Top List of Free Plugins

[MitchGeist]

I am interested in seeing a list of some of the best plugins that are free. Please specify whether it's Mac or Windows. Also, list some rare ones that people may not know. I like the Alchemy Player and Blue Cat plugins.

[chris carter]

I don't wanna get accused of doing a Pete Marriott, but you can get my take on a couple killer free plugs in this interview.

KVR: Variety of Sound & Vladg Sound used on hit record from Chris 'Von Pimpenstein' Carter

In short: Molot compressor, Bootsy Nasty DLA & Ferric TDS

[Tnevz]

Tal audio

[CAT5]

Tal!

[The Hydrilla]

izotope vinyl

[JoRillo]

Originally Posted by The Hydrilla

izotope vinyl

Just downloaded that - lets see how she sounds.

[MitchGeist]

I have never tried Tal. I like CamelCrusher as well.

[JoRillo]

Originally Posted by MitchGeist

I have never tried Tal. I like CamelCrusher as well.

TAL (Togu Audio Line - right?) was my first 3rd party plug ins - good stuff.

[Tnevz]

I've never tried camel crusher.
This is what gearslutz is all about. Good thread!
Crystal synth isn't bad either. Also blockfish (I think is the name) has some decent fx plugs. Although it hasn't been updated for a while and I can't seem to get it to work with logic.8.

[Ken Lewis]

Mitch,
I have a GREAT list of free ish that i compiled for my AudioSchoolOnline.com FREE section. Not only plugins but Soft synths and many other great free resources. Spent many hours on it so you dont have to. Here's a link...

Free links page

Enjoy!

Ken

[temetrepo]

SonEQ, very nice eq
KVR: SonEQ by Sonimus - Details

Mac/Windows compatible

[PayneB.]

"I did the work so u don't have to"
haha Ken you are so Helpful, Only dude I've heard of that can make 10 hit records in a day, rescue a kitty from a tree, date a supermodel, and still help 10,000 people individually in an online forum all before 10 pm

[MitchGeist]

Your the man Ken

[M2E]

Originally Posted by temetrepo

SonEQ, very nice eq
KVR: SonEQ by Sonimus - Details

Mac/Windows compatible

This EQ is really nice. You might want to get that. Ken, you should try out that eq and put it on ur site as well.

Hope this helps....

Marc

[Hobbs_Won]

MARVIN VST | MARVIN PAVILION <== Tromine Z (Tr-909) and Tromine GT (Tr-808) are probably the best emulations I have ever heard....they blow away D16's emu's. Synthestra is a nasty mono-synth too.

www.easytoolz.de/products - essential-audio-systems <=== has a few really good freeware synths. And a very good freeware emulation of the Moog Taurus. Check out the easy-IQ-one too...I think it sounds better than most of the commercial EQ's I have used.

If you mess with chiptunes, Woolyss - Chipmusic > Plugins (VST, AU, RTAS) for 8-bit sound has a ton... some nice lo-fi filters too which can add grit to your music. Ifyou like SID emus get 38911 Bytes.....it's the best SID emu out there... even better than Chipsounds.


GSi - Soundware for musicians <==== has a nice freeware A200 Wurli model

[www.buchty.net] Section Ensoniq <=== SQ8L which is a dope ass freeware emulation of Ensoniq's SQ-80

MinimogueVA <=== MinimogueVA which is a freeware Minimoog emu

Than you have mainstays like Crystal which is a poor mans Alchemy

Synth1 which is pretty much a Nord Lead emu

Bootsies effects are really good Variety Of Sound

For sampling needs... checkout Shortcircuit vemberaudio.se - shortcircuit


and also check out the Elektrostudio suite... totally free and theres some bangers in there like a Micromoog, Solina String Machine, Mellotron and Moog Prodigy emulations.

Elektrostudio <== the site is down right now...don't know what happened.

Really good stuff...

[David Ray]

Stillwell: not free per se but they have a fully functioning, all-features, non-expiring demo of all their plugs. Vibe-eq and major tom are particular favorites.

Other for-profit companies have some good feebees:

Brainworx Clean sweep and Izotope vinyl are classics. Clean sweep is a heck of a filter!

[MitchGeist]

Awesome suggestions

[JoRillo]

Originally Posted by The Hydrilla

izotope vinyl

Seriously... everyone should have this in their collection. F'in sweet plug in - does way more then I expected.

