So what about your favourite vst plugins?
I tend to use them mostly for Foresta di ferro and other stuff.
I recently came across these done by Nicola Locci of Exagonal.
http://www.exagonal-rooms.com/vst.htm
http://www.airwindows.com/category/free/ some of them are very subtle/functional or audiophile-ish technical 'tone' things, but there are some interesting/noisy ones. I use Channel4 quite a bit :) and the tesla coil one is pretty absurd
Not necessarily my favorites in everyday use, but still kind-a interesting ones to try:
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/elottronix_xl_by_elogoxa
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/sun_ra_by_elogoxa
Some interesting here:
http://tal-software.com/Products
Electronix XL is really amazing, will give it a try soon.
Quote from: Marko-V on December 06, 2015, 11:24:03 PM
Not necessarily my favorites in everyday use, but still kind-a interesting ones to try:
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/elottronix_xl_by_elogoxa
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/sun_ra_by_elogoxa
despite soundin repetitive i'd like to mention again that reaper has an insane toolbox included...
another thing that i been using for years and can only recommend is W1 limiter from george yohng. (i have never noticed any difference between the sound of the new version or the old, so i been preferring to use the old version with the logic that it assumably is lighter on cpu since it does'nt have a gui): http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html
bought the large version of this, it's pretty powerful: http://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-nova/
and these vintage monsters have been in my setup since my 1st machine:
http://www.geocities.jp/webmaster_of_sss/vst/index.html#cdist =a very flexible fuzz because of the steep filters. alas, only in mono. but i been able to dig out both low and high ends where there are none... this blended in with the stereo signal gives a lot of meat to the bones...
arcdev echotank 200, and it got even better with et301. the glitch things are also xlent. but that 301 is something... unfortunately their old website is gone, but someone on kvr made this pack:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/4nxzytq6oaoieqv/arcDev_Noise_Industries.rar
and yea that sun ra thing gets quite insane if you feed it some... oh lets say... JUNK SOUNDS for convolution muhahahaha
Ambient software for granular synthesis. One of my favorites. Not free, but not expensive either.
http://www.audiobulb.com/create/Ambient/AB-Ambient.htm
Quote from: pentd on December 29, 2015, 04:28:21 AM
despite soundin repetitive i'd like to mention again that reaper has an insane toolbox included...
Yep, plus you can sidechain literally everything in any of the plugins using "Parameter Modulation", you could probably build a modular synth in reaper :D
Madrona Labs for synths, Valhalla DSP for reverbs, Fabfilter for mastering tools.
Unfiltered Audio Sandman is a very cool and cheap delay/looper.
as sir salakapakka mentioned, audiobulb is interesting. i also picked up ambient + lissajous last year but i found the results quite underwhelming, specially that lissajous has so much potential but i think feature-wise it's not ready yet, and my pc can't really handle it anyway for some reason, its super choppy and hangs often. ambient is the better one of these for me..
i recommend these spectral tools from andy reeman:
http://vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Spectral_Suite&id=1816 (link updated oct.2018)
re: modular reaper.. tim have you tried it from scratch? no 3rd party plugins? challenge accepted, dont know when to do it though...
Quote from: pentd on February 17, 2016, 02:59:30 PM
ally that lissajous has so much potential but i think feature-wise it's not ready yet, and my pc can't really handle it anyway for some reason, its super choppy and hangs often.
I enjoy working with that and really like the visual part, but I think it till needs to develop!
I could not make it work as plugin since I am too stupid to configure the library, but loved the stand alone version!
i was waiting for audulus to come out for pc for many weeks/months, then it finally did. then i couldnt install it on my crapptacular 32bit machine (64b only).. but then i checked their forums and seems like it's not ready yet cos many people are reporting buggs. but that's gonna be pretty insane once it gets better.
ok then this guy d'incise made some crazy vst stuff years ago (xp times...) that still make insane results. and he's made some xlent abstract/electroacoustic releases, recommended: léthargie & autres animaux rugueux CD
http://www.dincise.net
Quote from: pentd on February 17, 2016, 02:59:30 PM
re: modular reaper.. tim have you tried it from scratch? no 3rd party plugins? challenge accepted, dont know when to do it though...
