



5 FREE REALLY GOOD VST PLUG INS FOR AUTUMN 2019

The Summer is over and its time for alot of producer/DJ's to start wrapping up and putting in some studio time by locking themselves away in a lonely dark room and banging some beats together.

But it may also be time to start finding some fresh sounds and tools for the long Winter nights that are ahead of us, and what better way to do that with the help of Waxadiscs short list of the best FREE VST plugs in available to you to enhance and evolve your sound. Here goes.





1 MODULAIR SYNTH





This beast is a full on bit of kit, with many features that seem upon first glance overwhelming and time consuming. But don't let that put you off, as there is something to be learnt every time you pick away at the many dials and features on this bad boy, so that you can curve the sound you want and twist and turn the many pre sets it comes with. So if you like tweaking and don't have the cash for a real modular synth then this is worth adding to your library of sound.





In a nutshell it has a 64 voice polyphony with up to 18 modules per patch. It has full Midi Learn so you can add individual dials to your hardware controller and is available for both Mac & PC in 32 and 64 bit.

















2. NATIVE INSTRUMENTS FREE KOMPLETE START PLAYER & SYNTHS





The grand master of all free synth VST plug ins is none other than Native Instruments and their huge player that is completely free and has an unlimited amount of possibilities. It takes a while to download but has some great features such as the Reaktor which you can really work on with its textures that are brilliant for live jamming if you are into that sort of thing during an Ableton live show. With this in a studio setting you get 2000 sounds and 6gb of content from free drum samples to live bass riffs and other synth sounds and add ons.





This is one of those things you have to register with NI for, but once you get through the connectivity settings in your Native Instruments hub control, you are good to go with many different ways of new and fresh creativity. Available for both MC & PC and is completely free, so go ahead and explore this now.









3. ROLAND PG 8X JX8P EMULATOR





A little bit of an older synth but one that I feel needs reviving and pushing even further. If you like to produce Retro SynthWave music and Disco tinged grooves from the early to mid 1980's then this piece fo kit will do just the job. It is a beautiful synth with very simple but effective features that you would expect from a layout like cut off resonance and all of the obvious stuff. But the sounds you can get out of this are awesome. So if you want futuristic 80's sounds then look no further. You can also find some cool pre sets that have been created by a guy called Luke for Robotic Realm, so do grab those and search on Google for more free pre sets for that midnight theme you want to create in a futuristic 80's style.





















4. DRUM PRO DRUM MACHINE





What ever style of music you produce, then you really need to get this which is free and has 20 kits which are all pre programmed with many classic machines from Roland and other kits. It has both Mac & PC and is 32 and 64 bit systems. The interface has all easy to follow navigation and has lit up drum pads when keys are hit. There are all the usual sliders and panning for your mix. This carries alot of weight and is totally free. A fine drum machine if you only use Ableton Lite or a DAW that doesnt provide any additional packages. Again a few years old but with timeless drum sounds that never go out of fashion.













5. VIKING SYNTHESIZER





Blamsoft have put together this very solid and heavyweight synth that replicate the classic Moog styles. It comes with over 200 built in bass and synth pre sets etc, and many of these are actually very good. Whilst they are mostly generic sounding, you can alter them in very creative ways. If you produce EDM or Deep House then there is something for you on this fat machine. A great stable bit of kit, which comes with built in ladder filters with a Dual Lowpass or Highpass/Lowpass configuration, a multi-wave LFO, and two modulation busses. VK-1 uses state of the art DSP technology to accurately reproduce the sound of the hardware. So if you are looking for that heavy bass sound then grab this for a straight out of the box synth.



















So there are 5 free great FREE synth, effects and drum machines worth checking out and adding to your library of sound. Thank you. For any more information please leave a message in the comments below.



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