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izonin · Post by **izonin** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:58 am

Help me build a list of synths that went freeware/magware.

Z3ta+
Firebird 2 (windows only) link
Dune (BE)
Zebralette link
Zebra CM
Hartman Neuron VS (macOS only) link
Da Hornet link
Junglist link (bundled with Synergy)
Plex 2 link
BigTick: Angelina, EP-Station, Rainbow link link link
MaxSynths vsti's link
de la mancha (windows only) link
Ugo Audio (windows only) link
contralogic (windows only) link
Spicy Guitar (physical modeling) link
Steinberg Model E link
AnaMark link
AlgoMusic M51galaxy\M42 Nebula link
HG Fortune link1 link2
Novuzeit (windows only) link
JXSynth link
Revitar 2 (physical modeling) link
Ultrasonique (windows only) link
Dreamstation link
Impulse (windows only) link
xoxos (windows only) link

...

I'll add links and info about each vsti in later edits.

Ghostwave · Post by **Ghostwave** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:33 am

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:52 am

Dune BE/CM didn't go magware, it's a slimmed down version of Dune 1, which lacks the fx section, and for Dune CM, also lacks one page of the mod matrix. Also, you can't get a hold of Z3TA+ anymore, because Cakewalk "ran out of serials" (which probably means they got p***ed off by people grabbing it illegitamately), same with Rapture. There's very few plugins which really "got magware", after being sold, the Tone2 stuff comes to mind e.g., Firebird, Warmverb, BiFilter, Filterbank, all came as magware on the Beat magazine's DVD.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:13 pm

Carbonflake wrote:Why?

Do you not realise the importance of lists at kvr??! They are *extremely* important and vital to the continued good health of many high post count members.

beely · Post by **beely** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:32 pm

Carbonflake wrote:Why?

He doesn't want to go to the effort of doing it himself!

bob bobwood · Post by **bob bobwood** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:33 pm

I don't get this list thing either, but if izonin is really into it, click on my signature and then search for "now free" (without the quotation marks). I occasionally make a note of such things but it's enough to help your list grow.

izonin · Post by **izonin** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 1:10 pm

bob bobwood wrote:I don't get this list thing either, but if izonin is really into it, click on my signature and then search for "now free" (without the quotation marks). I occasionally make a note of such things but it's enough to help your list grow.

Thanks, I'll check that link.

And I'm not doing it for myself, just thought I'd help the community. Lots of people who come to kvr want to start making music, but are not sure if free stuff is good enough for production.

Scotty · Post by **Scotty** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 2:48 pm

I like the idea of this list. I am not always aware of the status of commercial plugins going free. Obviously it would be subcategory of the free vst list and I think it could be useful. The original list is fantastic and I really appreciate the effort that goes into it. I recently resuurected a bunch of old song files from 2003 to 2008 and was able to recall most of my song files and more than once I found some missing plugins from that thread that I was able to jbridge and open on my 64bit machine. - Scotty

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 2:58 pm

Maxsynths stuff used to be payware

http://www.maxsynths.com/freeware.html

As for Z3ta, afaik it was a limited time offer, you can't get it now for free or as a magware.

surreal · Post by **surreal** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 2:59 pm

I like this list.. lets continue.. why not add commercial quality free synths ie UheTyrell and Zebralette.. well Zebra cm is really cool!!

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:00 pm

surreal wrote:I like this list.. lets continue.. why not add commercial quality free synths ie UheTyrell and Zebralette..

Probably because they aren't what the OP asked for, which is "Ex-commercial synths".

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:07 pm

Zebralette used to be bundled only with Zebra... but now it's freeware.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:12 pm

Hartman Neuron VS

izonin · Post by **izonin** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:16 pm

surreal wrote:I like this list.. lets continue.. why not add commercial quality free synths ie UheTyrell and Zebralette.. well Zebra cm is really cool!!

Yes, Zebralette qualifies. And Zebra CM is the mag version of Zebra 1, so maybe should be added, too.

surreal · Post by **surreal** » Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:23 pm

chk071 wrote:
surreal wrote:I like this list.. lets continue.. why not add commercial quality free synths ie UheTyrell and Zebralette..
Probably because they aren't what the OP asked for, which is "Ex-commercial synths".

My apologies chk071k

Just thought it would be a nice expansion as I though the op would wanna go for top quality synths that would be on par with commercial synths that could be gotte for free now... my bad... apologies

Ex-commercial synths