My band's guitarist recently saw some of my project files for a couple of old tunes and wants me to show him the basics of setting up synths, drums and sound design so he can start creating his own EDM. My only problem is I want to intro him using as little money as possible just so I don't scare him away.
Right now I'm settled on Reaper as a DAW, and that covers drums with the built in sample player and some free packs I can show him. As for the main synth, I'm tied between (Synth1)[https://www.kvraudio.com/product/synth1-by-ichiro-toda] and (Helm)[http://tytel.org/helm/] or even both. If anyone has more experience with those two/any other noteworthy free synths that would be much appreciated.
Finally, I'm in need of any other plugins that do something specific really well. For example, I'm showing him the free trial of (Kickstart)[http://www.kickstart-plugin.com/] just because he was so fascinated with the volume ducking on big synth chords. Anything that would bring joy to a musicians ears is basically what I'm after.
Thanks in advance!
Submitted December 29, 2016 at 10:35PM by im_really_horny https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/5l0oul/what_free_vsts_would_you_use_to_create_an_edm_101/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Thursday, December 29, 2016