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  1. Two Notes Updates Torpedo PI-FREE
    9 Feb 2012, 12:14 pm

    Two Notes has updated Torpedo PI-FREE. The new version is available for download.


  2. CREATED: Discover Music from Testtoon, Oubys, and Teal & Beastie Respond
    9 Feb 2012, 10:46 am

    Ready for some focused listening time? Photo (CC-BY-SA) Toshiyuki IMAI. [website - JP] Writing about the meeting place of technology and music, we cover potential: what’s possible, what might be in. […]


  3. Celemony wins technical Grammy
    8 Feb 2012, 7:34 pm

    Read the full story @ KVR Audio Celemony has been awarded a Grammy for technical merit. The Munich-based company will be honored by the Recording Academy with its Technical Grammy, which is given in. […]


  4. Mixed In Key Mashup
    8 Feb 2012, 1:12 pm

    Mixed In Key has released Mashup for Windows and Mac OS X.


  5. Audiority releases Epic Pig Guiro for Kontakt
    8 Feb 2012, 11:54 am

    Read the full story @ KVR Audio Audiority has announced the release of a deep-sampled and designed Guiro for Kontakt, called Epic Pig Guiro. It is aimed to provide a useful companion for both soundtr. […]


  6. Equinox Sounds releases 'Electro and Tech Sylenth1 Soundbank'
    8 Feb 2012, 10:18 am

    Read the full story @ KVR Audio Equinox Sounds has released Electro and Tech Sylenth1 Soundbank, a downloadable soundset for Lennar Digital's Sylenth1 that includes 64 sounds featuring leads, basses,. […]


  7. Music Thing: A Radio Sequencer, How to Get Into DIY Synth Modules, How to Have Fun
    8 Feb 2012, 7:49 am

    Lured by the siren song of modular synthesis and DIY electronics, but not sure how to navigate the piles of requisite knowledge – or uncertain what the trip down this rabbit hole might have in store. […]


  8. 3D Modular Sound Gets Real: Stunning AudioGL Demos, Crowd Funding, Beta Coming to You Soon
    8 Feb 2012, 6:06 am

    Electronic music making has had several major epochs. There was the rise of the hardware synth, first with modular patch cords and later streamlined into encapsulated controls, in the form of knobs an. […]


  9. Sound Magic updates Imperial Grand to v2.6 and Neo EQ to v1.1
    8 Feb 2012, 5:17 am

    Read the full story @ KVR Audio Sound Magic has updated Imperial Grand to Version 2.6 and Neo EQ to Version 1.1. Changes in Imperial Grand 2.6: Greatly improved CPU usage, now it only consume 40% of. […]


  10. Precisionsound releases Orfeo Accordion for Kontakt, EXS24, HALion and SoundFont
    8 Feb 2012, 4:40 am

    Read the full story @ KVR Audio Precisionsound has released Orfeo Accordion for Kontakt, EXS24, HALion and SoundFont. Orfeo Accordion is a multi-sampled Italian accordion from the 1950s with 5 regist. […]



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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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