I've been pondering this very same question, myself.
An interesting post with great suggestions
Many thanks for this!

 

Speaking of retro orchestral synths, I used to use one called EDIROL HQ Orchestral v1.03 and still have it archived.
I just 'Googled it' and found a reference to it here: https://theproducersplug.com/product/edirol-orchestral-vst-free-download/ (v1.01)

 

That´s a link to warez Vexed.... and it´s not allowed here!

 

this is freeware so it isnt a warez link...a dev site is never a warez site ...lets call em and say take youre warez links down heh heh

 

this is a cool link..normaly such stuff get Abandonware

 

Not 100% sure, but I suspect "EDIROL HQ Orchestral v1.03" is an old version of the current Roland Sound Canvas. Can anybody confirm or disprove?

 

Yeah I hate it when developers abandon something just because it's old, only to make it unavailable to anyone. If they aren't expecting any more sales and have dropped support long ago, why not make it available for free, like they apparently did with HQ Orchestral? My eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when Wolfgang Palm released PLEX 2 for free (kind of a "F#ck you, Steinberg! ")

 

i told someone in asex chat he should make abandon ware request on az(im banned there heh heh otherwise bla )...there is so much forgotten topnotch abandon ware out there..and there all cpu super super friendly ²

 

http://plex.hermannseib.com/

 

good question...sound canvas is affordable hardware with good ADDA i guess

 

From that site "This is a cracked version since the original doesn’t exist anymore!"

 

This bank for Zebra may be liked by synth lovers:



https://gumroad.com/l/vEiGp

 

ok yes its arctic warez but hosted on a legit site, but i cant find that download when i search on that site..

 

At the bottom of
https://www119.zippyshare.com/v/CS8TVrBR/file.html

Oops, is this a warez link now?

 

Don't forget about Audio Modeling SWAM plugins
https://audiomodeling.com/

 

i meant i cant find the edirol product on that site when i go to this site....eedit ok now i found it hidden between sample packs midi kits etc... i have to much time it seems

 

Edirol.HQ.Orchestral.VSTi.DXi.v1.01-ArCTiC <----- is what you get if you DL from that dev site.... and with all respect that´s indeed warez - period!

 

pls read better

 

but i guess NI abandon warez would get take down req on that site ...but in case of edirol not it seems