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Dingo865 - Sun Oct 13, 2002 10:22 am

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Since this really useful thread started about VSTinstruments, I thought it'd be hightime to start the same list for effects. However, since commercial effects are almost all completely out of my pricerange, therefore I've never had them and thus cannot credibly compare them, I figured we could classify them by *types*, instead of by their commercially available counterparts.

So, here comes *one* proposed scheme. If you find it worthy, please feel free to rework it or contribute to it as you see fit.

Chorus
BassChorus
BlueChorus (Blueline)
Hexaline (BigTick - BigTick - http://bigtick.pastnotecut.org/index.php )
mda Detune (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
Z-Florus

Compressor/Limiter/Saturator
Baxxpander (elogoxa - http://www.elogoxa.net )
BlockFish (digitalfishphones - http://www.digitalfishphones.com/ )
BlueCompressor (Blueline)
Crushz
dB Compressor
Dominion (digitalfishphones - http://www.digitalfishphones.com/ )
Dyno hard compressor
Dyno2 soft compressor
Endorphin (digitalfishphones - http://www.digitalfishphones.com/ )
H2O (Smartelectronix - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~bram/ )
KwikKomp
mda Dynamics (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
mda Limiter (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
mda Multiband (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
Megatone multiband compressor
PalancarWare Brick Wall Limiter (PalancarWare - http://palancarware.palancar.net/vst.php )
THD (digitalfishphones - http://www.digitalfishphones.com/ )

Delay
BlueDelay (Blueline)
Blue Multitap Delay (Blueline)
Bouncy Delay (Smartelectronix)
Chime Machine
Dual Delay (BigTick - http://bigtick.pastnotecut.org/index.php )
dB Prodelay
dB Sweepdelay
dB TempoDelay
dfx Buffer Override (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
Deloizer ( http://www.smartelectronix.com/~andreas/main.php?nav=1 )
Echotank XL ( http://antisound.semperstudio.com/device/index.php?displaynews=all )
Elottronix
EZDelay (Topaz - http://www.topazproductions.co.uk/ )
Flotser ( http://www.smartelectronix.com/~andreas/main.php?nav=1 )
IndyGo Delay ( http://www.indygo.de/files/ )
Karlette (Steinberg)
More Feedback Machine ( http://www.u-he.com/mfm/ )
mda DubDelay (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
Phutboyslim ( http://www.djmarko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk )
Ping Pong V
Rhythmic Metalisation Delay ( http://uk.geocities.com/ndcplugs/ )
Scuzzphut6 ( http://www.djmarko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk )
TK-BPM Delay
Voxengo Tempodelay
Yaledelay

Distortion/Mangling
Breather ( http://www.estarcion.com/tinygod/tinygod.html )
CamelPhatFree (Camel Audio - http://www.camelaudio.com/ )
mda Bandisto (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
Deconstructor (Tobybear - http://www.tobybear.de/ )
HNM Distortion
dfx Geomoter (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
Muon Mdrive (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
BJ Overdrive
Blood Overdrive
mda Overdrive (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
SimulAnalog Guitar Suite ( http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/SimulAnalog/ )
TK-3BandDisto
TK-Disto
TK-FilterDisto
Throbber ( http://www.estarcion.com/tinygod/tinygod.html )
TrAmp ( http://www.ianweb.dial.pipex.com/ )
Wavechanger
VCS Reducer
LoFi Plus
mda Degrade (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
RefX Trasher
Plogue Rebuilder (Plogue - http://www.plogue.com/e_soft.html )
Plogue MixedGrains (Plogue - http://www.plogue.com/e_soft.html )
Polarizer (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
Distortionator Mk2 ( http://uk.geocities.com/ndcplugs/ )
Verzerr alpha 0.9 ( http://helium.piranho.de/vst/Verzerr.zip )

Equalizer
BlueEQ (Blueline)
dfx EQ Sync (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
DS GE1
GEQ
HIMproMasterEQ
mda Tracker (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
Blue ParamEQ (Blueline)
Invada Filter
JS Equaliser
JS Band-cut EQ
JS 6-band Equaliser

