Best FREE VST-Instruments suitable for PopRock (and Lovesong-) composing 2019-01-23T05:43:15+00:00 Please tell us your favorites here ... (As more tips we get, as more anyone can benefit of this topic) Update10 / July 13th, 2022: (Direct Download-Links for all Plugins coming up soon in update11) -------------------------------------------------- Drums TOP5: 1. Sitala Drum Sampler + Wave Samples (See recommanded Samples below*) 2. NTonyx-SF Bank + SFZ Soundfontplayer (Bank 128: Room, Power, Pop, TR-909) 3. Edge Sounds Sonic Bear GM120 Pro-SF Bank / TR-Dreams Kit + SFZ Soundfontplayer 4. MT Power Drum Kit 5. Drumatic 3 *Drum Wave Samples TOP5: 1. Songwriters Pop Kit + Drum Sampler 2. DataDrive's 80's Retro Futuristic Kit 3. AVL Drumkit wave Samples + SFZ or Drum Sampler 4. Echo Soundworks 909 5. BPM Supreme 909 Honorable: Jamstix (if 100% free, it would be Number1), RF-Drums (Pop-Kit), Proteus VX /Acoustic1 Preset, Monster Drum VST , DSK DrumZ Akoustik , RitMix Drum Machine + Wave Samples*, BPB Cassette Drums, SR-202 Drum Sampler + Wave Samples*, Drum Pro , Grooove BPB Bass TOP5: 1. NTonyx SF Bank + SFZ (Presets: Fingered Bass, Synth Bass2, Fretless Bs., Picked Bs.) 2. TAL Bassline (+Presets / Env Sub Bass) + OldSkoolVerb/Deep Reverb 3. Steinberg Model E (11: Snap Bass) + OrilRiver Reverb 4. Ample Bass P Lite 2 5. VB-1 Honorable: 4Front Bass, Sienna Bass, Dexed (+Presets) Synthesizer TOP20: ..1. PG-8X (+JX8P Original Bank Presets/Strings1 or Choir) ..2. Dexed (+Presets) ..3. Synth1 (+Presets) ..4. Pneuma ..5. Poly 2106 (Juno 106 Emulation [!] / Recom.Preset: Carpet Pad Magic) ..6. Oxe FM Synth ..7. Podolski ..8. Cobalt (Warm Pad) ..9. Efemme (Warm Pad) 10. OB-Xd 11. SuperTron (Analog Strings1) 12. Galactix 13. Superwave P8 14. Vital 15. Essence 16. Tyrell N6 17. TAL Noisemaker (+Presets) 18. Surge XT 19. SQ8L (+Presets) 20. Helm Honorable: Charlatan, Ragnarok, Mono/Fury, Xhip, TAL-U-No-62 (+Presets), MinimogueVA, Stigma Piano TOP5: 1. Keyzone Classic 2. Piano One 3. 4Front Piano 4. Steinway (HQ Orchestral Soundfont Bank) + SFZ 5. Quite Piano Honorable: Free Piano 3, DSK Akoustic KeyZ E-Piano (Classic) TOP5: 1. EP-Station (TOP40 Ballad Preset) [DL on VSTPlanet.com] 2. Legend EP (HQ Orchestral Soundfont Bank) <- has lots of nice E-Piano Presets! 3. EP 2008 4. 4Front E-Piano 5. Lazy Snake Honorable: Sweetcase Electric-Piano, Dexed (+Presets), Ticky Clav 2, DSK Elektrik KeyZ (Preset: Dreamy Wurly), 4Front Rhode Synth Strings & Pads TOP20: Note: The Demoversions of "Korg Wavestation" and "Korg M1" have also very decent strings and pads (Drawback: After each 20min you have to reload the plugin, anyway, using them is worth the effort, since they are really good) ..1. Poly 2106 [Juno 106 Emulation!] (Carpet Pad Magic Preset) ..2. Merlin Symphony / WarmPad (Soundfontbank) + SFZ ..3. Dexed (Strings+Pads Presets) ..4. HQ Orchestral Soundfont Bank (Strings+Pads) + SFZ ..5. Oxe FM Synth (Strings Preset) ..6. PG-8X (+Strings Presets) ..7. Lyrical Strings (Single Soundfont) + SFZ ..8. Efemme (WarmPad) ..9. Cobalt (WarmPad) 10. Orpheus Strings (Presets: Cinema Strings + Dark Strings) 11. Proteus VX (Strings Presets) 12. SuperTron (Analog Strings1) 13. Cheeze Machine1+2 14. Crazy Diamonds 15. OB-Xd 16. Nils K1v (Strings Presets) 17. Deputy Mark II 18. Nabla 19. Esline 20. String Theory Honorable: Spitfire, Tapeotronic, String Synthesizer Acoustic Strings TOP3: 1. French Violin [!] 2. HQ Orchestral SF Bank / "Acoustic Strings Presets" [!] 