As promised, this follow-up to the 10 Best Free VST Plugins list (that is, just effects and processors) is all about synths. Some of these synths are early projects from designers who have gone on to work for larger companies making some of the most high-profile VST instruments; others are passion projects from solo sonic adventurers who simply want to share their skills with the music-making community.
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The plug-ins on this page are created by Joseph DeHelian of Fretted Synth Audio.Since the Fretted Synth website is currently not available you can download the plug-ins from rekkerd.org, including the FreeAmp series of multi guitar amp effects, phase distortion synth PhazOsc, VA synth and SoundFont & sample player Safron, drum instrument SoftDrum, and many more.The Fretted Synth instruments and effects are available to download as freeware VST plug-ins for Windows PC.Note: these plug-ins require the use of a VST host program. If you need a free one, check Cantabile Lite, or for more options.
TitleDescriptionBass Amp Sim with multi effectsDesigned to take an audio signals velocity/loudness and turn it into a continuous controller value of 0-127First guitar amp sim, designed for a synth but works well with guitar even if not designed for a guitarGuitar amp sim with need of a speaker emulator, KVR developer challenge 1 entryGuitar drive pedalOld drum pad to MIDI plugin. Takes a piezo type drum pad and converts it to a MIDI note and velocity valueKind of tape like delayVersion three of freeamp with no effects.
NOTE all versions of freeamp are differentFreeamp3 with effects pedals and rack. NOTE all versions of freeamp are differentGuitar amp simulator with effects. NOTE all versions of freeamp are differentThe original freeamp from way back when.
NOTE all versions of freeamp are differentNoise gate with an envelope function, comes in many flavors including a side chain versionThe update to mono guitar/audio triggered synth for bass tonesMono guitar/audio triggered synthTwo bass amp simulatorsSimple guitar amp simSimple guitar amp simSimple guitar amp simSimple mono audio to MIDI pluginUpdate to DrumDirection. Takes a piezo type drum pad and converts it to a MIDI note and velocity value. Also comes in versions with internal velocity split wave layers. KVR developer challenge 3 entryPhase distortion synth, comes in mono guitar/audio triggered synth and six voice VSTi versionMono guitar/audio triggered synth with two virtual analog oscillatorsSame as S2VA with one oscillator that loads.sf2 (sound fonts). Comes with example files and.fxbSame as S2VA with one oscillator that loads up to four velocity split.wav files (wave files).
Comes with example files and.fxbAn update to the original SafFron MIDI triggered sound font synth with a beautiful UI by Vera Kinter (ArtVera)Noise gate for guitar with an envelope function, comes in many flavors including a side chain versionDrum plugin designed to load.sf2 files. Comes with example files and.fxbDrum plugin designed to load up to four velocity split.wav files (wave files)Older space sounding mono guitar/audio triggered synthTrigger wave files with an audio sourceOlder space sounding mono guitar/audio triggered synthFirst attempt at a reverbWah effect designed for the guitarWah effect designed for the guitarWah effect designed for the guitar. After listening to FreeAmp3, only one word comes into my mind: UNBELIEVABLE! I had a track with MrTramp playing some MIDI sequence.
Obviously it needed something extra to catch your attention. I tried AmpliTube LE from IK Multimedia, RubyTube from Silverspike, and some VSTs from SimulAnalog and Kjaerhus.
They were nice, but just not good enough. After plugging MrTramp into FreeAmp3 and simply choosing the first ‘warm’ setting, it became immediately clear to me that there was nothing ordinary about the sound of FreeAmp3. After selecting the phaser in the first slot and making some minor adjustments, I could not Read more ». I did live sound for tribute bands for Ten years or so, plus the computer recording gig for years sinceI have faced a lot of rigs. In FA3 I went to the first warm setting, plugged in the Phase Shifter peddle.
( this was before I read the comments section including Dom’s comment above where he did the same) Ha ha, I got the same result as Dom, and I have the same comment as Dom regarding the sound. Now that I have my copy of FA3 ( free ), I highly recommend to the next guy that it is Read more ».
