ORIGINAL: galactica@fuse.net

THIS IS AMERICA, AND I AM ENTITLED TO SAY WHATEVER I WANT TO WHOMEVER. NOW, IF YOU CAN'T TAKE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.....WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU IN THIS BUSINESS FOR?

I love how people act tuff on internet forums.

Go to Google and type in "Freeware Synths" and search it and see what comes up. Or, do a Google search on VSTi/DXI instruments and plugins...

Would someone mind telling me what this "google" thing is?



- Grandpa Mojo
www.grandpamojo.com

That's correct, Aggie, but I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the term was originally coined by and named after its foremost proponent. I'm sure that he was known as "Barney" in mathematical circles, and he co-authored the reseach with his longtime partner "Snuffy" Smith. Here's a link. [He's the guy with the goo-goo-googly eyes ...]

Aaaaahhh, you post TOO much DA!

ORIGINAL: galactica@fuse.net

...CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.....

oxymoron
no such thing
maybe we could have some cruel kindness :-)

"people need to learn if you take the high horse you can not take the low road" gwb sometime in the 21st century <g>

I second the NovaKill ones. Definately CPU hogs though.
Synth1 is good, as is Superwave P8 (but spneding a few bucks for SuperTrance is even better), Asynth, Frequatic, Drumatic, Crystal, Delay Lama (everyone should have this in their line-up ), and STS Transition Synthesizer and ASET-2121 - MythoSpheric Space Synthesize (the free versions) almost made me regret buying morphology...Osiris-6 isn't bad. Retro-gs01 and 02 are great...but cost $30. All of these can be found at www.kvr-vst.com with links to download.

Maybe I am not as picky as most people...but there are a lot of great freebies out there that sound great and are unique and no commercial synth can do what some of the innovation of these synths can do.

I like freebies and use them side by side with the expensive ones. I like them. Also, there are a lot of quircky thinks out there like Knork that you may only use once in your life...but you wil be happy you gave it a shot and used it that one time.

Anyway, freebies are definately worth exploring. If you got the ones I listed...you will pretty much have them all though...except for the occasional iamthelordthygod (a real freebie synth) or some such gimmicky synth that does something totally original. Which you have to look for in all the freebies... Check them out I say.

As I look around various forums, one thing I'm struck by is how friendly these Cakewalk forums are - always willing to offer up help and advice, with no juvenile attitude (usually).
If someone asks for help, then either give it or don't reply. I agree totally with previous (and helpful members) comments.
Anyway, I like Wasp, which I think is still a free download from http://www.liqihsynth.com/catalogue.htm#soundset.

Computer Music Mag recently gave away a free version of EVE (also available at cost from above). I suppose it's not really free as you have to buy the mag, but I like it and there is a free download of sounds from above.

Apologies if the above 2 have been mentioned (a few days since I read page 1)

Thanks b rock
Yes, I did mention Hollow Sun awhile back, and they have regular updates. They have some very nice sounds.
I don't post much here but I check almost every day.
I don't class myself as a "musician" as I don't play an instrument (although I have taken up some guitar lessons and started software keyboard lessons) so my P5 time is mostly spent working out riffs and sounds I like, rather than completing whole songs - it's just so damn addictive!
Looking forward to version 2.
Take care all....

We don't have to worry about CPU usage with freeze synth in Sonar 4, so to me, that seems like a mute point. The array of good free stuff is a definate boon especially for people on a budget, and starting out. but we have to be careful not to heap too heavy an expectation on something that's free. It also raises the bar for commercial developers to give us better products, after all, if we drop some coin on something, it's got to be extrodinary. I am especially impressed with Crystal, but like a lot of other ones. I am getting to the point where I'm thinking getting a lot of free stuff isn't the best way to spend my time. I need to get some projects finished, but I had the bug, too. There are some amazing ones.

If you go to this page...

http://www.nin.com/current/index.html

...and click small pic on the top you can see their studio. Expencive looking hardware. I dont know what they are, but somebody here probably knows.

In another pic I can see a Moog Voyager, Line-6 POD Pro and Bass-POD Pro (probably the XT versions), a Korg Kaoss Pad above some 88-key synth I don't recognize.

In another pic there's an Alesis Andromeda with another Kaoss Pad, an Elektron MachineDrum, and Roland Space Echo.

In the last ones there's a ton of modular stuff, another Voyager, a Nord Lead, lots of Line-6 effects, and an EMS Synthi A (which might be the same that's in the first picture). Is that a real cat?

Jesus, how much stuff does Trent have?

a good question would be
what did the NiN boys have when the got started
not what they have now

i mentioned it another thread but AFAIK almost all the free synths and fx are gathered (> 100) on the coverdisc DVD for 'Computer Music' February 2005 issue
along with 2 some gig of samples
at my local mega bookstore chain it goes for about $15.00 usd

Ok, I've posted a hurried mix of the Triangle II song at www.project5.com (it's called "Triangulo Dos"). The mix can probably be improved a lot but I need to be at home with my monitors to do that.