Filter/Filterbank
Doppler ( http://artistcollaboration.com/users/albert/ )
Frohmage (Ohmboyz)
Morphone (Tobybear - http://www.tobybear.de/ )
NastyShaper (BigTick - http://bigtick.pastnotecut.org/index.php )
Shocker (Tobybear - http://www.tobybear.de/ )
BlueFilter (Blueline)
Cyanide (Smartelectronix - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~bram/ )
Cyanide 2 (Smartelectronix - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~bram/ )
Little Duck
mda RezFilter (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
Multilens (Sinusweb - http://www.sinusweb.de/ )
PalancareWare Neutronium (PalancarWare - http://palancarware.palancar.net/vst.php )
TK-4filters
NorthPole resonant filter (Prosoniq - http://www.prosoniq.com )
VitaminD Filterbank2
dfx Rez Synth (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
JS Resonnateur
ZFilter Dub
MIDI-Controlled Filter (postDawn - http://postdawn.tripod.com/VSTindex.html )
npol ( http://helium.piranho.de/vst/npol.zip )
Breather ( http://www.estarcion.com/tinygod/tinygod.html )
Throbber ( http://www.estarcion.com/tinygod/tinygod.html )
MMLFO4ilter (Topaz - http://www.topazproductions.co.uk/ )
MM4ilter (Topaz - http://www.topazproductions.co.uk/ )
Dyna4ilter (Topaz - http://www.topazproductions.co.uk/ )

Flanger/Phaser
SupaPhaser (Smartelectronix - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~bram/ )
Bluephaser (Blueline)
BlueFlanger (Blueline)
TK FeedFlanger
TK FlangerDestructor
Phased
Strangled
Vflanger
VCS UltraPhazer

Gate
AlliGater (Tobybear - http://www.tobybear.de/ )
AntiGate (Bioroid - http://www.bioroid.com )
BlueGate (Blueline)
dfx MidiGater (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
FloorFish (digitalfishphones - http://www.digitalfishphones.com/ )
Hybrid Alien MidiGate ( http://www.hybridalien.com/ )
Indygo Gater ( http://www.indygo.de/files/ )
VNoisegate
Skidder (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
AntiGate (bioroid - http://www.bioroid.com )
MIGA ( http://www.alfonsodamora.it/SE/miga.zip )

Pitch Shaper/Manipulator
BPMtoPitch (Topaz - http://www.topazproductions.co.uk/ )
MadShifta! (Tobybear - http://www.tobybear.de/ )
mda RePsycho (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
PitchScraper
ShivaShifta (Tobybear - http://www.tobybear.de/ )
specMonkyage
dfx Scrubby (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
Z-spshift
Z-Spvoc

Reverb
Abyss ( http://members.lycos.co.uk/abyssplugs/free_plugins.htm )
Ambience ( http://www.smartelectronix.com/~magnus/ )
BlueReverb
dfx Transverb (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
FreeverbToo
FreeverbToo15 (Sinusweb - http://www.sinusweb.de/ )
Gain
NBM Studioverb (NBM-StudioVerb - http://www.ocadopaje.hpg.com.br/NewBornMusic/ )
PSP Pianoverb
RoomMachine844 (Silverspike - http://www.silverspike.com/ )
Roommaker
SIR ( http://home.t-online.de/home/520073787260-0001/index_plug.html )
Studioverb
Simple Reverb

Ringmodulator
BJ Ringmodulator
HNM Ringmodulator
mabento
Robobear (Tobybear - http://www.tobybear.de/ )
Silverbox (Tobybear - http://www.tobybear.de/ )
TK Sinmod
mda Ring Modulator (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
Killeringer
The Modulator (ndc plugs - http://uk.geocities.com/ndcplugs/vststuff.htm )

Speaker/Amplifier Simulator
mda Combo (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
mda Leslie (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
RubyTube (Silverspike - http://www.silverspike.com/ )
Voxengo Tubeamp
Izotope Vinyl
SimulAnalog Guitar Suite ( http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/SimulAnalog/download.shtml )

Stimulator/Stereo/3D Enhancer
BlueStereo (Blueline)
SpitFish de-esser (digitalfishphones - http://www.digitalfishphones.com/ )
mda Imager (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
BJ LoFi
mda Stereo (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
mda Roundpan (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
Surrounder
Tardis
rgc Low Frequency Stimulator (rgcAudio - http://www.rgcaudio.com/ )
rgc High Frequency Stimulator (rgcAudio - http://www.rgcaudio.com/ )
Monomaker (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )
Inverter ( http://uk.geocities.com/ndcplugs/ )
Dyneo ( http://helium.piranho.de/vst/Dyneo.zip )
Stancer ( http://helium.piranho.de/vst/Stancer.zip )

Visual Aid
bs-spectrum ( http://homepage.mac.com/bismark/products.html )
C_FFT
C_SuperStereo
C_Tuner
Inspector ( http://www.elementalaudio.com/products/inspector/index.html )
PSP Vintage Meter
FFT4VST ( http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/NickWhitehurst/fft.htm )
RMS Buddy (destroyFX - http://www.smartelectronix.com/~destroyfx/ )

Vocoder
Dec Vocoder
mda Talkbox (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
mda Vocoder (mda - http://www.mda-vst.com/ )
Trashcoder

