What are some of your favorite free plug-ins/vst's for mac?
Re: What are some of your favorite free plug-ins/vst's for mac?
The Crystal and Tunefish synths are clear winners, simply because they offer a range of good sounds at a (literally) unbeatable price.
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Re: What are some of your favorite free plug-ins/vst's for mac?
Digits — Phase distortion synth
Good for growly basses
http://www.extentofthejam.com/
U-he Tyrell — VA synth
Top quality
http://www.u-he.com/cms/tyrelln6
Airwindows Drive2 — Latency-free Overdrive
Good for parallel processing; also has low-cut + dry/wet
http://www.airwindows.com/freebies.html
ADT — Artificial Double Tracking
Niche but useful on pads, vocals etc.
http://www.vacuumsound.de/plugins.html
s(M)exoscope — Waveform visualisation plugin
Good for checking clipping/compression settings, especially on drums
http://bram.smartelectronix.com/plugins.php?id=4
Ignite Amps — Amp sims
Great sound
http://www.igniteamps.com/en/audio-plug-ins
TSE Audio R47, 808, BOD — Guitar pedal sims
Great sound
http://www.tseaudio.com/software/tseBOD
Michael Norris SoundMagic Spectral — real-time spectral processors
Totally bonkers. Great for mashing up samples for pads, breakdowns etc.
http://www.michaelnorris.info/software/ ... ctral.html
Flux:: Stereo Tools — Stereoscope
handy on the master buss for checking your stereo field, especially on the low-end
https://www.fluxhome.com/download
Voxengo old school verb — Algo. reverb
Just plain like it.
http://www.voxengo.com/product/oldskoolverb/
MFreeEffectsBundle — Utility plugins (tone generators etc.)
Bread and butter stuff that is missing in Live.
http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/ ... ectsBundle
SonEQ — Analogue-style EQ w. Drive
Nice interface, good sound particularly on low-end
http://sonimus.com/products/soneq/
Sonalksis FreeG — Master fader
handy for mixing/automation
http://www.sonalksis.com/freeg.htm?
W1 Limiter — Limiter (clone of waves L1)
Good quality limiter
http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html
KingDubby — Dub Delay
Good sound/interface
http://www.lowcoders.fr/kingdubby
Dimension Expander — err, the Dimension Expander effect from Massive as a plugin
^see above
http://xferrecords.com/freeware/
Molot — Vintage-style Compressor
Good alternative to stock comp. Very characterful / aggressive
http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/molot/
A bunch of these are AU only but since you're on a mac no biggie, right?
Good for growly basses
http://www.extentofthejam.com/
U-he Tyrell — VA synth
Top quality
http://www.u-he.com/cms/tyrelln6
Airwindows Drive2 — Latency-free Overdrive
Good for parallel processing; also has low-cut + dry/wet
http://www.airwindows.com/freebies.html
ADT — Artificial Double Tracking
Niche but useful on pads, vocals etc.
http://www.vacuumsound.de/plugins.html
s(M)exoscope — Waveform visualisation plugin
Good for checking clipping/compression settings, especially on drums
http://bram.smartelectronix.com/plugins.php?id=4
Ignite Amps — Amp sims
Great sound
http://www.igniteamps.com/en/audio-plug-ins
TSE Audio R47, 808, BOD — Guitar pedal sims
Great sound
http://www.tseaudio.com/software/tseBOD
Michael Norris SoundMagic Spectral — real-time spectral processors
Totally bonkers. Great for mashing up samples for pads, breakdowns etc.
http://www.michaelnorris.info/software/ ... ctral.html
Flux:: Stereo Tools — Stereoscope
handy on the master buss for checking your stereo field, especially on the low-end
https://www.fluxhome.com/download
Voxengo old school verb — Algo. reverb
Just plain like it.
http://www.voxengo.com/product/oldskoolverb/
MFreeEffectsBundle — Utility plugins (tone generators etc.)
Bread and butter stuff that is missing in Live.
http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins/ ... ectsBundle
SonEQ — Analogue-style EQ w. Drive
Nice interface, good sound particularly on low-end
http://sonimus.com/products/soneq/
Sonalksis FreeG — Master fader
handy for mixing/automation
http://www.sonalksis.com/freeg.htm?
W1 Limiter — Limiter (clone of waves L1)
Good quality limiter
http://www.yohng.com/software/w1limit.html
KingDubby — Dub Delay
Good sound/interface
http://www.lowcoders.fr/kingdubby
Dimension Expander — err, the Dimension Expander effect from Massive as a plugin
^see above
http://xferrecords.com/freeware/
Molot — Vintage-style Compressor
Good alternative to stock comp. Very characterful / aggressive
http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/molot/
A bunch of these are AU only but since you're on a mac no biggie, right?
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Re: What are some of your favorite free plug-ins/vst's for mac?
Glitch 2 is now mac compatible. It is great fun. As the name says, it is good for stuttering, glitching, mangling and bit reduction and it has a really clever interface.
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re:dream wrote:Glitch 2 is now mac compatible. It is great fun. As the name says, it is good for stuttering, glitching, mangling and bit reduction and it has a really clever interface.
is $60 above the asking price!eskaedj wrote:What are some of your favorite free plug-ins/vst's for mac?
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antarktika wrote:re:dream wrote:Glitch 2 is now mac compatible. It is great fun. As the name says, it is good for stuttering, glitching, mangling and bit reduction and it has a really clever interface.is $60 above the asking price!eskaedj wrote:What are some of your favorite free plug-ins/vst's for mac?
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very nice, thanks!Machinesworking wrote: Sinevibes Filther
Re: What are some of your favorite free plug-ins/vst's for mac?
Toky Dawn Records Feedback compressor and slick EQ! Absolutely top notch.
http://www.tokyodawn.net/tokyo-dawn-labs/
http://www.tokyodawn.net/tokyo-dawn-labs/
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