@ Barry: If you are looking for a Freeware DAWtry this: I used it some time ago, and it worked wellSupports VST effects (Guitar Amps etc.) But right now I don’t think it is Midi capableso no Vsti’s (Synths etc) Now another is VST Host by Herman Seib: Nice program, will open any vst or vsti.and can chain them together etcrecording capabilities are limited though. That site also has a small program called “Savihost”will open exactly one vst or vsti Great for experimenting or even live work too. OK.if Payware is what you are looking forThen for me.CUBASEexpensive Read more ». @jGreg Milloy:Sorry it took so long to get back to this postOK, to satrt offYou need to download and install ASIO4ALL.Get that here.After that, do the followingon the “Devices” tab-start with “Output Port”select ”ASIO: ASIO4ALL”thenon the “sample rate” setting boxchoose- 44100then on “buffer” setting box- choose “either 64 or 70 Samples.I’ll bet this will put you where ou need to be.I had noticed in your post that in the Input and Output port selectionsthere was no ASIO Driver.this is impotatnt.let me know how it works.V. I saw your e-mail listed in another response- I hope it is o.k. If I write you here. I downloaded asio4all as you suggested.
And that option came up in free amp and I chose it. I see the light indicators on the right of free amp move up and down in response to sound input I think coming from a web cam and mic sitting on my desk. I put the settings to the values you suggested. When I open up the asioforall control, I get 2 choices in a “WDM Device List”. When I choose “Realtek High Definition Read more ». FRETTED SYNTH- Thanks for responding.
Can I get an external device that will just plug into one of my computer input slots? I also have another little problem that I hope can be resolved by tweeking some settings.
When I play a note on my guitar there is a big delay before you hear the sound through the speakers- a second or two. I have 2 computers and on the one running Windows XP the sound comes through instantly, but the one running Windows Vista has a big delay before you hear the sound. Is there some settngs that can Read more ». I would suggest you Google info on using audio cards/interfaces, for recording just to get a better feel for making settings and the reason for making those settings regardless of what card is used. You-tube is a good place to start since you can actually see and hear examples of what to do. To answer your question about an external device you can purchase a usb based audio interface like M-AUDIO’s fast track guitar interface or something similar. This will make choosing the correct audio driver and inputs a lot simpler!
What vst host are you using? This is important Read more ». FreeAmp is incredible! I’m using FA2.5 and FA3 with my guitar in Reaper on Windows and Ubuntu (with wine and wineasio). It is simply inspiring to play with and sounds as good or better than anything else that I’ve tried so far. To those here using ASIO4ALL with onboard sound cards, I’ve gotten very good results with onboard sound cards and sometimes don’t even bother plugging in my firewire interface. I think that the trick is to turn the recording input level down in your sound card’s mixer, in order to avoid a noisy signal (and maybe use line-in input Read more ».
“Wow these plugins are awsome. I’m using GatePlus and the Wah Pedal in Cubase 5 and i can’t beleive that they where free. Thanks a million and keep up the good work.”:-) Have many plugins in the works, just need to finish one of them I hope? “Oh i do have one complaint:) The Guitar triggered Bass synth sounds good but there is just too much latency to use this plugin in a realtime situation.” The latency of that plungin is about as low as you can get, about 2.5ms. The down side of that is your host Read more ». That was easy:-) after it is tested I will see if Ronnie will replace the files already on this site.
BTW This plug could really use a library, the example I shipped with it is very small and of not the greatest quality. With soundfonts being able to pack multiple wav’s with set velocity splits it makes loading of samples quite easy as opposed to softdrumLTD where you have to load each drum with velocity split wavs seperate. With all the great free multi drum samples out there it could be made as a very usable drum plugin, anyone Read more ». I want to say all this stuff just rocks and has provided me with many hours of fun for sure. I just wanted to post to say GET this Guitar link, I just bought my second one on ebay for $8.00, under windows 7 I have zero latency on my old cheap acer laptop. Second if your going out to an amp, always plug your amp and your computer into 2 different circuits for power if you want zero noise. Here is a link to guitar link.
It comes with drivers and every thing, many hong kong knock offs, they Read more ». If anyone is looking for a really great free music package I can tell you I really like psycle. I have used all the big stuff flstudio, reaper, acid, all are great but psycle is really easy and nice to use, and it is in tracker format which is way better than piano roll in my opinion. Tracker format lets you view all your notes at once; for me this is a no brainer. You can see some of my vst/music/video over on you tube. Below is a link.