IMPORTANT NOTES:

a) Unfortunately, I don't know the authors of all the effects, since some of them have disappeared, others don't have any identifier built into the plug, and a good portion didn't come with text or help files or any copyright notice. If you know the author, please be kind and add that info after the plugin in brackets (and maybe a hyperlink too?)

b) Some of these plugins are shareware, donationware, or crippleware; and some have been probably removed from the public domain, or discontinued alltogether. I tend to get rid of those that are (I either pay for them, or uninstall them in due course), but some - like the Blueline - are such that they have stayed around on my system. If I mentioned anything on this list that unwittingly infringes upon someone's copyright (although I sincerely doubt it, since I don't have any musicracks), please be kind and let me know, and I will remove it ASAP. I'm NOT encouraging any copyright infringement, implied or factual.

c) This method of classification is at least 50% subjective. Most (all?)flanger/phaser is also a chorus and vice versa; most filterbanks also fit into distortion; and pretty much anything Tobybear does defies classification. To my ears, and based on my experience, hopwever, this is the kind of slotting that made sense. If you're more knowledgeable, please feel free to re-structure it according to the proper lines.

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VitaminD - Sun Oct 13, 2002 10:30 am

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*sigh*

again my beloved filterbank was forgotten on the lists.. (i even posted a link on the freebie thread)

..is it the gui? it sounds good to me.. i dont understand why no one likes it.. hmm..

or do u ppl just skip my messages after you read who wrote it..

hmmmmmmmmmm.

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Dingo865 - Sun Oct 13, 2002 10:51 am

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Hi VitaminD,

It's there now - but y'know, with the same effort you put into this message you could also have added it to the list, with a hyperlink to boost... I don't have the link handy, BTW, and you didn't include it in the textfile...

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VitaminD - Sun Oct 13, 2002 11:20 am

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i already posted a link on the other thread.. so :p

thanks though

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Data1 - Sun Oct 13, 2002 12:56 pm

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I've never heard of Tardis and I'm really interested in stereo enhancer plugins or similar. Anyone got any info or a link?

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VitaminD - Sun Oct 13, 2002 4:20 pm

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after about 30 minutes of looking around for a website on tardis... i thought to myself.. 'doh' i already have it..



http://www.brokengadget.co.uk/

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Ben [Camel Audio] - Mon Oct 14, 2002 5:22 am

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Can I suggest adding CamelPhatFree (our freeware Compressor/Distortion effect). Its dead simple to use but it has a nice sound - someone here at KVR (can't remember who) said it was 'the perfect fuzz box'. It could go under either your Compression or Distortion categories. Maybe its best under distrortion.

Thanks
Ben

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Har - Mon Oct 14, 2002 5:57 am

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A couple more:

Chorus:
mda Detune

Distortion:
SimulAnalog Guitar Suite:
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/SimulAnalog/

GATE:
Hybrid Alien MidiGate
http://www.hybridalien.com/

Ring Modulator:
mda Ring Modulator

BTW: technically the Palancar FX's aren't freeware. Here's the licensing info:
http://palancarware.palancar.net/license.php

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TristezaOrange - Mon Oct 14, 2002 6:34 am

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Let's not forget NorthPole resonant filter! Super thang!

http://www.prosoniq.com

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whyterabbyt - Mon Oct 14, 2002 6:36 am

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I'll root through my effects when I get home and let you know if I find anything else useful to mention.

There's definitely at least one mda Delay (DubDelay), and TobyBear's Shocker was free for a while., dont know if that counts.

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Dingo865 - Mon Oct 14, 2002 8:49 am

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Thank you, Guys'n'Gals,

It's been updated to reflect your tipps.

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whyterabbyt - Mon Oct 14, 2002 11:24 am

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Okay:

dfx Buffer Override - delay? mangling?
dfx Geomoter - mangling
dfx Rez Synth - filter?
dfx Scrubby - pitch effects?
dfx Transverb -delay?

VCS Reducer - distortion
Smartelectronix Bouncy Delay -delay
Loxenga Elettronix - delay
Invada Filter - EQ
JS Equaliser EQ
JS Band-cut EQ
JS 6-band Equaliser - EQ
JS Resonnateur - Filter
ZFilter Dub - filter
VFlanger - flanger
VCS UltraPhazer - phaser
LoFi Plus - distortion?
TapeStop - ummm?
Voxengo Radiio - also ummm.
VNoisegate - gate
Z-spshift - pitch manip
Z-Spvoc - picth manip
Z-Florus - chorus/flanger
Killeringer - ringmod


Also maybe some Vellocette stuff, andothers by JS I may have missed, and a cuple more Invada plugs. I also think there's some others by the Z-Florus guy, there's Pali and Sukreep, think one's a delay the other's a filter (I think)

Cant see much more. Ive probably missed a couple though.

