Red Robin Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Freeware plug-ins are a bit of a minefield. There are quite a few out there that do nothing as well as Logic's own onboard plug-ins do, IMO. They're built for those who don't have Logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Freeware plug-ins are a bit of a minefield. There are quite a few out there that do nothing as well as Logic's own onboard plug-ins do, IMO. They're built for those who don't have Logic. No way! I use loads of freeware plugs with Logic. Massey Tape Head, TAL synths, ADT, Luxonix vinyl emulator, King Dubby delay, and tons of others. Also, even though they're donationware not freeware, the Stillwell Audio plugs are great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Also, even though they're donationware not freeware, the Stillwell Audio plugs are great too. They're not exactly donationware, my dear reverend. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 They're not exactly donationware, my dear reverend. J. No, but if you can barely afford to feed yourself, and don't mind waiting a few seconds everytime you open a plugin, they kind of are If they weren't ok with people doing that, they'd have a limited demo system. They'll get my money the day I have some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Here's what the developer says about it: ...the plugins are shareware. You download a freely-available demo copy, then either uninstall them or buy a license at the end of your demo period (which you agreed to do when you installed them). The only twist is that the plugins don't physically expire at the end of the demo period...it's strictly honor system to buy a license to the plugs. I figure I can trust you guys to buy a license if you use the plugs. If there are people out there that I can't trust, then at least I'll probably get a better nights' sleep than they will. Anyway, sales aren't wonderful, but I guess any money is more money than I would have had otherwise. Scott J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Freeware plug-ins are a bit of a minefield. There are quite a few out there that do nothing as well as Logic's own onboard plug-ins do, IMO. They're built for those who don't have Logic. No way! I use loads of freeware plugs with Logic. Massey Tape Head, TAL synths, ADT, Luxonix vinyl emulator, King Dubby delay, and tons of others. Also, even though they're donationware not freeware, the Stillwell Audio plugs are great too. ....I said "quite a few", not ALL. It's just a matter of being cautious - Afterall, most of them say install at your own risk. ADT is the plug-in I tried out today and then trashed it - Logic's plug-in does it better imo. What does King Dubby delay do that Logic's Delay Designer can't do? I'm not anti third-party plug-ins - I just would advise not to get too excited about the freeware ones and approach with caution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 [ADT is the plug-in I tried out today and then trashed it - Logic's plug-in does it better imo. Which plugin? What does King Dubby delay do that Logic's Delay Designer can't do? Well, Logic's Tape Delay is the equivelent, not Delay Designer. In some situations I prefer the degredation controls on the King Dubby. Sometimes something as simple as the GUI style can end lead to different results, or habits of use. I'm not anti third-party plug-ins - I just would advise not to get too excited about the freeware ones and approach with caution. Ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Here's what the developer says about it: ...the plugins are shareware. You download a freely-available demo copy, then either uninstall them or buy a license at the end of your demo period (which you agreed to do when you installed them). The only twist is that the plugins don't physically expire at the end of the demo period...it's strictly honor system to buy a license to the plugs. I figure I can trust you guys to buy a license if you use the plugs. If there are people out there that I can't trust, then at least I'll probably get a better nights' sleep than they will. Anyway, sales aren't wonderful, but I guess any money is more money than I would have had otherwise. Scott J. Well, then I guess in this regard I'm a pretty dishonourable guy. But, seeing as I can't afford to pay for plugs, I can't bring myself to delete such useful and great sounding ones. My night's sleep will suffer, but until I can afford to buy the licence, I'm willing to lose some sleep for excellent plugins. Sorry Scott, I hope you understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Well, then I guess in this regard I'm a pretty dishonourable guy. But, seeing as I can't afford to pay for plugs, I can't bring myself to delete such useful and great sounding ones. My night's sleep will suffer, but until I can afford to buy the licence, I'm willing to lose some sleep for excellent plugins. ....I wouldn't worry about it, mate. It's traditional for artists to suffer for their art. But anyway, you never know what's around the corner and you may be able to or want to pay one day. Your conscience should be clear - You have a valid reason not to pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 ....I wouldn't worry about it, mate. It's traditional for artists to suffer for their art. But anyway, you never know what's around the corner and you may be able to or want to pay one day. Your conscience should be clear - You have a valid reason not to pay. Thanks man, I'll sleep better tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 [ADT is the plug-in I tried out today and then trashed it - Logic's plug-in does it better imo. Which plugin? What does King Dubby delay do that Logic's Delay Designer can't do? Well, Logic's Tape Delay is the equivelent, not Delay Designer. In some situations I prefer the degredation controls on the King Dubby. Sometimes something as simple as the GUI style can end lead to different results, or habits of use. I'm not anti third-party plug-ins - I just would advise not to get too excited about the freeware ones and approach with caution. Ok. ....The Voice Doubler was the ADT plug-in which didn't impress me. It has impressed many other folk though. ....I know what you mean about a simple GUI style. Some plug-ins are magnificent works of art but initially are as daunting as the flight deck of Concorde. I'll check out King Dubby if I can't achieve what I want in the project I'm currently creating. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 A new free amp head (LE456) from Lepou- http://lepouplugins.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 A new free amp head (LE456) from Lepou- http://lepouplugins.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html Cool, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Sure no problem. These are cool too from Ignite Amps- http://www.igniteamps.