3. VSCO2 Orchestra Honorable: DSK Strings [Coming up here in next update11 ->] Orgasm Strings: What the.. :o :hihi: :love: ?? -> = Orgasm Strings are extremely feelful and very soft strings with a very tender timbre in particular fitting for Love Songs where moments of total relaxation occur :love: :-) (Yes, you can consider me as the founder of these term. Will do a hard research in figuring out which ones are suiting best for that purpose :wink: ) Acoustic Steel Guitar TOP5: 1. Ample Guitar M-Lite 2. DSK Dynamic Guitars 3. Guitar Acoustic 963kb (Single Soundfont) <- can fit well for rhythm chords (3part harmony) 4. Revitar 2 5. DSK Akoustik GuitarZ Honorable: Fluid R3 SF Bank (Steel Gt. Preset), HQ Orchestral SF Bank (Steel Gt. Preset), Nils K1v, Proteus VX, Independence Free Classical / Nylon Guitar TOP5: 1. Spanish Classical Guitar (Single Soundfont) + SFZ (+ Reverb + Guitar Amp) 2. Protrax Classical Guitar (Single Soundfont) + SFZ (+ Reverb + Guitar Amp) 3. Spicy Guitar* 4. Classic GTr Lite (Igal+Std. Preset + OldSchoolVerb) 5. Fluid R3 Soundfont Bank (Nylon Gt. Preset) + SFZ + Reverb Honorable: Ichiyanagi's Hedsound Classical Guitar (Single Soundfont) + SFZ + Reverb * (+OldSkoolVerb or Orilriver Reverb + SoftAmp PSA or HyBrit Amp for more realistic & natural classical guitar-sound!!!) E-Guitar TOP3: 1. VL-1 Eguitar Clean 8MB (Single Sountfont) +TAL Dub3 Delay + SFZ <- as Lead Clean Gt. only 2. Clean Electric Guitar 3. Musyng Distortion Guitar (Single Soundfont) +TAL Dub3 Delay +SFZ <- as Lead Gt. only Honorable: Free Kontaktplayer, Independence Free (with Free 2 GB Library), DSK Elektrik GuitarZ (+Ambience Reverb / for melody only) Rompler/Soundware TOP3: 1. Proteus VX 2. Kontakt Player 6 (+Free Kontakt Instr.) 3. Independence Free (+2 GB Free Library) Honorable: Complete Free, Halion Sonic SE, UVI Workstation, Nils K1v Sampler TOP3 (Multi Instruments-Sampler): for 'Drums only Sampler' see above 1. Grace 2. TX16Wx 3. Beat Burner Vocals Simulation TOP5: 1. Clavinova Pan Flute (HQ Orchestral SF Bank) 2. EP-Station (TOP40 Ballad Preset) 3. 4Front Piano 4. Keyzone Classic 5. DSK Electric GuitarZ (+OrilRiver Reverb or Ambience Reverb) Honorable: VL1 Eguitar Clean 8MB (Single Soundfont), Alter Ego + Marie Ork Voice Bank, Delay Lama Percussion: SFZ + NTonyx 32MB GM Stereo Bank (Presets: Power Drums, Pop Drums), MT Power Drum Kit 2 (HQ Toms) Organs: Church Organ 2nd (!!), Combo Model F, Combo Model V, Organized Trio, Dirt Bag Special Instruments (Other Ins.): DVS Saxophone, Etherealwinds Harp II, Syntar (Sita), Accordion (by Safwan Matni), DSK Brass, VSCO2 Flute SF2 Soundfontplayer: SFZ (plays both formats in HQ, sf2+sfz), SF-Soundfont sfz Soundfontplayer: Sforzando (not recommanded as sf2 player though) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GM Soundfont-Banks TOP5: 1. NTonyx 32 MB GM Stereo 2. HQ Orchestral SF Bank 3. Fluid R3 4. Merlin Symphony 5. SONiVOX Honorable: Edge Sounds Sonic Bear GM120 Pro, Chorium DL Links -> http://www.synthzone.com/soundfont.htm Best free VST 'Demo Synths' TOP3: (with accept.limitations to keep it as free in your DAW) 1. Korg M1 (known for its great E-Piano Presets) <- must be reloaded after every 20min 2. Korg Wavestation (known for its great Strings/Pads) <- must be reloaded after every 20min 3. FM8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Effect Plugins: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reverb: OldSkoolVerb, Ambience, Oril River, Epic Verb, FreeVerb3 Guitar Amp: SoftAmp FM25, SoftAmp PSA, HyBrit, Emissary, Amplitube, Flextron Bass Amp: SHB-1, TSE Bod Equalizer: TDR Nova, Luftikus, Marvel GEQ, SonEq, 7Q, Overtone GEQ Chorus: TAL-Chorus LX, Multiply Compressor: TDR Kotelnikov (Mastering), Density MKII, DC1A Limiter: LoudMax, Limiter No6 (Mastering), W1 Limiter Pitch Correction: GSnap Delay/Echo: TAL-DUB-2 (or 3), ValhallaFreqEcho Panorama/Imaging: PanCake Distortion: Boogex, NRR-1 Saturation: IVGI Filter: Frohmage Guitar Tuner: GTune Virtua Midi Keyboard: Quickeys, Midi Keyboard Analyser: SPAN Loudness Analyser: Youlean Loudness Meter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAW: Zynewave Podium Free, Waveform Free, Tracktion T7, Cakewalk Sonar, LMMS Notation