Top List of Free Plugins

[MORDICUS]

Thanks for the links guys ;good thread ...


Peace

mordicus

[Dan Marshall]

This is one of my Favs, used on everything - great tool for seeing wavforms in realtime: (Plugin) s(M)exoscope

Bram.Smartelectronix.Com

[DAH]

SPAN by Voxengo,
any included in a DAW (learn your tools first to invest into some more finicky stuff)

[MitchGeist]

Bump!

[jeremy.c.]

I'm going to second the Molot Comp and the Valhalla

Check these out:
J1000 VST Plugins Great EQ
electric-snow.net - Projects - Plugins I'm using the jsCompShaper on everything these days. Unbelievable what it can do.

[Cgbravo]

This should be sticky! lol

[MitchGeist]

I agree. This is useful to any producer.

[goddfodder]

Synth1 is kinda cool. no presets but once you start tweaking it really comes to life.

KVR: Synth1 by Ichiro Toda - Details


Also AMVST offer a whole bundle of ok free stuff. Especially Retronix!!

Freeware Synths | Angular Momentum

I would also recommend Camels free demo version of Alchemy. Camel Crusher as has been said is also completely excellent. Theres potential in that for all sorts.

https://www.camelaudio.com/getfreealchemyplayer.php


Its a bit of a pain, but you can also download demo versions of Nomad Factory plug ins. They last for half an hour and then you have to restart it. you cant save presets. but if you dont mind working within those restrictions you get some really cool fx for free. you can record them!! the EQ's especially are amazing.

Products - Nomad Factory Creative Software Company


I think these i said are at least worth checking out. esp Nomad EQ's.

Cheers.

[MitchGeist]

Beginning to like SonEQ alot

[David Ray]

Originally Posted by MitchGeist

Beginning to like SonEQ alot

I don't want to side track, so I'll just say: check out that dude's other plugs... At $30 it might as well be free!

[MitchGeist]

I'll look into that. Anybody know why SPAN won't work in Masxhine? Really wanted to try that.

[Ken Lewis]

Hey guys,
Well, thanks to all of you guys who posted up free links. i thought my Audio School site already had a kick ass list of free stuff, but i went thru this thread and added all of the free plugins and soft synths worth adding to my already very extensive Free List. Check out the updated list. one stop shopping, plus i have several free tutorials and informative videos up as well in the Free Videos Section.

Free links page

-Ken

[ciperlone]

Audio freeware for mac and pc

SampleTank FREE

[stinkyfingers]

mac:
Sound Consulting - AU
Airwindows AU
pc:
C. Budde VSTs
both:
Free G meter
Studio Devil - British Valve Custom Amp

[ciperlone]

I think this one is not posted yet...

Native instruments has Kontakt Player, Reaktor Player, and Guitar Rig Player for free:
NATIVE INSTRUMENTS : HOME | HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR MUSICIANS, PRODUCERS, DJS, GUITAR AND BASS PLAYERS

[TheBrightSide]

Originally Posted by goddfodder

Synth1 is kinda cool. no presets but once you start tweaking it really comes to life.

KVR: Synth1 by Ichiro Toda - Details

Synth1 is one of the best soft synths you can get. It is unbelievable that it is a freebie. They could have made some real money from this.
Anyway there are tonnes and tonnes of presets you can easily find for this.

Synth1 Presets MegaPack Vol.1 | VST Cafe

[aaronsmith]

Sir Elliot is almost unknown, but his Eqs are some of the best sounding. the preamps are also very nice and round sounding.

http://sirelliot.blog.com/

Try these

Sir Elliot 5-Band Equaliser ( so easy use in the mix )

Sir Elliot 31-Band Equaliser (the best low end you have ever heard, period)

[komanderkin]

also, some great free synths:

Tyrell N6
Synth1
TAL-NoiseMaker
Charlatan
SQ8L
Atlantis

[03.31.83]

Valhalla FreqEcho is a crazy frequency delay/echo plugin.

[offki]

Can not belive no one has mentioned these, some of the best plug ins money cant buy..

http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/

Free synths/samplers and some unique fx. Some good stuff, their paid stuff is even better and very cheap.

de la Mancha VST freeware

More unique stuff.

Destroy FX : free VST plugins, free Audio Units

Some high end freebies.

AcquaVox

Nebula3 Free Bundle

Some people rate these Minimoog and Arp2600 emulaions better than the arturia ones, I've not used them so I can't say/

Glen Stegner - Free VSTi Software Synthesizers

Some classic freebies from Audio Damage:

Audio Damage :: Free Downloads

[Dayl]

Originally Posted by aaronsmith

Sir Elliot is almost unknown, but his Eqs are some of the best sounding. the preamps are also very nice and round sounding.

http://sirelliot.blog.com/

Try these

Sir Elliot 5-Band Equaliser ( so easy use in the mix )

Sir Elliot 31-Band Equaliser (the best low end you have ever heard, period)

Got damn Aaron! great find! thanks for sharing.

I've tried pretty much all the plugins mentioned here so there were no surprises until this post.

I grabbed a bunch of the preamps and EQ. So far the 32 band eq > 1977 pre on the 2-buss sounds fantastic in subtle doses.... I know I've over done it and scooped to much.. but will fix later. the others sound bretty good but the 1977 earned itself a place in my 'colour' folder easily.

[Stackx]

Originally Posted by 03.31.83

Valhalla FreqEcho is a crazy frequency delay/echo plugin.

lol did you really take my pic and try to make me look like u. what kinda weirdo does that.

[Dayl]

HAha thats awesome

[Stackx]

lol it took me a min. to even realize it lol n what he wrote under his name. what a cornball.

[goddfodder]

Ive been through pretty much all of the recommendations on this page and have spent a little time this last 2 days experimenting with the best of them. Putting them to use on a track kinda thing.

Ive gotta agree with what the 2 guys above say, SIr Elliot Ive never heard of before but they are the pick of the bunch. There's some which are better than others, but the ones that are good are really good. The 1977 as mentioned is cool as are the EQ's. To add to the list i also liked the Altered Dynamics Compressor. This lot are worth checking out.

Joint second places. The TAL collection are must haves. Just could be useful on some occasions. But i also liked the Audio Damage Compressor.

Some really cool additions to anyone's collection.

The Valhalla free b worked well and I actually found use for it quickly. However when saving a project with this plug in open it basically had some sort of bug where the project would never open again. Im not sure if this thing is compatible with cubase 6. Something's up with it anyway, and its a shame cos it was working well. Makes me hesitant to spend some money on these and i was was basically planning to do that.

[aaronsmith]

The Vallhalla stuff is the best stuff out right now, never had any probs.

Going back to Sir Elliot, yes 77 is very good, the 68 is quirky and you can really mess up some drum loops with it.
another one i use is the GPA, with it set to tape 2. This it a neat trick to get rid of any harsh digial tranisients. Its not like a tape emu though.
I use his peak limiter too when tracking so there is no overs. I havent used any of his comps though. My fave is the 31 band, not just for the amazing low end, but it can crunch and give a wicked saturation.

Sir Elliot - Thoughts, Ideas, Inspirations.

[Dbas]

Stillwell & Schwa

[atma]

everything made by Variety of Sound is easily as good or better than anything by any of the big names (waves, etc.)

[jrides]

Originally Posted by Dbas

Stillwell & Schwa

This is for FREE plugs.

[goddfodder]

Originally Posted by aaronsmith

the 68 is quirky and you can really mess up some drum loops with it.

Agreed,.. I'll say that the 68 looks awful, but thats not important. It works great esp on drums. The quality is there for sure.