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yeah and then when you want to go back and take them off that is more time you will spend on maintenance instead of making music. Worst is when you want to remove one that required you created its own path and used an installer leaving files all over the place.

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Variety of Sound has Some new stuff since 2011
Check out voxengo, also Jeroen breebaart and massey plug-ins for freely usable demo stuff

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Also check out these vst's, I like them a lot:
http://kx77free.free.fr/English-content ... s_kx77free
http://www.kvraudio.com/developer/kx77free

Been around for years, but been updated often. Seems that vst3 64-bit versions will be available, when synthedit 64-bit 1.2 is stable.

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EnGee wrote:Melda Production has a very nice free bundle of effects.
And a very nice free drumkit, too, MDrummer Small which is not included in the MFreeEffectsBundle but to download apart.
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Of course among the best freewares, there are also those made by Togu Audio Line.

And the four excellents freewares made by u-he (Podolski, Triple Cheese, Zebralette, and Tyrell Nexus 6).

There are also all the huge synthesizers made by Full Bucket Music.
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Most probably not the response you are looking for.

I too was a collector of freeware and then a funny thing happened. I started buying virutal instruments and effects. Since then I've had no desire to download freeware.
Synapse Audio Dune 3 I'm in love

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Has nobody mentioned Fuzzpillz Oatmeal yet? I think it's still one of the best free synths.

http://togeostudios.com/ts-blog/free-re ... sti-synth/

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tapper mike wrote:Most probably not the response you are looking for.

I too was a collector of freeware and then a funny thing happened. I started buying virutal instruments and effects. Since then I've had no desire to download freeware.
A funny thing happened to me also, I looked in my wallet and realised I was skint and since then I've had a desire to search for as many freeware vst plugins as I can get my hands on. :lol:

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blackflag wrote:Has nobody mentioned Fuzzpillz Oatmeal yet? I think it's still one of the best free synths.

http://togeostudios.com/ts-blog/free-re ... sti-synth/
Yes oatmeal and synth 1 are probably the best freeware synths you can get for free, even though they are old.

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Here are my best freewares.

In red I have put the environments, the instruments (don't worry if the samplers are called synths, it is by simplification), and the composition helpers. For each instrument, I have mentioned a category as it is on my hard disk. And when an instrument is an emulation I also indicate it.

In green I have put the effects and the other tools.

