Freeware 2005 VSTi/VST Roundup

[nool]

Freeware 2005 VSTi/VST Roundup

Updated October 11,2005 - added new stuff, fixed broken/changed links - welcoming new suggestions

Been punting around on the board here, noticed the huge number of freeware plugins, and thought i would make a list with urls ... to make it easier for

people to find them ... for use in the glorious Polac VSTi/VST loader - what a great machine - http://www.xlutop.com/buzz/

I TRIED (with some success) to have recent/more useful plugins only, and some simple descriptions for the various sites + plugins, TRIED to keep the list

short and to the point

So here it is, any glaring exclusions or suggestions for additions/subtractions ?
DAMN - free VST/VSTis gotten VERY good in the last few years or so, big thanks to all the DEVS!
Alphatbetically, random order...

Immediately Useful
Fre(a)kscope - FFT spectrum analyzer
Inspector - spectrum analyzer, VU meter, channel spread meter, etc
S(M)exoscope - oscilliscope
Sonogram sg-1 - VST free Sound analyzer

Full List
Aciddose - Link2 - Xhip beta
AcousMODULES - Synthedit multichannel plugins - samplers, synths, etc, lots!
Acquit Records
AlgoMusic - Arpy, String Synth, PhadiZ, X-Wof
AlphaKanal - Mac VST
Amplifier Stimulation List - great post by mutant
Analog Industries Filterizer - free normal state-variable filter
Ant - powerful free softsynth
Anwida DX Reverb
Arcdev Noise Industries - Check out Wavehack - sampler with timestretching, crunchy and lofi
Aruguru Stardust - powerful mastering plugin - free !
Asynth - Antti - Asynth, Phase90, Saro
Audiobulb Sophia - nice ambiences and modulated sounds
Audionerdz.com - Delay Lama - singing monk - great gui!
Augur - VST prophet clone, previously known as VSynth
Batsounds Mellowsound - Mellotron emu
BeDev
Beta Bugs Audio - Bugpack
Big Tick- Cheeze Machine, Delay, SO many more
Bioroid Turntablist Pro
Bitshiftaudio - Freeware VST .REX player
Bizune.net - three osc syn with FM, good filters, etc
BlueCat - Freeware Stereo Flanger, Chorus, Phaser, Digital Peak meter
Bojo software - impulse and organ one now freeware
Boxsounds - Dragon II, Voctapus (great vocoder!)[/url]
B. Serrano - osiris, stratos, phobos, callisto, phaz303, eclipse, pulsar2, solaris, xs, nucleus
Buzzroom - Maximizer, Dynamics Free Bundle, RoomReverb, FilterOne, Lallapallooza lite, more!
C-Plugs - FFT spectrum analyzer, very accurate instrument tuner
Camel Audio - PhatFree - Distortion + Compressor
ChordSpace - generate chords, etc, as a vsti
Christian Budde - Bugpass, Phasebug, Tina Turner, Toadstunnel, and more!
Cockaigne VST Plugs - good synths like morpheus
Concrete FX - QSpectrum
ConcreteFX Freebies - Link2 - some really nice ones here - like Ensembler !
ConcreteFX Rock - Two Osc Synth hybrid - solid reviews !
Crystal - semi-modular syn with subtractive + FM synthesis, imports wavs + soundfonts
Delaydots - PitchWorx DX (freeware), Synare plug-in for FXPansion's DR-008
Denormalizer
Dexter Synths
DigitalFishPhones - THD, endorphin, dominion, the fish fillets, normalizer
Dream Vortex Studio - Novatron/Mellotron 80'semu - Dream Sequencer, PhatBass, TapeDelay
E-phonic RetroDelay - tape delay emulator, other good ones like Invader + Drumatic 3!
Elogoxa - X-CITA, ELOTTRONIX XL, SUN RA, BAXXPANDER, COSMOGIRL, Tape-Delay, more!
Elemental Audio Systems Inspector - Spectrum Analyzer, Meter
Elevayta - Wide Boy is a nice freeware stereo widener gadget
EnergyXT Resource Page
ERS - Lazysnake, PolyIblit, Drumular, Redshift Audio Vendetta, Drums, Iblit
EVM SYnths - nice synth packs here
Exponent - Delta filter, phase, ping, space, force, s-cal
Farb-rausch - vocal synth - brand spanking new
Fat Ass
Filterbank
Freeverb - Thanks Jase - A very nice free reverb
Free DontCrack.com
Free Espace Cubase List
Free Moritz-sounds.de.vu
Free Sonic Spot - Free huge list of freebie VST plugs from the years
Free Synth Links - geared towards fxpansion, but a nice list
Free Synths - categorized by synth/effects type on kvr forums
Free Xelenio List
Free VST Listing by Sadglad Ultimate - amazing !!!
Freeware VST List - great site but in japanese but still navigable
Freeware VST Effects Roundup - great list by Dingo865
Fretted Synth - Wah synths and effects, CC multi midi plugins
FXpansion Mysteron
G200kg - ProtoPSG psg-004, Freqatic ver.0.4, KusoSynth Version 0.5
Glen Stegner
Glitch VST - Smartelectronix
Glitch VST Illformed.org
Green Machine - AMP II, Gate, WAH, Little Booster
GTG Synths - SO many free synths you will shit your pants
Guitifier - great guitar amp emu, basspunch, and alte plugins
Guru One
GVST
HGFortune
Insert Piz Here - Mr Alias, blood bucket, junkmaster, randomid, yarkor, robot juice, illogic
