Your Favorite Free Plugins?

[kyleknapp]

and by the way I used to work with a randy knapp when I worked offshore good luck all ----acoustic

I'm not aware of any relatives named Randy, but Knapp is not all that common a name. If you go back a few generations we're probably all related.

Maybe someday I'll be able to justify spending real money on better plugins (...and better gear ...and acoustic room treatments ...and...), but so far I'm using mostly free plugins, and the ones that came with Nuendo.

Thanks, all...

[shackman]

I worked with a Mike Knapp in Brighton. Journalist, loudmouth, went on to the national press.

[kyleknapp]

Originally Posted by shackman

I worked with a Mike Knapp in Brighton. Journalist, loudmouth, went on to the national press.

see? that's why I've never gotten anywhere, I'm too quiet... If I was a loudmouth like my 13th-cousin-6-times-removed Mike, I'd probably be in the rock n roll hall of fame, or maybe US president, or something by now.

If you see Mike, tell him hi for me. (He won't know who I am of course, but maybe he'll be curious, visit my website, and be SOOOO impressed with my music he'll write about me in the press!)

cheerio!

[adorian]

I am posting some new ones, haven't had change to try them out yet but these guys have guitar, bass and some other free plugins, they look really professional:
AcmeBarGig | FREE In-House Developed VST Plugins

[garww]

Originally Posted by adorian

I am posting some new ones, haven't had change to try them out yet but these guys have guitar, bass and some other free plugins, they look really professional:
AcmeBarGig | FREE In-House Developed VST Plugins

Looks to be very useful !! Each VST set off a little ding in my brain. Oh, boy !!

gar

[mrblitz]

I like the MDA series. Sometimes I'll fire up the d-esser and use it to reduce 'crackle' on an imperfect guitar track. The MDA VSTs don't have any kind of fancy interface, but I like the 'quick and dirty' approach.

The Killer Gate+ is great for 'chopping up' guitar and bass lines.

The Classic Auto Filter is very cool. Like 'most everyone else,' I like all of the Classic stuff.

The Modern series are really subtle.

Here's a question: On VSTs which employ an old-fashioned 'vu meter,' is it ok to go into the 'red' a bit, just as it was in the analog days?

I like the JB Broadcast, and the Barricade (brick wall) limiter.

By now, there are so many of these free VSTs on my system that it is going to take years to sort through them. I'm happy as a clam.

I'm probably in that 'overeffects' stage, employing a lot of VSTs to really 'warp' the sounds of the individual tracks. Then, when mixed all together, it's called, "Disco Disaster."

Anyway, thanks for the thread.

By the way if anyone is aware of Killer Gate+, and knows off the top of their head of some other similar 'dance music' VSTs, by all means please post them here.

[garww]

Originally Posted by mrblitz

I like the MDA series. Sometimes I'll fire up the d-esser and use it to reduce 'crackle' on an imperfect guitar track. The MDA VSTs don't have any kind of fancy interface, but I like the 'quick and dirty' approach.
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Ya the mda were my first downloaded VST.

[Ruru]

Originally Posted by richiebee

Kjaerhus Audio Classic series... probably the most used freebies on my system.

Kjaerhus Audio - Professional Audio Plug-ins

I'm not sure how it would work for your material, but the Classic Master Limiter works great for me.

Any for MAcintosh users??

[shackman]

I'm with MrBlitz on most stuff. The Classic series is excelent, MDA is astonishing (kept the entire Bin even though I only use it's pianos).

That said, I didn't know about the De Esser and I have a major problem with a crackly guitar solo so I'll give it a whirl.

Also use JB BArricade, some of the Modern stuff a lot.

It's all a question of trying stuff, being brave enough to say NO and binning stuff you don't like the sound of.

But the vast majority of my stuff uses freeware VSTS.

If anyone's lookng for the MDA stuff, be aware that you need to go through Sourceforge or the like. Smartelectronix has gone, taken over (I think I heard) by Steinberg.

[adorian]

MDA works for Mac as well, I have them on my OS X 10.4