Old Free VSTi Gems From The Past

[DuX]

I actually saw somebody complaining about a good plugin not having good GUI and that started me off. So it is the right thread. Especially free gems can come in all shapes and even colours. But the programming underneath is what's important.

If it sounds good, then it's good. It really doesn't matter what it looks like.

I just want people to shut up about GUIs, especially in a "free VST" thread because there are some really ugly ones that sound great and you will not even try them because they "look ugly" or don't have GUI. Shame.

People would rather use "Sausage Fattner" because it looks funny. It doesn't matter what it does to the sound, eh?

[moho]

I agree but I'd rather have a rubbish gui than none at all
a) for speed, easier to see a knob labelled cutoff than scroll down a list of sliders to find it and
b)adjusting 2 or 3 effects at the same time none of which have gui's gets confusing.
Though sometimes confusion is good two of my favourite plugs are AB-vst and Sophia purely because I'm not sure what the knobs control so its always a surprise

I think people equate professional looking with professional sounding
and while this maybe to some extent true if they have spent time making it look good they may have spent time making it sound good.
But then I equate professional sounding with same as all the rest which is why most unconventional plugs are free as its hard to sell weird.

[idfpower]

People, or more or less people, if an effect doesn't have a GUI that doesn't mean it's not good. I use about a dozen GUIless gems myself. It is about how they SOUND.

Sound, you know - SOUND? I think this is an audio forum, not a designer forum? Yap, just checked - it's a forum about audio plugins, not Adobe forum.

Sound is about the DSP coding of the audio processing and the GUI is just like slapping a nice looking chassis on a really great engine. If you have a bad looking chassis, or not at all, it can still run pretty good if you have a great engine. If you catch my drift? And chassis can look the best, and shiny, and sparkly, and whatever, but if the engine is sheisse then you get sheisse out.

sheisse=excrement, if you know what I mean. You can't HEAR even an atom of that GUI and all you hear is the audio DSP processing behind it. So NEVER judge a plugin by its GUI. That's such a common mistake... because our society is based on looks.

If an effect has three parameters only, why would you want a GUI at all? 3 parameters? It's ridiculous. It's as ridiculous as that fausage shittner plugin or whatever it's called. I'd call it aliasing producer. It is probably hard to believe that but some people really make DSP code with their hearts and they produce great results. Since most of the people who are programmers don't posses designing talents all you have to do is add 2+2... GUI doesn't make a good plugin, AUDIO DSP code does.

Ppl like things for different reasons. For some certain aspects don't matter, for others are paramount.

In my case, the GUI is paramount. I don't care if it just sounds good - IT HAS TO LOOK GOOD TOO.

I judge a product as a whole, not piece by piece. If it looks and feels half-baked, then it's not for me. Spending time to create a nice GUI shows dedication. It tells me the author is going the extra mile. Same goes for presets: I want to see a synth (for example) with a full bank of good usable presets and a pleasing GUI in order to add it to my setup. Otherwise to me it's just a demo or prototype of a product.

A good engine is just that: an engine - not a car. An engine on a good chassis is still just an engine mounted on a frame. But if you add to that the rest of the car body kit, seats, trims and the whole package then you can call it a car - if you catch my drift?

Bottom line is: why would I use something that has no GUI - or a bad looking one - when there's plenty to choose from that sounds equally good and easy on the eye? Like it or not, eye candy sells. When you can choose between similar products, I consider it's natural to go for the prettiest of the bunch.

[moho]

I guess all your shoe laces are tinsel
can we stick to the thread?

[bob bobwood]

lukzinho luizinho is a Brazilian dev, who I came across about a year ago and when I got in touch with him about his output I didn't get an answer about sharing, probably down to a language problem at my end; he just said I had to search for the downloads.
Main thing is you need to join 4shared to download, and follow the links. Some work and some don't. Also one or two require passwords which are usually easy to find - lol - in the download.

http://kriasoundmusic.blogspot.com.br/

Ah yes, and it is all in Portuguese. And some of his youtube posts don't translate very well.

Thanks go to uproar24 and his enormous youtube library once again for the initial find.

[Numanoid]

Arido newbie plugin, but only standalone unfortunately:
http://solcitomusica.blogspot.com.ar/p/virtuales.html

[mztk]

check out his Supertron2 synth

[bftucker]

Arido newbie plugin, but only standalone unfortunately:
http://solcitomusica.blogspot.com.ar/p/virtuales.html

ARIDO, like all of Solcito Musica's synths, is very good, to my ears anyway...and I like the easy resize.

The free ARIDO Stand-alone has a button at the bottom that says "Get VSTi"

Push it and you will get instructions on how to donate and get the "full-operative VSTi"

...

[bob bobwood]

I'm a looking for maqam by xoxos, a monosynth tuned to the classic maqams of safi al-din. xoxos can barely remember it, so it'd be nice to find it. And I'd like to pm him to see if it's OK to share.

No download on archived plattermatic or xoxos sites.
here's a link from 2004 where he mentioned it;
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... ht=#650901

[oceanictrancer]

hey guys, first poster here.

anyone heard of this:http://www.kvraudio.com/product/ds_404_ ... uter_music ?

been looking for it, can't find it anywhere...

[moho]

hey guys, first poster here.

anyone heard of this:http://www.kvraudio.com/product/ds_404_ ... uter_music ?

been looking for it, can't find it anywhere...

Just buy a copy of Computer Music magazine

[mztk]

i've found a plugin called 101drm.dll by?(UK@ etc)?
is this from a collection? just ended up on my desktop..

here it is anyway:

https://app.box.com/s/29ml3toizt0z8ebmom37

drumkit with filter/fx/etc. based on SE 808kit.

[eidenk]

i've found a plugin called 101drm.dll by?(UK@ etc)?
is this from a collection? just ended up on my desktop..

here it is anyway:

https://app.box.com/s/29ml3toizt0z8ebmom37

drumkit with filter/fx/etc. based on SE 808kit.

http://home.arcor.de/udokorn/plugIns.htm

[eidenk]

hey guys, first poster here.

anyone heard of this:http://www.kvraudio.com/product/ds_404_ ... uter_music ?

been looking for it, can't find it anywhere...

Just buy a copy of Computer Music magazine

It's not on current/recent CM DVDs anymore so you'll have to find any old CM DVD if you want that plug, not sure exactly when the old CM Studio stuff, which includes DS-404, got discontinued however, couple of years ago or so probably.

[animehaus]

hey guys, first poster here.

anyone heard of this:http://www.kvraudio.com/product/ds_404_ ... uter_music ?

been looking for it, can't find it anywhere...

Just buy a copy of Computer Music magazine

It's not on current/recent CM DVDs anymore so you'll have to find any old CM DVD if you want that plug, not sure exactly when the old CM Studio stuff, which includes DS-404, got discontinued however, couple of years ago or so probably.

Some older Computer Music Specials still offer CM Studio. On Zinio, you can get it when buying "The Ultimate Guide to Mixing" - http://www.zinio.com/www/browse/product ... =500630922