Interruptor.ch - Dub Scrolls - Siren, Tape + Bionic + Analogic Delay, Echomania
Ixox Flute - nice free flute Emulator
iZotope Vinyl
JustJ - Poisonator, RoboDrum, Roboline, Robosynth, Talon JustJ, TheKnob
Jonas Norberg - ZingerDx, FloatCrusher, PlayDelay, PWMDrive, Firegain, Square-o-matic, Whix
Juno6 Emu
JX Plugins
Kara Music Production
KarmaFX
Kiesel Soft - Delay from helga
Kjaerhusaudio Classic Series - chorus, comp, delay, eq, flanger, limiter, phaser, reverb - hi quality!
Klangformer.de - Sonic - great synth!, Rebel2max, Ninja - cult synth
Klanglabs - Few freebies synthedit
Krakli - multiple free synths and effects like vurtbox, effem, superring, ezpoly
Kriminal - Karnage
Kuniox - sampler that plays .aiff
KVRaudio.com - great VST site, information, downloads
La-La.com - Syntar - great sitar emu, and other vsti's
Le Barrail
Le Projet Flou - Midi lfo and several other useful plugs
Linplug Alpha
Luxonix LFX-1310 - free VST multi-effector - 24 types of algorithm, 3 serial slots
MDA Plugs - a TON of free vsts
MDSP - Smartelectronix
MGAudio - Tempo Delay, Trigger Gate
Mr Ray - Rhodes emulator
Music-boss.com - big pack of "older" freebies
Mutagene - Macomate 88, POCAS, Mukoco Comb Filter, 2WarpDelay, Mutant Koto, qWarpFilter
NDC Plugins - Buffer synth, cycle shifter, dist, reversinator, so many more!
Neko
Nexoft - Loopazoid drum sampler
Noizeware - TriDirt
Nomad Free Bundle - Phaser, Tremolo, Sweeper
Novaflash - Virtual analog synths - xmax, zero, microgram m1, ouputer, snip
Novakill - synthedit joykiller, karmakiller, lovekiller, original synths!
NuSofting - freebies - Kazootronica, Kaotica, microrock, micromono
Obertone - SpectriX - filterbank, exciter, asymetric filtering
Odo Synths - Scope, rhythms, organ, drum synthesis, so many many good ones!
Ohm Force Frohmage - Frohmage rox
Oli Larkin - Adv MidiGate, Gatecomb+freeze, Formant, Stepcomb, GrooveMod, Chopper
OmalleySound - Soundfont player, and synths, etc
OtiumFX - BASSLANE - control stereofield of lower frequencies
Oxe - nice FM synth
PDVST - load pd plugins as vst
Phasic - several audio signal mod plugins
Plugsound Free
Polarity Tubester
ProjectOne P1-Tapedelay
Project X - X-amp, PXE-1, several others
PSP - Vintage Meter, PianoVerb
reFX Claw - progenitor of beast and vanguard but free
RedShiftMedia - Switcherbank, Transient Gate, Ducker - nice sidechain compressor
Rekliner - LoopyLlama and TremoLlama
RGC Audio SFZ - freeware soundfont vsti sampler, also triangle I + II
Richard Brooks - free Arp 2600
Rocksonics - free VST plugins!
Rocktave
Rumpelrausch Taips - Crazy Diamonds, check the homepage too
Safwan Matni - Kunan, Strings, Piano, Accordian emus
Sam - Chip32 and VOPM
Sampletank Free
Scuzzphut - scuzzphut6.5-lite, echographz, philterkeyz, phutboy slim
Silverspike - RoomMachine 844, Ray Tube, TapeIT
Simple Media - Spook Keys - Great theramin emulator
Simulanalog - guitar suite - great amplifier stimulator
Sinus Freeverbs
SIR convolution reverb - A great freebie - loads any wav as a waveform
SKNote - Traks VSTi time stretching
SK Synths - Ganymed, FM synths, VivaldiMX - 16 midi channels in one plugin
Slapmeister
Slim Slow Slider - C3 Multiband Compressor, and some others
Smartelectronix.com - Lots of good stuff! - Ambience great reverb
Softrave - Fondue, Harmonium EMU, idm, radio, mandala, etc
Space Window - Artphase, Disphase
Steinberg VB-1 - Bass guitar emu
Stumm PG-23P 1.0 - Mute - Aaron Mccammon
Subduer - dual osc polyphonic subtractive synth with multiple effects
Subliminal.org - Stepchild - 32 step sequencer and more
Subtek VST
Subtrakt 5.1 - 6-Osc Surround Synthesizer
Super Eel - Sadglad - Dodo Bird - like Kantos, Alien Solo
Superwave P8 - extremely powerful freeware synth
Sweetboy's Cafe - Free VSTS - SH-1, Volcano, T-SLEDG, S and S, RDR, DSP, Glacier
SyncerSoft
Synth1 VST - it is modelled on the Clavia Nord Lead 2Red Synth
Syntedit - make your own vst plugins
TbT
TK plugins
Tobybear.de - Some SICK VST plugins!
ToTc Productions
Trubia Labs
TubeBaby - tube guitar amplifier - great and free !
Tweakbench - dozens of GREAT free vstis and effects - Check out pressure!
Ugo - Texture BP Polysyn, Res Mono, String Theory physmodel, massive modulation polysyn
Twitch VSTi - Nice Drummachine coded by Cactus aka M. Höglund
Virsyn microTera - precursor of the great Tera
Voxengo - Several Freebies
Waka X Slicer Pink Ninja
Whitenoiz Memory Phrase Sampler
Wombat
Xoxos.net - tons of great freeware synthedits
Xtal Free mp3 dj vsti
Yohng VSTs - Created a nice piano, bass, rhodes, e-piano
ZynAddSubFX - multi-timbral synth - very good, can create infinite sounds