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whyterabbyt - Mon Oct 14, 2002 11:28 am

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Oh yeah, and Izotope Vinyl.

And mda Degrade and RefX Trasher as distortions. (Both decimators, really)

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mistertoast - Mon Oct 14, 2002 11:35 am

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No one has mentioned my very favorite. Shapee.

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whyterabbyt - Mon Oct 14, 2002 11:46 am

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Whereat anna wotsit?

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mistertoast - Mon Oct 14, 2002 12:07 pm

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Shapee--a wild sound thing that takes two inputs and gives one output. I like to put a voice and a instrument together. You have to mess around for a while to get the coolest effects.

Sort of a super vocoder. Check out the demos.

http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~jjw100/mp3some/Content.htm#Plug-ins

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PA - Mon Oct 14, 2002 12:16 pm

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Impressive list. Now we really need to know which are the best ones.

mmm... not easy.

Can somebody suggest a way to evaluate a Delay or a Reverb other than listen and decide what you like ?

Would somebody figure how to WRITE a plugin which does that ?


Regards,

PA

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whyterabbyt - Mon Oct 14, 2002 1:43 pm

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Looks pretty interesting, mistertoast, thanks.

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scuzzphut - Fri Oct 18, 2002 8:13 am

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scuzzphuts 4,5 & 6 can be found at
http://www.djmarko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

scuzzphut4 - delay
scuzzphut5 - gate
scuzzphut6 - ermmm both

just my tuppence worth

all the best,

scuzz.

ps - www.databaseaudio.com have a decent listing of freeware plugs iirc.

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Kerrydan - Fri Oct 18, 2002 8:43 am

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Slightly off-topic:
Hey ScuzzPhut... is there a new build of Scuzzphut 6 yet? Last I checked, it wasn't working in Plogue Bidule. Has that been rectified yet?

Thanks,
-K

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scuzzphut - Sat Oct 19, 2002 9:56 am

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Hi Herrydan,

Thanks for your interest in scuzzphut6. I have a few other bugs to fix in scuzzphut6, after which I'll be releasing the updated version (including a new skin ) on my website. I'll announce it on KvR , too.

I have already made the change to get it working in Bidule, though , so if you want to get it before I release the complete version, drop me an email and I'll be more than happy to oblige.


cheers,

scuzzphut (or as someone called me on IRC recently, SCSI )

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opiadream - Sun Oct 20, 2002 3:53 am

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bluedad - Mon Oct 21, 2002 1:29 am

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I love scuzzphut6, but it seems to cause me a lot of grief in Orion. It seems like everytime I use it in a song, and come back to open the song it causes Orion to do some illegal op, and has to close. Has anyone else had problems with these two? It really bums me out,cause I love scuzzphut, and I love Orion and I don't know which one to quit using!
bluedad

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scuzzphut - Mon Oct 21, 2002 2:33 pm

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Sorry to hear about that bluedad

Will email you privately to see if I can sort this out.


That made me smile, though..............

all the best,
scuzz.

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Big Tick - Tue Oct 22, 2002 10:55 am

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Thanks Opia for the plug. By the way, if you like Hexaline, watch out for the modified 12-delays version (called Dodecaline) that will also be available soon (for free) to registered users !

'Tick

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acidman - Wed Oct 23, 2002 4:07 am

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How about the SimulAnalog Guitar Suite?

http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/SimulAnalog/download.shtml

As championed by such artists as our own Donkey.

Should go under the Speaker/Amp Simulator section.

Good idea though Dingo!

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Dingo865 - Wed Oct 23, 2002 6:53 am

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Acidman,

List updated. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Also, I tried to put up a poll for delays here http://www.kvr-vst.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10135. I couldn't fit all into the poll, so I had to cut some lesser known or used from the poll list. I also cut the Blueline since it's shareware, although its status (webpage seems gone, development seems to have stopped some time ago, etc.) is dubious at the moment.

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opiadream - Wed Oct 23, 2002 7:13 am

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>>>Impressive list. Now we really need to know which are the best ones.

mmm... not easy.


No its not but hexaline and frohmage should be somewhere in the top 20

I'm curious about morphone.I see a couple people put it in their list but I don't see it on tobybears site.

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Dingo865 - Wed Oct 23, 2002 7:29 am

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Opiadream,

Morphone falls somewhere in-between freeware and shareware. It was available for a limited time for free download from Toby as a Christmas gift (if I remember correctly?). In any case, a very functional (free) version was still part of his MODBAG bundle the last time I checked, and an expanded version is available for purchase.

