Just one of the plugins included in the freeware pack is the nifty vintage
styled phaser to twist your audio stream.
VST plugin for OSX and PC. Plugins also available as DXi and RTAS and
AU.
Modeled after vintage analog phaser circuits, Blue Cat's Phaser
reproduces this old vintage phasing effect that you can find on so many
recordings, but with the precision of modern digital processing
techniques. You can choose to apply up to 32 phasing stages, pushing
the model to its limits, or create a subtle phasing effect with wet and
feedback parameters set to a few percents.
You can also control the phase of the signal in the wet and
feedback
paths (these parameters can have negative values), which extends the
possibilities of the model: the included factory presets will show you
how many sounds you can get from this effect.
The MIDI control capabilities of this plug-in let you use it with
any hardware or software MIDI controller, and the User Interface is
totally customizable thanks to Blue Cat's Skinning Language support.
For a stereo widening phasing effect, check our Blue Cat's Stereo
Phaser plugin.
Full automation support (all parameters can be
automated, with smooth and continuous update)
No CPU load on idle: when the plugin is fed with
silence, the processing smoothly shuts down, to optimize the CPU usage
of your Digital Audio Workstation.
Real time MIDI control with advanced settings
(MIDI channel and CC numbers, with complete response curve control) and
MIDI learn.
Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plugin with absolutely no
noise.
Undo/Redo.
Import/Export presets in a host independent format.
Any sample rate supported.
Screenshots
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-- A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
--Zadok Rabinwitz
Another really nice VST plugin
from the Togu Audio Line
MAC and PC versions.
This release (now) is classified as a Beta.
Note: I have found that the TAL plugins are ideally suited for the MAC.
They are simple to install and extremely bulletproof.
VST TAL-Filter
TAL-Filter is a multi-mode filter device,
including a High Pass, Band Pass and Low Pass filter. The filter has a
clean analogue sound and are able to go into self-oscillation.
ForteFree now
available for PC.
Very easily learned Notation system for creating sheet music. Has some
nice features ...
- Load a midi file and print the sheet music.
- Create and edit a composition while playing a Keyboard.
- save your compositions.
Forte free (Freeware Notation Software)
This version of Forte is completely free and can be
distributed to whoever you want!
It has the following limitations in comparison to features available in
Forte Standard:
• Track View not available,
just Page View
• Maximal of 8 staves/track
• Limited number of dynamic and
tempo signs
• Limited number of accent,
ornament and repeating signs
• No MIDI export
• No loop recording
• No layout changes
• Maximal of 2 individual
voices per track
• "Go To" limited to time entry
point
• Small mixer without effect
regulations
• Mixer without mute and solo
buttons
• No MIDI Event List
• Limited number of actions
• Limited number of templates
MAC Only (OSX 10.4 - 10.5) Impromptu is an interactive
music programming language which is oriented towards AU units.
By writing schemas you can control and manage standard AU Plugins.
Monz .. A command line language you may be interested in.
What is Impromptu?
Impromptu is an OSX programming environment for composers, sound
artists, VJ's and graphic artists with an interest in live or
interactive programming. Impromptu is a Scheme language environment, a
member of the Lisp family of languages.
Time plays a major role in the Impromptu environment allowing
accurate real-time scheduling of events and code. Impromptu is a
dynamic environment designed for the creation and manipulation of
running programs in live performance.
Impromptu is a programmable AudioUnit host. A powerful
environment for creating signal processing graphs of arbitrary
complexity with precise programmatic control over individual AU nodes.
Musical material can be precisely scheduled for performance by any
AudioUnit instrument node and parameters, program changes and presets
can be programmatically changed on-the-fly as well as directly via the
AU's user interface.
Impromptu allows you to write, modify, compile and hot swap
custom signal processing code - an ability that allows you to write low
level sound synthesis code during live performance. This functionality
is designed to interoperate with the AudioUnit signal graph allowing
you to freely mix your favorite AudioUnits with custom synthesis code.
All on-the-fly of course.
Graphics routines can be applied with the same temporal accuracy
as audio material allowing artists to tightly integrate audio and
visual components. OpenGL, live video processing, vector drawing
routines, image rendering, CoreImage filters, text rendering and
quicktime movie support are a few of the graphics features available
for artists to play with.
