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_______________________________________________________________Soundfont Player/Sound Library Platform: PC, Linux Format: VSTPrice: FREE! (paid add-on soundsets available) _______________________________________________________________ "Soundfonts aren't dead!"- Dennis Lenz, Prodyon Virtual Gear Coming at you today is one example of a growing class of music software that has the potential to

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ Sampler/Rompler Platform: PC, Linux, Mac OSX Format: VST, AU, STANDALONE Price: FREE! __________________________________________________________________________________________ Here is another VST Discovery STUDIO ESSENTIALS SERIES plug-in for you. Unless you've been sleeping under a rock, you probably

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Platform: Mac, PC, Linux Format: Standalone Price: $60/$225 __________________________________________________________________________________________ For The Money is a feature that covers the sweet spot that exists between free software and the expensive software

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_______________________________________________________________________________ Reverb/Multi-FX Platform: PC, Linux Format: VST Price: FREE! _______________________________________________________________________________ Acustica Nebula VST plug-in holds the honor of offering the best free reverb on the planet. They use a process called Volterra Kernal Modeling, based on their Volterra Kernel

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_____________________________________________________ . Best Of List Mac/Windows/Linux Format: Various Price: FREE! ______________________________________________________ A while back Computer Music Magazine released a Special Issue called "The Fast Guide To Synthesis" in which they rated what they deemed the Top 10 Commerical and Top 10 Freeware Synths. I enjoyed the article, as there are very

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ Drum Machine (Sampler, Arranger) Platform: Mac, PC, Linux Format: Standalone (exports audio & MIDI) Price: FREE! __________________________________________________________________________________________ For BFD 1.5 users who wish for a better way to create drum beats or for BFD 2 users who don't use the

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ Music and Recording Toolbox Special: What is a VST Plug-in? Level: All skill levels __________________________________________________________________________________________ My goal is to make this blog a place that people with any level of experience can get excited about. The last thing I would want

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Platform: PC, Linux Format: Standalone Price: FREE! __________________________________________________________________________________________ It's hard to write and record any music, which this blog is all about, without a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). A DAW is the hub

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Reaper Topic: Audio Interface & VST Folder setup. Level: Beginner Format: HTML/Images __________________________________________________________________________________________ MRT University (Music & Recording Toolbox University) is a collection of tutorials and other instruction with features

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.... Sample Player Platform: PC Format: VST Price: Donationware ______________________________________________ Jeskola, the developer famous for the Buzz Machines modular software you may have heard of, has just made his excellent XS-1 sample player (formerly a $99 purchase) donationware, which means you can download and use it for free then donate what you choose, if you choose. XS-1 can

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ Drum Software Platform: Mac, PC, Linux Format: Various Price: $FREE __________________________________________________________________________________________ I compiled a list of over 100 links to free drum software. The total is currently at 136 and growing! Enjoy! Go to software list here.

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ From SonicState's YouTube channel: "It started as a discussion in the office that turned into an argument down the pub and has now become a full blown mission to find the Top 20 Greatest Synths of all time." Earlier this year (2008), SonicState.com did a really entertaining video series called "The

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ Auto-Tune/Pitch Correction Tool Platform: PC, Linux Format: VST Price: FREE! __________________________________________________________________________________________ Here we go again! Another free VST that blows my mind that there even is such a thing. Everyone knows about Antares ubiquitous plug-in,

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ Reverb, Algorithmic Platform: PC, Linux Format: VST Price: Free! __________________________________________________________________________________________ VST Discovery, where I share only the best free music & recording software, sometimes highlighting their commercial equivalents. This shows you how

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ Virtual Analog Subtractive Synth Platform: PC, Linux Format: VST Price: FREE! __________________________________________________________________________________________ Oatmeal - the name says it all. It was developer Fuzzpilz's first attempt at making a VST synth and he intended it to be ordinary in

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__________________________________________________________________________________________ SOUND LIBRARY Platform: Mac, PC Format: Standalone, VST, AU, RTAS Price: FREE __________________________________________________________________________________________ VST Discovery, where I share only the best free music & recording software, sometimes highlighting their commercial equivalents. This

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Reverb (Algorithmic)Platform: Mac, PCFormat: VST/AUPrice: FREE! (during promotional period ONLY)TC Electronic, one of the three big names in studio and live reverb (along with Lexicon and Eventide), has done a gracious thing this Christmas season - they have released their upcoming M30 reverb for free as a promotional gesture for a very limited time. I don't know the exact date when their

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__________________________________________________________________________________________Parametric EQPlatform: PC, LinuxFormat: VSTPrice: FREE!__________________________________________________________________________________________I am thrilled to offer this rare find to you by Refined Audiometrics Laboratories! To those who don't already know, the excellent PLParEQ series plug-ins are easily

