Free Audio Software for Windows/MacOS

Sensomusics Usine Stage 5.80 goes free (til further notice)

http://www.sensomusic.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=28755#p28755

http://www.sensomusic.com/download/FREE/Usine%20Stage%20Free%20Win%2032%20v5.80%20020b.zip

Nice and versatile MAE!

http://forum.cockos.com/search.php?searchid=8876875

JS effects I made/modded from other ones

some are garbage probably and might be buggy but some ideas like the FFT freeform crossover I haven't heard of before

I remember making a post on Gearslutz about how much great freeware there was and how you don't really need to even buy plug-ins unless you need some sort-of specialized one. Needless to say my post was ferociously downvoted.

http://www.giadamusic.com/

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Giada is a free, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians. How does it work? Just pick up your channel, fill it with samples or MIDI events and start the show by using this tiny piece of software as a loop machine, drum machine, sequencer, live sampler or yet as a plugin/effect host. Giada aims to be a compact and portable virtual device for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows for production use and live sets.

  On 12/7/2011 at 1:58 PM, RadarJammer said:

Sonigen Modular free (unrestricted unlimited beta for now). win.

 

 

Probably my favorite free vst right now.

piz midi vst collection - nice set of plugins with which to manipulate midi signals

  On 1/22/2014 at 7:22 AM, iococoi said:

 

http://www.giadamusic.com/

 

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Giada is a free, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians. How does it work? Just pick up your channel, fill it with samples or MIDI events and start the show by using this tiny piece of software as a loop machine, drum machine, sequencer, live sampler or yet as a plugin/effect host. Giada aims to be a compact and portable virtual device for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows for production use and live sets.

 

can it do warp?

http://vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Casio_VL1&id=259

Supposedly very accurate emulation of a Casio calculator.

Manual:

http://www.wass.net/othermanuals/Casio%20VL-1.pdf

Magical8bitplug is updated to support vibrato :D

But apparently not in the vst version :(

http://jeremyevers.com/atlantis/

Atlantis is an awesome synth. Sort of like Massive in that it has wavetable and morphing between two waves and lots of modulation possibilities. There's a quite extensive selection of filters and per-voice fx.

I snoozed on this one before, but it turns out that this plugin is a keeper. it even does the "FM Life" sidechain phase modulation.

http://www.phuturetone.com/philteroid.php

The last two links sound great. Thanks guys - definitely gonna have a play with these !

  On 4/4/2014 at 8:31 PM, th555 said:

http://jeremyevers.com/atlantis/

Atlantis is an awesome synth. Sort of like Massive in that it has wavetable and morphing between two waves and lots of modulation possibilities. There's a quite extensive selection of filters and per-voice fx.

got a good preset to try? i've tried to get into this (as well as oatmeal) but i was never attracted in particular by any of the preset sounds i've heard.

  On 4/9/2014 at 12:32 PM, skibby said:

 

  On 4/4/2014 at 8:31 PM, th555 said:

http://jeremyevers.com/atlantis/

Atlantis is an awesome synth. Sort of like Massive in that it has wavetable and morphing between two waves and lots of modulation possibilities. There's a quite extensive selection of filters and per-voice fx.

 

got a good preset to try? i've tried to get into this (as well as oatmeal) but i was never attracted in particular by any of the preset sounds i've heard.

 

Luckily it's a synthesizer so you can make sounds you like.

  On 4/9/2014 at 11:21 PM, LimpyLoo said:

 

  On 4/9/2014 at 12:32 PM, skibby said:

 

  On 4/4/2014 at 8:31 PM, th555 said:

http://jeremyevers.com/atlantis/

Atlantis is an awesome synth. Sort of like Massive in that it has wavetable and morphing between two waves and lots of modulation possibilities. There's a quite extensive selection of filters and per-voice fx.

 

got a good preset to try? i've tried to get into this (as well as oatmeal) but i was never attracted in particular by any of the preset sounds i've heard.

 

 

Luckily it's a synthesizer so you can make sounds you like.

 

its true, but i'm one who likes to try every synthesizer ever made, and they dont always fit like a glove if you do indeed catch the drift that is mine ;) ;)

to put it another way, i keep hearing about atlantis for years and years but every time i tried it, i didnt get instant satisfaction. same for green oak crystal, as well as oatmeal, all of which seemed to be revered but ive never seen them in action doing something that i thought sounded like something that i particularly liked. sometimes presets themselves offer such folks that are me a new vista upon that which previously i had not had a clear vision if you will of.

Oatmeal is lovely if luck is on your side. Was rubbish at synthesis a few years ago so absolutely adored the 'random' button on it to come up with synth sounds that I'd no idea how they were made.

Made this just from that -

FWIW, here's a track I made with Atlantis. The arpy synth is Massive but the other synth is Atlantis.

What I find nice about it is the huge selection of filters and processors, and the modulation possibilities ofc.

https://soundcloud.com/th555/atlantis-track

  On 4/11/2014 at 2:00 AM, mcbpete said:

Oatmeal is lovely if luck is on your side. Was rubbish at synthesis a few years ago so absolutely adored the 'random' button on it to come up with synth sounds that I'd no idea how they were made.

 

Made this just from that -

 

http://www.ilovecubus.co.uk/mp3/tiredeye/cubus%20[16]%20his%20variety%20night.mp3

thats beautiful

  On 4/18/2014 at 4:37 PM, th555 said:

FWIW, here's a track I made with Atlantis. The arpy synth is Massive but the other synth is Atlantis.

What I find nice about it is the huge selection of filters and processors, and the modulation possibilities ofc.

https://soundcloud.com/th555/atlantis-track

thats brutal!

I won't give up on these yet.

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UltraChannel™ is Eventide's new 64-bit native channel strip plug-in for AU, VST, and AAX64 for Mac and PC featuring micro pitch functionality from our flagship H8000, stereo delays with variable feedback paths, plus two stages of compression, gating, and five bands of parametric EQ. UltraChannel is available as a free download through midnight July 8, 2014, after which it will cost $249.

 

http://eventideplugins.elasticbeanstalk.com/ultrachannel.jsp

an ilok account is mandatory

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UltraChannel does not require you to own or use an iLok dongle, but the iLok License Manager and an ilok.com account are required to use the plugin.

How obtrusive is ilok ? It's really tempting but ... something seems oddly suspicious about this release

  On 6/11/2014 at 11:37 AM, mcbpete said:

How obtrusive is ilok ?

sorry, no experience with that either.

  On 6/11/2014 at 11:37 AM, mcbpete said:

How obtrusive is ilok ? It's really tempting but ... something seems oddly suspicious about this release

DONT DO IT!!! I REGRET IT!!!

Shit fucking iLok... Well I just installed it and shit but Live didn't even recognized the VST so fuck it. But yeah It's really weird.

I immediately uninstalled iLok and drivers.

It's only a simple utility but I'm getting quite some use out of Gclip lately.

  On 6/12/2014 at 8:04 AM, logakght said:

Shit fucking iLok... Well I just installed it and shit but Live didn't even recognized the VST so fuck it