freeware VSTs that don't suck

[allegro1650]

Are there such things? Either processors or instruments, I'm just looking to see if they exist.
Maybe it's like Area 51 or the Loch Ness monster.

 

[jonny deep]

Antress modern plugins, variety of sound.

 

[ashcat_lt]

Bootsy's plugins are cool. All of the free Melda things are great, even better with the new upgrade. Voxengo has some really good stuff. SIR is a freeware convolution plug that works well. ShortCircuit is a decent freeware sampler. There are more.

 

[Tadpui]

Kjerhaus Classic Series has some good freebies (if you can still find them). The JS/Cockos stuff is ugly as hell but very capable. Definitely Variety of Sound, as mentioned above. Blue Cat Audio has some good freebies.

 

[ashcat_lt]

elektrostudio has some really fun VSTis

GSI's Legacy donationware bundle is apparently not as good as their newer paid stuff, but still pretty decent for free.

 

[DM60]

I love it. People want free stuff and high grade too?

 

[Beerhunter]

Look here for a pretty decent list of freebies --> The 27 best free VST plug-ins in the world today | Essential music software downloads | Tech Tuition | MusicRadar

 

[bouldersoundguy]

Ambience

 

[DM60]

Ambience

I have that one, not bad but I have yet to use it on anything.

 

[famous beagle]

Piano One
Download Free Hybrid modeling Yamaha piano plug-in: Piano One by Sound Magic

It's not pretty, but it sounds pretty damned good! Better than several pianos I have in paid-for collections.

Oh, and AmpliTube 3 Free! I have AmpliTube 3 and use it all the time, but the free version features the same sound quality, which is awesome, only with far fewer options. But they're still very usable and versatile.

IK Multimedia. Musicians First.

 

[cafehonda]

I love it. People want free stuff and high grade too?

What good is something that is simutaneously free and shitty?

 

[famous beagle]

What good is something that is simutaneously free and shitty?

There was an old Dr. Katz episode where he had a comedian on (I think it was David Cross) that did a bit about those people that justify buying something because "it was only a dollar."

Why'd you buy that lamp?

It was a dollar.

But it's broken in half and it doesn't even have a cord.

It was only a dollar.

 

[cafehonda]

The Fish Fillets. Blockfish is a good compressor and the Spitfish is an excellent de-esser. I have had problems with Variety of Sound crashing in Cubase 7 (64 bit). I haven't tried J-Bridger yet so maybe that will fix it.