Ha no, it's one for the 'maybe one day' pile. But yeah I plan to delve more into what's possible with automation etc
these are now free / abandoned, since the guys are workin for Glitchmachines now:
https://ineardisplay.com/plugins/legacy/
also these never get old:
http://thepiz.org/plugins/
I like the http://www.stillwellaudio.com/ plugins. I think they still have some free versions. AU and VST. They tend to belong in the vintage repro camp. Most of them being Neve, SSL and other such classics. But they sound better to me than a lot of plugins that I've paid more for.
The Waldorf trio of plugins; Attack, D-Pole and PPG have been part of my arsenal for a very long time. These are not warm vintage virtual instruments. They are kind of edgy and awful and mean. You could pretty much write a whole song using the Attack drum machiner and PPG synth. I have. The Dpole I dont use for a filter, I have better. I do like it's ring mod a lot though.
I also own one of those UAD boxes, and use it for an EMT reverb, Helios EQ and the bundled plugins.
I used to use a ton of other plugins, but the last few years I've gotten more into accomplishing things in the analog realm as much as possible. Which isn't really that expensive if you are only recording one thing at a time anyway.
as geeky as this sounds but there are huge differences in eq's
unless you already have everything from smrtlctrnx then get at least the nyquist eq, best on groups or masterslot
http://magnus.smartelectronix.com/
Quote from: pentd on April 02, 2016, 08:15:44 AM
these are now free / abandoned, since the guys are workin for Glitchmachines now:
https://ineardisplay.com/plugins/legacy/
also these never get old:
http://thepiz.org/plugins/
nice
Some 1-bit vsts emulating zx spectrum kind of synth sounds http://randomflux.info/1bit/viewtopic.php?id=11
Quote from: Cementimental on September 23, 2016, 09:37:05 PM
Some 1-bit vsts emulating zx spectrum kind of synth sounds http://randomflux.info/1bit/viewtopic.php?id=11
oh wow damn
I really love this plugin, I'm probably guilty of abusing it at times, hah
http://www.audiopluginsforfree.com/camelcrusher/
Quote from: Cementimental on September 23, 2016, 09:37:05 PM
Some 1-bit vsts emulating zx spectrum kind of synth sounds http://randomflux.info/1bit/viewtopic.php?id=11
wow thanks
reminds me of the amazing "reasonable distortion" haha
http://879.hanac200x.jp/soft/index_e.html
noticed recently how useful this still is
http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=1921
multiband pan/lfo to make mono signal wider
(most people seem to use mac/64b but i'm still not finished with win/32b.. i've never noticed "better sound", just a tiny fart quicker machines)
granular madness
http://vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Ribs&id=2829
bit of a learning curve but quite deep shit
Gristleizer
https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=195277
(click on the 1st image for dl)
win 32b vst muhahahaha
(http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/SynthWizardsGristleizer.png)
Synchronicity...
join Special Interests...
check this category
what do eye spy
my little Gristleizer VST:)
some other creations for making noise, sound processing, & composition machines: http://www.n01ze.com/Muzak/projekts/ (http://www.n01ze.com/Muzak/projekts/)
(http://www.n01ze.com/Muzak/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SynthWizardsMinutoli.png)
one of my more recent little monsters
SynthWizards Virtual Minutoli
based on RRRon's Minutoli with 4 tonearms for EXTREME NOISE realtime remixing/mutilating single wav files in 3 speeds 33 45 & 78 plus variable pitch controls also includes reverse! Noise War Weapon
if any one around here gets access for some of my VSTs...
will you use actually them for creating something?
Eye make tools for my personal usage anymore...
yet
if anyone wants experimenting with some specific VST for helping with comp...
and/or have some high quality concepts for creating unique custom VST
then contact me here @Special Interests
One of my favorite vst :
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/gorgon-by-inear-display
VSTI/VST:
https://www.audiodamage.com/products/ad020-automaton
+ a very unique vsti :
https://www.sonic-lab.com/portfolio-4-column-2/
Quote from: WhiteWarlock on April 06, 2018, 07:19:25 PM
(http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/SynthWizardsGristleizer.png)
Synchronicity...
join Special Interests...
check this category
what do eye spy
my little Gristleizer VST:)
some other creations for making noise, sound processing, & composition machines: http://www.n01ze.com/Muzak/projekts/ (http://www.n01ze.com/Muzak/projekts/)
(http://www.n01ze.com/Muzak/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SynthWizardsMinutoli.png)
one of my more recent little monsters
SynthWizards Virtual Minutoli
based on RRRon's Minutoli with 4 tonearms for EXTREME NOISE realtime remixing/mutilating single wav files in 3 speeds 33 45 & 78 plus variable pitch controls also includes reverse! Noise War Weapon
if any one around here gets access for some of my VSTs...
will you use actually them for creating something?
