TheBro Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Yo what's your favourite free VSTs? I see there are tonnes on KVR and I just downloading a few so far. Looking for ease of use primarily and lushness of course. Tonnes of VA VSTs which is good but its hard to know what's good etc. Be nice to find one which is good at Arps and Pads. Let us know your thoughts. Cheers. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
user Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 The free stuff u-he and tal offer is good. Dexed (fm synth) is great, obxd (ob-xa etc emulation is quite nice plus you can find tonnes of presets for both if that's your thing. Luftikus is a really nice mastering type eq, based on the maag eq4. Magnus @ smartelectronix's stuff is really worth checking out, one gem especially. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) there was a big thread about this in the past no? edit: found it Edited September 9, 2019 by MIXL2 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide YangYing's signature Hide all signatures >>MY MUSIC<< Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Not sure which of these still run on a modern PC but they were dependable back in the day and made for fond memories. Synth1 - Needs no intro. Used ever since I first switched to DAWs in 2005 until today. It supposedly began as a Nord Lead emulation but is so much more. Arps and pads are so full sounding once you muck up the digital highs in post. Ridiculous detuning and modulation options - Filter a rhythmic FMy part and add delay for some next level percussion background. HG Fortune's stuff was obscure but absolutely deadly. Alionoctis was a kind of tone generator had a wholly unique sound, a bit raw 90's vibe with a bunch of built in textures that went through shifting independent XY sections and filters, it lead to things I haven't heard anywhere else. It excels at subtle, pulsating and shifting drones and practically writes tracks by itself. In the right signal chain it should still sound cutting edge. Easy Crumar - I'm sure there are better Crumar emulations but this ugly as shit VST had the right kind of lo fi vibe, plenty of emotion and a bite that layered easily in tracks. my favorite use was to add high pitched stings that could sit in the back yet still be clearly heard no matter how busy the mix was. DSK made a bunch of inventive powerful stuff, my favorites were ethereal padz, darkness theory and choirz. TAL U-no-62 - THE juno 106 emulation for a long time. KarmaFX Filter - Super useful filter, the gentlest low pass for analoguey high end roll offs Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubularCorporation Posted September 12, 2019 Report Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) Airwindows stuff, although it's technically ptreon supported (and he deserves it). Mostly replaced my commercial plugins. Edited September 14, 2019 by TubularCorporation kausto 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide TubularCorporation's signature Hide all signatures Lagoon City (from here to eternity/when I'm sick of it) Codemus2x43 (2013-14) Golfhammer 40,000 (2014-15) Tubular Corporation (2016-17) THawkins' archive of our livestreams since 2020 Instagram (new releases, music bullshit, non-music bullshit and sometimes photos of my lunch) Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted September 12, 2019 Report Share Posted September 12, 2019 Glitchmachine's Fracture. It's buggy as hell and does some weird stuff every now and again, but still really useful for mangling audio. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Braintree's signature Hide all signatures colindyer.bandcamp.com williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBro Posted September 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/9/2019 at 8:33 PM, user said: The free stuff u-he and tal offer is good. Dexed (fm synth) is great, obxd (ob-xa etc emulation is quite nice plus you can find tonnes of presets for both if that's your thing. Luftikus is a really nice mastering type eq, based on the maag eq4. Magnus @ smartelectronix's stuff is really worth checking out, one gem especially. OB-XA doesn't appear to be online and what's replaced it isn't free. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user Posted September 13, 2019 Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 Sorry about that. I didn't check. Used to be free. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBro Posted September 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 There are some proper cheesy tunes here but this sounds incredible!!! Shame its like £80. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted September 13, 2019 Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/13/2019 at 1:18 AM, TheBro said: There are some proper cheesy tunes here but this sounds incredible!!! Shame its like £80. Expand Bro, stick to the subject, maaaaaaaaaaaan. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide YEK's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents !:/music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted September 13, 2019 Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 9/13/2019 at 1:18 AM, TheBro said: There are some proper cheesy tunes here but this sounds incredible!!! Shame its like £80. Expand Watched through a video that painstakingly compared the frequency responses and behavior of most Oberheim VAs out there and this still came out on top: Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceiling Posted September 13, 2019 Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 mda JX10 for me, so buggy and unstable. Even more so for me as i had to wrap it into an audio unit to be able to use it in Logic. But the sound just has this amazing dusty quality to it, i swear some of these early VST's are gonna become just as loved as some analogue equipment. To me it has its own sound, somewhere in between analogue and digital. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBro Posted September 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 Early VSTs were pretty terrible. Like from the early 2000s lol. They've improved massively from back in the day!! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceiling Posted September 14, 2019 Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 Yeah I know vsts now are very good but they do also sound kinda sterile. I guess the low quality of the old ones is what appeals to me, its like the playstaion 1 sound card is crap but it sounds amazing to me, really earthy. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceiling Posted September 14, 2019 Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 I second the PG8X, if you scour the internet you can find some amazing presets for it too. Does amazing pads and the bass on that thing is lush Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2741995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hma Posted September 14, 2019 Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 On 9/13/2019 at 1:04 AM, TheBro said: OB-XA doesn't appear to be online and what's replaced it isn't free. It is free though, that buy button is kinda donation thing or smth https://www.discodsp.com/obxd/ My favorite probably is sq8l http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/ TheBro 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2742046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheatheman Posted September 14, 2019 Report Share Posted September 14, 2019 This is a great windows only prophet 5 emulator. It sounds amazing, wish it was for Mac. http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=778 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/97628-what-are-your-favourite-free-vsts/#findComment-2742124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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