All these products are among the best freewares ever. The list is long... but it is to let you choose yourself what you will like. And you have at least one link (sometimes two or three) for each products. And some of them, having totally disappeared whilst still very good, are hosted on my depositfiles area (you'll have the link also in the list at their places). I prefer to let you choose yourself (pick at random if you want, but my advice is rather to take your time) rather to indicate simply a few products which could make you miss very good other instruments that you could like by affinity with your tastes.
  1. 4 Front Technologies - 4Front Bass Module: emulation of a bass guitar
  2. 4 Front Technologies - 4Front Piano Module: emulation of an upright piano
  3. 4 Front Technologies - 4Front Rhode: emulation of Rhodes piano
  4. 4 Front Technologies - W1 Limiter
  5. AcidDose - Xhip: synth
  6. AcidDose - Xhip Effects
  7. AG Works - Sonogram SG-1
  8. AlgoMusic - String Synthesizer: string synth
  9. AM Music Technology - Pro SoloVst: synth, emulation of ARP Prosoloist, remember Tony Banks' solos in the 70's in all the first Genesis albums! You can now find it on my depositfiles area
  10. Andreas Ersson - ErsDrums: drum kit, you can now find it on my depositfiles area
  11. Andreas Ersson - polyIblit: synth, you can now find it on my depositfiles area
  12. Angular Momentum - Analog Warfare: synth
  13. Antress - Modern Plugins
  14. B. Serrano - Adonis Pro: synth
  15. B. Serrano - AMT-1
  16. B. Serrano - Anubis: synth
  17. B. Serrano - Cosmos: synth
  18. B. Serrano - Dionysos: synth
  19. B. Serrano - Horus: synth and string synth
  20. B. Serrano - Nibiru 3
  21. B. Serrano - Nibiru
  22. B. Serrano - Nucleus: synth
  23. B. Serrano - Osiris XT: synth
  24. B. Serrano - Radium: synth
  25. B. Serrano - Redshift 3
  26. B. Serrano - Selena: string synth
  27. Benjamin Rosseaux - BR404: synth
  28. Benjamin Rosseaux - BR808: synth
  29. BigTick Audio - Angelina: string synth oriented choirs
  30. BigTick Audio - Cheeze Machine: string synth
  31. BigTick Audio - Zen: environment for patches and banks
  32. Blaukraut Engineering - Charlatan: synth
  33. Blue Cat Audio - Blue Cat's Chorus
  34. Blue Cat Audio - Blue Cat's Flanger
  35. Blue Cat Audio - Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst
  36. Blue Cat Audio - Blue Cat's Gain Suite
  37. Blue Cat Audio - Blue Cat's Phaser
  38. Blue Cat Audio - Blue Cat's Triple EQ
  39. Brain Control - Tunefish 3: synth
  40. Brain Control - Tunefish 4: synth, beware, it is totally different to Tunefish 3, not the same product!
  41. Buzzroom - Lallapallooza lite: synth
  42. Cakewalk - Square I: synth
  43. Cakewalk - Triangle II: synth
  44. Camel Audio - CamelCrusher
  45. Cescato MusikTechnologie - Trans Computer Maschine: synth, emulation all in one of ARP Odyssey + Synthanorma Step-sequencer. Rated 6/6 by Beat Magazine!
  46. Chordspace - ChordSpace: composition helper
  47. Code Audio - BeatBurner: synth
  48. ConcreteFX - Rock: synth
  49. CutterMusic - Revitar 2: emulation of acoustic guitars
  50. CWITEC - TX16Wx Software Sampler: synth, one of the best free samplers
  51. Darrell Tam - DtBlkFx
  52. DatSounds - Obxd - Virtual Analog Synthesizer: synth, emulation of Oberheim OB-X
  53. DigitalFishPhones - Blockfish
  54. DigitalFishPhones - Dominion
  55. DigitalFishPhones - Endorphin
  56. DigitalFishPhones - Floorfish
  57. DigitalFishPhones - Spitfish
  58. E-MU - Proteus VX: synth, awesome free emulation of their own Proteus Emulator X3 from 1983
  59. E-Phonic - Drumatic 3: drum kit
  60. E-Phonic - Retro Delay
  61. Elektrostudio - Excellent emulations, almost all are unknown on KVR and yet they are awesome. To see them and download them, click this link, then click the english flag at the upper part of the page, then choose the instrument in the list at left. I detail a bit in the list below. You'll find also many demos on Youtube when searching with the word "Elektrostudio" (this link), there are videos also on his own website but for the original hardwares:
    1. Model Mini: synth, emulation of Moog Minimoog
    2. Model Pro: synth, emulation of Moog Prodigy
    3. Moon Sono Sx: synth, emulation of Moog Sonic Six
    4. Moon Micro: synth, emulation of Moog Micromoog
    5. Rhythmus: drum machine, absolutely awesome emulation of Korg Minipops 7 which was used by Jean-Michel Jarre in Oxygen, compare this and this with the sounds of the original hardware
    6. Ocet: drum machine, emulation of EKO Computerhythm which was used by Jean-Michel Jarre in Oxygen and Equinox and very used also by Manuel Göttsching alias Ashra Tempel
    7. OR2 voice: synth, emulation of Oberheim Two-Voice