Most of this was done with psyle or right from vsthost. Hi I’ve been looking at SoftDrum Ltd – and I’m really impressed. I’ve been playing with some of the other freeware samplers (SampleTank free etc) – and while I’m sure they have more functionality, they’re just too complicated! I have one problem (and to be honest I have the same problem with SampleTank). I want to use my drum pads to occasionally trigger long audio samples (for example a synth loop that plays for 8 bars). I’m not worried about looping etc, but I want the entire sample to play (start to finish) regardless of when the midi note off Read more ». Hello Paul “I’ve been looking at SoftDrum Ltd – and I’m really impressed.
I’ve been playing with some of the other freeware samplers (SampleTank free etc) – and while I’m sure they have more functionality, they’re just too complicated! I have one problem (and to be honest I have the same problem with SampleTank). I want to use my drum pads to occasionally trigger long audio samples (for example a synth loop that plays for 8 bars). I’m not worried about looping etc, but I want the entire sample to play (start to finish) regardless of when the midi note Read more ».
Hi I was using anapplication called ‘VSTHost’ (a small app that will host a VST instrument) It has a ‘soft keyboard’ in the app that allows me to send Midi Notes to the VST instrument. If I press and hold the key, the sample will play through, but if I press and then release the key then the sample stops when the key is released. I found another freeware sampler called ‘Short Circuit’ whish has an option to set the sample to ‘forward shot’ which will play the entire sample (regardless of the note off command). However, I’d prefer to Read more ». Hello Paul “I was using anapplication called ‘VSTHost’ (a small app that will host a VST instrument) It has a ‘soft keyboard’ in the app that allows me to send Midi Notes to the VST instrument. If I press and hold the key, the sample will play through, but if I press and then release the key then the sample stops when the key is released.” Just tested SoftdrumLTD in VSThost v1.47.
Using the mouse to trigger the Virtual keyboard, computer keyboard to trigger the Virtual keyboard or a MIDI controller keyboard to trigger SD all worked as expected? It Read more ». Thanks SO much for all your work on these plug-ins!
I looked for some time for a killer freeware bass amp simand your 3rd Bass is the one. Absolutely amazing. I can honestly say that I’ve used most of the commercial bass plug-ins out there – and imo the ONLY one that even compare to 3rd Bass is the Ampeg plug-in from Amplitube.
And I actually like 3rd Bass better!Now I’m discovering the joys of FreeAmp 3 Full. There are other sims I prefer for high gain guitar. But FreeAmp is a wonder on clean guitar tracks. Ok i downloaded the vst host and i downloaded the free amp3 full ok so i opened new plugin of my vst host after i extracted files from free amp3 full and i got these little boxtes that do not look like ampsi learned after awhile to click the little green bow and i get all these little mixing tools but i kinda wanted this program to look like an amp.
How can i do that please somone leave me instruction on how to wok this program im new but played guitar for 3 years and would like a nice Read more ». Hey man, did you ever get you a DAW program so you can use these.dll files? You wanna copy them into the VST folder of your DAW program, then next time you are there, when you click on effects, you should see these as one of the options. My mixcraft DAW has a separate folder under the VST folder called “3rd Party” and that where I had to put these.dll files, and mine are working great. Saved me a lot of money from having to buy GUitar RIg. That is just too expensive for me, and this freeware Read more ». Hi,I’ve tried Freeamp 3 full and Freeamp 2.5, and I’m having problems in each running XP in Audacity.FA3: When I push the rack button, nothing happens.
The pedals still stay on the screen, and I can’t seem to access the rack effects.FA2.5: The plug-in loads up on the synth screen, and I can’t access the guitar mode. The synth screen is displayed regardless of whether the “synth setup” button is red or not.Any ideas? I’m hoping to get this working, because they’re very good sounding, especially for a free plug!Thanks! I just wanna take the time to sincerely thank Joseph DeHelian for making the awesome guitar effects VST plugin available to us FOR FREE! It is almost as good as many of the marketed EXPeNSIVE similar ones except he has chosen to offer these to us for FREE. Dude you are awesome. I just installed your “FreeAmp 3 Full” into the VST third party folder of my Mixcraft 5 file and it is working perfectly.
I was previously using “Guitar Rig” which is Very Expensive and this one of yours is just as good or better. Very easy to use, Read more ». Man someone stole my laptop and I now have bought another one. This onefrettedsynth is better anyways, windows with INtel i7 processor this one so it’s cool, BUT: I of course LOST your free FA3 vst plugins to use with my mixcraft like I was doing with my old laptop, and now I cannot find where to download the file from! I did find one place up above on this site that says “FreeAmp 3 Full” but when I download it all that is there is a.dll file and an instructions text file.
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