KVR Audio

Markku · Post by **Markku** » Sun May 21, 2017 9:50 pm

I found out these and I'm wondering what others think...

http://vst4free.com/index.php?dev=Dead% ... 20Software

I think some of these are quite usable! At least they work on samples I tried.

kinwie · Post by **kinwie** » Sun May 21, 2017 9:59 pm

I found it today at here.
Have the effects bundle tested, definitely good stuff!!
I like the Phaser the most

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sun May 21, 2017 11:18 pm

not sure, but i think they might be based on the open source MDA effects. which IMO are very good.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Mon May 22, 2017 6:40 am

I saw these and thought "I have a million FX plugins, I don't need any more". "Oh well I'll install them on this system just for something to do but there's no way they'll make it onto my studio computer".

But you know what ? These are surprisingly nice little plugins. I like the Chorus, Delay, Phaser, Reverb and a few more. They do their jobs with little CPU demand and so far are quite stable. Simple, easy to use GUIs and most important nice sound.

Some of these might actually make it into the studio. Thanks Dead Duck !

kinwie · Post by **kinwie** » Mon May 22, 2017 9:03 am

Teksonik wrote: Some of these might actually make it into the studio. Thanks Dead Duck !

Yeah, I forgot to say that, Thank you Dead Duck!

swatwork · Post by **swatwork** » Mon May 22, 2017 2:39 pm

Hi,

I'm the author of these plugins so first of all thanks for the kind words.

The effects are not based on the mda plugins, they were developed from scratch by me. They're actually based on a set of plugins that I wrote a couple of years ago while I was learning to develop VSTs in C++. A month or so ago I thought it would be nice to finally do something with them so I polished them up and released them as freeware in the form of the Dead Duck Effects Bundle.

The synth bundle was basically a side-project while I was finalising the effects, I though it would be nice to include a few instruments with the bundle and the mda synths were the easiest way of achieving that. Also, I learned a lot from the mda code in terms of how to structure a VST plugin when I was starting out so it makes a nice little 'thank you' note to give those synths a new lease of life.

Finally, if anyone wants to know more I've added some basic user guides to my blog explaining the less obvious aspects of some of the plugins.

http://deadducksoftware.blogspot.co.uk/

Cheers,

Steve

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Mon May 22, 2017 2:52 pm

Thanks from me, too!

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Mon May 22, 2017 3:55 pm

JerGoertz wrote:Thanks from me, too!

Thanx from me as well!

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Mon May 22, 2017 4:46 pm

Thanks swatwork

Markku · Post by **Markku** » Mon May 22, 2017 5:05 pm

Thanks, swatwork!

The sidechain gate is now one of my favorite toys...

Sidechain in compressor works also.

FrettedSynth · Post by **FrettedSynth** » Mon May 22, 2017 5:13 pm

Thank you for these look forward to trying tonight after work

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Mon May 22, 2017 5:45 pm

swatwork wrote:Hi,

I'm the author of these plugins so first of all thanks for the kind words.

The effects are not based on the mda plugins, they were developed from scratch by me. They're actually based on a set of plugins that I wrote a couple of years ago while I was learning to develop VSTs in C++. A month or so ago I thought it would be nice to finally do something with them so I polished them up and released them as freeware in the form of the Dead Duck Effects Bundle.

Cheers,
Steve

Thanks again Steve ! These really are some nice plugins. Huge respect for releasing them for free.

crimsonmerry · Post by **crimsonmerry** » Mon May 22, 2017 6:07 pm

Clear looking and clean sounding. My dirty thumb is up in the air

chuck death · Post by **chuck death** » Mon May 22, 2017 7:19 pm

Thanks for these Steve.

I have been looking around for good free VSTs for a friend who is just starting out and one thing I could not find was a nice free 64 bit channel strip, then you pop up out of nowhere with a great one!

Some of your other plugins have now replaced a few of my earlier choices too, the GUIs will be perfect for teaching the basics with.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Mon May 22, 2017 7:40 pm

Nice. The Utility plugin looks useful. Thanks Steve.

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