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spacedad · Post by **spacedad** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:46 pm

they maybe gone,but not forgotten.

Ranjarresh · Post by **Ranjarresh** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:49 pm

789 pages of love to beauty of VST vintage

Also 789 pages of searching for plugins that are unique in many ways.

Moreover, 789 pages of possibilities to get interesting tools without spending money.

BlackWinny · Post by **BlackWinny** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:05 pm

And you don't know yet, Fluffy... but there are some really splendid gems among these discontinued things!

fluffy_little_something wrote:789 pages

790 now.

Kevin Deas · Post by **Kevin Deas** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:21 pm

I'm not sure how you handle it but the problem with loading up your VST folder with these "gems" is that some DAWs take forever to launch . Orion 8.5 even runs out of menu space in the insert drop down. Then there's anti-virus scans that turn into all night affairs. So if I ain't gonna use it I lose it!

Kevin Deas · Post by **Kevin Deas** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:27 pm

BTW Black Winny you own plugins that I would die for like the Aly James stuff and Virtual CZ yet you chase after this crap.

fluffy_little_something · Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:40 pm

Kevin Deas wrote:BTW Black Winny you own plugins that I would die for like the Aly James stuff and Virtual CZ yet you chase after this crap.

Crap

The Aly James stuff is quite affordable, why would you die for it?!

Kevin Deas · Post by **Kevin Deas** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:45 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:
Kevin Deas wrote:BTW Black Winny you own plugins that I would die for like the Aly James stuff and Virtual CZ yet you chase after this crap.
Crap The Aly James stuff is quite affordable, why would you die for it?!

Trying to deal with stage 4 cancer on SSI dis-ability I'm dealing with my mortality and lack of funds and time.

fluffy_little_something · Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:50 pm

Oh my, I don't know what to say

Kevin Deas · Post by **Kevin Deas** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:52 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:Oh my, I don't know what to say

When walking in tall grass choose your steps carefully.

mztk · Post by **mztk** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:37 pm

nobody here has said it was a quick reference guide.
it is a chaotic repository for links for anyone who wants somewhere
to post them, for a receptive - small - audience of obsessive collectors
who can't think of anything better to do with the internet.

as for the pointlessness, well

1/ so you think past free VST plugins are disposable and should disappear without trace?
2/ shouldn't they be listed comprehensively *somewhere*?
3/ various reasons they might be wanted to revive old projects
4/ even the old ones are little works of art

if you want to manage VST plugin effectively in Orion, make a new VST directory and
add it to your startup scan list in Orion > VST plugin folders, then restart Orion. have a
'test' folder and a favourites/main folder.

but it would be good to have a Best Of Oldies Poll to narrow down to the main classics.
my old problem with plugins has always been how to classify plugins in categories, etc.
now that bobwood - or is it eidenk? has the whole thing as *.xml, it make it possible for
a plugin to belong to multiple categories without having to exist in more than one place.
you could use this somehow for a poll, best drum/best drum machine etc. or synths that
come under analogue and monosynth etc etc etc - as long as people have the will to do it.
otherwise you stuck with a thread where you can go pick up oddities now and then as
they appear, no claims made of fitness for purpose etc.

ras.s · Post by **ras.s** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:09 pm

Was it you mztk or someone entirely else who posted a lengthy categorisation of instruments and effects, with sub-sub-sub-categories and all? Within the past few years.. It was interesting and I'd like to have another look at it, but can't find it again.

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:21 pm

In the old freeware are the only plugins in existence w/unique features & sound. Your mind isn't going to get blown by clicking on the KVR news tab.

eidenk · Post by **eidenk** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:11 pm

OK, it's time I finally post this huge list of mine in CSV format, 12537 entries listing all the freebies and magware I have. It's best viewed and searched in TablePro so I bundled the last free beta of that program with it, just run the exe and load the database, not sure if it works with Vista, 7, 8 or 10 however. Win32 plugs only btw and no VST3 either.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/pf6b5 ... atabase.7z

ras.s · Post by **ras.s** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:26 pm

Oh gosh.. *mind blown*

eidenk · Post by **eidenk** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:34 pm

ras.s wrote:Oh gosh..

you asked for it...

Old Free VSTi Gems From The Past