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  1. dRAM dIGITAL Prodrums 10.6
    8 Feb 2010, 5:13 pm

    dRAM-dIGITAL has announced the release of Prodrums 10.6, a new drum sampler plug-in that includes just the features that dRAM-dIGITAL thinks are important, making it simple and straightforward to use.


  2. Sinus Updates FreeverbToo
    8 Feb 2010, 3:46 pm

    Sinus has updated FreeverbToo to v1.7.


  3. Synapse Audio EKS-9
    8 Feb 2010, 3:39 pm

    Synapse Audio has announced the release of EKS-9, a new software synthesizer designed to recreate the sound of analog electronic kickdrum sounds - hence the name EKS (Electronic Kickdrum Synthesizer).


  4. Tonehammer Riq Drum
    8 Feb 2010, 3:10 pm

    Tonehammer has announced the releases of Riq Drum for Native Instruments' Kontakt.


  5. AuraPlug EddieVsHeaven
    8 Feb 2010, 2:51 pm

    AuraPlug has announced the release of EddieVsHeaven, the latest addition to the "Freetortion" series of plug-ins for guitarists.


  6. Chime, Beautiful New Music Game on Xbox 360: Play to Philip Glass, for Charity
    8 Feb 2010, 11:34 am

    One Big Game is a charity assembled by game developers to raise money for children’s organizations. Musical games look to figure prominently in the series. Design legend Masaya Matsuura (PaRappa the. […]


  7. Mokafix Audio announces 6 New Distortion Effects
    8 Feb 2010, 11:02 am

    8th February 2010: Mokafix Audio has announced a new series of six distortion stomp-box emulations just a few weeks after the release of its first batch of seven fuzz and distortion effects. These new. […]


  8. SPL updates all Analog Code and MicroPlugs Plug-ins to v1.2 (incl. VST3 Support)
    8 Feb 2010, 7:54 am

    8th February 2010: SPL has released version 1.2 updates for all of its Analog Code and MicroPlugs Plug-ins. Changes: All SPL plug-ins support VST3 now. TDM support for Logic. Several small bug fixes,. […]


  9. dRAM-dIGITAL releases Prodrums 10.6
    8 Feb 2010, 6:50 am

    8th February 2010: dRAM-dIGITAL has announced the release of Prodrums 10.6, a new drum sampler plug-in that includes all the features that dRAM-dIGITAL thinks are important yet leaves out all the bell. […]


  10. SKnote releases Rough - Filter / Vocoder (Attitude Series)
    8 Feb 2010, 5:47 am

    8th February 2010: SKnote has announced the release of Rough, the latest addition to the Attitude series of plug-ins. Rough is a filterbank/vocoder. This first version includes four algorithms: Vocode. […]



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Select a category on the right to view the Free VSTi’s.

Note: these VSTi’s (VST instruments) have been tested on Windows - please check the inidividual plugin’s websites for information on using them on non-Windows operating systems.

A VSTi is a Virtual Studio Technology instrument, and is usually downloaded as a .dll file.  The .dll file can then be loaded into a VSTi host and played, most often with midi.

Glossary

Bass - real (electric, upright) bass sounds, or synthesized bass sounds
Brass - trumpets, trombones, tubas, etc…
Drums - plugins which contain real drum sounds or synthetic drum sounds
Emulator - replications of classic synthesizers
Exotic Instruments - unusual instruments from around the world
Percussion - marimbas, bells, bongo drums, steel drums, etc… (now featuring a cowbell!)
Piano - pianos and electric pianos
Sound FX - blips, bloops, whooshes, and etcetera
Strings - guitars, violins, cellos, synth strings, etc…
Synth
– fm (frequency modulation) - a simple waveform is modulated with another frequency to produce a more complex tone
 — modular - a modular synth consists of individual components (modules) which can be chained together in various ways
– subtractive - harmonics are subtracted from an audio signal using a filter in order to alter the tone
– additive - harmonics are added to an audio signal, usually to replicate the sound of an instrument
– wavetable - short recorded clips of an instrument are looped and altered to produce realistic sounds
Vox - emulations of voices and choirs
Woodwind - flutes, saxophones, etc…

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