Eye make tools for my personal usage anymore...
yet
if anyone wants experimenting with some specific VST for helping with comp...
and/or have some high quality concepts for creating unique custom VST
then contact me here @Special Interests
really curious about them. will check properly from home during the week end
impressive UI layout :)
this has been "everywhere" during the last year, but this dude has done some serious bananawork on synthedit, some nice buchla emulations here
https://kbrownsynthplugins.weebly.com/
and how bout some nasty synthi emus:
http://www.ninecows.dk/cynthia/
http://vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Synthia2&id=753
heres some calculation disasters:
https://rekkerd.org/lost-technology/
(http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards_n01zewall.png)
4 noise source generators
separate Volume/Panning
Static Injector for creating noise from waveforms
SVF Multimode Filter
CV noise injected into Filter Frequency
also external input F/C to SVF Freq
midi automated parameters
VST for generating extreme noise walls
or use it for complex noise source generator
instant HNW albums
went with original concept name
"VOMITRON"
http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/SynthWizardsN01ZEWALL.rar (http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/SynthWizardsN01ZEWALL.rar)
VOMITRON Demo1 noFX (http://www.n01ze.com/VOMITRON%20body%20checking%20dolphin%20vomits%20vomir%20on%20unsuspecting%20humanity.mp3)
demo test drive^
no FX/post processing
you get the idea
BTW
"The Vomitron" concept was originally an animatronic band member
that projectile vomited on the unsuspecting audience
i refuse to let this topic die!
ok i have no clue where to find whitewarlock dudes links on that page, looks interesting though...
sometimes you need to stereofake a mono signal, there are several ways to do it, but this has maybe the best results:
http://wokwave.com/old-plugins/html/m-st.html
http://www.wokwave.com/vstshop/digitalshop.php?start=1&category=0&productdetails=30
then theres this multicomp by J1000
http://vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=MCS6&id=2915
those are all win vst 32 stuff....
ok so both win + osx users should check out
https://www.tokyodawn.net/tokyo-dawn-labs/
send me PM if so inclined for doing beta testing on some comp trax...
http://randomflux.info/1bit/viewtopic.php?pid=1378#p1378
updates the the ones i posted including this which sounds fun :)
Quote
In case anyone interested, yet another unrelated but hardcore retro addition to my VSTi's library - Flopster, sample-based plugin that plays floppy disk drive noises to make 'floppy music' without having actual hardware.
(http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/n01zeTROIXIN1.png)
The V.S.R. "Trioxin" CloudMaker VST for GranularNoise
Ehhh...so...sorry for the potentially dumb question but, I normally record analog but sometimes mix and write in Logic Pro. I have laptop with Windows and was curious about trying these Gristleizer/Throbber and n0ize VST's. I assume I need a DAW to check em out but how? Any suggestions?
Reaper is free-ish (unlimited endless 'trial') and great, try that.
Quote from: Cementimental on March 13, 2019, 12:31:40 PM
Reaper is free-ish (unlimited endless 'trial') and great, try that.
Yeah I saw that one mentioned. Like I said, I normally use MAC and record with analog tape so I am not too familiar with how VST plugins work as far as just giving something a try like aforementioned plugins.
looks for a VST WRAPPER that works in logic pro and test that as well
yo warlock dude, could you please link to those vsti's here? that is one cryptic website.....
i have to admit i havent been computering so much in the last 2 years almost... so i havent "found" anything new in a while, but my satellite is hard throbbing for this, if i ever have too much money:
https://www.unfilteredaudio.com/products/byome
and of course reaper just keeps getting better... the spectral editing is an amazing addition.... not to mention the FFT-based monster comp/eq/gate hybrid thing...
but seems like i have reached my saturation limit of how much music tech i can take in. talkin to some audio wizards recently i realized i'm very happy using my "old" tools, and still scraping the surface.... i mean for example taking a look at glitchmachines tools... can it get deeper and crazier anymore? reading the manuals one realizes there are endless combinations of included features to work with. on the mangling/fsu side of things i cant imagine needing anything really. nowadays theres easy granular manipulation on smartphone.
maybe the real power, and future, of digital audio work lies in restoration/cleanup/forensic tools? adaptive comb filtering cancellation has progressed insanely, as has masking of residual signal after removal of selected spectral sectors.... at the risk of trading hi-fi for sci-fi!
