VST Drums
What i liked about this free VST drum plugin was that it's able to play 16 and 24 bit sounds and that it comes in two versions, one light-weight (1 Mb).dll version and another 25 Mb msi file. The reason why it's bigger is simply because you get a drum sound library with it. (250 drumsamples!) This will come in handy if you use fruityloops for example, since FL's standard sound library pretty much sucks so it's a perfect and free way to step your game up a little. If you're planning to use your own sounds i'd suggest to download the lighter version.
a few specs:
Minimum System Requirements
Processor: Pentium 2/AMD K6
Processor speed: 800 MHz
RAM (Cache): 256 MB RAM
Operating system: Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP
- Lightweight version of Virtuadrum VST (1 Mb)
- Virtuadrum VST with 250 drum sounds (25 Mb)
Free VST Vocoder
"Want to make awesome robotic sounds like Daft-Punk, Kraftwerk, Vangellis, or Sparky the Magic Piano?"
According to SDAS the software will help you achieve that.
A free Vintage Vocoder from Sonicism Digital Audio Solutions.
I personally find this handy and fun. But it would be great if it came with a pianoroll or something like that to easily edit the shape and sound.
I guess i'm used to Reason's vocoder way too much.
Fishing for Free VST effects
Blockfish - Free VST Compressor
The BLOCKFISH compressor is a dynamics compressor capable of a compact and dense sound (hence the name). But unlike a lot of digital compressors, it does not 'squash' your signal that much.
The focus was to keep your music alive and let it breathe. It comes with a typical 'vca' circuit providing modern compression - best for drums and guitars - and a classical 'opto' unit that recreates the sound of old photo-electrical gain devices and has been optimised for vocal tracks. The basic parameters are easily set up but you have access to futher adjustments that can turn BLOCKFISH into a real 'killer' device.
Floorfish - Free VST Expander / noise gate
FLOORFISH is a classical gate/expander unit that was originally designed to make acoustic drum recording much cleaner. Especially seperately miked snares and toms often unveil a large amount of 'bleeding noise' if you compress them. The FLOORFISH can help to lower this noise floor. Unlike a typical 'noise gate', the signal is not cut off completely if you do not want it to.
Spitfish - Free VST De-esser.
SPITFISH serves as an easy-to-use de-esser. If you ever had problems with loud sibilants and s-like vocals, this device can help to make those nasty sounds much smoother. You can also apply it to other signals that might need some evening out within the upper frequency range, e.g. cymbals and crashes.
The whole character has been tuned to 'nice' and 'gentle'. It should be almost impossible to make your recordings sound unnatural within the normal operational range.
Download them all in one go!
- Fish VST (win)
- Fish VST (mac OS 9)
- Fish VST (mac OS X)
Thanks goes out to Sascha Eversmeier
DaHornet VST Plugin
DaHornet VST Plugin
Classic VST from Steinberg from back in the days, now free! 128 presets packed with retro-modern sounds mostly ideal for house music production, but you can probably find quite a few basslines suited for d&b and dubstep as well!
I'm sure DaHornet will be a most welcomed synthesizer in your library of free gems.
Download DaHornet VST Plugin
DaHornet Windows VST
DaHornet OSX VST
DaHornet OSX AU VST
Installing & Serial number
Download and extract the .exe file (if using windows that is) to your VST folder.
Open up your DAW of choice and search for it, it should now be found in your list of VST instruments.
Serial number: TMKMKIHGNNKJFMKMKIHGNNKJF
Angular Momentum VST Plugin
Angular Momentum VST Plugin
this plugin covers a lot of different genres out there.
To name a few i'd go with electro house, d&b and trance.
Deep bassline hoovers, Glitchy electro house bass and trance leads to be more specific.
Free has never sounded this good before, and i'm pretty sure that you'll agree.
Features:
Additive Wave Table Synthesizer with overtone scaler
2 x Additive Wavetable OSC
2 x Overtone Scaler
2 x Wavemixer
2 x ADSR
2 x Filter ADSR
2 x SV Filter
2 x Filter Step Sequencer
Delay, Chorus and Reverb
Voice Management
Portamento
Retrigger
64 Patches
32 voices
(1.42 Mb)
thanks to Leif Oddson and Thomas Weber for this great vst plugin
Synth 1 VST Plugin
Synth 1 is said to be the best freebie Synthesizer out there, and I have to agree on this one. Packed with tons of sounds, Oscillators, Arpeggiators and effects.. Let's just say it's enough to keep you going for a while. A fan of warm trance strings perhaps?
See what Synth 1 can do for your music production
Check out the demo video here (right click, open in new window)
Specs:
2 Oscillators + 1 sub Oscillator, FM modulation, ring modulation,sync,modulation envelope
4 types of filters, distortion
2LFO(synchronized with host)
Arpeggiator (synchronized with host)
Tempo delay (synchronized with host), stereo chorus/flanger
Legato mode, portamento
32 notes polyphony
128 presets!
Thoroughly optimized for light CPU load using SSE instructions etc.
Automation
Download Synth 1 (v.1.12) (512 kB ZIP)(Mac & Win)
Installation:
1. Extract all the files into a new folder inside your VST folder, name it Synth1 or something like that.
2. Open up Synth1 folder and double click the inisettings.exe, this step will adress the soundbanks to the Plugin. Just hit the yes button when asked to..
3. Open up your DAW of choice and search for your new VST, and have fun!
GalactiX VST Synthesizer
Specifications:
16 voice polyphonic
up to 8 instances per VST host
6 high quality oscillators with no-interpolation algorithm
detune and phase per oscillator
two filters: VCO with velocity sensitivity and master key follow filter
midi control for parameters
master effects: chorus and reverb
Installation notes:
create a folder in your ordinary VST folder, name it GalactiX.
extract the .dll file and all the wavfiles to that folder.. done!
Glitch VST
Many of you have probably heard of Aphex Twin before, especially his über-cool track titled, Windowlicker. (quite the jam, check it out) I always wondered how he managed to tweak and bend it like a madman.. no need to wonder anymore though.
Let me introduce, Glitch 1.3.05 - A great tool for all you glitchers, dubsteppers and breakerheads out there.
