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Jun 28, 2010

cat doter posted:

I'm poor as gently caress so I usually just use the cockos stuff or the free stuff from kvraudio. The 'classic compressor' I got from kvr is ok, but I'd like a nice colour compressor for vocals, maybe something that isn't so harsh if you'll pardon the oxymoron.

Have you tried the reaper compressors at: http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/

one is unlimited band and looks to be pretty awesome.

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Jun 28, 2010

bvoid posted:

Any recommendations for a cheap/free simple clean bass guitar VSTi? I have the amp VSTs and everything, so my only requirement is that it doesn't sound like dogshit and maybe has a bit of human-like variance to it.

There's this. http://www.dskmusic.com/dsk-bassz/. You would have to do the human variance part with some randomization in your daw though. I doubt anything in the free/cheap range would be able to do what you are after though.

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Jun 28, 2010

Your Computer posted:

My god, there are so many.

How are they all free? :catstare:

No idea. I love DSK though. Most of their stuff is really good for being free.

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Jun 28, 2010

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

http://outputsounds.com/products/signal/

Oh my god, this sounds so good. A friend of mine bought it and he absolutely loves it.

So is this the new Dune2/Nexus? Anything in particular that makes this special?

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Jun 28, 2010

Your Computer posted:

Digital Sound Factory who has the rights to sell the original samples from old E-mu stuff and such has redone their website from scratch, and to celebrate they're giving out a 72-hour 30% discount with the coupon NEWSITE30...

...except the coupon doesn't work and makes the checkout throw a huge red SQL error. Great new site you got there, DSF :thumbsup:

:( And I've been eyeing their orchestral and piano sounds.

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Jun 28, 2010
Wow, redux looks super cool. Im not really sure i need it though. And renoise looks like a daw for someone who grew up on command line and is super cheap. I've never seen it before. I might buy it just for novelty.

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Jun 28, 2010
I think you could switch patches by midi with synth1 using the patch up/down buttons. I would have to test it though. Synth1 is super cpu light and super powerful while still having a very approachable interface. Also its free.

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Jun 28, 2010

peter gabriel posted:

Replying to myself but I just had a moment of clarity and bought an actual glockenspiel :v:

you can't get "real-sounding" if it's just plain real. :colbert:

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Jun 28, 2010

syntaxfunction posted:

I posted a bit in the home recording thread but figured this was more suited here. I mainly work with guitar and stuff not so much synths. What's everyone's favourite "colour" plugin for guitar? I've been using Modern Analoguer on my dirty tracks. I don't even know what it really does. Adds a bit of low end and "smooths" the fizz? I dunno, it makes it sound different. Not sure if I prefer it but it does a thing.

I'm not looking for a silver bullet to make a mediocre track great, I'm just curious whether anyone has a "secret sauce" plugin they find adds a certain je ne sais quoi.

If you want to pay there's Amplitube or Hardcore. Amplitube I think has some free amps, but then you can do micro transactions for other amps. Or for free you can check out all these. I think Ace is okay but I haven't used it very much at all. It was just for a few minutes while my friend loned me a usb guitar interface. It's going to be hard/pricey to get a great amp sound through simulation though, that's why pro studios have tons of amps everywhere.

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Jun 28, 2010
I remember when I first found synth1. I thought it looked terrible, but then I found it had a huge following online and now I'm in love. It does look terrible, but you learn to love it.

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Jun 28, 2010

Lester Shy posted:

This is probably old news for anybody in this thread, but I just discovered that owning a Focusrite product gives you access to one free Addictive Keys instrument of your choice.

Oh nice, thanks for the PSA.

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