Free VSTs/Instruments

[ezelkow1]

Kicking off the free vst thread, will try to keep it updated:

Lists and Collections:

http://lesitedeburnie.free.fr/lalistedeburnie1-en.html

http://www.best-free-vst.com/

http://vstplanet.com/index.htm

http://www.sadglad.com/freevstplugins6.html

http://www.vst4you.com/index.html

http://www.vst4free.com/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjkiCMIyE3BodE5hWGxhRlY3Mmkyd3BOdVIwZFpyM 1E#gid=0

KVR - The ultimate vst knowledge base around
http://www.kvraudio.com/

List of free VST Hosts:
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2011/05/16/bpb-freeware-studio-best-free-vst-host-applications/

TAL:
http://kunz.corrupt.ch/

Novaflash vsts - good amount of both effects and synths:
http://www.numerisson.com/novaflash/uk.html

CamelAudio:
http://www.camelaudio.com/camelcrusher.php
http://www.camelaudio.com/AlchemyPlayer.php

De La Mancha synths and effects:
http://www.delamancha.co.uk/freeware.htm

Xoxos large collection of his custom effects and synths:
http://www.xoxos.net/vst/vst.html

Synths:

Synth1:
https://sites.google.com/site/synth1vst/
http://www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/

Charlatan:
http://www.blaukraut.info/

Fullbucket synths - monofury, bloo, etc
http://www.fullbucket.de/music/vst.html

SQ8L:
http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/#sq8l

Kairatune:
http://www.futucraft.com/kairatune/

Nusofting freebies including DaHornet:
http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com/freeplugins.html

Need a name - synths and reaktor ensembles:
http://www.needanamemusic.com/site/?page_id=151

Sonigen Modular:
http://www.sonigen.com/

Zebralette:
http://www.u-he.com/cms/zebralette

Tyrell N6:
http://www.u-he.com/cms/tyrelln6

Effects:
Bootsie's awesome audio effects:
http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/

dBlue Glitch:
http://illformed.org/plugins/glitch/

Mucoder midi plugins:
http://www.mucoder.net/en/

AudioDamage Roughrider:
http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/product.php?pid=ADF002

Terry West effects:
http://terrywest.nl/index-7.html

Antress modern effects:
http://antress.blogspot.com/

Kirnu Arp:
http://www.artovaarala.com/

Terry West - Eq's and Compressors:
http://www.terrywest.nl/index-7.html

DestroyFX and Smartelectronix Creations
http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/
http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/extras/
http://smartelectronix.com/

Others:
Reason Refills and Resources:
http://mistery3.eigenstart.nl/

[Rek_Aviles]

Thanks. *stuck*

[ezelkow1]

Forgot u-he made zebralette free. One osc version of zebra, but dont let 'one osc' fool you, that one is plenty with the unison modes, wavetable mods and oscfx

http://www.u-he.com/cms/zebralette

[Michael.Anthony]

Check out

http://www.kvraudio.com/

You can search for free vst's on the site :tup:

[ezelkow1]

added, cant believe i forgot kvr, my work boredom killer

[LeFresh]

I don't really use vst's but I now know where to look. thnx!

[ezelkow1]

Added Terry West's eq's and compressors, great free eq' and compressors, many billed as being useful for master effects

[xyloft]

Forgot u-he made zebralette free. One osc version of zebra, but dont let 'one osc' fool you, that one is plenty with the unison modes, wavetable mods and oscfx

http://www.u-he.com/cms/zebralette

they also make the Tryrell N6 http://www.u-he.com/cms/tyrelln6 (at least i didnt see it in the list above.)

[Tim D]

Good to be back.

Some more links.

http://vstplanet.com/index.htm

http://www.xoxos.net/vst/vst.html

Lot's of free and old stuff with some broken links, but worth it to just dig around.
http://www.sadglad.com/freevstplugins6.html

[ezelkow1]

thanks, added both your guys stuff, +rep

[Ignotus]

for reason users; http://mistery3.eigenstart.nl/, Vengeance-Sounds.com

More so patches, but still very helpful

[thehadgi]

Damn, this site has quite a bit of free plugins - http://www.vst4you.com/index.html

Seems to be PC only though... :argh:

Examples:

http://www.vst4you.com/assets/synths/MiniMogueVA/MinimogueVA2[1].jpg



Minimogue
Based on the most popular analog monosynth of all time!
This amazing softsynth sounds very close to the original Minimoog, yet has tons of additional features not present on the original Mini (as well as the Minimoog Voyager!)

