Yo what up it's yo boy Harmy. A few days ago I made this: https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/703fml/the_absolute_beginners_guide_to_electronic_dance/
I'm pleased to announce things are moving forward with the mods. Today let's start building them guides! The first one is going to be the easiest: a free VST guide.
Now I know there are a lot of free VSTs. Just one look at BPB and KVR can overwhelm any producer looking just to expand their bases. The role of the guides is to create something that is:
- Concise
- Has lasting value
- Only the good stuff
For this guide, I'm proposing that we determine plugin categories and select up to 3-5 different VSTs. The psychology of choice states that having a small selection is much easier to decide between than a large one, and that 3 to 5 usually is a good mix between not having enough choices and having too many choices. Also having few choices means that the community can select only the best.
Another reason is that specifically for VSTs, it is always most beneficial to download few plugins and completely master their use as opposed to downloading many of them and knowing how to use each one. This is not only because learning new interfaces takes time away from making music, but also that most plugins have similar or identical outputs that can be copied if you understand how to move the settings.
I'm thinking afterwards I will update the post (or post another one) with Strawpolls selecting the sub's crowd favourite. That way, someone has one selection if they could only pick one, and a bunch of alternatives that are great to check out as well. I also want to try and scrunch together similar plugins with similar purposes by the same company.
THE FOLLOWING LIST IS NOT COMPLETE AT ALL. Down below I have just put down everything I know off the top of my head. The point of this guide is that it's community created. If you wanna add something, please comment. If you hate one of my selections, please comment.
The only "rules" I would put into place is that it has to be always free and available, and that it has been something or is something you use so that we can have some quality assurance. I would do a small write up of each, but let's finalize a list first.
Synthesisers
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TyrellN6 & Zebralette from u-he
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TAL Noisemaker from Togu Audio Line
Sampler Hosts
- Kontakt Player, Reaktor Player, Guitar Rig & their factory content from Native Instruments
Orchestral Tools
- VSC02 Orchestra by Blue Cat Instruments
Compressors
- OTT by XferRecords
Delays
- Vahalla Freq Echo from VahallaDSP
Panning
- Pancake from Cableguys
Multi Effects
- CamelCrusher from CamelAudio
Creative Effects
- iZotope Vinyl from iZotope
Spectrum Analysis
- SPAN by Voxengo
Bundles
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MFreeFXBundle by MeldaProduction
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Plugin Alliance's Free Collection by Various Developers
Other Free Plugin Sites/Guides
Submitted September 20, 2017 at 03:10PM by HarmyDoesReddit https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/71cz36/redmproductions_updated_user_guides_free_vsts/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Wednesday, September 20, 2017