KVR Audio

shanecgriffo · Post by **shanecgriffo** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:25 am

Hi, haven't been 'round much this year.. been working mainly on guitar and photography stuff .. i have a bit of time over christmas tho and reckon i might get back into a bit of music production.. Just wondering if i've missed any good vst instruments that have been released ? Recommendations?

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:32 am

Check the Obxd thread here, De la mancha has been setting stuff free, freeware has seemed pretty skim lately, but I'm always looking.

nix808 · Post by **nix808** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:33 am

Hey Shane 8D
I bought that Cheetah MS-6 from u a while back.
My soft synth is shaping up,
sounds from sweet blips to destroyed bleep->
http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/j67w53
Tooting my own synthesizer

What are u looking for?
Just peeps faves or something more specific?
Guitar stuff?

edit- hmm I see u want synths now, mine is wavetable

cron · Post by **cron** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:35 am

The only instrument I can think of that's definitely from the last year is Tone2's Firebird, an older plug-in that was recently released as freeware. On the superb cheapware front (albeit effects), there's Klanghelm's DC8C 2 and SDRR at 20/22 euros a pop. IMO up there with the very best compressors and saturators at any price point.

Nightpolymath · Post by **Nightpolymath** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:36 am

Get an electronic copy of the Feb 2013 CM 124 plugins issue. Lots of stuff in there to keep you busy.

cron · Post by **cron** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:39 am

Nightpolymath wrote:Get an electronic copy of the Feb 2013 CM 124 plugins issue. Lots of stuff in there to keep you busy.

Ah yeah, CM have really been knocking it out of the park with their exclusive plug-ins recently. The single voice version of Aalto and their version of Curve 2 (missing only a few modulation sources IIRC) spring to mind.

Nightpolymath · Post by **Nightpolymath** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:28 am

Not to mention Dune CM and Synthmaster CM.

mridlen · Post by **mridlen** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:12 am

I think there have been a couple HG Fortune synths released for free this year.

crimsonwarlock · Post by **crimsonwarlock** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:32 pm

RAGNAROK is comming

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 4:19 pm

B. Serrano Dionysios, fine and deep hybrid synth:
http://bserrano.free.fr/Synths_Dionysos.html

Vesta from the same guy, is a usable fx filter:
http://bserrano.free.fr/FX_Vesta.html

Another favorite of late has been the Argentinian dev Solcito Musica, the Supertron is a killer for old school sequencer lines: http://solcitomusica.blogspot.com.ar/p/virtuales.html

fluffy_little_something · Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:49 pm

I like Solcito Musica's SuperSonico synth, but it is only semi-free, i.e. if you use the stand-alone version. The VST is dirt-cheap, though, and I guess they really deserve those 8 dollars.
The stand-alone version has the advantage that you can double the size of the interface, which is appealing by the way, very hardware-like. On the other hand there is only so much you can do with a stand-alone version...
The unusual harmonics sliders and double filter section make it sound quite flexible for a simple VA synth with only 3 waveforms.
And it has pretty fast attacks thanks to the exponential option.

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:25 pm

My favorite freebies at this time have been Firebird; Alionoctis; STS-26&33; Alphatron. For past synths, my favorites are the GTG-JP..&K1; FullBucket Scroo.

But head over to HG Fortune and go to their NFG page. Plenty to keep you busy right there alone.

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:34 pm

Digits is ace if you like chompy PD sounds.

http://www.extentofthejam.com/

HydrogenHuman · Post by **HydrogenHuman** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:40 pm

Dirty Harry became freeware about a month ago from de la Mancha.

Nice gritty sounds with an arp and lo-fi sounds.

http://delamanchavst.wordpress.com/2013 ... -now-free/

DSmolken · Post by **DSmolken** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:51 pm

Not released yet, but Sonigen Modular is worth mentioning as a free beta.

I've gotten a surprising amount of use out of the HG Fortune synths, even though they're theoretically not my kind of thing at all. So, definitely check those out.

any nice free vsti's released this year?