Reaktor patches and links
http://www.midiworld.org/~aureality/products/reaktor/reaktor.html
http://www.simulated.net/more.php?id=Reaktor
http://www.swiftkick.com/
http://ew.panicnow.net/Reaktor.htm
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Reaktor
http://www.semaforte.com/reaktor/faq.htm
http://www2.charlielamm.com/reaktor/download/index.php3
http://www.mortmain.com/reaktor.html
http://www.recordlabelrecords.org/reaktor.html
http://www.selfoscillate.de/reaktorensembles.htm
http://www.reaktorsynth.com
http://www.martin-brinkmann.de/

So hopefully someone finds this list useful, happy end of year
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[lykwydchykyn]

Dude, you are tha man.

Thanks a jillion.

BTW, NUBI is no longer freeware. The guy didn't feel he was getting enough donations per download, so he made it shareware.
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[usr]

ers is doing it again?

didn't realize he made more vst than the erdrum re-release
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[nool]

yea ERS is still at it, the lazysnake vst was just released
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[Paul Eye]

Something you forgot:

Slim Slow Slider - LINK - C3 Multiband Compressor, and some others
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[steveg]

Another great resource from you, nool! Thanks for all your contributions.

I read on their site that the free ApulSoft ApTrigga2 is a crippled trial version that does random noisebursts. Maybe it doesn't belong in this list.

