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02-01-2015, 05:05 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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Looking for freeware tips: TB303, TR808 VST for Mac
Hi fellow users,
I recently started evaluating Reaper, Im liking it a lot! Before I only used Garageband (yeah, shame on me) for demoing purposes, but I wanted to use a good DAW for midi drum editing and while I'm at it for electronic music production. I have hit a brick wall though.
I found this very helpful post on freeware plugins:
http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=52382
Only shortly after I realised many of the plugins (haven't checked them all) are Windows only! Bummer!
So for now, I'm specifically looking for good freeware TB-303 and TR-808 plugins for beat making (Techno). Any tips on useful synths or just anything else (instruments) would be very welcome!
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02-04-2015, 12:32 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Brooklyn
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Simplest thing to do would be to go to http://www.kvraudio.com/ and search their plugin database http://www.kvraudio.com/q.php entering format, kind of plugin, priced at free, etc. I've gone in and out of a few free TB303 and 808 simulations but really just to poke around. So I can tell you they're out there but can't recommend which are better. But as far as synths and virtual instruments go there are lots of useful free ones. I would say grab them all from kvr and go through the presets.
Symptom PE, FreeAlpha, Synth1 and Tyrell N6 seem to be the free synths I end up using. Even a mediocre synth can be made to sound good by pulling up multiple instances on several tracks with slight differences in the patches. Send them all to a stereo bus for ease of fitting in the mix with a single fader.
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02-04-2015, 01:37 PM
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My 2 cents: stop looking, afaik there are none.
There is only 1 decent free TB-303 emulation, VB-303, and it's Windows-only.
There are a few good TB-303 and TR-808 emulations that run on OS X as well, but none of them are free. Check out AudioRealism and D16 Group.
The next best thing would be an extensive set of samples - but that simply won't cut it for real time adjustment of parameters.
Conclusion: I'd really recommend looking beyond 'free' plug-ins only if you're serious about this.
PS: also check out u-he's DIVA, imho easily the most versatile and best sounding VST for techno (and many other genres, too). With ABL2, ADM and DIVA, you have about 99% of all 'classic' techno sounds covered.
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02-04-2015, 02:30 PM
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Agree with Banned, the good stuff costs money. You might take a look at Sampletank Free, though - has a good electronic drum kit, bass synth, and lots of effects to change the sounds. Not TR, though.
And welcome to the forums!
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02-04-2015, 06:51 PM
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There are also soundfonts and .wav sets all over the web you can import into a sampler vst.
Tx16wx.com is free and works fine on Mac.
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02-05-2015, 02:56 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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Thanks a lot for the replies!
I will certainly look into the recommendations. I have checked the Audiorealism and D16 plugins and these seem exactly what I need. Banned, you are right that I should not limit to freeware if I'm serious about this, but to be perfectly honest, I don't know if I am and am looking for alternatives to have a go at it and discover if want to get serious about it.
I'm not very keen on using samples (for now), I always felt that samples kind of not makes it 'my thing' if you know what I mean, feels less authentic from a creative point of view.
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