The magic of software virtual instruments ! Recreating known piece of hardware, emulating famous synth, trying to capture the spirit of a machine, attempting to copy the sound and feeling of an instrument!

Here’s a compilation of all the articles about free VST plugins that try to emulate the most famous synths, plus links to the freeware plugins that are the only one to recreate a kind of machine (they didn’t get an article). Below is a list of best free VST emulations.

Here you can find free virtual alternatives to the classic analog synths :
MiniMoog, Arp 2600, Arp Odyssey, Synthi VCS3, Obeirheim OB-X

There are also your favorite FM / Vector Synthesis / “digital” synths :
Yamaha DX7, Prophet VS, PPG Wave, Ensoniq SQ80

Free VST downloads: P-600 II (SCI Prophet 600 emulation by EFM) - tonus 2813 (ARP Odyssey emulation by KBplugs) - Supersaw OSC (Roland Supersaw osc synth by CFA-Sound) - MS 2008 (Analog synth by GTG) - MiniMogueVA (Minimoog emulation by Glen Stegner) - Stigma (KORG Sigma emulation by Full Bucket Music) - Jup6 (Jupiter 6 emulation by EFM) - b6. In terms of their sound and capabilities, many of the free synths on this page could easily go toe-to-toe with a lot of commercial synth plugins. The best free VST plugins 2020: synths, drum machines and effects. That’s not to say there aren’t potential downsides to relying on freeware instruments. Here’s a compilation of all the articles about free VST plugins that try to emulate the most famous synths, plus links to the freeware plugins that are the only one to recreate a kind of machine (they didn’t get an article). Below is a list of best free VST emulations. Another free VSTi synth from Noizefield called Bounce. This synth is perfect for House, Future House, Bass House, Tech-House, Any Old House, EDM and Melbourne Bounce. This free download for PC requires no registration and only comes in at 3mb so well worth grabbing.

The usual techno/trance suspects are here too :
Roland TB303, Alpha Juno, Juno 60, JP-8000, Korg Mono / Poly, Clavia Nord Lead 2

We did not forgot the Jazzy/Funky/Rock famous instruments :
Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, Farfisa combo organ, Hohner Clavinet, Wurlitzer E-piano, Mellotron & Arp Solina.

And even the antic Theremin + some funky toys : Speak and Spell & Stylophone.

This is work in progress, i’ll add free VSTi plugin if we find some new free recreation of well known synthesizers.

All the VSTi in this list are freeware.

Here we go :

1. Minimoog

2. ARP 2600

3. ARP Odyssey

4. VCS3 Synthi AKS

5. Oberheim OB-X / OB-Xa / OB-8

6. Roland TB 303

7. Roland Alpha Juno

8. Roland JP-8000

9. Roland Juno 60 / Juno 106 / Juno 6

10. Korg Mono / Poly

http://www.fullbucket.de/music/monofury.html

11. Yamaha DX7

12. Prophet VS

13. Ensoniq SQ80

14. Waldorf PPG Wave

15. Rhodes MK2 electric piano

16. Wurlitzer electric piano

17. Hammond B3 tonewheel organ

18. Farfisa electric combo organ

19. Clavinet D6

20. Mellotron

21. ARP Solina string ensemble

22. Theremin

23. Speak and Spell toy

24. Dubreq Stylophone

25. Linndrum LM-1

26. Electronic Dream Plant (EDP) Wasp

27. Clavia Nord Lead 2

http://www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/ + check my preset banks for Synth1 !

28. Roland JX-8P

Quiet Music has released Serenity, a freeware virtual instrument for playing relaxing pads and soothing audio textures. The instrument is available in VST, VST3, and AU plugin formats for compatible DAWs on PC and Mac.

When I was a kid, I used to have a CD of dolphin sounds. I don’t know what sort of weirdly specific cult my parents were into at the time, but I remember loving the thing. Relaxing dolphin sounds wouldn’t usually be the sort of “music” one would listen to as an adult, but something about those dolphins clicking and squeaking over a distant, low drone really resonated with me.

It’s from this New Age music tradition of mashing foley with ambient music that Quiet Music’s virtual instrument called Serenity comes from.

Quiet Music’s offering boasts ten different layers of sound. Four of them are pads and textures made with Behringer’s DeepMind synth, and there are six layers of field recordings recorded at 24-bit kHz which include crickets, bird noises, wind, rain, waves, and rustling leaves.

For what it is, the Serenity plugin is surprisingly full-featured. It takes full advantage of the Maize Sampler, the sample-based platform that was used to develop the Serenity plugin.

Serenity has an ADSR envelope, an LFO, multiple audio outputs, and a built-in reverb effect that really helps the whole thing come together. The field recordings can be triggered by pressing C-1 to F-1 and the synth sounds fit perfectly, even with more dissonant chords.

I was honestly surprised by how quickly I could come up with pleasing results when playing Serenity. It almost feels silly writing this, but it was genuinely calming. Maserati plugin vst.

While you probably won’t be using this virtual instrument to write your latest EDM banger, I can almost see Serenity having a very specific use case.

It is like one of those plugins that’s just a notepad. A long session of writing and mixing music can not only get emotionally taxing, but ear fatigue can creep in before you even realize it. Having something like Serenity on hand is an easy and effective way to give yourself a bit of respite.

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It’s also very useful if you ever need to imagine that you’re hiding from the rain at Brian Eno’s private aviary.

More info:Quiet Music Serenity(167 MB download size, ZIP archive containing the plugin, 32-bit & 64-bit VST/VST3/AU plugin formats for Windows & macOS)

Best Free Vst Ambient Synth

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