Toby, if you read this and I'm spreading desinformation, please correct me!

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opiadream - Wed Oct 23, 2002 11:06 am

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got it

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Thiago Born - Wed Oct 23, 2002 1:39 pm

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----- NBM-StudioVerb Home Page ------

get-me.to/NBM

or

www.ocadopaje.hpg.com.br/NewBornMusic/

thanks for including my plug in this list.

Thiago Born

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bluedad - Wed Oct 23, 2002 2:18 pm

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Just wanted to update and be fair, scuzzphut6 is now working fine in Orion Platinum 3.51. Don't know if it was the update to Orion (I had been using 3.0), or if it was scuzzphut's fault at all!?? But anyway, it seems happy now, and that's good cause this is a cool plug.
bluedad

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Dingo865 - Wed Oct 23, 2002 3:31 pm

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Thiago,

Updated!

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marc - Thu Oct 24, 2002 4:28 am

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Heh, it is fun to see folks try to figure out how to categorize our effects... Looks pretty good to me, although I see that Transverb got added as a reverb and, despite its admittedly deceptive name, it is not a reverb in any way, more it's a combination of delay, pitch-shifting, and feedback. I sure don't know about BO, but I guess maybe delay is kind of accurate. I would also add of ours Skidder in the gate section, Polarizer in the distortion section, RMS Buddy in visual aid, Monomaker in the Stereo section. And in the Equalizer section, our plugin is called EQ Sync (just for your info).

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Dingo865 - Thu Oct 24, 2002 7:27 am

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Thanks for the info - keep it coming!!!

Again, feel free to supply links (in all honesty, I just don't have the time to hunt them all down), suggestions, corrections, etc. I'm thinking about putting this up on my website as a more comprehensive list, perhaps with feedback/banks/whatever.

BTW, I know there are several sites already that do a marvellous job in this area, but I find that they are generally outdated, and there's usually very little explanation concerning the plugs. In any case, I cannot see how this thread would hurt anybody...

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NiallM - Thu Oct 24, 2002 7:42 am

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We've got a couple of VST effects at ndc Plugs :
Rhythmic Metalisation Delay
Distortionator Mk2
Inverter (spatialisation-type-thing? - the same as the 'invert' function on some of Toby Bear's effects)

Thanks,
Niall.

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Dingo865 - Thu Oct 24, 2002 8:36 am

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Done!

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Filthy K - Fri Oct 25, 2002 12:49 pm

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I used to like Scuzzphut until last night, when I finally got Chainer to work . . . I ran my vocals through it, and now, I daresay, I LOVE it!

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scuzzphut - Sat Oct 26, 2002 3:23 am

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Bram - Sat Oct 26, 2002 5:54 am

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hey!
damn u!!
you forgot crazy ivan!!!
he'll be SO f*cking mad man.
don't do that!




- bram

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toda_V - Sun Oct 27, 2002 4:32 pm

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My new filter postDawn MIDI-Controlled Filter

http://postdawn.tripod.com/VSTindex.html

is free and would fit well in your filter category.

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toda_V - Sun Oct 27, 2002 5:48 pm

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Oh yeah, since these cats arent usually browsing the KvR forum, i will go ahead and answer for them.

Abyss Studio Plugins

http://members.lycos.co.uk/abyssplugs/free_plugins.htm

- Lots of plugins here, all effects, all basic but effective. The Abyss reverb especially has some massive decay to it.
__________________________________________________________

Mobilesoundunit

http://www.mobilesoundunit.com/vstpage.htm

- Some very interesting ambi-core type plugs here, for you experimental jammming types

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Dingo865 - Mon Oct 28, 2002 9:47 am

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Toda,

Could you enlarge (widen) the GUI of this filter a bit? In Orion Platinum, it's so narrow that the host's MIDI Options at the top of the window don't fit onto the screen, consequently I cannot set it to MIDI receive at all...

BTW, update done!

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toda_V - Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:10 am

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Done!

Renamed the dll, pic, help, and zip too, for less confusion.

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Filthy K - Mon Oct 28, 2002 11:40 am

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Free virtual effects and instruments are the Universes' way of saying, "Thank you for not using warez!"

BTW, I am really curious as to how well the Fruity effects stack up against some of the ones y'all listed. I know they're not technically "free," but I was using a few of them in Chainer the other night and wanted some opinions . . .

Layyyter . . .

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scuzzphut - Mon Oct 28, 2002 12:11 pm

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Heya Dingo!

Could you please update your list to point scuzzphut6 at http://www.djmarko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk and add phutboyslim to the delay section (a least, I *think* that's where it fits best) with the same URL?

thanks a bunch,

scuzz.

