal processing and modelling algorithms implemented
• performance crucial parts are written in assembler, completely SSE optimized

Rescue (http://bootsy.cr68.com/plug/Rescue_Release_1.1.rar)-Rescue features decent gain and transient mechanics applied straight forward to m/s encoding. Some decent non-linear signal couloration is given as well.
For further features and overall handling please check the manual. Use the presets for inspiration but don't take them to serious - u will have to tweak your own like with EQ or Comp.


Also, EpicVerb - a new reverb plug.
links are outdated too. to get these plugins go here:

http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/downloads/

[pattonfreak1]

Also, EpicVerb - a new reverb plug.
links are outdated too. to get these plugins go here:

http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/downloads/
Good deal with the updated link!


Here's some new EQ's I'm starting to grow really fond of:

http://rekkerd.org/ronald-passion/

[mr. moon]

Here's a great thread I found which has current links to some of the best freeware VSTs out there, and some great descriptions/details about them!! I have just started to use the Bootsy stuff on some new projects, and I'm really impressed!!

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1042375

-mr moon

[roguetitan]

I guess I will put some plugs n...
http://kunz.corrupt.ch/?Products
http://rekkerd.org/fretted-synth-updates-freeamp2-to-v25/
http://rekkerd.org/matthew-lindsay-ncl-eq/
http://www.free-plugin-list.com/

[roguetitan]

here are a couple more attatchments

[Fergo]

Joystick Control:
http://vinuesa.club.fr/projet-flou/english/joystickctrl.htm

MIJOY equivalent, with more options and freeware. Let you use your joystick (buttons and axis) to control a lot of things. You can use the axis as a volume/wah pedal, buttons to trigger recordings or bypassing effects, etc. A bit ugly, but does the job very well. You can still use Joystick MIDI feature of Reaper when using this plugin.

Fergo

[MatticusFinch]

Would it be worth it to anyone to start a "Good free OSX plug-in thread?"

[hamish]

Since I found this excellent free tuner VST I have stopped using the JS tuner that I was using before.

http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/downloads.php/id/2203/software/Tune-It/

It's a virtual chromatic tuner with adjustable precision (inverse to CPU use) and pitch.

It's the only one you'll need in Reaper

[BenK-msx]

anyone using these at all? sounding ok?
i like the dsk drums and couple of the other vstis - #

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Hispasonic Sampled Series includes:

* HS Vintage Keys: 6 classic keyboards (Clavinet, Dyno Rhodes, DX7 Rhodes, Hohner Pianet, Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer).
* HS Saxotopia: 3 saxophones (tenor, soprano and alto).
* HS Dynamic Guitars: 3 guitars (acoustic, nylon and steel).
* HS Classic Grand Piano: Steinway piano in three variations: standard, bright and damped.

The instruments include multiple velocity zones and are available in five formats: Kontakt, SampleTank, SoundFont, GigaStudio and Reason Refill (every format is about 270 MB in size, ~195 MB download).


http://www.dskmusic.com/blog/?p=130

[hamish]

GreenMachineII

I used this one a few years ago, but it was an expiring demo, and I just had too many good free ones to need to buy it.

Patrick Wurr has now released it for free, and it's probably now in the top 5 of free ampsims, IMHO. (with simulanalog Gsuite, Juicy77, Nick Crows and Your Favorite Free Ampim)

http://www.greenmachine.sealandweb.de/Wurr_Audio_Engineering/Download.html

Really intuitive, lots of features, great presets, low CPU, no denormals, no glitches.

enjoy
hamish

[jax]

Uses gig files and is available for Linux, Windows and MacOS (standalone, VST, AU).
Worth trying: http://www.linuxsampler.org/

There is also free piano gig available on http://www.linuxsampler.org/instruments.html

It's a BIG gig ;-) and sounds great...