Best Free Software for Making Music

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    BPB is really impressive, he puts out great content all the time, nicely produced youtube videos, and now these plugins. Someone's working hard for sure, and it pays off.
     
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    Freeware Software Synthesizer - Top 100 - Vol. 1


    Freeware Software Synthesizer Top 100 - Vol.2


    Freeware Software Synthesizer - Top 100 - Vol.1 / 4-2013 by CHE
    INSIDE ARE: 50 SOFTWARE SYNTHESIZER PICTURES and
    - 50 WAV SOUNDFILES EXAMPLES + DOWNLOAD LINKS
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/mdtc...zer_-_Top_51_-_100_-_May_2013_by_CHE.rar/file

    Freeware Software Synthesizer - Top 100 - Vol.2 / 5-2013 by CHE
    INSIDE ARE: 50 SOFTWARE SYNTHESIZER PICTURES and
    - 50 WAV SOUNDFILES EXAMPLES + DOWNLOAD LINKS
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/npty...hesizer_-_Top_50_-_April_2013_by_CHE.rar/file
     
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    I did a quick search, but did not read the entire 60 page thread. I'd like to add Paulstretch and Akaizer to this list, if they are somehow not listed already. Most free "projects" I use usually do something that can already be done in some other paid counterpart. These two are relatively unique, so maybe they are both worth an accidental second mention anyway :)


    Paulstretch (also now found in Audacity) :

    http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/



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    Akaizer:

    https://the-akaizer-project.blogspot.com

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    Largest Softsynth Freeware Index - Vol. 1 [ State 5-2012 ]

    “The Virtual Software Synthesizer Freeware Index”.

    This is a superb collection of pdf files that contain GUI color images of the synths,
    a brief overview, description, and the link for the download if it’s still active.

    There are over 1700+ entries in the list! A very handy collection to have.
    I’ve discovered some free synths that I didn’t know existed from this index.

    You’ll need a pdf reader for the download. (preview or foxit) One of the best lists for thecurrent state of free synths for windows.
    " All Free Virtual Software Synthesizer for the Digital Audio Workstation’s / Sequencers (No Midi’s & Standalone’s)

    Includes :
    • 1732 Entries • Easy to Read • Color Images • Short Description • Manufacturer Links
    * Idea & Concept by CHE 2012 http://ohlenbostelhelge.magix.net/public/

    Free Download
    Largest Softsynth Freeware Index - [State 2013] 9,59 GB
    http://ohlenbostelhelge.magix.net/public/contact.htm

    Largest Softsynth Freeware Index - Vol. 2 [ State 12-2013 ]

    “ The Virtual Software Synthesizer Freeware Index ”.

    This is a superb collection of pdf files that contain GUI color images of the synths,a brief overview, description, and the link for the download. There are 99 entries in the list!

    A very handy collection to have. I’ve discovered some free synths that I didn’t know existed from this index. You’ll need a pdf reader for the download. (adobe, preview, or foxit) One of the best lists for the current state of free synths for windows. " All Free Virtual Software Synthesizer for the Digital Audio Workstation’s / Sequencers (No Midi’s & Standalone’s) "

    Includes :
    • 99 Entries • Easy to Read • Color Images • State 12-2013 • Short Description • Manufacturer Links
    * Idea & Concept by CHE 2013 http://ohlenbostelhelge.magix.net/public/

    Free Download
    Largest Softsynth Freeware Index - [State 2013] 9,59 GB
    http://ohlenbostelhelge.magix.net/public/contact.htm
     
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    Each month we are rounding up the best FREE VSTs, Kontakt Instruments and Plugins
    Here's The Download Show for March 2021

     
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    I'm sure someone already mentioned Airwindows but I think it's worth to say it again.
    Another thing worth mentioning is the kindest audio interface manufacturer I've ever encountered.
    Focusrite.
    Every owner of the cheapest or expensive gear from Focusrite and Novation gets every 2 months gift from their deals with, often, mainstream soft devs. The newest deal is Cream2 from AudioAcustica. Before that it was Audiothing, XLN Audio and many more. Free, you heard it right.
    Yes I know it's not free If you don't own the hardware but it seems to be lifetime free for even their cheapest hardware and you should know about it.
    I have no business connections to Focusrite what so ever. I wish a had. My 2i2 Scarlett first gen still performing well but I wouldn't complain if Focusrite offers me 3 gen for a review.
     