(http://www.vst4free.com/img/Shortcircuit_3.jpg)
Short Circuit 2 has been discontinued. It is now freely available for download... fullversion
Vember Audio does not offer any support for it or exist...
thus having vanished into the WayBackMachine...
This VSTi Sampler was suggested by an old friend long ago... that did hardware sampling on Akai/Ensoniq.
After messing with Halion earlier today just went back for finding this buried treasure...
It also does SF2...(hmm may have coverted SF2 for Akai format... because Eye can do things like that)
just confirmed SC2 didn't load SF2... ShortCircuit1 actually does load them... hmmm
You can use Polyphone for easier custom SF2 Zoning/Layering & create some awesome sampler instruments.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/polyphone/ (https://sourceforge.net/projects/polyphone/)
Short Circuit 2 is a software sampler in the shape of a VSTi plug-in for the win32-platform.
Short Circuit 2 was created as a reaction against the ongoing trend where software samplers are being designed with the primary intent of library playback. It is intended for people who, like us, consider a sampler to be a musical instrument in its own right, and not just a way to emulate other instruments. It has been a very high priority to make sure that adding and editing individual samples is as fast and logical as possible.
The sample hierarchy in Short Circuit 2 allow you to place samples directly at the highest level of the multi, without having to deal with instrument hierarchies and patches. Want to add a sample to your song? Just drag & drop the sample into Short Circuit 2 and you're ready to go. Samples can be put in groups for multi-sampling and kit-building, but the complexity is only there when you need it.
Sound quality is another concern, and Short Circuit 2 is using high-quality sinc-interpolation, together with oversampling when upsampling, to provide pitch-shifting without audible artefacts. What this means in plain English is that a sample played back at another pitch sounds like a sample played back at another pitch, without any additional muck.
Features:
Streamlined user interface for fast sample management & editing.
Splendid audio quality while resampling.
Flexible selection of filters & effects.
Powerful modulation system, with the ability to modulate itself as well as
loop-points in addition to the usual destinations.
Envelope follower.
Stepsequencer/LFO combo.
Imports wav-files, AKAI S5000/S6000/Z4/Z8 .akp banks and NI battery kits.
Shortcircuit was created as a reaction against the ongoing trend where software samplers are being designed with the primary intent of library playback. It is intended for people who, like us, consider a sampler to be a musical instrument in its own right, and not just a way to emulate other instruments. It has been a very high priority to make sure that adding and editing individual samples is as fast and logical as possible.
The sample hierarchy in shortcircuit allow you to place samples directly at the highest level of the multi, without having to deal with instrument hierarchies and patches. Want to add a sample to your song? Just drag & drop the sample into shortcircuit and you're ready to go. Samples can be put in groups for multi-sampling and kit-building, but the complexity is only there when you need it.
Sound quality is another concern, and shorcircuit is using high-quality sinc-interpolation, together with oversampling when upsampling, to provide pitch-shifting without audible artefacts. What this means in plain english is that a sample played back at another pitch sounds like a sample played back at another pitch, without any additional muck.
Download Short Circuit 1 here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150728162326/http://www.vemberaudio.se/pd/shortcircuit/shortcircuit-1_1_2.exe (https://web.archive.org/web/20150728162326/http://www.vemberaudio.se/pd/shortcircuit/shortcircuit-1_1_2.exe)
Download Short Circuit 2 here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150719100100/http://www.vemberaudio.se/download/shortcircuit/shortcircuit2-0_5_1.exe 429 kb (https://web.archive.org/web/20150719100100/http://www.vemberaudio.se/download/shortcircuit/shortcircuit2-0_5_1.exe%20429%20kb)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCv5nD7kLY
https://web.archive.org/web/20150719100100/http://www.vemberaudio.se/shortcircuit.php (https://web.archive.org/web/20150719100100/http://www.vemberaudio.se/shortcircuit.php)
VOMITRON NoiseWall
(http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards_n01zewall.png)
4 noise source generators
separate Volume/Panning
Static Injector for creating noise from waveforms
SVF Multimode Filter
CV noise injected into Filter Frequency
also external input F/C to SVF Freq
midi automated parameters
VST for generating extreme noise walls
or use it for complex noise source generator
instant HNW albums
went with original concept name
"VOMITRON"
My VST/VSTi systems are for the most part private/exclusive.
