Article: a free Windows-based software studio
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 29 Apr, 2021
This is dope! Thank you!
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- KVRist
- 64 posts since 7 Apr, 2021
Great article, thanks!
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- KVRian
- 829 posts since 2 Mar, 2018
I've found more than enough for my purposes, but others, esp people just starting out and not exactly rich, I think would benefit from a current version. "You get what you pay for" has more holes than a gopher-infested golf course when it comes to plugins.synthgeek wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:46 pm Hi there... haven't been around these parts much lately, didn't realize this was still stickied here. Cheers to mixyguy2 for the newer links. :)
It is indeed an old and outdated article, but I just updated that first post with a Wayback Machine link, so at least it doesn't lead nowhere anymore.
I may get around to doing an updated version of this article... if that's something folks would be interested in, feel free to say so here, it might help motivate me. :)
In fact FWIW I'll take a crack at what my lineup would look like:
DAW: Cakewalk (I guess..tbh the only free one I ever liked was Audacity, so easy to use, but it's extremely limited)
Effects:
- EQ: TDR Nova (parametric), KarmaFX EQ (graphic)
- Reverbs: Valhalla Supermassive (also has delay), Voxengo Oldskool, SIR1 (IR reverb)
- Saturation: Klanghelm IVGI and MUC Jr
- Compressor: TDR Molotok
- Flange/phase: Valhalla Space Modulator
- Vocal doubler: izotope Vocal Doubler
- Vocoder: TAL Vocoder
- The Blue Cat, Melda, and Dead Duck suite of effects are also well worth a look
Instruments:
- Orchestral: Spitfire BBCSO Discover
- Guitar: Acoustic: Ample Guitar M Lite; Electric: DVS Guitar, Shreddage 3 (unfortunately that requires Kontakt tho so "free" is only true if you have it)
- Drums: MT Power Drum Kit, Steven Slate SSD5 Lite
- Bass: Ample Bass P Lite
- Sax: DVS Sax
- Strings: Spitfire Strings
- Synths:
- Vital
- Surge
- Helm
- OB-xd
- Podolski
- FB 3300
- Triple Cheese
- Zebralette
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2540 posts since 18 May, 2002 from up on Cripple Creek (CO)
Indeed, that saying was obviously started by someone trying to sell overpriced goods.
There does seem to be some interest here, I guess it would be worth updating this. Thanks for the recommendations, I see some stuff in there I haven't checked out yet myself. I have been playing around with some of the other free DAW choices recently, with the thought of a possible update to this in mind. Right now, LMMS is looking like my top recommendation, only because Cakewalk is more "freemium" than actually free, but I'll still mention it.
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- 9087 posts since 15 Oct, 2017 from U.S.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2540 posts since 18 May, 2002 from up on Cripple Creek (CO)
So, I've finally gotten a chance to put some good time in on an update for this article, and it should be up within a week or so.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2540 posts since 18 May, 2002 from up on Cripple Creek (CO)
A new version of this article is (finally) now available from the FSA website:
A free Windows-based software studio, 2021 update
The original post has been updated with the new link also.
A free Windows-based software studio, 2021 update
The original post has been updated with the new link also.
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- KVRist
- 60 posts since 29 Sep, 2021
Great writeup, thanks for taking the time to compile all this info.synthgeek wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:13 pm A new version of this article is (finally) now available from the FSA website:
A free Windows-based software studio, 2021 update
The original post has been updated with the new link also.
And a quick PSA: if you are dumb like me and think "Cubase LE" is free -- it isn't, you can download it but you will need an activation code to get it to run. This activation code comes bundled with some hardware gizmos, so it's only free if you already bought the gizmo.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2540 posts since 18 May, 2002 from up on Cripple Creek (CO)
Cheers, thanks for taking the time to comment.