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Dingo865 - Mon Oct 28, 2002 3:13 pm

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Done.

(I really should get a life one of these days... )

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brittnell - Mon Oct 28, 2002 9:26 pm

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Don't forget Zinger, Square Maker, and Whix...
http://www.acc.umu.se/~bedev/software/vst/

I know I've got a few more as well, give me a sec...

b

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brittnell - Mon Oct 28, 2002 10:24 pm

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A few more...

PalancarWare ("kind of free"/donationware)
Brick Wall/Empire/DeDC/Neutronium/Ozone/Refero/Scalar/Sputnik
http://palancar.net/palancarware/vst.php

IndyGo Audio
IndyGo Delay/Indygo Gater/Indygo Tremolo
http://www.indygo.de/files/

VB Audio
D-Limiter/Karakao/MegaTrancer/FFX-4 Rack/plus the infamous non-VST "Test SPP"
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vb-audio/us/

Shiny-FX
Phase Vocoder/Spectral Monkeyage
http://www.shiny-fx.com/vst.htm

soundhack
+decimate
http://www.soundhack.com/

Dark Elektroniks
Demonwave/Quantik FX (pack)
http://chaotikmind.free.fr/frame.htm

lizzaudio
LizzEQ/LizzGRAPHIC/LizzCOMP/LizzLIMIT/LizzDELAY/LizzFLANGER/LizzTRAIN
http://www.lizzaudio.com/lizzaudiodownload.htm

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Dingo865 - Tue Oct 29, 2002 8:05 am

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Uh, Brittnel, 'tis great stuff, but... I'd REALLY appreciate of you could classify them somehow...? I mean, you don't need to follow the structure I set up in the very first message, but I do need *some* structure. In all honesty, I don't have the time to try them all, that's why I need your help.

Thanks in advance,

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brittnell - Tue Oct 29, 2002 11:03 am

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Uh, Give me a *bit* of a break on the *some* part... I could've posted names or URLs only.

At least this way, you get:
a) What it's called
b) Where to find it
c) Enough information to *easily* find descriptions (You don't have to try them all... Most are either title-defined, or have descriptions on their respective links)

Honestly, anything more would have been exactly what you have in the first post (which I don't have time to do at the moment either). I figured It'd be cool to lend a quick hand with what time I had.

Either way, I'll try and do what I can. Maybe after work...

*sigh*

b

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bioroid - Sat Dec 28, 2002 9:32 am

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Don't forget AntiGate!!

GATE
bioroid AntiGate
http://www.bioroid.com


bioroid

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crimsonwarlock - Sat Dec 28, 2002 10:39 am

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Hey bioroid, can you mail me a small feature list and a screendump of it so I can add it to my list here:
http://www.virtualsoundstudio.com/indexfreeeffects.shtml

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alfonso - Sun Dec 29, 2002 12:16 pm

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i'd suggest also:

http://digilander.libero.it/aromad/Megatone.zip
multiband compressor

http://digilander.libero.it/aromad/Dyno.zip
compressor (harder)

http://digilander.libero.it/aromad/Dyno2.zip
compressor (smoother)

ciao, alfonso.

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youCanCallMeAl - Thu Jan 02, 2003 5:21 am

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hey m8s, thanks for the list, this is exactly what i'm looking for!!!

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helium - Thu Jan 02, 2003 8:23 am

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Distorsion
-Verzerr (alpha 0.9)
http://helium.piranho.de/vst/Verzerr.zip

Stereoenhancer...
-Dyneo
http://helium.piranho.de/vst/Dyneo.zip
-Stancer
http://helium.piranho.de/vst/Stancer.zip

Filter
-npol
http://helium.piranho.de/vst/npol.zip


All of these are done by myself
And all of these are still in a testphase, especialy Verzerr.

Well did some other plugins as well, but they are not worth to be mentioned here.

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opiadream - Thu Jan 02, 2003 8:26 am

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thanxamillion helium

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Dingo865 - Thu Jan 02, 2003 8:50 am

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Thanks a bunch, Ladies & Gentlemen,

I've updated the list again. If you ever have anything to add, feel free to post here - I'm keeping a watch on this thread...

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Urs - Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:02 am

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Dingo865,

don't forget the FishFillets:

BlockFish - compressor
FloorFish - gate / enhancer
SpitFish - de-esser

available at DigitalFishPhones


and while you list More Feedback Machine in a "works for free"-thread (which I have no problem with), please edit my URL to it:

www.u-he.com/mfm/

BTW it's not really a delay, it is merely a multi-effect (most feedback I get is use as modulateable filter/chopper)

Cheers,

Urs

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Borogove - Mon Jan 06, 2003 2:16 pm

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The Tiny God plugins Throbber and Breather should go here. Both free Windows VSTs, both are basically LFO-driven filters -- probably should go under Distortion/Mangling, since they're sort of unpredictable, though Filter/Filterbank would be appropriate as well.

http://www.estarcion.com/tinygod/tinygod.html

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LeeStacey - Fri Jan 10, 2003 8:39 am

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sz-m0dul80r should go here too.
It's a phase modulation plugin VST for windows.
Definately a mangler.