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    Roland - TB-303 (1981) Freeware Emulations

    Standalone
    D-Lusion - RubberDuck VSTi (Standalone) Free
    http://www.d-lusion.com/ProductsRubberduck.html

    Propellerhead Software - ReBirth RB-338 (Standalone) Free
    http://audiovst.mnx2010.nl/rebirthr...J5XQAkBGPxsqZ6cQKRjF4XAw_RF44pWPp4G2M2mCHhRys

    VSTi (Win & Mac)
    WWAYM - NWBass Mono bassline-synth v1.1 VSTi - Win 32 & Mac OSX
    https://plugins4free.com/plugin/1073/

    WWAYM - NWBass Mono bassline-synth v1.1 VSTi - Win 32 & Mac OSX
    https://plugins4free.com/plugin/1073/

    Thomas Nomaier - TN 303 VSTi - 32 & 64 Bit - Win & MacOS
    https://plugins4free.com/plugin/3066/

    Bioroid - Creakbox - VSTi - Win32 /Mac OS9 / Mac OSX
    http://www.bioroid.com/vst/plugins.html

    VSTi (Win32)
    Anton Savov - Venom VB-303 - VSTi - Win32 - Free
    http://antonsavov.net/cms/projects/venom-vb-303.html

    Signaldust - Dolphin Bassline VSTi - Win32
    https://plugins4free.com/plugin/1238/

    Synth School - TB Strip VSTi - Win32
    https://plugins4free.com/plugin/803/

    Yooz Music - BL-303 VSTi - Win32
    https://yoozmusic.com/yooz-bl-303/
     
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    TBProAudio and Gearspace.com - GSat+ Saturation - VST fx - [FREE]

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    GSat+ is derived from the saturation module on the TBProAudio CS5501V2 channel strip plug-in, but adds extra features requested and suggested by the Gearspace.com team. It has several different saturation modes, high tweakability, oversampling, old-school VU meters and cross-platform software compatibility - as well as a button to take you directly to Gearspace.com in case you need any tips, tricks or inspiration or want to swap presets with other users.

    GSat+ is an exclusive saturation plug-in featuring an incredible saturation algorithm, VU meters, clip protection and over sampling. Although derived from the saturation module in our CS5501 channel strip plug-in, the team at Gearspace.com suggested a few new tricks and features that we’ve incorporated to help make this plug-in stand alone as a superb tool that will cover all your saturation needs.

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    Features
    • Saturation with three different “tube-based” character modes
    • Clip protection
    • VU meters
    • Signal monitoring
    • Over sampling
    • Plug-in bypass
    • Preset management
    • Large and easy to use freely-scalable GUI
    • 64-bit internal processing
    • Very efficient CPU usage design

    Windows 32/64 bit 32/64 bit VST, VST3 and AAX
    Mac 64 bit (Intel, Arm) 64 bit VST, VST3, AAX and AU

    https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/gsatplus
     
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    Free Vocoder Special

    Togu Audio Line - TAL-Vocoder VST - VST3 - Audio Unit - AAX
    https://tal-software.com/products/tal-vocoder

    Full Bucket Music - FBVC VST- 32 & 64 Bit - Win & Mac
    https://www.fullbucket.de/music/fbvc.html

    WOK - VSMINI Vocoder VST - Free
    http://wokwave.com/old-plugins/html/vsmini_vocoder_plugin_by_wok.html

    g200kg - Vocov Vocoder v2.13 VSTi - Win
    https://www.g200kg.com/jp/software/vocov.html

    4ormulator - Vocoder Extreme VSTi
    http://www.vocoder-plugins.com

    mda - Talkbox VST - Win & Mac
    http://mda.smartelectronix.com

    mda - VocInput VST - Win
    http://mda.smartelectronix.com

    mda - Vocoder VST - Win
    http://mda.smartelectronix.com

    Sonicism Digital Audio Solutions - Sonicism Vintage Vocoder VST - Win
    https://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/VintageVocoder/

