KVR Audio

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 1:01 am

aMUSEd wrote:
transverb wrote:
Naenyn wrote:Here are a few more:

GoodHertz Faraday Limiter
Faraday Limiter is the sound of iron: colorful dynamics with warm, tape-like saturations.

Faraday used to be a brilliant freebie... now Goodhertz are charging for it. Definitely still worth checking out. I dig Goodhertz: refreshingly clean GUIs, innovative functionality and great sound.

https://goodhertz.co/faraday-lim
From free to $95? - that's insane!

Yeah, terrible move from this dev.

aciddose · Post by **aciddose** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 4:09 am

It's only insane if nobody ever buys a copy. What's really insane is how y'all waste your time making music and stuff rather than learning to write code and create your own plug-ins! Nutters.

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:19 pm

aciddose wrote:It's only insane if nobody ever buys a copy. What's really insane is how y'all waste your time making music and stuff rather than learning to write code and create your own plug-ins! Nutters.

That's tellin' 'em!!!

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 10:54 am

HY-Filter has been added to the HY-Plugins lineup. Nifty!

http://hyakken.moo.jp/WordPress/plugins/vst/

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:26 pm

http://www.mzuther.de/en/software/

Couple of metering tools...64x works fine

K-Meter is an implementation of a K-System meter according to Bob Katz’ specifications.

traKmeter is a loudness meter for correctly setting up tracking and mixing levels

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:47 am

Just found a very unique, cool, efficient and useful one from 99sounds:

Clap Machine
http://99sounds.org/vst-plugins/

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:27 am

Acustica Audio 'AcquaVox' preamp:
http://www.acustica-audio.com/index.php ... &Itemid=53

Andywanders · Post by **Andywanders** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:43 pm

Until 10th March, this is FREE...

https://www.izotope.com/en/products/eff ... mic-delay/

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:38 am

Some cool stuff here - never heard of this developer before...

http://www.soft-amp.com/audio-fx

Bouroki · Post by **Bouroki** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:06 pm

MogwaiBoy wrote:Some cool stuff here - never heard of this developer before...

http://www.soft-amp.com/audio-fx

Using Charbooster in front of ampsims has been such a revelation for me

lolilol1975 · Post by **lolilol1975** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:53 am

OK, did a comparison of a number of freeware algorithmic reverb effects on an acoustic track, and here are they in order of preference:

1) Oril River
2) Sanford reverb
3) Epicverb and Voxengo OldSkoolverb
4) Tonebooster reverb v3 (not free)
5) TAL reverb II
6) Freeverb3
7) Cockos Reaverbate
8 ) Ambience

8 ) used to be a favorite among the free reverbs. It can still be used with good effect if you are careful with the knobs, but tbh, there are better alternatives out there. Lots of presets, most of them are unusable.
7) is a tie with 6) and the same comment applies here. Not bad per se, but definitely the others are better. 6) has a terrible interface in my opinion.

Starting from 5), I can recommend these reverbs without much reservation, they all do a good job. Of the 5, TAL is the simplest, it's a plate reverb and you can get decent results quickly with it. Still 1) and 2) and 3) sound better in most if not all situations.

1) is the most recent free reverb in this selection, it's a room reverb and it's the best sounding, most transparent of them all. It's on par with some of the best reverbs. If you need only one, get this one.

2) is also a room reverb. It has one of the most natural sounding algorithm of them all, and was my go to reverb before Oril River came out. When used well, I would be hard pressed to distinguish it from a natural reverberation. I haven't tried commercial reverbs, but someone on the KVR reviews compared it to Softube TSAR-1 and found it to be on par. It's not simple to use, as it is very configurable, but suffice to say it sounds quite transparent and gives a sense of space that the other plugins fail to give. I simply use the presets, they are good enough. For the tweaker, it's possible to adjust separately the 1st, 2nd and 3rd early reflections left and right.

3) OldSkoolVerb is a great all around reverb. I think it's a tiny bit more transparent than 2) and I could see myself using it just about anywhere. But it has a less beautiful tail and sound overall.
At first, I found EpicVerb terrible, until I understood that to use it correctly, one has to mix it with the dry signal: EpicVerb's is the reverb effect only, while all the other reverbs mix in a majority of dry sound by default in their presets. *Now* it sounds good ! I would still put it just below Sanford and on par with Voxengo.

4) is not free, but it comes in the very affordable and very good Toneboosters bundle. It's a plate reverb similar to TAL reverb 2, but with more controls, and a slightly more forward and maybe better sounding.

I've found that a parallel combination of 1) and 2) gives me a nice blend that I'm sure can compare favorably with many commercial packages out there. Get both of them and they may very well be the only reverbs you ever need.

Dee.P.Tree · Post by **Dee.P.Tree** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:17 am

@lolilol1975 thanks for such a nice and useful comparison..!

I am in agreement with you for epicverb and ambience.

TAL reverb has been updated to TAL Reberb-4. Since you have already compared its earlier version, have you tried that where does 4th version stand in this comparison?

lolilol1975 · Post by **lolilol1975** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:07 pm

At one time I had both and I think I slightly preferred version II to version 4. But none of them was as good as Sanford Reverb.

I've also rapidly tested Freeverb3, which is a collection of different algorithms. It has the most confusing user interface of all and don't expect to use it without reading the user manual first. Soundwise, I would rate what I've heard somewhere in between TAL reverb II and Reaverbate.

edit: added Voxengo OldSkoolverb. Don't be fooled by its diminutive name, it's a really worthy addition to the arsenal of free verbs, as it goes right into my top 3 !

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Thu Apr 07, 2016 8:17 am

You missed Abstract Chamber by Signaldust! While it lacks in controls, it sounds incredible.

http://www.signaldust.com/plugins.html

The other plugins are also very high quality.

thomasueber · Post by **thomasueber** » Fri Apr 15, 2016 11:43 pm

Freeware VSTeffects roundup 64-bit