Download from here

It's free but only to sectionz members, seeing as membership is free it's still a free plugin.

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NiallM - Tue Jan 14, 2003 3:34 am

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We released a ring-mod-type effect last week: 'The Modulator'. Get it at http://uk.geocities.com/ndcplugs/vststuff.htm .

Thanks,
Niall at ndc Plugs.

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alfonso - Fri Jan 17, 2003 4:44 pm

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for server problems Megatone is not currently available. the Dynos are still there.

sorry but the list should be updated without the Megatone.

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fake d.j. - Sun Jan 19, 2003 9:45 am

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How about i_warp, Filter?
Using it last night and it mangled some sounds nicely.

Its on me other drive so I cant check for the url now.

Fake

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magnus@se - Sun Jan 19, 2003 10:10 am

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Check the smartelectronix thread too - there are some new free plugins (one of which are written by myself )

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Mikael Adle - Wed Jan 22, 2003 11:54 pm

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Is there a free wah-wah effect somewhere?
Or any of the mentioned fx that can sound like one, maybe flanger or phaser or?

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amoebe - Sat Jan 25, 2003 12:46 pm

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You could try the excellent Floorfish -fishfillet package- from
www.digitalfishphones.com. Press the listen knob and then rotate the detect freq. That's the closest to a wah I can find.

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Mikael Adle - Sat Jan 25, 2003 1:08 pm

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Great!
Thanks for the tip.

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hardy slicer - Sat Jan 25, 2003 4:51 pm

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I was looking over the spectral analysis tool and saw the German bs_spectrum, but its Mac only. Any of these free VST plugs could be Windows, Mac, BeOS, Linux, etc, so lets label it.

Everyone is making free sound mangling tools, but how about a free spectral analysis tool (ala Waves) so you can see what you are doing, especially on the end of your master chain?

There must be some SynthEdit masters sitting around doing nothing (except reading KvR forums)...

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realmarco - Sat Jan 25, 2003 9:33 pm

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bTw Mdrive(distortion FX) is not from MDA its from Muon(available in the Free Tau VSti dowload)

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patchworkcat - Sun Feb 02, 2003 5:28 pm

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Wah pedals are low pass filters with high feedback ('Q')
try to find a good flexible filter with 'analogue' written near it and play around Ohm boyz springz to mind (can't think why )
Chi

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ianweb123 - Mon Feb 03, 2003 11:38 am

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Ive added the TrAmp to my website, http://www.ianweb.dial.pipex.com/ its a distortion filtering phasing echo thingy..

ATB

Ian

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Sascha Franck - Mon Feb 03, 2003 11:52 am

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Hardy, that BS-Spectrum is PC as well. Not the best, but free.
http://homepage.mac.com/bismark/products_english.html

Sascha

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topaz - Mon Feb 03, 2003 12:16 pm

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Check my

Lfo Filter 1.3
Stereo/Mono Filter Packs
Wave Sync (beta)
up down Gainers



http://www.topazproductions.co.uk

topaz

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Moritz Morpheus MkIII - Tue Feb 04, 2003 3:52 pm

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did anybody mention cyanide 2 yet?

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ElementalAudio - Wed Feb 05, 2003 11:26 am

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>

Inspector (spectrum analyzer):

http://www.elementalaudio.com/products/inspector/index.html

>

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topaz - Wed Feb 05, 2003 11:36 am

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Mac Only. (

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ElementalAudio - Wed Feb 05, 2003 11:51 am

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Chin up, topaz.

The PC version of Inspector is in the works and coming soon.

How soon? I can't say - if I told you, I'd have to kill you .

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soolan - Fri Feb 07, 2003 4:34 am

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To Brittnell:

That list you provided is just fine (and neat). Thanks.

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hardy slicer - Tue Feb 11, 2003 7:36 pm

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Bismark spectral analyzer for PC and Mac

FFT4VST spectral analyzer is free until you pay for it.

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helium - Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:12 am

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Nope, they are not!
A Wah boosts a specific freqeuncy range more like a peaking filter ste to a positiv gain. It seems like you've never used a real WahWah.

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Sahul - Mon Feb 17, 2003 12:05 pm

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Hi:

Dingo, could you add our Baxxpander to the Saturation category, please? Our website is http://www.elogoxa.net

Thank you very much!