Impromptu also includes a bidirectional ObjC-Bridge allowing
Scheme to instantiate and call ObjC objects and ObjC objects to call
back into the Scheme interpreter. An LLVM based scheme->x86 compiler
is also available supporting on-the-fly compilation of scheme code for
audio signal processing, OpenGL, numeric processing and alike.
-- Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
--Francis Bacon
A windows VSTi subtractive
synth that generates some really pure sounds. It lacks any LFO
modulation, but you can process the raw sounds with an effects box.
Attn. Cyborg - run this sucker thru Effectrix for some great
riffs. Some great tracks on the web site to get the idea.
About Asymptotic Valley
Asymptotic Valley was founded in 2009 by Jara
Kolejka aka Inorganic. Inorganic1 is my first version of virtual synth
based on simple and user friendly design. I recognized the oscilloscope
is very useful tool for creating and shaping the sound so I hope you
will apprecite it in Inorganic1 as a standard feature. Also the desing
is real perspective 3D design so you can feel the hardware under your
hands. Enjoy this free software and share it with your friends.
-- There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no
defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save
our own inherent weakness of purpose.
--Kin Hubbard
A new windows synth with a wealth of options.
'Wealth' also means it can hurt your CPU.
It comes with 128 interesting presets - (listen
to #2) - but a few of them maxed out my 2.4ghz notebook.
THIS IS NO SIMPLE SYNTH! To get the most out of this synth, be sure to
review the HELP file before taking this one on.
If you are into tracing your own unique waveforms, this may be the
answer.
WaveTracer
features
Full parameters controls to make Additive Waveforms with no aliasing.
Full 32 bit High Quality Waveforms.
Easy to use and to create analogic waveforms.
Same quality for all clock frequencies: 44.1 khz to 192 khz.
independent WaveTracer engine: KxWaveTracer.exe.
Modular
Synthesizer
Stereo routing.
All modulations are pre-connected, no cables on the GUI.
Skin with variable background color.
3 Polyphonic EGs with for each segment: curves, velocity and Kbd
controls.
1 Monophonic EG with for each segment: curves, velocity and Kbd
controls.
Multiple trigger sources and sync for the EGs and the LFOs.
2 Oscillators with 2 waveforms and 2 outputs with Phase modulation and
Sync.
2 independent Sub Oscillators.
1 Stereo SF2 player.
2 Monophonic LFOs with 2 Rates and ASR EG.
2 Mulitmode VCFs.
Mixer with 6 sources: Noise, Vco1 1-2, Vco 2 1-2, Ring, Vco1 Width,
Vco2 Width and 3 outputs: VCF1, VCF2, VCA.
Each mixer voice can be modulated by different sources.
Noise Generator with an EQ.
Sample&Hold.
Ring Modulator.
6 host sync clocks.
2 Midi inputs.
1 Distortion.
2 Delays with sync, multimode filter and modulation oscillator with
sync.
1 Scope with 100 ms of buffer size.
Full Midi learn.
Full NRPN implementation.
128 nice KX presets!
Another specialty synth - Wraith - based on
Anomaly - a soundfont player.
WINDOWS ONLY - VST Plugin
Wraith
- a Free Anomaly demo and .sf2 player created by HG Fortune
Wraith comes with an internal soundset composed of 32 sounds from
Anomaly 3 - Pads, 32 sounds from Anomaly IV - Wasteland and 32 sounds
from Anomaly VI - Textures in Bank 0. In Bank 1 are 96 sounds provided
by HG Fortune.
There is an internal bank of 128 presets by Daniel Kemp. The first 64
presets use only sounds in Bank 0 while the last 64 presets use sounds
from both Bank 0 and Bank 1.
Wraith will also load external .SF2 files. So you can use other
soundfonts and combine them with either the Anomaly or the HG Fortune
sounds, or use it as a .SF2 player.