[KT1]

Chris I really like some of those. They don't sound free. Thanks!

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[KarmaPolice]

I love MVerb

Martin Eastwood

[superwack]

A bunch of cool suggestions so far - one warning though - use caution when using the free BlueCat gain plugins cuz they go to like +65db or something... almost blew out my ears and speakers when I wasn't paying attention.

[MitchGeist]

Can't get Voxengo to work in Naschine 32 Bit for Mac.

[chris carter]

Originally Posted by KT1

Chris I really like some of those. They don't sound free. Thanks!

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With some of these freeware guys the only difference between them and commercial plugs is that they don't have the marketting savvy to form a business and sell them. Swear to god!

[KT1]

Originally Posted by chris carter

With some of these freeware guys the only difference between them and commercial plugs is that they don't have the marketting savvy to form a business and sell them. Swear to god!

I'm really surprised by the ones i downloaded. Your suggestions. They really do sound great! Nice to see. I generally dont even look into plugs (fullstop) yet aloe free plugs.

Although i used to use a soft synth i still really like called 'Olga'.

[A Fak]

Originally Posted by temetrepo

SonEQ, very nice eq
KVR: SonEQ by Sonimus - Details

+1

and check out ValhallaDSP ValhallaFreqEcho

ValhallaFreqEcho: Free – ValhallaDSP

[Ken Lewis]

Originally Posted by PayneB.

"I did the work so u don't have to"
haha Ken you are so Helpful, Only dude I've heard of that can make 10 hit records in a day, rescue a kitty from a tree, date a supermodel, and still help 10,000 people individually in an online forum all before 10 pm

come on now you're exaggerating!!! That was an opossum in that tree, and my wife is stunning but even she wouldnt wanna be a super model, and its probably more like 80 people, not 10,000 and definitely no earlier than 11:30pm quitting time.

AND.... I'd be unbelievably happy to work on ten hit records in a year, let alone a day. Though this is shaping up to be quite a good year. We'll see!

[KT1]

Originally Posted by Ken Lewis

come on now you're exaggerating!!! That was an opossum in that tree, and my wife is stunning but even she wouldnt wanna be a super model, and its probably more like 80 people, not 10,000 and definitely no earlier than 11:30pm quitting time.

AND.... I'd be unbelievably happy to work on ten hit records in a year, let alone a day. Though this is shaping up to be quite a good year. We'll see!

Gave me a chuckle haha...Good stuff. Look forward to hearing what you're up to in 2012. I have to say 2011 was no shabby year for you Ken. Some fantastic stuff.

I really enjoyed the work with kanye etc..but in terms of the mixing .. I loved the club banga by Jerimih - put it down. What a great feel good club joint. Loved the mix on that. It sounds really basic but the more i listen - its one of my references the more i hear going on.

[Red Black]

Another +1 for Bootsy's plugs at Variety of Sound . . great stuff!


There's 4 fantastic free plugs at the Plugin Alliance web site:

• Elysia Niveau Filter
• SPL Free Ranger
• Brainworx bx_cleansweep V2
• Brainworx bx_solo

Plugins - PLUGIN ALLIANCE - ENGLISH


The Melda free bundle is also fantastic IMHO:

• MAnalyzer
• MAutopan
• MAutoPitch
• MCompressor
• MDrummer Small
• MEqualizer
• MFlanger
• MFreqShifter
• MLimiter
• MNoiseGenerator
• MNotepad
• MOscillator
• MPhaser
• MRingModulator
• MTremolo
• MTuner
• MStereoExpander
• MUtility
• MVibrato
• MWaveShaper

MeldaProduction Free audio plug-ins, effects, virtual instruments

Originally Posted by MitchGeist

I like the Alchemy Player and Blue Cat plugins.

I had never heard of the Alchemy Player before and really liked it! Just started a soundtrack for a short film and there's a few Alchemy sounds in there already :] Cheers!

[komanderkin]

i've been selecting the best freeware VST plugins in different categories for a while now, with help from the readers of my blog:

bpb Freeware Studio <== a list of all the articles

a lot of stuff has been covered so far, from reverbs and delays to synthesizers and samplers.

some of the highlights so far:

Free VST Host Applications
Free Subtractive Synthesizer VSTi Plugins
Free Limiter VST Plugins

[JoeyTouch]

Glitch is amazing!
**** I wish they made a version for osx..