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It's been a while since I've updated my own plugins, but I use a few Voxengo plugs and they have a number of freebees. Even the plugs you have to buy are relatively cheap.

http://www.voxengo.com/group/freevst/
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Not exactly a plugin, but:

http://www.tank-fx.com/
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Not sure what would happen if I were caught using these free plugins. But I may have to find out.

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How, uh, furry.
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Starfinger tells me of this reverb...: http://www.tcelectronic.com/freeTCreverb.asp TC Electronics is giving away their free VST for the moment. I haven't tried it yet, but I did download.
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HeuristicsInc wrote:Starfinger tells me of this reverb...: http://www.tcelectronic.com/freeTCreverb.asp TC Electronics is giving away their free VST for the moment. I haven't tried it yet, but I did download.
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I've been looking around for some fun plugins for my ep, and I stumbled across these ones. not sure if the site's been posted in this thread, and I haven't tried the effects yet - but they look promising.
http://www.jeroenbreebaart.com/audio_vst.htm

I'm also going to give stardust a try for mastering.
http://www.aodix.com/pagestardust.html

I'll report back once I've tried them out.
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Native Instruments is providing a free "holiday sampler" through the end of the year.

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/ ... ?page=1235
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I gave Stardust a quick run, and I think it's sounding pretty good (I may have overdone it on the treble boost though, now that I listen to it again). The mastered version below is pumped up mostly with Stardust, and a 2 dB boost from GClip.

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fluffy wrote:Native Instruments is providing a free "holiday sampler" through the end of the year.

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/ ... ?page=1235
That is a large file.

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I installed mini DRUMZ 2 and it is really cool.

http://www.dskmusic.com/
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Reïst wrote:I gave Stardust a quick run, and I think it's sounding pretty good (I may have overdone it on the treble boost though, now that I listen to it again). The mastered version below is pumped up mostly with Stardust, and a 2 dB boost from GClip.

P.S.I.T. (unmastered)
P.S.I.T. (mastered)
It's certainly louder on the mastered version. But it also separates pretty nice too. The highs on the brass is crisp and the bass is better. the guitar might be too loud after mastering, but I LIKE GUITAR, so it's cool with me. Also the stereo separation is MUCH wider, maybe too wide. But I listened on headphones, so....

Also, I love the jam. Makes me want to crank up a nice drum beat and jump on my guitar and rock out for a bit. bbl. :)
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fluffy wrote:Native Instruments is providing a free "holiday sampler" through the end of the year.

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/ ... ?page=1235
So, I installed it, and it did a bunch of hocus-pocus, but made no discernible changes in my hard drive. If it extracted anything, I can't find it, and of course, none of my programs see the instruments. Did anyone else get this pack? Can someone tell me what I did wrong?
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You also have to install the actual softsynth, which is linked to from the same page.
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Yeah Jon, what fluffy said... the free kontact player or whatever is what you need. That pack was just samples for it I believe.
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fluffy wrote:You also have to install the actual softsynth, which is linked to from the same page.
Heh, whoops. I thought it was VSTi.
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According to this page, SynC Modular is now free.

SynC Modular is the precursor to Reaktor. It's a program that lets you assemble basic sound synthesis modules (VCOs, VCRs, VCFs, and much, much more) into your own custom synths.

Over the years, SynC Modular fans have posted various sythesizer designs for public use. The "salterium" that opens my Robot Ninja Zombie Bear entry is one ouststanding example (note that I've run the sound through a VST octave coupler.) It simulates some kind of stringed instrument struck with mallets. Each of about 15 keys on a MIDI keyboard is mapped to its own synthesizer, so you can fine-tune the way each "string" responds to a "hit."

For a while, a SynC Modular license was unobtainable. Apparently the original designer was hired by the makers of Reaktor, and SynC Modular was walled off as an unwanted competitor. So if it's really free as of Jan 2010, I recommend it to serious fans of synthesized sound.
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Did I ever post about Ardour? I tracked a project on this DAW a few weeks back and was pretty impressed with it. It's donationware, so you can get it for free it you need. I didn't get into the mixing or editing or anything, but it worked fine to track an 8 piece group.

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ken wrote:Did I ever post about Ardour? I tracked a project on this DAW a few weeks back and was pretty impressed with it. It's donationware, so you can get it for free it you need. I didn't get into the mixing or editing or anything, but it worked fine to track an 8 piece group.

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In another thread, floatingman was asking where to find SynC Modular ensembles. Here's a couple of good starting sites.

http://sites.google.com/site/syncensembles/
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3147387

The salterium is in this collection:

http://www.dashsignature.com/SM/SM_Ense ... _Liqih.rar
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Free IBM 8gig flash drive while they last. I did different info and got two. The first one took about 50 tries on F5ing. The second time went through on the first try.

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