Best FREE VST Plugins?

craftycurate · Post by **craftycurate** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:55 am

I'm new to Ableton and would like to know which free VST plugins people would recommend ...

1) Best Instruments
2) Best Effects

Thanks in advance!

Richard

Idonotlikebroccoli · Post by **Idonotlikebroccoli** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:57 pm

Best effect: CamelCrusher (at least in my opinion. I use it all the time.)

mreda · Post by **mreda** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:35 pm

Idonotlikebroccoli wrote:Best effect: CamelCrusher (at least in my opinion. I use it all the time.)

What does Camel Crusher do?

craftycurate · Post by **craftycurate** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:49 pm

Distortion & Compression

http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/downl ... elCrusher/#

Meef Chaloin · Post by **Meef Chaloin** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:00 pm

instruments> moog modular is really good, karma fx synth

fx> glaceverb

Silence · Post by **Silence** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:02 pm

It all depends on what you intend to do but alot of ppl here seem to like
DBlue Glitch. I like it but don´t use it so frequently. Its cool for live performance though.

I like Voxengo Boogex, grate distortion plug that works well for wicked acid slides.

What type of music do u normally do?

craftycurate · Post by **craftycurate** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:57 pm

Thanks folks.

I tend to be quite eclectic, but most stuff ends up being kind of ambient\atnospheric in some way, but that can be drum 'n' bass, or downtempo or anything else. Hard to nail down!

I found DBlue Glitch and have used it a couple of times.

Cheers
Richard

djastroboy · Post by **djastroboy** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:22 pm

Synth1, Triangle I, Triangle II, echomania, daHornet, minmogueVA

stutter · Post by **stutter** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:26 pm

search here: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/

you will find some exhaustive threads. Not that I'm trying to kill this one.

craftycurate · Post by **craftycurate** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:59 pm

Thanks for heads up on KVR!

bleepsnbreaks · Post by **bleepsnbreaks** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:14 am

Chips32

8bit wavetable synth, very simple with just ADSR and a basic filter.
I totally love this and use it on every track I write, it makes the fattest square wave basslines.

Availble for mac and PC, which makes a nice change from all the ones that are PC only, like dblue. Did manage to find an alternative to dblue for mac though, while not free, is only $15 (which is pretty much free in my books), called Major Malfunction.

mreda · Post by **mreda** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:02 am

If you're into 8bit sounds try Magical 8bit at http://www.ymck.net/english/download/index.html
Its FREE

bleepsnbreaks · Post by **bleepsnbreaks** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:09 am

oooooooo ! Thanks for that man ! downloaded that baby just now, will give it a thrashing when I get home from work

craftycurate · Post by **craftycurate** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:52 pm

Hi ... can't find Chips32 in a Google search - maybe you could point me in the right direction?

Cheers
Richard

Joshstrap · Post by **Joshstrap** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:28 pm

izotope vinyl. Its a bit like live's viny effect but with a feature that makes your samples sound like they came off records from the stone-age. Sounds pretty damn authentic if you need to dirty things up a bit.