    Bitsonic Audio - Cannabis Voder VST
    https://vstplug-ins.com/cannabis.html
     
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    Fuse Audio Labs - VREV666 - VST fx - [FREE]

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    Springtime!
    Steel Wire Style
    The VREV-666 is an incredibly rare spring reverb from the 1960s that was initially designed to alter the apparent acoustic properties of listening environments. Originally built for the BBC, this compact studio legend oozes the typical rich, bouncy, and unpredictable vibe of a true electromechanical reverb in a very authentic way.

    Ambience with Attitude
    The VREV-666 is not the most realistic reverb in the world – and that’s the beauty of it. Sending any signal through its springs will always result in something vibrant and charismatic. It can add an edge to your vocals, dirty ambience to your synth, gritty room tone to your guitar and bass, or some cool finishing textures to your favorite instruments...you name it.

    Shine a Light
    Compared to the original hardware which features a single effect gain control, the VREV-666 adds a mix stage, pre-delay of up to 150 ms and a tone EQ which attenuates the pronounced resonance of the spring system in the bass range. A truly musical limiter built around a light bulb helps to tame peaks that would otherwise cause chirping overloads inside the spring tank.

    Host Gift Redefined
    While the few available hardware units remain much cherished gems inside the studios of artists and producers, the VREV-666 makes the original vintage character of this juicy spring reverb available for your DAW. And as the best things in life are free, so is this plugin emulation which is brought to you as an exclusive freebie by Fuse Audio Labs!

    Ambience with Attitude
    The VREV-666 is not the most realistic reverb in the world – and that’s the beauty of it. Sending any signal through its springs will always result in something vibrant and charismatic. It can add an edge to your vocals, dirty ambience to your synth, gritty room tone to your guitar and bass, or some cool finishing textures to your favorite instruments...you name it.

    Shine a Light
    Compared to the original hardware which features a single effect gain control, the VREV-666 adds a mix stage, pre-delay of up to 150 ms and a tone EQ which attenuates the pronounced resonance of the spring system in the bass range. A truly musical limiter built around a light bulb helps to tame peaks that would otherwise cause chirping overloads inside the spring tank.

    Host Gift Redefined
    While the few available hardware units remain much cherished gems inside the studios of artists and producers, the VREV-666 makes the original vintage character of this juicy spring reverb available for your DAW. And as the best things in life are free, so is this plugin emulation which is brought to you as an exclusive freebie by Fuse Audio Labs!



    https://fuseaudiolabs.com/#/pages/product?id=301009892
     
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    Synthtronic - EVOL v1.2 VSTi (Aug 2005) Win32 - Free

    Sounds like 80' Roland JX3P

    What is EVOL?

    EVOL is a subtractive softsynth with focus on the following:
    • Warm filter
    • Long host sync times
    • Huge modulation matrix
    • ROPP (Rogue Oscillator Phase Position)

    Features:

    - 8 Note Subtractive Synth.
    - 3 x VCO (FM, Ring Modulation & Waveshaping). Uses "ROPP" (Rogue Oscillator Phase Position) to give a warm feel.
    - 1 x VCF.
    - 1 x VCA.
    - 3 x ADSR Envelope.
    - 5 x LFO BPM Sync, Key & Free run (4 Mono & 1 Poly). All LFOs do host sync up to 32 bars (More than a minute at 120 BPM). EVOL relies on the LFOs to do the automation of parameters.
    - 1 x Hi Pass/Lo Boost Filter.
    - 1 x Arpeggio.
    - 2 x Rhythmic Gate BPM Sync.
    - 1 x Spacious Stereo Reverb.
    - 1 x Stereo Chorus/Flanger.
    - 1 x Stereo BPM Delay.
    - 127 Patches.
    - Extensive modulation matrix with up to 60 destinations.

