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I thought it would be good to have a place to share all the freeware that's out there.
I do almost all my production with freeware...
Here are a few links from past threads from DnB forum and other big collections of stuff
The go to for free plugins is http://bedroomproducersblog.com/ So much stuff on there, it's ridiculous.
You need to be slightly careful on http://www.vst4free.com/ to click on the right link, but there are lots of things on here too.
91 FX freebies: http://music.tutsplus.com/articles/over-90-free-vst-effects-plugins--audio-3834
It's also worth buying a copy of computer music for 5.99 just to get the CD, which has about 25 different free Synths and FX
OK, here is a list of the best free plugins I've found for a specific purpose. I'm sure a lot of people know these but it might be helpful for those who are just starting out:
Sampler: Either Kontact player http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths-samplers/kontakt-5-player/
or shortcircuit2 http://www.vemberaudio.se/shortcircuit
If you want to replicate a real-life instrument of any kind, then get schwartzando http://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando/ and go and download some free soundfonts: http://soundfonts.homemusician.net/
Compressor: either reacomp http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=471 for general compression, Reaxcomp http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=472 for multiband compression, or 5ourcery http://www.platinumears.com/5orcery.html for multiband sidechaining.
Reverb: Ambience http://magnus.smartelectronix.com/ The best free reverb VST ever... used to be paid for.
Phaser, flanger + chorus: Bluecat plugins. http://www.bluecataudio.com/Download/Products/
Frequency analyser: Bluecat again... See above link
Soundgoodizer: I was impressed to find a free soundgoodizer, it's called You wa shock... https://sites.google.com/site/youwashockvst/
Distortion: Tonnes of free distortion VSTs out there, too many to mention, but the obvious one is camelcrusher http://www.camelaudio.com/camelcrusher.php
Multieffect: Glitch. It's designed for creating crazy squarepusher style breaks and epic mangling http://illformed.org/plugins/
If anyone else has any good freebies, please post them here... I'm sure there're many more good things out there.
I do almost all my production with freeware...
Here are a few links from past threads from DnB forum and other big collections of stuff
The go to for free plugins is http://bedroomproducersblog.com/ So much stuff on there, it's ridiculous.
You need to be slightly careful on http://www.vst4free.com/ to click on the right link, but there are lots of things on here too.
91 FX freebies: http://music.tutsplus.com/articles/over-90-free-vst-effects-plugins--audio-3834
It's also worth buying a copy of computer music for 5.99 just to get the CD, which has about 25 different free Synths and FX
OK, here is a list of the best free plugins I've found for a specific purpose. I'm sure a lot of people know these but it might be helpful for those who are just starting out:
Sampler: Either Kontact player http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths-samplers/kontakt-5-player/
or shortcircuit2 http://www.vemberaudio.se/shortcircuit
If you want to replicate a real-life instrument of any kind, then get schwartzando http://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando/ and go and download some free soundfonts: http://soundfonts.homemusician.net/
Compressor: either reacomp http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=471 for general compression, Reaxcomp http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=472 for multiband compression, or 5ourcery http://www.platinumears.com/5orcery.html for multiband sidechaining.
Reverb: Ambience http://magnus.smartelectronix.com/ The best free reverb VST ever... used to be paid for.
Phaser, flanger + chorus: Bluecat plugins. http://www.bluecataudio.com/Download/Products/
Frequency analyser: Bluecat again... See above link
Soundgoodizer: I was impressed to find a free soundgoodizer, it's called You wa shock... https://sites.google.com/site/youwashockvst/
Distortion: Tonnes of free distortion VSTs out there, too many to mention, but the obvious one is camelcrusher http://www.camelaudio.com/camelcrusher.php
Multieffect: Glitch. It's designed for creating crazy squarepusher style breaks and epic mangling http://illformed.org/plugins/
If anyone else has any good freebies, please post them here... I'm sure there're many more good things out there.
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