5-note polyphony
Arpeggiator and 16-note Step Sequencer,
Release knobs for the two Contour Generators (envelopes)
Tuning of Osc 1, Fine Tuning sliders for Osc2 and Osc3
Aftertouch control, adjustable filter Velocity curve
3 independent Overdrive sliders (one per oscillator)
Global Overdrive with hi and lowpass cutoff, Oscillator Sync
Chorus, an independent LFO that includes oscillator drift and stereo panning
Fully programmable Digital Delay

http://www.vst4you.com/pages/vst%20instruments/phazosc.html
http://www.vst4you.com/images/big%20images/vsti/frettedsynth_phazosc[1].jpg

PhazeOsc
PhazOsc - Phase Distortion Synth is an audio / MIDI triggered phase distorted synth.

Features:
Phase distortion synth offering velocity control on both the amp and timbre.
Delay and chorus.
Audio trigger section consists of only two knobs:
Gate: which sets the gates strength
Decay: which sets the gates time re-trigger.
64 presets.

Also has effects:
http://www.vst4you.com/assets/vst%20effects/Dirthead_2[1].jpg

And sample packs and loops:
http://www.vst4you.com/free%20samples.html

[Era 7]

awesome will check it out!

[Zuzz]

Link: dfx MONOmaker VST (http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/extras)

"Monomaker is a simple mono-merging and stereo-recentering utility. You can use it to progressively mix down a stereo signal to mono and you can use it for equal power, center-shifting pans."

[ezelkow1]

added them, and the rest of the smartelectronix page, thanks

[thehadgi]

Arturia is giving away their minimoog (scaled back a bit without routing methinks) in 6 days!

Def make sure you grab this is you like the moog sound, it's a Bob Moog approved replication :tup:

http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products/minimoogv/minimoogv-original.html

[infected muzik]

are these VSTs compatible with mac pro?

[ezelkow1]

not all of them, its always hit or miss when it comes to mac and free vsts since alot less people program for it. Just gotta go through em and see whats out there, usually its easier to hit up one of the bigger sites listed since then you can usually sort by operating system

[login]

Yeah, In KVR you can search for operating sytem.

[Mystic]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjkiCMIyE3BodE5hWGxhRlY3Mmkyd3BOdVIwZFpyM 1E#gid=0

Figured I would post this here since people will constantly update it once it hits side bar on Reddit. I can't vouch for any of them but figured people here might like em.

[Robby Luca]

This thread is over a year old... good stuff though!

Just repped you!

[alexreedDJ]

You guys should check out http://www.vst4free.com/. There's loads of free VSTs on there, some aren't amazing quality but there are some nice little decent ones in there if you look :)

[ezelkow1]

updated main post with the latest from here

[Koreemamusic]

thx bro!

[BrainClaim]

Definitely try these two synthesizers. They can come in handy for pure or dirty leads and you can modulate sounds in many ways:

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/t-force-alpha-ts-by-mastrcode-music

http://www.mastrcode-music-vst.com/main.php?cat=8

[DoomJockey]

https://xferrecords.com/freeware/

Found this gem out yesterday. I use Massive as my primary (and pretty much only) synth, and one of my favorite effects is the Dimension Expander. XFer Records (the people who make Serum) apparently had a freeware page, that is not on the main site and low and behold they have an external dimension expander plugin you can use on anything! I have yet to use it as of this posting and I just found it yesterday, but I'm so excited to give it a whirl. There's a few other little goodies on there too. The DJM filter sounds very useful. I read it's basically an auto filter like the one on the DJM 900 mixer so you can easily sweep between LPF and HPF with one knob.

[Moise]

anyone knows a good analyzers ? freebies pls :)