    Software Synth created with SynthEdit

    Download EVOL 1.2
    http://www.xsynth.com


    Synthtronic - Uno FM 1.0 VSTi - Win32

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    Sounds like 80' Yamaha FM 4 Operator

    This VST plugin synth is based on FM but have a layout similar to old analog models.
    Uno FM is no way trying to recreate the classics like DX7 and the likes but to find
    a little corner of its own with its limited sound capability.

    The reason for making Uno FM is that i have put away my hardware modules but were
    missing some some FM sounds. It turns out now that this little bugger have gained
    personality and i've grown very fund of it.

    Anyway, heres a few tips ! READ THEM PLEASE...
    Arpeggio needs to have its recive channel set to the sending channel.
    Midi Channel 16 is reserved for controlling arpeggio, but i forgot the how and what ;o)
    Try avoid intensive use of RELEASE together with many notes on cause it will drain your CPU.
    Using LFO Modulation eats CPU pretty fast.
    Remember this is a FREE product and i am not to blame if sets your house on fire.
    You agree to install this program at your very own risk.
    You may not redestribute any contents of the downloaded file.

    - How can I install the plugins?
    Simply drag the DLL file into the VstPlugin folder of your host.
    Thats it and your done.

    Download
    http://www.xsynth.com
     
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    Joakim Frostegård - OctaSine - VST2i - [FREE] (opensource)

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    Developer Joakim Frostegård has introduced OctaSine, a free and open source FM VST2 synthesizer plugin that the developer say “draws inspiration from the Elektron Monomachine, as well as from NI’s FM8”.


    Features:



      • Works on macOS, Windows and Linux
      • Four operators with independent parameters such as volume, panning, modulation index, feedback, three different frequency modifiers (ratio, free and fine) and ADSR volume envelope parameters. The operators can be independently switched to white noise mode
      • Flexible routing allowing setting the output operator (with some limitations) as well as the percentage of signal that is simply added to the final output, enabling additive synthesis. By default, operator 4 is routed to operator 3, operator 3 to operator 2 and operator 2 to operator 1.
      • Modulation panning (!), not present in FM8
      • Master volume and master frequency parameters
      • Four LFOs capable of targeting most operator parameters as well as most parameters of lower index LFOs.
      • 128 voices
      • Fully automatable
      • Preset handling
      • SIMD-accelerated audio synthesis with runtime feature detection for less CPU usage

    Download :
    https://github.com/greatest-ape/OctaSine
     
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    • High quality synthesizer.
    • Wavesample player.
    • Multi-Function Sequence Controller.
    • Multi-FX.

    EVM UltraSonique

    1. Introduction

    2. Installation, setup and configuration
    3. Recommended system requirements
    4. Control chart
    1. Introduction

    The EVM UltraSonique combines a polyphonic synthesizer, a wavesample player and the new Multi-Function
    sequence controller to produce a module capable of generating a complex mixture of sequenced sounds.
    Add to this a multi-effects section with an improved chorus, multi-stage phase shifter and two digital delays and the UltraSonique provides a powerfull tool for the creation of large soundscapes, intricate synth leads and custom arpeggio style sequences.

    2. Installation, setup and configuration
    Copy all files into your VST/i plugins directory. UltraSonique will default to recieve data on all MIDI channels.

    3. Recommended system requirements
    W98/W2K/WXP
    1Ghz CPU or higher.
    VST/i Host program.
    Typical CPU usage varies from 5% monomode to 25% full on polymode (AMD Athlon xp 1700+)
    CPU usage is dependant on host setup. Intel Pentium CPU's generally have higher CPU usage.

    4. Control chart
    The control panel layout is divided into a number of sections. Essentially:- Wavesample synth. Poly synth. Waveform display and wave controls. Shared dual LFO's and Multi-FX and Sequence controller.

