Freeware VST Instruments

Tr1Formation · Joined: Mar 31, 2011 Posts: 3 Location: Leicester, UK

Are freeware VST Instruments a good choice if you are on a limited budget?

abstraktor · Joined: Apr 27, 2009 Posts: 190 Location: glasgow, scotland

yes they can be... try the Elektrostudio bundle -nice instruments and popular. Computer Music magazine had a suite of free plug in instruments available at one time too -you should also be able to track them down easily.
The thing to bear in mind though, is that many of the free VSts have been made by amateurs using synthedit, pluggo, reaktor and the like. Some can be pretty buggy, while others a bit CPU heavy because of unwieldy coding. There are many great sounding free VSTi's about though..

Tr1Formation · Joined: Mar 31, 2011 Posts: 3 Location: Leicester, UK

thanks a lot - will def check some out

DES · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:01 am Post subject:

Moe Shinola · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:25 am Post subject: Better and better freeware

I agree - don't discount something just because it's free. Folks ought to check out the One Synth Challenge some time, to see just how good freeware can sound. Also, in the hands of a talented dev like Novakill's Bones, Synthedit can do the job as well as anything. His creations offer deep programming options and sound great.

MarkMosher : ModulateThis · Joined: Jul 02, 2010 Posts: 34 Location: Boulder, CO

Flip Martian · Joined: Jan 14, 2012 Posts: 7 Location: UK

Big Tick Software released some of their older instruments as freeware last year, well worth searching out. Also a Japanese one called Synth One is WELL worth trying. Very powerful analogue style synth.

klangumsetzer · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:26 am Post subject:

+1 on marks recommendations for the free u-he plug-ins and synth1.

i also like this ensoniq sq80 emulation: http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/and the sc prophet vs-like vsti augur: http://www.best-free-vst.com/download.php?p=Augur

if you learn to use these one - instead of downloading masses of vstis - you have most bases covered.

i also recommend the imo very music sounding kjaerhus classic vst effects bundle and the free ariesverb 0.4 alpha (delay, reverb, comb filter...). http://www.ariescode.com/forums.html

Geir · Joined: Jan 27, 2013 Posts: 5 Location: Bergen, Norway

Hg fortune has some really great free synths also. And his pay synths aren't that expencive either.
http://www.hgf-synthesizer.com/

filboid · Joined: Jan 29, 2015 Posts: 6 Location: New England

Synth 1 is an outstanding free VST.

I have many VST purchases in my collection. Omnisphere for instance, one of the best you can buy, but I always go to Synth 1 when I can't seem to put my finger on the sound I am looking for. 9 times out of 10 Synth 1 comes through.

Great and best of all free. Lots of addon presets out there as well.

DES · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:19 am Post subject:

I still reach for Triangle 1 that RGC Audio had put out for free...I dont think its available anymore unfortunately. Synth 1 is excellent! Certainly some good free VSTi out there...