Production strand: Free software

[mkb]

This list was posted on the 313techknow yahoo list last week. You might like it:

audio editor
- audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

vst instruments and effects
- andreas ersson
http://www.bostreammail.net/ers/vstplugins.html
- arguru stardust
http://www.aodix.com/pagestardust.html
- betabugs
http://www.betabugsaudio.com/plugs.php
- cockaigne
http://www.funkelectric.com/%7Ecockaigne/
- elogoxa
http://www.uv.es/~ruizcan/p_vst.htm
- e-phonic drumatic (a vst)
http://www.e-phonic.com/vstplugins/drumatic_3.html
drumatic vintage edition
http://www.e-phonic.com/vstplugins/drumatic_ve.html
- sascha eversmeier
http://www.digitalfishphones.com/ <- AWESOME!
- ichiro toda synth 1

http://www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/index.html
- kjaerhus audio classic series
http://kjaerhusaudio.com/classic-series.php
- majken
http://www.majken.se/vst/
- odo synths
http://odosynths.panicnow.net/vst.html
- smartelectronix
http://www.smartelectronix.com/
- tobybear
http://www.tobybear.de/
- tweakbench
http://www.tweakbench.com/

drum synthesis (offline - not vsti)
- drumsynth 2.0
http://mda.smartelectronix.com/
- stomper hyperion
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~zap/stomper/index2.html

spectrum analysis
- fr(e)akoscope
http://mdsp.smartelectronix.com/
- voxengo span
http://www.voxengo.com/product/SPAN/

[mkb]

http://www.karmafx.dk/

Add to that my #1 freebie VSTfx plugin, the NorthPole Filter (I use it on
nearly EVERY track I've done since finding the plugin)
http://www.prosoniq.com/html/freebies.html (Mac and PC available)

There's also the Tritium bass synth
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/60.html

And LinPlug's FreeAlpha (Mac and PC)
http://www.linplug.com/Products/FreeAlpha/freealpha.htm

[holden]

Thanks a bunch for this list! I will check it out Has anyone had any success with any of this? In my experience, freeware is prety hit or miss. Biggest hit for me has been Frooty Loops demo. That lil looper does a lot, if you're willing to spend the time!

[mkb]

I really must stick up for NorthPole. That thing is the SHIT. I used Audacity a little but I didn't like it as much as Pro Tools Free. It's probably gotten better with time.

There's another really complicated delay unit I have on my system that I forget the name of. (Haven't touched music stuff in a long time )

[Professor]

actually, the smartelectronics plugs are pretty solid for me. i like the super trigger and the pitch effect (they all have cute little names) --they work in ableton and in audiomulch

[mkb]

here's another: http://plasq.com/musolomo/