you're favourite free plugins?

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:27 pm

Daft tnuc wrote:
Promo wrote:
pompoushit wrote:dBlue Glitch, Kjaerhus classic and the higly underrated MDA plug-ins (ok their GUI is somewhat... strange but there are some gems among them) are my fav freewares...
Yeah Glitch is er classic but you just know when someone is using it and someone called me up on it when I used it heavily in a track. For that reason I try to avoid using it although the temptation is strong. Very good for real time live mashing though.
Glitch's screwing the whole mashup thing. People insert an amen, turn 2 knobs, record the output and think they're doing some crazy shit.
I guess people are the problem tho...
Good on you for not using it.

It is how you use it though. If you're putting the whole tune through it, or your drum loops then it's going to sound a bit obvious, but you can put snippets of sounds and feed them out to delays, or you can record the file, stick it in Recycle and then resequence it or any number of other alternatives. Plus it is essentially quite a useful step sequencer with far more options than most so it can be tweaked to do things that are beyond the norm.

The main melody in my tune Talking Drum (on my virb) is a recycled amen and I doubt you'd know that Glitch was involved in that if I hadn't mentioned.

sully_shanks · Post by **sully_shanks** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:42 pm

relik wrote:also, pretty much everything you could do in glitch you could write yourself and tweak with standard fxs. it's kind of like a lazyman's tool, but it really depends on how you use it. you can use it to be lazy or you can use it to make something mindblowing. really just another tool in the arsenal. as for any gear/software...it's all in how you use it and the only thing that should matter is the final outcome. some old heads could say the same thing when PCs came into the electronic production game

yeh when i furst saw/used that plug i thought it was mental! then realised it was actually a lot easier to control things by automating em manually...

blk plague · Post by **blk plague** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:56 am

Misk wrote:dub-u just turned me on to chip32. fucking awesome also, floorfish and blockfish are dope. orca's cool, but i like making basses on my emx-1 better

dude, ive downloaded this(chip32) and installed it twice and it doesnt come up in logic express-fucking frustrating! the fish plugins are really good and i never really liked orca. i do like crystal though and zoyd is cool but havent really used it much. the free alpha plugin is dope too.

i dont think ive seen anyone post up the ssl mc1(?) plugin. it mimics the compresser on the old ssl board

miketm · Post by **miketm** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:26 pm

Check out Automat, its for all those lucky mac bastards out there. (like me)

http://www.alphakanal.de:4356/

It's freaking wonderful.

unempty · Post by **unempty** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:18 am

Some heartily recommended freeware goodies:

Voxengo SPAN
MDSP Analog Delay
IIEQ
Oatmeal
Atlantis
Noizware TriDirt
CamelCrusher
Aciddose Xhip

toiminto · Post by **toiminto** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:38 am

polyiblit is my weapon of choice. a great little synth/fx/bass mangle system with 3 osc/4 lfo/2 filters and a matrix to get those wobbles really out of sync

edit:
oh, and it's free:
http://www.bostreammail.net/ers/polyiblit.html

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slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:27 pm

Promo wrote: Downloaded Crystal and it has a lot of LFO options and options in general but apart from straight basses I'm struggling to get much wobble out of it. Do you have any dubstep patches you could upload? Cheers.

NB: This definitely has to be one of the most complex synths I've ever downloaded ... its just doing my head in.

I think of it more as an atmospheres / pads synth than bass.

I found the best way to learn it was to start with a pure sine patch and then start learning to apply each feature individually to see what it does to the sound. Eg start with only one basic oscillator, then try using one sample based oscillator on its own with no filters, then get a simple sound and start playing with the delays in the mixer, bring in the mod options after that... After a while you get a lot closer to being able to 'think of a noise and then program it' rather than 'twiddle some stuff and see what it sounds like.'

mrhope · Post by **mrhope** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:30 pm

Freeware VSTi's with decent sound and low CPU use:

Lallapallooza
Azeta66
BB303i2
B-Station
SuperWave
Triangle II
Synth1
GalactiX
HighLife (sampler)
PlastiCZ
STS-24

future producer · Post by **future producer** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:59 pm

Old thread but still good for adding input.

I like the BetaBugs pack, that's pretty cool
http://www.betabugsaudio.com/plugs.php

Unit 1 can make some HEAVY basslines from the off! In fact most if not all of the GT Synths range are pretty cool.
http://www.gtgsynths.com

.:general three:. · Post by **.:general three:.** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:13 pm

FreeALPHA 3
Scanned Synth Mini
Drumatic 3

sherbert mastodon · Post by **sherbert mastodon** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:40 pm

Tweakbench, eSoulBS, blockfish (and the rest, dominion esp), Kjaerhus, Glitch, (and I agree, bit too easy!!), and one I won't mention. I love it too much.
ScanSynthGL (check KVR) is only in alpha, but FUCK ME it sounds amazing, more analogue than my analogue synths...really!!! Phat, beautiful, warm....
the dude really needs to finish it. I gave it to my mate, electrohead he is, and he's raping the shit out of it. oh, and Nebula free. That is unbelievable..

slim · Post by **slim** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:20 pm

http://www.majken.se/index.php?option=c ... 3&Itemid=9

I put this in the big thread of wobble, possibly stupidly as the first preset on subduer is a dubsteppy wobble, and the last thing i want is the dubs section cluttered with weak wobble tunes, but subduer is a nice synth. The other majken vsts are nice too, Chimera is such a good idea.

This thread is so good, can't really see myself needing to buy any VSTs for quite a while.

future producer · Post by **future producer** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:01 pm

Oh I forgot to say about MG TriggerGate, doesn't really take much explaining. Actually one of my fave freebies.

Tapestop another of my faves. http://www.kvraudio.com/get/826.html

Stick this thread maybe?

p.s. Slim, I agree with you about this thread being good - Sherbert, ScanSynthGL is a fatty.

b-lam · Post by **b-lam** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:28 pm

freealpha, seriously, you'd b a fool not to check this out!

the inbuilt filters sound seriously meaty! perfect for womps, wobbles pads that move etc

feasible_weasel · Post by **feasible_weasel** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:48 am

Future Producer wrote:Old thread but still good for adding input.

I like the BetaBugs pack, that's pretty cool
http://www.betabugsaudio.com/plugs.php

Unit 1 can make some HEAVY basslines from the off! In fact most if not all of the GT Synths range are pretty cool.
http://www.gtgsynths.com

big

feasible_weasel · Post by **feasible_weasel** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:51 am

this thread owns

future producer · Post by **future producer** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:03 pm

Can anyone recommend an LFP plug? I see Frohmage is only free if you get the standalone version.

sherbert mastodon · Post by **sherbert mastodon** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:55 pm

Chimaera. My fave secret weapon.

whineo · Post by **whineo** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:11 pm

Future Producer wrote: I like the BetaBugs pack, that's pretty cool
http://www.betabugsaudio.com/plugs.php

I really dont rate this pack - - the only thing mildly useful is the moneo

future producer · Post by **future producer** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:11 pm

sherbert mastodon wrote:Chimaera. My fave secret weapon.

Got any tips? Everything I do seems to sound the same.

you're favourite free plugins?

Freeware VSTi's with decent sound and low CPU use:

free...

Dammit!

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