Eye reserve the right for being extremely discriminating who besides me uses them.
This is my custom created sound.
Not all secret weapons are for being shared with the public.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hU5Rcrd0IZA/ULPq9_nlK8I/AAAAAAAAIs4/d7e-2b_ZULM/s1600/grim-reaper01.jpg)
Quote from: Cementimental on March 13, 2019, 12:31:40 PM
Reaper is free-ish (unlimited endless 'trial') and great, try that.
REAPER is a powerful but sensible Windows application designed for the recording, arrangement, editing, mixing and rendering of audio. REAPER provides a flexible but easy to use interface that is equally suited to amateurs and professionals alike.
REAPER highlights:
Extremely small footprint
REAPER is full featured, but its installer is barely over 1 megabyte. It starts and closes fast, and is easily installed on new systems or on portable drives.
Easy to use
Simply drag and drop one of many kinds of files in to edit existing material, or insert a track and arm it for recording. No complex project or definitions to set up.
Fast and powerful editing facilities
Split, resize, fade/crossfade, pitch shift, timestretch, copy/paste and loop media items with ease. Ripple editing is available, too.
Unrivaled routing capabilities
Send tracks to any number of other tracks or hardware outputs, with lots of options (pre-fx, post-fx, independent faders, mono or stereo). Not interested in advanced routing? You don´t have to use it (and it certainly won´t get in the way.)
Powerful recording options
Supports pre-fx, post-fx recording, can record mixed output of multiple tracks, etc, supports switching record inputs/modes on the fly, input monitoring options (including tape-style auto input monitoring mode), supports auto-punch-in/punch-out, and more. If you want. Otherwise, it just behaves as you would expect.
Wide open compatibility
Sane, human readable, human editable project file format. Support for reading and writing many common file formats. Support for consolidating track edits and rendering track stems, to enable easy export for other applications. EDL import/export for Samplitude and Vegas.
MIDI support
Support for MIDI files, recording MIDI, and VSTi/DXi softsynths. MIDI can be integrated and mixed with audio.
Customizeable user interface
User arrangeable user interface with color themes: make REAPER look how you want it to look, and arrange (or hide) elements of the user interface to suit your needs.
Bundled Effects and 3rd party plug-in Support
Includes built in effects including a compressor, gate, FFT EQ, and some basic synthesizers, and includes many Jesusonic effects, and supports many plug-ins (including VST and DX plug-ins) with full plug-in delay compensation.
0.999 is the last freeware version of REAPER, starting with version 1.0 the license was changed to very reasonably priced uncrippled nag-free shareware. Obviously, this is unsupported.
http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/reaper0999-install.exe (http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/reaper0999-install.exe)
yo, about SHORTCIRCUIT sampler VSTi....
get v1, because v2 is unfinished/abandoned and buggy... v1 is xlent, despite the microscopic UI
One great thing about Reaper is that you can actually sidechain, LFO and envelope-automate EVERYTHING.
Quote from: Cementimental on December 17, 2019, 12:11:49 AM
One great thing about Reaper is that you can actually sidechain, LFO and envelope-automate EVERYTHING.
You can do all that in FLStudio too.
I bought a license YEARS ago back when it was relatively cheap, and they still honour the free upgrades for life which I am extremely happy about because now it is a very powerful DAW.
(http://www.wanderer4.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Reaper-DAW-with-Newmolitic-Theme.jpg)
Quote from: Cementimental on December 17, 2019, 12:11:49 AM
One great thing about Reaper is that you can actually sidechain, LFO and envelope-automate EVERYTHING.
Reaper is actually fukt with internal/exteral midi routing ports with VST&Hardware... nightmare... way worse than just confusing AF...
it won't do some things without massive overkill amounts of extra effort... that personally use/need such MIDI function...