Thanks again!

[nool]

[nool]

[Paul Eye]

Still some missing ones:

Bioroid Turntablist Pro - LINK
Sam - LINK - Chip32 and VOPM
Ohm Force Frohmage - LINK - Frohmage is the only freeware one, but check out that site design
mgAudio - LINK - Plugins still in what looks like alpha stages of development, but the PhaseShifter has worked fine for me.
ProjectOne P1-Tapedelay - LINK
ParisEQ - LINK
PSP Audioware - LINK - PianoVerb (check out at least this) and VintageMeter are free.
Elevayta - LINK - Wide Boy is a nice freeware stereo widener gadget.

And finally a request: Would anyone happen to have this plugin lying around somewhere: TbT Tapestop. I'd get it but it isn't available anymore
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[kmkrebs]

Something slightly related -- http://www.clavia.se/G2/demo/index.htm

A limited demo of the Clavia Nord Modular G2..
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[mute]

http://www.plosive.net/vst/recoil_b2.rar

I made this sometime ago.. its a creation I havent really seen anyone else make.. single osc with serial delay chains & feedback, the typical set of filters (LP, BP, HP) with 2 LFO's. LFO1 is static on the osc's pitch, LFO2 can be routed to the filter's cutoff, delay2 (feedback central), or both.

LFO2 can also be controlled manually to hold a steady lfo or can be set to Auto.. Auto which works in a min/max method on it's frequency so sweeps and automated variations can be setup with the available waveforms (think peerlfo on the Manual control).

I plan on doing more elaborate variations on this in the future..

If the skin looks familiar its because I 'borrowed' it from Oli Larken.

With repeated use the control, flexiblity and power of this synth will start to appear -- i promise ;]
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[poppz_tar]

I played for a while with this recoil thing, it's fookin' kewl

[steveg]

Neato machine, mute. It cranks out sounds that I normally wouldn't stumble upon using "traditional" subtractive synths. Sometimes an out-of-the box sound is the very thing that inspires a track.

[mute]

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[nool]

thanks paul eye, mute, RP

added 12 new ones
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[ps]

nice list!

[nool]

List Updated October 11,2005 - added new stuff, fixed broken/changed links - welcoming new suggestions !

njoy
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[freezedream]

thanks a bundle, nool for your SHORT VST/VSTi list!

should come in mighty handy sometime when i have a chance to look at these sites
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[Xenobioz]

Great list, but I noticed that not all are freeware.
Atleast not Synfull orchestra, which is a 15 day trial, if I didnt miss something.
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[wayfinder]

btw, Synth1 has been updated to 1.07b people, go get it!
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[parasympathomimetikum]

not to forget the angular momentum VSTs:
http://www.amvst.com/

I love them!
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[Mighty Pea]

Wide Boy isn't free anymore either, they've switched to a 'Bandwidth Fee', aka the 'Utter Bullshit'-fee
I understand asking for a small donation (as per the globally accepted Donationware-moniker), but charging for bandwidth use, while not allowing (for instance) rekkerd.org to host it?
Up Yours.

[wayfinder]

Here are a couple more freebies:

http://www.acq-music.ch/page_1175966874828.html

[JoaCHIP]

!!!!
How are ya doing' buddy? Good to see you're still hyper active!!

PS: I'm still enjoying your DVDs
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[wayfinder]

[dukajoe]

Best VST on planet earth:
http://www.zonemobius.com/

[mute]

[dukajoe]

It's like looking into the face of god....


It blows away other loopers that I have tried, and it will be crucial in live situations. Also though, I use it for recording, because, although it doesnt sync really at higher sample rates, you can just set midi notes in a buzz sequence, and have it record, play back, and then record over until you get a good take, and you can save the loop directly from mobius. If you save a loop, even if you are at 96k, it will try and save 44.1, but then you can just open it as 96k and it will be normal speed. Anyway, I'm sure there is a ton of different ways to do this, but this is handy, not too mention various live looping capabilities--

[mute]

yeah i'm goin to give that a go.. might add nicely to the dub/delay/mixing style rig i got setup...can finally stop using my crappy 1 phrase sampler if it works out. the overdub recording feature sound specially nice.. been using long tape loops (er.. vst ones) for that.