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosUnderground Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Just tried out King Dubby. Cool one, Logics Tape Delay is far superior IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpander Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) Here's one from Dirac3 Technology: http://dirac.dspdimension.com/Dirac3_Technology_Home_Page/Dirac3_Technology.html It's a time and pitch shifting plug-in that can be used on both monophonic and polyphonic material. The download consists of an SDK for programmers and the fully functioning AU for non-programmers. Also, a well-known freebee for Windows users has made it's way to the Mac platform. It's called Synth1 and can be found here: www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/ Unfortunately, it's a VST only at the moment. But I thought I'd at least let you know about in case you also use Ableton Live or another DAW that supports VST's. One other thing to mention is that the new copy of Computer Music will feature an exclusive plug-in designed for CM by the folks at www.loomer.co.uk/index.htm It's called Cumulus and will be on the included CM DVD. It's a granular sampler and looks like a top-notch free plug-in. - xpander Edited September 28, 2011 by xpander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Here's one from Dirac3 Technology: http://dirac.dspdimension.com/Dirac3_Technology_Home_Page/Dirac3_Technology.html It's a time and pitch shifting plug-in that can be used on both monophonic and polyphonic material. The download consists of an SDK for programmers and the fully functioning AU for non-programmers. Cool, looks interesting to me = 1 slider and nothing else! Will check it out. Thanks! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpander Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Hypercyclic 1.1.367 is now available from www.mucoder.net/en/hypercyclic/ "hypercyclic is an LFO-driven MIDI arpeggiator, gate effect and step sequencer for mangling sustained MIDI input chords, the output of which can then drive other MIDI instruments." - xpander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpander Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 DiscoDSP has released HighLife BETA for Mac - www.discodsp.com/news/ "HighLife is a Freeware sampler with VSTi sampling, sample editor, five built in effects, flexible modulation, parameter morphing and highest offline resampling quality using 512 point SINC. 64-bit Audio Units and VST are supported." - xpander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpander Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Attention to users of Rob Papen plug-ins: You can download a free copy of Rob's new plug-in called RP-Distort! until the end of December 2011. This is a great offer for people who have already purchased an RP plug-in. This is also available to new customers as well. Check it out at: www.robpapen.com/Latest-news/rp-distort-released.html - xpander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Also, even though they're donationware not freeware, the Stillwell Audio plugs are great too. They're not exactly donationware, my dear reverend. J. Incidentally, I did do the right thing in the end. As soon as I could spare any cash I bought Superior Drummer and stopped using the 1973 EQ. I was only using it to beef-up cheap drum samples anyway. Phew! Conscience cleared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Sure no problem. These are cool too from Ignite Amps- http://www.igniteamps.com/ These amp sims, and the gain pedal, are absolutely amazing for metal tone! Very high level of controllability too, including up to 8x oversampling and on one plugin a choice of symmetric or asymmetric distortion! You do need a cab emulation after it in the chain, but I prefer routing it like this because I can bus it to a few aux channels, each with different mic position IRs of the same cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordi Torres Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Way to go, Juda$! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Way to go, Juda$! J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) Also, I don't believe Nubula3 Free has been mentioned in this thread: http://www.acustica-audio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=101 It's incredibly CPU hungry, apparently deliberately so because the paid-for version boasts lower CPU usage, but some of the presets sound very, very good IMHO. Also make sure to keep input levels to these plugs well under -20dBFS, as they distort very easily (it does have input/output gain adjustment). Here's a list of free 3rd party presets: http://www.acustica-audio.com/forum/index.php?f=10&t=370&rb_v=viewtopic My preferred presets are: 110 Solaire preamp "New Man" Mic (good at adding a touch of class to lower quality recordings) "Spartans" hall reverb Color Tape It's too CPU intensive, and reverbs produce too much latency, to use during tracking, but I've got into an acceptable workflow of printing it to each track during the mixing stage. Not sure why it tends to produce such vehement disagreements when discussed on the net though... Edited November 9, 2011 by Rev. Juda$ Sleaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presence Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 HyBrit from LePou Plugins http://lepouplugins.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presence Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 This thing sounds great- http://www.kuassa.com/products/basiq basiQ is an acronym for Baxandall Simulation Equalizer, a FREE 3-band equalizer plugin with photorealistic graphics from Kuassa, Inc. As the name implies, the engine are modeled after a design of classic baxandall equalizer well known for its smooth shelves and natural-sounding responses, similar to the tone control on a hi-fi systems. The simple controls allow you to shape the frequency from many sources to your needs, from opening up an air on guitar leads, adding a gentle shimmer on vocals, giving extra ‘oomph‘ on your synth basslines, or even getting more presence from your masters. This straightforward equalizer are well-suited for mixing or mastering purpose although the neutral characteristic of basiQ are more suitable as a ‘sweetening‘ device or giving some transparent ‘tilt‘ to your mix rather than a surgical device, best paired on master output with Kratos Maximizer, another audio processing plugin from Kuassa, Inc. Features: ■FREE! ■Simple tone control with large Low, Mid, and High knobs ■Preset Management with 12 preset slot within a single bank ■Mono and Stereo applicable. ■Supports up to 96 kHz Sample Rate. ■Compact and straightforward user interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptrickf Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 These are cool too from Ignite Amps- http://www.igniteamps.com/ These seem to suit my set-up perfectly. Good shout Presence. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Juda Sleaze Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 These are cool too from Ignite Amps- http://www.igniteamps.com/ These seem to suit my set-up perfectly. Good shout Presence. Thanks They're ridiculously good quality for free plugins, and even if you're not into rock/metal the gain pedal can beef up other amp sims very nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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