Essential Must Have FREEWARE Vst's???

 I had a hard drive crash recently and lost all of my freeware VST's, what are the freeware VST's that you consider a "MUST HAVE" for your daw? I don't mean as in they are pretty good, I mean the ones that you use all the time?


I have a big list on my website links space of vst sites, but I don't want to overload my daw with VST's I will never use, I would rather keep it simple.

Here's the Freeware VST's that I have added so far that I use all the time, or most of the time I should say :

ReaPlugs - Several good ones there.
Electri-Q :Posihfopit edition - I use this one a lot, I hope to upgrade to the pro version sometime in the near future.
GVST Plug Ins - I use a few of these, mostly the GGain, it helps when a track is just too quiet.
Voxengo - I haven't never used these, but there are a couple there that I believe I will start using.

I would have included the  Kjaerhuser Classic plugins Link on that list, but when I go to the site for them I don't see a download option. I did manage to find the package to download them all at once somewhere, but I can't seem to find the link now. Sorry.

That's what I got right now in the freeware department.

Any must have freeware VST's that I am missing?

Bobby

dlogan


I had accumulated various freeware VSTs over the years but when I switched to my new computer the Voxengo SPAN plug-in was the only one I bothered reinstalling. I use it on every single project I do.

But yeah I used to use the Kjaejuser Classic Chorus plug-in sometimes, too.

Thanks, and it's funny that you mentioned Span, because when I started looking around and saw Voxengo that's the one that made me think I needed to give Voxengo a try.

Bobby

Flux stereo tool

I use it almost every project, as in master bus + individual channels.
I only wish, that I could afford other Flux products.

i can't imagine what i would use the flux stereo tool for.....

what do you use it for?

Ugo Audio if you want synths.

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I'll big it up for TAL

http://kunz.corrupt.ch/?Home

not just one.. but many useful things

da Hornet is nice vst synth. also and of course the very old synth1 by that Japanese dude.

Here is a link where you can get Kjaerhaus plug ins

http://www.acoustica.com/plugins/vst-directx.htm

JB Ferox tape sim is AMAZING!!

http://www.jeroenbreebaart.com/audio_vst.htm

The Rocket compressor has become a go-to vst for me since I downloaded it a few months back.

thanks janetski....
i was just curious how it could be used, you explained it very well.

NW Smith


I really enjoy using TC M30 Reverb.  The below link is for a discussion thread with DL links. that seem to work:


http://line6.com/community/message/101418#101418

I had to go to the second page to get this one. BUT WOW! Your right this freaking vst is awesome! Thanks!

Sometimes I forget that all you have to do is plug in a microphone and a guitar and hit record, it makes it quick and easy to get a clean sound on vox or guitar depending on how you are recording. This is probably the most impressive reverb I have seen to date. Although I will say it is important to change the timing knobs around a bit depending on what you are doing.

Excellent!

Bobby

jamesyoyo


The Rocket compressor has become a go-to vst for me since I downloaded it a few months back.

It's not a freebie of course, but all the Stillwell plugs are very nice. I try to use as few plugs as possible, but I I use the VibeEQ in a lot of the cases where I do end up using a software EQ. The rocket is a good 1176'ish type of software compressor.
 
I agree on the JB Ferox plug. It's very nice and free.
 
Oh, and EpicVerb is quite a nice freebie reverb.
 

1 name -

AcmeBarGig

(And GTune, i have that too )


BTW, What is that Voxengo SPAN? Compressor?

  This list was meant to be mostly about VST's.

But I found this list for "Synth's" that I thought I would post the link to.

I don't know how good these are, but the descriptions seem very thorough, and these also have pictures and several pages of synths that are free. So I thought I would post the link to what I found, maybe this will help someone save some time looking for a soft synth. There are several pages with pictures.

Here's the link :  http://lesitedeburnie.free.fr/lalistedeburnie1-en.html

Hope this helps,

             Bobby

To an extent, I have to agree with Dave. However there are some freebies worth mention.
Proteus VX: A huge sample set, stable under XP, some have had problems using it with Vista or W7. It will misbehave if your RAM is inadequate.
Perhaps not the absolute best samples available, but a good place to start.
Majken's Chimera: Based on filtered white noise. A different approach, and a rather nice synth to work with.
Sam!22: Not really a synth, but still cool. You can assign wav files to specific keys. This one is great for special effects and ambient noise.