    8. Davosynth: synth, emulation of Davoli Synth
    9. Esline String: string synth, emulation of Solina String Ensemble
    10. Sixth Month June: synth, emulation of Roland Juno-6
    11. ODsay: synth, emulation of ARP Odyssey
    12. Tapeotronic: string synth, emulation of Mellotron, simplified but very good sounds
  62. EVM Synths - Grand Piano: emulation of a concert grand piano
  63. Full Bucket Music - deputy Mark II: synth and string synth
  64. Full Bucket Music - Mono/Fury: synth, emulation of Korg Mono/Poly
  65. Full Bucket Music - Nabla: string synth, emulation of Korg Delta
  66. Full Bucket Music - The blooo: synth
  67. Full Bucket Music - The scrooo: synth
  68. Futucraft - Kairatune: synth
  69. Fuzzpils - Oatmeal: synth
  70. Green Oak - Crystal: synth
  71. GSi - MrTramp: emulation of Wurlitzer 200A Electric Piano
  72. Hercs Music Systems - Abakos: synth
  73. Ichiro Toda - Synth1: synth, emulation of Clavia Nord Lead 2
  74. Ignite Amps - NRR-1
  75. Ignite Amps - PTEq-1a
  76. Ignite Amps - The Anvil
  77. Ignite Amps - TS-999
  78. Ignite Amps - TSB-1 Tyrant Screamer
  79. IK Multimedia - SampleTank FREE: synth
  80. Istvan Kaldor - DirtBag: emulation of drawbar organs
  81. Jeremy Evers - Atlantis: synth
  82. Keolab - Spicy Guitar: emulation of acoustic guitars
  83. Kirnu - Kirnu: arpeggiator
  84. Klanghelm - DC1A
  85. Klanghelm - IVGI
  86. KX77Free - Kx-Polym-CSE: synth, emulation of Yamaha CS-70M
  87. KX77Free - Kx-PolyMod: synth
  88. KX77Free - KX-Synth-X16: synth, emulation of EMS VCS 3 and Synthi AKS
  89. KX77Free - KXOMNI 600: synth
  90. KX77Free - Kx-Modulad: synth
  91. Linplug - Free Alpha: synth
  92. Luxonix - LFX-1310
  93. Majken - Chimera: synth
  94. Majken - TranceDrive: synth
  95. Martinic - Combo Model F: emulation of Farfisa Combo organ
  96. Martinic - Combo Model V: emulation of Vox Continental Combo organ, you can now find it on my depositfiles area
  97. MeldaProduction - MDrummerSmall: drum kit
  98. MeldaProduction - MFreeEffectsBundle. It contains:
    1. MeldaProduction - MAnalyzer
    2. MeldaProduction - MAutopan
    3. MeldaProduction - MAutoPitch
    4. MeldaProduction - MBandPass
    5. MeldaProduction - MComb
    6. MeldaProduction - MCompressor
    7. MeldaProduction - MEqualizer
    8. MeldaProduction - MFlanger
    9. MeldaProduction - MFreqShifter
    10. MeldaProduction - MLimiter
    11. MeldaProduction - MLoudnessAnalyzer
    12. MeldaProduction - MNoiseGenerator
    13. MeldaProduction - MNotepad
    14. MeldaProduction - MOscillator
    15. MeldaProduction - MPhaser
    16. MeldaProduction - MRingModulator
    17. MeldaProduction - MStereoExpander
    18. MeldaProduction - MStereoScope
    19. MeldaProduction - MTremolo
    20. MeldaProduction - MTuner
    21. MeldaProduction - MUtility
    22. MeldaProduction - MVibrato
    23. MeldaProduction - MWaveShaper
  99. Mike Norrish - Armchair Guitarist: emulation of an electric guitar
  100. Mucoder - hypercyclic: arpeggiator and step-sequencer
  101. Mucoder - tonespace: composition helper
  102. ODO Synths - DR-Fusion: drum kit
  103. Oleg Mikheev aka Graywolf - BlueARP: arpreggiator
  104. OXE - Oxe FM Synth: synth
  105. Paul Nasca - ZynAddSubFX: synth
  106. RS Met - CrossOver
  107. Rumpelrausch Taips - AZR3: emulation of a Hammond B3 organ
  108. Rumpelrausch Taips - Crazy Diamonds: string synth
  109. SAM - VOPM: synth, emulation of the Yamaha YM2151: OPM 4 operator FM sound chip which was embedded in many Yamaha synths of the DX series
  110. SIR Audio Tools - SIR1
  111. SKNote - Grainz: synth, but also excellent emulation of plucked strings (guitars, harps, lutes, zithers, etc.) and bowed strings (violins, cellos, Erhu, etc.)
  112. Slim Slow Slider - C3 Multi Band Compressor
  113. Slim Slow Slider - Linear Phase Graphic EQ
  114. Slim Slow Slider - Side Chain Compressor
  115. Smart Electronics - Ambience
  116. Smart Electronics - GalactiX: synth
  117. Smart Electronics - LiveCut
  118. Smart Electronics - SupaPhaser
  119. Smart Electronics - s(M)exoscope
  120. SolidSate Logic (SSL) - LMC-1
  121. Steinberg - Model-E: synth
  122. Steinberg - VB-1: emulation of a bass guitar
  123. Stumm - PG-23P: emulation of the Roland JX-3P from the PG-200 programmer's interface
  124. Subminimal - StepChild: step-sequencer
  125. Superwave - Superwave P8: synth, emulation of Roland JP-8000
  126. tBt - Tapestop
  127. tBt - TLs Pocket Limiter
  128. tBt - TLs Saturated Driver
  129. Togu Audio Line - TAL-BassLine: synth, emulation of Roland SH-101
  130. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Bitcrusher
  131. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Chorus-LX
  132. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Dub