FL is way better in that aspect...
you can always load FL as VSTi for reaper for multitracking....
Reaper is so lightweight!!!
using it for multitracking recently instead of my other methods... Nuendo/ProTools
as supersimple fast DAW for the basics in sort of 4track tape style...
Thanks for promoting Reaper.
(https://www.boomlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/reaper_logo.jpg)
https://www.reaper.fm/https://www.reaper.fm/
awesome for noise/experimental fast recordings...
haven't attempted using it yet for more complex BPM based compositions as of yet...
0.999 is the last freeware version of REAPER...
starting with version 1.0 the license was changed to very reasonably priced uncrippled nag-free shareware...
Obviously, this official license FREE old Version of Reaper is now unsupported...
http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/reaper0999-install.exe
Quote from: WhiteWarlock on December 23, 2019, 02:01:45 AM
0.999 is the last freeware version of REAPER...
starting with version 1.0 the license was changed to very reasonably priced uncrippled nag-free shareware...
Obviously, this official license FREE old Version of Reaper is now unsupported...
http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/reaper0999-install.exe
Despite having the latest version of Reaper, I downloaded this to see if it was worth it since this version last came out in 2006 and I see you post about it in a lot of places. But as soon as it loaded, it opened up the last project I had in the latest version of Reaper and plays it just fine. I'm surprised that it's this backwards compatible. The interface is also pretty similar to what is available now. No track grouping from what I can see, but the essentials are here. I'm impressed.
Quote from: Pigswill on December 23, 2019, 04:51:18 AM
Quote from: WhiteWarlock on December 23, 2019, 02:01:45 AM
0.999 is the last freeware version of REAPER...
starting with version 1.0 the license was changed to very reasonably priced uncrippled nag-free shareware...
Obviously, this official license FREE old Version of Reaper is now unsupported...
http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/reaper0999-install.exe
Despite having the latest version of Reaper, I downloaded this to see if it was worth it since this version last came out in 2006 and I see you post about it in a lot of places. But as soon as it loaded, it opened up the last project I had in the latest version of Reaper and plays it just fine. I'm surprised that it's this backwards compatible. The interface is also pretty similar to what is available now. No track grouping from what I can see, but the essentials are here. I'm impressed.
Exactly^
BTW it also somehow "registered" version 5.35 from my old "Free" Commercial User v.999 license...
haven't tried installing the most recent version 6+ ...
~shrug~
actually reposted it here again for "someone" specific that needs fast tiny footprint DAW...
Has anyone got a link to the original 'free' Aturia moog? Ive had a couple of years away from music, combined with death of my old laptop means i lost it. Tried to download it from the official site and its been replaced with a new version with the record function disabled.
Also are there any free standalone vocoders out there?
Quote from: Leewar on December 28, 2019, 08:09:01 PM
Has anyone got a link to the original 'free' Aturia moog? Ive had a couple of years away from music, combined with death of my old laptop means i lost it. Tried to download it from the official site and its been replaced with a new version with the record function disabled.
Also are there any free standalone vocoders out there?
Non Standalone Emulated Vocoders:
(https://tal-software.com/images/products/tal-vocoder-2.png)
TAL-Vocoder is a vintage vocoder emulation with 11 bands that emulates the sound of vocoders from the early 80's. It includes analog modeled components in combination with digital algorithms such as the SFFT (Short-Time Fast Fourier Transform).
This vocoder does not make a direct convolution of the carrier and modulation signal as other digital vocoders maybe do. It includes an envelope follower for every of the eleven bands. This vocoder is optimized for voice processing and includes some algorithms for consonants to make the voice more intelligible.
The carrier signal is a VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) with a Pulse, Saw, Noise and SubOsc. But it's also possible to use the left stereo input as carrier. This way every sound source can be used as carrier signal. This plug-in supports every sample rate.
https://tal-software.com/products/TAL-Vocoder (https://tal-software.com/products/TAL-Vocoder)
(http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/SynthWizardsEMS3000+.png)
Personally use my Emulation of the EMS3000 yet it's probably way confusing AF for most humans & requires external MIDI...
