A Free VST thread

el cabong · 12-20-2006, 08:14 PM

I just discovered VST's. I don't see this one on the list. It sounds great.

JVM 900

Soap · 03-18-2007, 09:23 PM

I need AU files for GarageBand...any of these?

**Gustin** · 03-18-2007, 11:13 PM

Try KVR

**bread man** · 06-18-2007, 04:05 AM

Does anyone know of a good, free multitrack recorder with support for VST synths?

**Gustin** · 06-18-2007, 04:53 AM

Audacity has VST support, but you have to add it separately.

http://audacityteam.org/vst/

And Kristal has a limited number of plugins per channel (I think two per individual channel, and 3 on the master).

**bread man** · 06-18-2007, 05:30 AM

Oh great, I use Audacity anyway. Cheers.

EDIT: Wait, I meant something that lets you load instruments, like synths. Does Kristal do that?

LWatford · 09-29-2007, 06:23 PM

Couple of new favorites:

Grizzly - Drum sampler, much like Native Instruments Battery, there are eight slots for samples, each triggered by a MIDI note number. Each slot also has effects.

http://www.majken.se/index.php?optio...&id=6&Itemid=9

Stepchild - not an instrument or effect, stepchild is a 32 step step sequencer. Works great with Grizzly.

http://subminimal.org/tools.php (this site also has some good Tracktion specific plugin utilities)

tobybear MIDIBag - again, not instruments or effects, but a nice selection of MIDI tools. Bunch of really cool stuff in this one.

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

LWatford · 11-24-2007, 08:12 PM

Couple more:

SSL has a new freebie. X-ISM is a metering tool.
http://www.solid-state-logic.com/music/X-ISM.html

Audio Damage FuzzPlus 2.2
http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads...php?pid=ADF001

Dasample Glaceverb. Bunch of really cool reverbs in this one.
http://www.dasample.com/index.php?show=glaceverb#

**Gustin** · 11-25-2007, 02:31 AM

Audio Damage is pretty awesome stuff. Their paid stuff sounds way good too.

**Gustin** · 12-27-2007, 10:31 AM

http://www.soundhack.com/freeware.php

The freesound bundle is reaaaaaally good. We had a shoot out with the compressor in class on a couple different instruments, and the soundhack won against some Neve and Waves bundles. Granted, that was only on a few instruments recorded with a cheap mic, but for free, you can't go wrong!

RipVanWinkle · 12-27-2007, 11:52 AM

Also...Reaper is a good freeware alternative to Kristal or Audacity

**Gustin** · 12-27-2007, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RipVanWinkle

Also...Reaper is a good freeware alternative to Kristal or Audacity

Reaper is technically Shareware though... If you use it longer than the "evaluation" period, you are supposed to buy a license. Sure, it won't expire, but you really should pay for a license if you use it longer than that time. And there are two types of licenses too. A $50 non-commercial and a $225 commercial version.

It's definitely worlds ahead of Kristal or Audacity though.

Rob-tron · 02-15-2008, 03:54 PM

http://www.tweakbench.com/

A nice friendly site filled with various VST instrument and effect plug-ins. Many are based on 8-bit modelling synths and can be used to make intersting sounds.

Neck-Snapped · 09-12-2008, 12:50 PM

Could someone explain to me what VST's are? This is only the second time I've heard of it so I'm new to this.

**Gustin** · 09-12-2008, 02:49 PM

VSTs are effects that you use in your recording software that create different effects. EQ, Compressors, Pitch correction, distortion, and noise gates, are all examples of different types of VSTs.

A VSTi (VST instrument) is an instrument built on the same VST framework that takes midi information and generates a sound (for instance, a drum synth vsti or a Rhodes vsti will take programmed midi information and make it sound like a drum or a rhodes piano)