  133. Togu Audio Line - TAL-DUB-II
  134. Togu Audio Line - TAL-DUB-III
  135. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Elek7ro
  136. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Filter II
  137. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Flanger
  138. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Multi Filter
  139. Togu Audio Line - TAL-NoiseMaker: synth
  140. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Phaser
  141. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Reverb
  142. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Tube
  143. Togu Audio Line - TAL-U-No-62: synth, emulation of Roland Juno-60
  144. Togu Audio Line - TAL-USEq
  145. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Vintager: synth
  146. Togu Audio Line - TAL-Vocoder: synth, string synth, and vocoder
  147. Tokyo Dawn Labs - TDR VOS SlickEQ
  148. Tone2 - FireBird: synth
  149. Topten Software - Cantabile: excellent VST environment even in its free edition. When I'm not composing (in my DAWs), it is Cantabile Lite (free) that I use to create racks of instruments and effects to simply play and practice, to rehearse, to assemble a gear for a jam session, etc.
  150. U-He - Podolski: synth
  151. U-He - Triple Cheese: synth
  152. U-He - Tyrell Nexus 6: synth, emulation of Roland Juno-106
  153. U-He - Zebralette: synth, simply by only ONE oscillator from Zebra, and yet awesome!
  154. Variety of Sound - BaxterEQ
  155. Variety of Sound - BootEQ
  156. Variety of Sound - Density
  157. Variety of Sound - epicVerb
  158. Variety of Sound - FerricTDS - Tape Dynamics Simulator
  159. Variety of Sound - NastyDLA
  160. Variety of Sound - NastyVCS
  161. Variety of Sound - preFIX
  162. Variety of Sound - Rescue MK2
  163. Variety of Sound - TesslaPRO
  164. Variety of Sound - ThrillseekerLA
  165. Variety of Sound - ThrillseekerVBL
  166. Variety of Sound - ThrillseekerXTC
  167. Varisha - Accordion: emulation of an accordion
  168. Varisha - Fender Bass: emulation of a Fender bass guitar
  169. Varisha - Piano: emulation of three pianos
  170. Varisha - Lyric Trumpet: emulation of a trumpet of grand orchestra
  171. Vember Audio - Shortcircuit: synth
  172. Vladg Sound - Limiter No6
  173. Vladg Sound - Molot
  174. Vladg Sound - Proximity
  175. Voltkitchen (Glen Stegner, Gunnar Ekornas, etc.) - Arppe2600va: synth, emulation of ARP 2600
  176. Voltkitchen (Glen Stegner, Gunnar Ekornas, etc.) - MinimogueVA: synth, emulation of Moog Minimoog, you can now find it on my depositfiles area. The zip file contains MinimogueVA, MinimogueLUXUS, many patches, and the old reference Minimoog D patch book of 1974 that I sent to Gunnar last year.
  177. Voxengo - AnSpec
  178. Voxengo - Boogex
  179. Voxengo - Marvel GEQ
  180. Voxengo - MSED
  181. Voxengo - OldSkoolVerb
  182. Voxengo - Overtone GEQ
  183. Voxengo - SPAN
  184. Voxengo - Stereo Touch
  185. Voxengo - Tempo Delay
  186. Voxengo - Tube Amp
  187. Wolfgang Palm - Plex - Restructuring Synthesizer: synth, by the famous Wolfgang Palm, father of the wavetable synthesis!
  188. ZenSound - Rebeld: soundbank for Blaukraut Charlatan
  189. ZenSound - Trail of Nexus 6: soundbank for U-He Tyrell Nexus 6
All these products are in my stuff. They are chosen among the most wonderful freeware products. And some of them are really very, very underestimated on KVR!
Last edited by BlackWinny on Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:48 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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A very comprehensive list BlackWinny; :)

+1 for your time compiling this :tu:
:tu: All is good

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Very good of you to go to all that trouble blackwinny, much appreciated. Seen or got most of them on the list but there is at least one developer that is new to me, so thanks.

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DrewDale wrote:A very comprehensive list BlackWinny; :)

+1 for your time compiling this :tu:
barrybitter wrote:Very good of you to go to all that trouble blackwinny, much appreciated. Seen or got most of them on the list but there is at least one developer that is new to me, so thanks.
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ZynAddSubFX sounds better every time I use it. Don't overlook it just because of it's Linux-ish GUI.

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you do know that there is a search engine right below the kvr logo, right ?

or are you asking for people's opinions ?
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If not Make a Mac version of your Plugins Please.

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