Top 10 freeware plugins IMO (good stuff inside)

[professorlamp]

Hey guys
I wrote a long fucking blog today (I love my life as a dickhead) it's basically what I consider to be the top 10 freeware plugs and will hopefully encourage legitimisation

read it hiargh > http://joereynolds.tumblr.com/

this took me like an hour and a half of solid screen staring and plug testing, so if you could take 3 minutes to look I'd be grateful

 

[XnaySaturo]

Nice stuff! I got most of the "nifty" stuff on there, but I'll try those EQs / compressors. Trying to get a bit more diversity than the stock Reaper stuff.

Cheers!

 

[Scott Horner]

Nice dude! There were a few in there I've never tried so I'll have to check them out. Thanks for the info.

 

[Mutant]

#11 Voxengo Span

The best freeware analyzer (IMHO).

 

[Chris_P_Critter]

#12 - Voxengo MSED - free M/S decoder / encoder.
#13 - Glaceverb - Very cool freeware verb.
#14 - Baxxpander - Cool Waves MaxxBass clone.
#15 - Kjaerhus Classic Suite - Very good freeware plugin bundle (includes, reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, compressor, EQ) - I use these all the time actually, and they're killer for freebies.
#16 - Ardaz Maximizer - Very good, easu to use freeware maximizer.

There are a billion other freeware gems out there, but these were the first 5 to hit me.

 

[Dexter_prog]

About Kjaerhus, are they gone? Because their site has been dead for a while...

 

[muckypup1]

About Kjaerhus, are they gone? Because their site has been dead for a while...

If anyone wants their plugins just message me, I'll send 'em to you

 

[Auroras]

i've been looking for a glitch effect for ever!! t

 

[Star Ark]

Thanks for taking the time to make this list.

I would also add density

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Audio-Plugins/Density-MKII.shtml


I don't use it on the master buss like the description suggests, I just use it on instruments. I use it on every mix.

 

[P-E]

Wasn't I the one who sent you links for the Variety of Sound stuff?



Glad you like 'em.

 

[AllanD]

Cool list, but I would have put Antress on the list. Great plugins, I use the LA2a sim all the time.

 

[narcossintese]

Bootsy (the guy from Variety Of Sound) is making a delay called NastyDLA. One thing I hate about NastyVCS is that it doesn´t show the exact numeric value as you twist the knobs. This is ok for things like saturation, but for EQ I really miss the precision. I would add on that list Density MKII (best free master bus compressor), TLs Maximizer (best brickwall plugin ever), ReaComp and ReaXcomp. Maybe KeFir and LeCto.

 

[Star Ark]

Wasn't I the one who sent you links for the Variety of Sound stuff?



Glad you like 'em.

I'm not sure. I do remember learning about them here....

It probably was you dude

Thanks man, I can get a nice fat sound out of density without adding much color, sometimes that's just what I'm looking for

Neil

 

[P-E]

Well I was talking to Joe (professorlamp) but maybe I sent a link on the forum too.

 

[lilhermiejobo]

Thanks for taking the time to write this up, dude!!! It's great to see advocates of the legitness. There were a few on the list that I hadn't heard of before and I will definitely be trying them out. How could anyone NOT love freeware? I know I sure do.

 

[Harry Hughes]

Bootsy (the guy from Variety Of Sound) is making a delay called NastyDLA. One thing I hate about NastyVCS is that it doesn´t show the exact numeric value as you twist the knobs. This is ok for things like saturation, but for EQ I really miss the precision. I would add on that list Density MKII (best free master bus compressor), TLs Maximizer (best brickwall plugin ever), ReaComp and ReaXcomp. Maybe KeFir and LeCto.

I like TLs.
Good stuff for a free plug in. On par with even some commercial plug ins.

 

[NeuroticaPills]

Are these Windows-only.. ?

 

[professorlamp]

most of 'um are windows only, im sure theres a few mac ones in there im not sure, I couldn't put antress plugins on because they crashed my computer everytime

 

[NeuroticaPills]

Thanks. Will try them all, see which are mac compatible