    WaveSample synth
    Mono Mode - Selects polyphony (on/off)
    Pitch - Alters wave sample pitch (+/- 1 Octave)
    Detune - Detune wave sample (+/- 2%)
    Glide - Glide / Portamento amount
    Oct - Octave button (+/- 1 Octave)
    S-Oct - Sub Octave button (+/- 1 Octave)
    Freq - Filter frequency
    Q - Filter resonance
    Env Flt - Filter envelope response
    ADSR - Standard envelope control

    Osc slider
    Osc-1 - Increases wavesample oscillator gain
    Osc-2 - Increases polysynth oscillator gain

    Polysynth
    Oct - Octave button (+/- 1 Octave)
    S-Oct - Sub Octave button (+/- 1 Octave)
    (Note: The polysynth consists of two oscillators and the sub octave
    acts on only one oscillator here)
    Mono Mode - Selects polyphony (on/off)
    Pitch - Alters polysynth pitch (+/- 1 Octave)
    Detune - Polysynth pitch detune (+/- 2%)
    Glide - Glide / Portamento amount
    Freq - Filter frequency
    Q - Filter resonance
    Env Flt - Filter envelope response
    ADSR - Standard envelope control
    Osc Sync - Syncs both poly oscillators together
    Osc Lock - Locks LFO and envelope pitch tracking to both oscillators
    LFO Sync - Syncs one of the poly oscillators pitch to LFO 1 (rate and amount)
    PWM - Alters poly oscillators pulse width
    Env Pitch - Poly oscillator envelope pitch amount (dual or independant with Osc Lock)

    LFO 1
    Rate - Modulation rate/speed
    Amount - Modulation amount
    Osc 1 - Oscillator 1 pitch modulation
    Osc 2 - Oscillator 2 pitch modulation
    Filter 2 - Poly filter frequency modulation
    Shape - Selects sine or square waveshape

    LFO 2
    Rate - Modulation rate/speed
    Amount - Modulation amount
    PWM - Polysynth pulse waveshape modulation
    Phaser - F/X Phase shifter frequency
    Shape - Selects sine or square waveshape
    Filter 1 - Wavesample synth filter frequency modulation

    Oscillator Waveform Display
    The two selector buttons alter the waveform of the wavesample synth (top) and the poly synth (bottom)
    The X-Y Vector controller is used to morph oscillator settings in realtime joystick style

    Range
    - Adjusts the amount of effect for the X-Y Vector controller
    X-Y Vector controller - Alters Oscillator filter, pitch and phase amounts
    Osc 1 - Enables Osc 1 filter control
    Osc 2 - Enables Osc 2 filter control
    Pitch - Enables polysynth sub-oscillator pitch control
    Phase - Enables phase shifter frequency control

    Output
    Volume - Master volume control
    Midi - Sets the MIDI Channel to recieve data on

    Multi-F/X
    Chorus - Enables chorus effect
    Phaser - Enables phaser effect
    Depth - Alters the amount of chorus and changes the phaser resonance
    Delay - Sets the delay dry/mix level
    Regen - Regenerates (repeats) the signal for echo effect
    << L >> - Left channel delay time
    << R >> - Right channel delay time

    Multi-Function Sequence controller
    This section acts as a hybrid between an arpeggator and an eight stage step sequencer
    The function is to provide realtime sequences directed from the MIDI keyboard
    Tracking mode - Selects KBD for simple keynote pitching or LFO 1 for advanced
    keynote and lfo 1 pitch modulation
    Active - Activates the module (On/Off)
    Rate - Sets the speed generated from the host BPM clock
    (advancing clockwise will divide/reduce the speed)
    Osc 1 - Directs output to oscillator 1
    Osc 2 - Directs output to oscillator 2
    Step controllers - 8 individual step controllers gated in sequence providing variable
    output. (Osc pitch 5 octave range / Filter 0-100% range)
    Settings:- 0 = no pitch change
    1 = +/- 1 octave
    2= = +/- 2 octave
    Amount - Overall filter amount
    Filter 1 - Directs output to filter 1
    Filter 2 - Directs output to filter 2

    For oscillator pitch control the module has last note priority. Meaning the last note played will be controlled by the step controllers. For filter frequency control the module has all note priority. Meaning all notes will be altered by the step controllers for a groove style effect.

    EVM Synths
    Code:
    https://plugins4free.com/plugin/430/
     
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