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_______________________________________________________________________________Platform: PC, LinuxFormat: VSTPrice: FREE!_______________________________________________________________________________Transient designers are one of the secret weapons used by producers and engineers to shape drum sounds - usually to make them explode with life and power. But transient designers can do quite the

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__________________________________________________________________________________________Stereo DelayPlatform: PC, LinuxFormat: VSTPrice: FREE!__________________________________________________________________________________________The Easytoolz easy-MD 01 looks an awful lot like Moog's MoogerFooger MF-104Z Analog Delay (minus $729 price tag, that is.) The developer doesn't go as far as to make

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__________________________________________________________________________________________Tape Saturation EmulationPlatform: Mac - Intel & PPCFormat: Audio UnitsPrice: FREE!__________________________________________________________________________________________I was feeling pretty bad that most great free plug-ins are only available for PC, so I went out of my way to post a Mac-only plug.

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_____________________________________________________________________________Analog Transformer Saturation EmulatorPlatform: PC, LinuxFormat: VSTPrice: FREE!_____________________________________________________________________________There are no surprises with this great VST sound shaping tool. You want the sound of an analog transformer? Turn up the saturate 'til you're happy. That is about it.

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_________________________________________________________________Synth: Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 CloneWhat is it?: Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 ClonePlatform: PC, LinuxFormat: VSTPrice: FREE!_________________________________________________________________This is a shining example of what can make free VST's so exciting! It sounds fantastic, and I'd bet 90% of us can't tell the difference

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_________________________________________________________________LimiterPlatform: PC, LinuxFormat: VSTPrice: FREE!___________________________________________________________Inspired by popular analogue limiters of the past, this Leveling Amplifier is ideal for both mastering and individual track limiting. Try it on bass guitar, room mics for drums, or any other signal that responds well to being

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_________________________________________________________________Guitar Amp, Cabinet, & Stompbox SuitePlatform: PC, LinuxFormat: VSTPrice: FREE!_________________________________________________________________Fretted Synth Audio's collection of amps, cabs, and stompboxes is by far the most full-featured free guitar rig plug-in made! This earns it a place among the VST Discovery "STUDIO ESSENTIALS

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_________________________________________________________________The Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 is a synthesizer that is consistently rated one of the very best ever made. This excellent article will tell you more about why it was so mind-blowing in it's historic context, and why it is almost equally loved today.I have created a table comparing some of the basic features of the original

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_________________________________________________________________Standalone VST Host/PlayerPlatform: PC, LinuxFormat: StandalonePrice: FREE!_________________________________________________________________I won't dare to assume that every reader out there happens to have a full DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) installed and ready to go to host all the VST's I list here. So for those of you who may

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MRT University, Music & Recording Toolbox University is a collection of tutorials and other instruction and will have features for beginners and pro's alike.A wonderfully complex post will be arriving soon about using multiple programs, multiple computers, and even multiple operating systems at once to maximize processing power and your palette of tools. We will be discussing the "

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Software Clones, of which there are many, are especially interesting to me. I show you mainly free software clones of instruments and other music gear with this fun feature.Coming Soon! A free PPG Wave 2.2 Wavetable Synth clone featuring Herman Seib's Wavesim!

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Coming Soon!Crystal, a free semi-modular wavesequencing synth coming soon!http://www.greenoak.com/crystal/

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Coming Soon!A excellent free Additive Synthesizer - DSK Dreamz coming soon!

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Software Clones, of which there are many, are especially interesting to me. I show you mainly free software clones of instruments and other music gear with this fun feature.Coming Soon!A free clone of the ARP 2600 semi-modular synth,the VoltKitchen Arppe 2600va!

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Software Clones, of which there are many, are especially interesting to me. I show you mainly free software clones of instruments and other music gear with this fun feature.Coming Soon!A free Sequential Circuits Prophet VS vector synth cloneSmartElectronix Augur!

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Coming Soon!An excellent free FM Synth featuring the S K Ganymed coming soon!

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_________________________________________________________________* Various VST plug-ins work on the Linux platform using FST or dssi-VST, or compiling plug-ins whose source code is available. Help with this, as well as some precompiled VST's can be found here. The source code of many VST's can be found here and here. The source code for many more are also freely available, but they have to be

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___________________________________________________________________________________________This is the worst part of this whole process for me, but I am doing it because it directly affects the amount of work I can put into my blog.I spend more hours than you probably imagine looking for and thinking of ideas to write about, and more still paring them down to what I feel is the best software or

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_________________________________________________________________I used to work at a large pro-audio retailer and still have a great connection working there. He has offered to work out a one-of-a-kind deal for anyone who says I told them to call. There is a minimum price they can advertise things at, but he has agreed to sell for as low as he can if you mention this site. So if you are

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