The Frugal Producer: get these tools for free! February 19, 2008
Posted by Damon Sink in : Digital home recording studios, plugins (plug-ins), Project Studio , trackbackEven veteran composers and producers like to find tools that work and that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Below is a quick excerpt from a thread at one of the best forums around. Take some time to check out a few of these gems and peruse the rest of the list. These first few Windows plugs only (In case you thought we were only talking to Mac geeks at thestudiofiles! –sorry Connor)
Jose writes:
A while ago I mentioned starting a thread of free plug ins and synths. There are so many that I can’t keep up so I thought it might be cool to have a sticky of such stuff that people can add to.First:
VirtualdubMod: Not a synth or effect but a DVD ripper that kicks but. It’s worked where others have failed me in the past. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65889
Dynamics processing: I use these bad boys a lot. Some good stuff some not so good stuff but the compressor and limiters are great for rock and pop sounds:
http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/classic-series.php
Chimera synth: Kick ass synth that didn’t blow me a way at first. It’s not thick sounding but very spacious. At first I wasn’t impressed but then I found myself using it on every track of my current film. It layers well for that top froth or noise on top of a thick pad giving it extra dimension. http://www.majken.se/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=9
Abakos: Ok synth with some good uses. I don’t go for it often. http://www.hercsmusicsystems.com/vst.html
Fore more on this topic, visit VI-Control, one of our favorite composer forums.
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