British synth maker EMS are known not only for their classic VCS3, but also for their unique retro vocoders. Designed by Tim Orr, the EMS Vocoder 2000 is an excellent voice synthesizer comparable to the Roland SVC-350. It has been around since the late seventies, and is still available to this day. The Vocoder 2000 offered 16-channels of vocoding with filters, mic/line inputs, oscillator and noise sources, voiced/unvoiced detector, and slew/freeze control. The EMS Vocoder 3000 offers 16 channels of vocoding like the 2000, but with individual level controls for each band and newer knobs & switches on the front panel, plus a new LED signal meter. It came out in 1977. The EMS VOCODER was used in the original Battlestar Galactica TV series for creating the voices of the Cylons.
Quote from: Leewar on December 28, 2019, 08:09:01 PM
Has anyone got a link to the original 'free' Aturia moog? Ive had a couple of years away from music, combined with death of my old laptop means i lost it. Tried to download it from the official site and its been replaced with a new version with the record function disabled.
MAC:
http://downloads.arturia.com/downloads/minimoogvoriginal/minimoogv_original.dmg
PC:
http://downloads.arturia.com/downloads/minimoogvoriginal/minimoogv_original.exe
Vocoder and other nice sounding vst‘s
https://www.fullbucket.de/music/vst.html
A nice Place To Look for VST and co
https://www.kvraudio.com/
https://bedroomproducersblog.com/
https://www.matrixsynth.com/?m=1 (all about electronic Musik...)
https://sonicstate.com/?ismobile=0 (Ok, Not about noise. But Nick makes the best reviews about synths and co)
And btw Arturia and Native Instruments are giving free reverb Plug In for a Limited Time
Excellent, thank you!
See you have it covered now... Good!
BTW thanks for the links...
have tried some of those Korg 3100-3300 series VST before...
rather just record my old 78 korg35 ms20 bunch of time for Polyphonic
powerful multiband compressor: xfer OTT
https://xferrecords.com/freeware
(kinda works also as crude expander)
Glitchmachines - https://glitchmachines.com
Fracture & Hysteresis are available for free and they're a good introduction to GMs.
GM is xlent... picked up the bundle years ago, never regretted it. seem to run ok even on old computers, lnx/wine ... useful for a long time to come, since they come also in 32bit, which is a dying breed
polygon, cataract... mind blowing stuff. they come bundled with, and semi-hardwired to a ton of samples, but it's quite easy to set up your own sound sources, just save a new preset or track template once
DBlue's Glitch (Win32) is an excellent and flexible VST for mangling your audio in all sorts of ways. I'm not sure whether there's a free Mac version, but they've got a paid version available that's compatible: https://www.audiopluginsforfree.com/glitch/
Another good one for slicing up your sounds, Squarepusher-style is Smart Electronix's LiveCut (Win32 + Mac).
It can be made to work in a 64-bit host by using JBridge: https://www.kvraudio.com/product/livecut_by_smart_electronix
JBridge: https://jstuff.wordpress.com/jbridge/
certainly rough beta/ semi alpha but powerful synthesis, capable of unexpected textures: lith!
https://sodadevices.com/pages/products/lith/
(http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/Krush.jpg)
http://www.n01ze.com/synthwizards/ARKIVE/N01ZEKRUSHX.rar
ah damn... still gotta check that noizkrush by warlock dude...
this was one of the most interesting releases of 2020 for me:
https://www.curtisroads.net/software
https://github.com/EmissionControl2/EmissionControl2/releases/tag/v1.01
https://youtu.be/k9-JQWgYkT4
a new affordable MS-20 emulation
https://rawoltage.com/funny-stuff/
a free noisy plugin
Quote from: A-Z on September 19, 2021, 05:29:19 AM
https://rawoltage.com/funny-stuff/
a free noisy plugin
pure comedy... like those tape hiss / vinyl crackle plugins... crazy times!!
stumbled upon something interesting
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Derailer is a physical modelling system built from 3 basic elements. Strings which can be plucked or bowed, metal bars which can be pitched or act as resonators, and nonlinear springs which can be used to connect resonators together to form a network.
video demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcC1E3AFEXQ
Quote from: A-Z on September 30, 2021, 08:21:53 PM
stumbled upon something interesting
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Derailer is a physical modelling system built from 3 basic elements. Strings which can be plucked or bowed, metal bars which can be pitched or act as resonators, and nonlinear springs which can be used to connect resonators together to form a network.
video demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcC1E3AFEXQ
This sounds and looks fantastic.
Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on October 01, 2021, 03:34:35 AM
Quote from: A-Z on September 30, 2021, 08:21:53 PM
stumbled upon something interesting
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Derailer is a physical modelling system built from 3 basic elements. Strings which can be plucked or bowed, metal bars which can be pitched or act as resonators, and nonlinear springs which can be used to connect resonators together to form a network.
video demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcC1E3AFEXQ
This sounds and looks fantastic.
agreed
grabbed the demo & played with it for a while
the range of sounds one can get seems somewhat limited due to the nature of the instrument
but the sounds themselves are very, very nice
for dark ambient / drone / industrial soundmaking this thing is just what the doctor ordered
btw, the dev also has physically modelled plate & spring reverbs
really great free tape emulation plugin including wow, flutter, damage etc: https://chowdsp.com/products.html#tape
they have an AI-powered Klon Centaur clone plugin too :D
thanx dr cement!
also: good old destroy-fx have been updated recently
http://destroyfx.org/
I don't think anyone's mentioned the Jack Dark / DarkWare VST plugins yet. All of them make horrible noise and are pretty ridiculous to use. It takes a lot of exploration and experimentation to get a good sound out of them, but they're fun
Here's an example that someone made where they hard-panned a dry signal on the right and wet signal on the left
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EO2XiRJHS8
You can find the full collection here
https://archive.org/details/jack-dark-darkware-novuzeit-complete
haha darkware ftw
Ok this looks fun. can't justify paying $200 to make jet engine noises tho https://www.boomlibrary.com/sound-effects/turbine/
Quote from: Cementimental on December 31, 2021, 07:00:38 PM
Ok this looks fun. can't justify paying $200 to make jet engine noises tho https://www.boomlibrary.com/sound-effects/turbine/
sounds cool, but my nephiew is an aircraft engineer so in case I ask him
one thing that i have been taking for granted for a long time is that in reaper it's absolutely no problem to use older 32-bit vst's, whereas other programs dont even "see" them on your machine... and recently was very nice to notice that bitwig does this too. i dont know anything about coding/programming, but if some programs can do it, but most don't, i find it strange that its not a standard
audio damage legacy plugins are now free. some quite crazy stuff here!
https://www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-and-legacy
Emergence vst
granular machine like the legendary "mangle" but x4
https://daniel-gergely.itch.io/emergence
Stumbled upon something interesting.
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Berna 3 is the latest version of the simulation of an early electronic music studio.
A celebration of the Studio di Fonologia Musicale of Milano (Studio for Musical Phonology) of the RAI Italian National Radio and Television and the German WDR's Elektronische Musik Studio of Cologne.
The user of Berna 3 has the opportunity to build their own compositions starting from the instruments and practices that defined electronic music at its origins.
A didactic tool that will give us the opportunity to understand how masterpieces such as Gesang del Jünglinge, Fontana Mix or Visage were conceived and created, but also the possibility of approaching the very idea of electronic music, as it was invented in the first half of the last century.
Video demo here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNuVitn4TGA
The same developer also has a 'Japanoise inspired noise box' which is pretty cool as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfdja2OQKFY
Absolutely stupid viral marketing promotion from some car manufacturer, generic cheap and nasty VSTi synth with gimmick nature field recording sound. Website is gibberish with loads of nonsense about 'healing' bpms etc when the actual plugin doesn't even have a sequencer at all :D Mildly fun, going to use for dungeon synth https://www.kia.com/us/en/movement/our-instrument
Actually good: https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/ Free soundfont plugin with a load of interesting sounds mostly cinematic/orchestral/sound-design stuff
what's good at the moment? why, glad you asked...
https://www.newfangledaudio.com/pendulate -- Pendulate randomizes for interesting textures, if you're into oscillations.
Seems like Saike's plugins for Reaper (via reapack, or from the forum) are always interesting and a bit strange... very cool Lava reverb!
Synplant 2 is quite out there, but then again so is v1
Quote from: pentd on January 18, 2024, 10:48:05 PMhttps://www.newfangledaudio.com/pendulate -- Pendulate randomizes for interesting textures, if you're into oscillations.
That thing's brilliant, got it a few months ago and it's a great synth for ultra-low and oscillating frequencies. I'm crap at modular patching so I haven't bothered effing around with linking different bits but it's nice to know the potential's there.