From the manual:
A fairly compact VSTi Synthesizer featuring:
as soundsources:
two oscillators with sf2 based PCM waveforms
as modifiers:
one 24dB Lowpass filter with resonance per synthvoice
one Spook fx as global fx
one BassEnhancer to enhance low frequencies (works indenpendently from
panned signal)
one Brilliance knob to enhance upper frequencies
one delay synced to bpm with manual offset knob;
as sources for modulation:
two ADSR envelope generators (one for Filter, one for VCA)
four LFO and one Sample & Hold;
All in all Wraith is capable of producing quite a variety of sounds
among most noticeable are stunning sync sounds, fairly unique pads and
fx sounds plus. With a good response on the lower frequency range one
might achieve quite 'huge' and deep sounds too.
Mutine is 2 envelope
followers and 2 lfo's, that triggers volume or cutoff
Envelope followers
can be set to follow left channel, right channel or both.
The effect can also
be set to apply on left, right or both channels.
That way, you can use
Mutine on a group channel, with for instance, a drum on left that
triggers envelope follower, and a pad on right, that will be chopped by
drum pattern.
A windows only Plugin.
Comes with a very notable Manual and is unusual to say the least.
Why Major since it encompasses Minor chords as well?
it spews out 3 channels of midi - a solo channel, a chord fundamental
and any of the selected chords.
Up to 16 chords can be sequenced by midi triggers. And you have a very
wide selection of chords that can be fitted to sequence slots.
It is also a twin soundfont player and plays a solo patch and chords on
a chord patch at the same time. The only hitch is that your soundfont
file must be named 'library.sf2'. A 42 patch soundfont file is included
to get you going.
Very complete and musical piece of software that can offer inspiration.
-free PC VST plugins-
major sketch pad
Ideal
for musicians with writer's block or knob
twiddlers who easily get distracted by fine tuning
soundscapes and ending up not getting any music done.
No, this is not some psuedo-random-crap, you are in
control of your music all the time when using the
sketch pad. This is an arrangement utility rather than
a music production tool.
so what does it do and why do i need one ?
The major sketch pad is basically a step sequencer combined with a
chorder. Each time it gets triggered by a midi note the step sequencer
steps forward
and each step can contain a new, different chord. The chords aren't
locked to a predefined pitch. This means that you can try out chord
combinations and
see how your melodies will sound with different chords applied to them,
or just jam away.
The main idea behind the sketch pad is to make it easier for people
who are having a hard time coming up with songs to at least get a
"rough" arrangement
sketch that they can continue to work with. It is, after all, often the
beginning of a song that is the hard part to come up with.
download
11.5
mb zip file containing...
major sketchpad VST PC
soundfont (library.sf2) file
slick PDF manual with tutorials
troubleshooting txt
Just a bugfix, but this is one of the easiest VST's to install and use
on the MAC.
It is also available as a AU and a PC VST plugin.
The plate styled reverb is very subtle and can be used where carefully
modeled space is desired.
VST TAL-Reverb
TAL-Reverb is a free open source stereo plate reverb based on juce.
Its very diffuse and has its own sound because of its special signal
routing. Slight modulated delay times avoid artefacts in the reverb
tail and give this reverb its smooth sound.
This reverb is suitable if you need to put space around voices, drums,
percussion,
guitars and so on.
Maybe
you try it on some percussion sounds to find out if you like it.
Because of the few knobs, this plugin should be is easy to use.
Easy to use plate reverb.
Smooth diffuse sound.
12 dB High- and Low-Pass filter.
Pre delay, up to one second.
Usable for a wide range of sounds, especially percussion, drums,
voices, guitars and so on.
A really simple stomp box in a Windows VST plugin. NoAmp
Pretty neat little stomp box with simple (but haphazard) graphics. Has
a mono / stereo button useful to immediately switch an audio signal and
comes with 16 presets. The crunch factor can be set really high.
-- Never assume the obvious is true.
--William Safire, Sleeper Spy (Random House)
Finally a synth that makes lots of sense. Also emits some of the
clearest electronic sounds.
Make pads, leads or electronic noise with this really great synth
A Windows only VST plugin
Other Features
8 note polyphonic operation
Main volume control
Mono/Polyphonic control
Portamento control
Midi CC control with learn capability
64 high quality presets
800 MHz+ Processor recommended / 1024 x 768
pixels screen resolution / 24 bit colour depth
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