Synth1 VST Plugin

 

Now this plugin has been around the block for quite some time now and I'm not sure why I haven't recommended it earlier but as they say: Better late than never. 

Given my newfound love for it I'm going to showcase a couple of badass banks and show you why it's still a heavy hitter, capable of modern premium sounds although it's completely free to use without any restrictions. 

Synth1 was created by Ichiro Toda. It's modelled after the Clavia Nord Lead 2 Red Synthesizer.  It's a super light-weight plugin and even the crappiest of computers will be able to run several instances at once without crashing due to CPU and RAM limitations. 

Synth1 VST Features:

• 2 Oscillators, FM modulation, ring modulation, sync, modulation envelope.
• 4 types of filters, distortion.
• 2 LFOs (synchronized with host).
• Arpeggiator (synchronized with host).
• Tempo delay (synchronized with host), stereo chorus/flanger.
• Legato mode, portamento.
• 16 notes polyphony.
• 128 presets.
• Thoroughly optimized for light CPU load using SSE instructions, etc.
• Automation.

Download the Synth1 VST Plugin here (PC and MAC)

Tyruke Soundbank 

This small but powerful bank contains a mixture of warm pads, big EDM synths and other various presets ideal for the entire range of electronica. I'm sure you'll find something you like in here. Check out the Youtube demo and here's the download link itself. 

Regall Music Corp. Chillwave Soundbank VOL.1

Ideal for chill and ambient but will also do wonders for retrowave / Synthwave and similar productions. Check out the Youtube demo and here's the download link to the soundbank. 

More sound banks coming soon.. 

Six High-Quality VST Instruments For Free

The guys over at Spitfire Audio offers you a wide variety of quality freebie VST instruments to download for absolutely free. In order to download them, You'll need to first install their own client, followed by the VST instruments themselves.

They offer: (For audio demos, just visit the above link)

Charango - an Andean guitar-like instrument.
Electric Piano - It sounds better than any free VST out there.
Amplified Cello Quartet - Exactly that
Drums - Dry drumkit. Nothing out of the ordinary but hey, It's free!
Strings - 14 of London's best string players. Very cinematic!
Soft Piano - As titled, Very soft/soothing. Ideal for emotional and cinematic.

ENJOY!

Superwave P8 VST Plugin

Superwave P8 VST Plugin

Not only does it look cool, it sounds cool as well. 80's retro design packed with tons of premium sounds that will bitch slap you back/into yesterday/tomorrow, (how ever you prefer it that is). The P8 actually offers a wide selection of quality-sounding synthesizer sounds for absolutely free of charge. The included soundbank is mostly ideal for trance music production, AS IS, but of course, you can always tweak the presets and create your own sounds on the spot which makes it usable for most genres of music sounded today, or yesterday.


Specs:

Oscillators
2 Oscillators: Single, Dual, 7 Oscillators SuperWave mode
Waveforms: Sine, Saw, Ramp, Triangle, Pulse, White Noise, Pink Noise
Controls: Waveform, Mode, Fine-Tune, Semi-Tune, Detune, Octave, Sync

Filters
2 Resonant Filters: 12dB
Filter Types: Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass
Controls: Filter Type, Cutoff Frequency, Resonance, Key Follow, Lock (Cutoff Frequency)

Amplifiers
2 Amplifiers
Controls: Level, Pan, On/Off

Envelopes
4 Envelopes (Filter x2, Amp x2)
Controls: Depth, Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release

Low Frequency Oscillators
2 LFO's with multiple routing options
Waveforms: Sine, Saw, Ramp, Triangle, Pulse, White Noise, Pink Noise
Beat Ratios: 10
Controls: Waveform, Destination, Mode, Rate, Beat, Depth, Key On, Route

Modulation
Modulation with multiple routing options
Controls: Input, Destination, Depth

Effects
Effect Types: Mono Delay x2 (1 Stereo pair)
Delay Controls: Level, Feedback, Pan, Beat, On/Off

Other Features
8 note polyphonic operation
Main volume control
Mono/Polyphonic control
Portamento control
Midi CC control with learn capability
64 high quality presetshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif


Download and installing Superwave P8 VST Plugin

Superwave P8 VST Plugin download (2.0 Mb)(.exe)

Extract the files to your VST folder. Open your DAW of choice and search for your new plugin and include it in your list of instruments. Have a blast!