Sahul

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dubndrums - Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:24 am

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D-Sound Autowah was free with Computer Music a while back, but doesn't seem to be on their website?

www.dsound1.com

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crimsonwarlock - Wed Feb 19, 2003 7:49 am

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Look around www.directxfiles.com . There was a download link to that free version somewhere on it.

EDIT: nope, sorry. That is for the distortion and the EQ

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.jon - Tue Mar 18, 2003 6:10 am

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Arcane Device has a long list of free FX (though made with SE), at least one is worth mentioning here

Echotank XL

My friend bumped into this very nice 3-line delay unit, complete with filters & assignable LFOs, featuring cross-feeding of the delay lines ...kind of poor man's OhmBoyz, but making even freakier stuff. And with good presets, recommended for those who seek a special delay.

Take look at http://antisound.semperstudio.com/device/index.php?displaynews=all

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alfonso - Thu Mar 20, 2003 9:07 am

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http://www.kvr-vst.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13866&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Considering the comments..........

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patchworkcat - Fri Mar 21, 2003 5:52 pm

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...

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Borogove - Fri Mar 21, 2003 6:43 pm

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Girls, girls, don't fight. You're talking about the same thing. The high Q or resonance is the peaking part of the peaking filter. "Feedback" isn't really the best term for it though it does involve a feedback loop in the circuit or algorithm implementing the filter.

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patchworkcat - Fri Mar 21, 2003 7:08 pm

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Thanks Borogove, feeling a little gyred and gimbled!
Having ransacked the old VSTs I might even suggest TK's 4filters- kind of 'wholesome' .

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helium - Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:02 am

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It's one of the common filters everyone knows: Lowpass, highpass, bandpass, bandreject, shelving and peaking.

commonly shelving and peaking filters are used in parametric EQs. While a lowpassfilter filters out the frequencys above the cutoff-frequency (the friquency, where the signal is attenuated by 3dB) a peaking filter boosts or cutts a specific frequency band. If you use a small bandwidth and a high gain-factor (>= 18dB) and make it's center frequency follows the envelope, you did a WahWah.

To check this ou can try it: Generate white noise, path it through your wahwah and analyse the signal that coms out. My one behaves very much like I told you. The high frequencys are still present, while a small frequency rage is booste a lot. If you don't have a wahwah you can check Amplitube or Sinositus Wahwah. All of the behave the same way.


Oh and what is a twat? All I found is:
(vulgar) external female genitalia, vulva; woman as a sex object (Slang)

That wouldn' be very politely of you

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Wine - Fri Mar 28, 2003 2:54 pm

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Just found out about SIR reverb, looks quite interesting. Details over at databaseaudio.

Michael

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patchworkcat - Fri Mar 28, 2003 4:06 pm

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...

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Dingo865 - Thu Apr 03, 2003 3:46 pm

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Just to let you know,

I tried to update the list again. Some of the links I received didn't work, and some I cannot figure out where to slot, so I didn't post them. Sorry for the delay, but I had some other priorities to get through...

Also, I would like to ask again: before you suggest something, please check the list (a simple Ctrl+f should do it) as to whether it appears already - and if it is possible, please post a link as well as the suggested category. I know little to nothing about some 90% of these effects, and I don't want to make an even bigger idiot out of myself by posting, say, a de-esser under 'Visual Aids"...

Thank you for everybody's contribution!

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scuzzphut - Thu Apr 17, 2003 4:05 am

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My new plugin - EQKiller can be added to the list under Equaliser

EQKiller (Kill Switches) - http://www.djmarko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk


Cheers,

scuzz.

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TMA - Thu Apr 17, 2003 4:57 am

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Cooool ! Nice One Dude ! , gettin checked out now

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Dingo865 - Sun Apr 20, 2003 7:45 am

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A short note:

It turns out that most of the links I posted didn't work because this f*cking phpBB software recognizes closing brackets as such only when you post the original message, but upon subsequent edits it automatically adds the brackets to the bloody URL...

Anyway, sorry - it's been all corrected now!

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mistertoast - Sun Apr 20, 2003 9:02 am

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Dingo, where is your list? This topic is getting so long I have trouble finding the URL. Can you post the URL again?

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Dingo865 - Sun Apr 20, 2003 9:21 am

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Friend,

There's no URL: the links are collected in the very FIRST message of this thread.

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topaz - Sun Apr 20, 2003 2:26 pm

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Hi guys

I just got a brand new site and have put my latest creations there

LFO Delay Filter 2



plus lots more

www.topazproductions.co.uk

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ew - Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:05 pm

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Nice looking site there,sir!
ew

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