Software: MuseScore (!!) Additional Audio Editors: Audacity (To save your composed Wave Files as mp3 File*) Audio Codec: Lame* (To convert your saved .wav Files into .mp3 Files / now integrated in all Audacity versions of V3.1.3 and above!) Audio Tools: ASIO4ALL (A S I O = Audio Stream Input/Output) <- highly recommanded ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HARDWARE (The only stuff here you probably won't get for free): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soundcard: ? <- For a good soundcard you should invest at least 100 Euros, if not more! Great manufactors are: RME, Emu, ESI, Creative, Asus Speakers: ? <- Make sure your speakers have at least 2 x 16 Watt (50-100 Euros or more) Recommanded for low budget people: Creative Gigaworks T20 (2 x 14 Watt) for about 70 Euros Condenser-Microphone (for Vocals): ? <- (100 Euros or more) Hardware Synthesizer (or Midi Keyboard): ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Never underestimate the importance of a good hardware acoustic! Note, that with great acoustic, you will have better intonation when singing to music, better ideas when composing, much better feeling for creating grooves and beats etc. ****************************************************************************** All these VSTs you get for free on KVR Audio or Plugins4Free.com !! (Best commercial VSTi's suitable for LoveSongs/PopRock: Omnisphere 2, Diva, Korg M1, Korg Wavestation, Roland JV-1080 (Get it on Roland's Cloud), Roland Juno 106, Roland D 50, Roland Jupiter 8 [and 6], Rol. SH-101, Complete, Kontakt Pl., Arturia Jupiter 8 (Altern. to Rolands Jupiter 8) (Best commercial DAW's suitable for LoveSongs/PopRock: [Windows ->] Cubase, Pro Tools, Mulab, FL Studio [Mac ->] Logic Pro, Garageband ****************************************************************************** Note: To make it possible to run 32-bit plugins in 64-bit hosts you need a 32-bit to 64-bit Adapter Tool. The best alternative currently known therefore is: JBridge (Not free at all, but only for 15 Euro's it should be worth the investement) My style of composing: Sentimental & melodic Lovesongs (composed with a real Classical Guitar), PopRock, Softrock, PopBallads, 90's Eurodance & 90's/80's Pop! You can check out my soundcloud channel here -> https://soundcloud.com/user-926227779 Now let's share our experiences & knowledge we made about free VSTi's that especially are suiting well for PopRock compositions! :roll: So, what are your favorites? .. Gabriel_West https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=408170

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Post by mixyguy2 » Sun Jul 24, 2022 3:26 am

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Danilo Villanova wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 6:17 pm IKM products do not require ilok.

My mistake, thanks. I swore they used to though...did it change recently or do I need to drink less (or more)?

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Post by Examigan » Sun Jul 24, 2022 9:19 am

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I don’t think they ever used iLok and I have have used their products for many years.

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Post by Examigan » Sun Jul 24, 2022 9:37 am

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I didn’t check the latest updated list, but If anything is from Beat magazine or similar one then I wouldn’t really consider it as “free”.

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Post by mixyguy2 » Sun Jul 24, 2022 3:36 pm

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Examigan wrote: ↑Sun Jul 24, 2022 9:19 am I don’t think they ever used iLok and I have have used their products for many years.

Change drinking habits. Got it.

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