Rave Generator 2 free plugin for Mac / Windows / Linux
Everybody should know the first version of the famous RaveGenerator VST plugin : a rompler with a lot of funky rave stabs/samples coming straight from the 90’s, for the late-to-the-party, here’s the link with full description : https://blog.wavosaur.com/rave-generator-vst-free-90s-stab-synth/
Now the version 2 is ready and full of improvements :
- Mac OS X, Windows and Linux compatible VST ! + AudioUnit version for Logic users.
- up to 147 internal sounds.
- sampler vs rompler : you can load your own samples !
- you can layer samples (up to 16 sounds).
- multi timbral : you can assign different MIDI channels to each sample.
- editable / automatable loop points per sample.
- tune/pan/volume + volume & pitch envelope per sample.
- AKAIZE effect from hell for your speed garage time-stretched vooooiiiicccceees.
- reverse, awful delay, green colors, working embeded keyboard.
- pitch bend.
Download for FREE!
Rave Generator 2 VST (Windows)
Rave Generator 2 VST/AU (Mac OS X)
The plugin is available in 32 & 64 bit, it comes with a user guide in PDF format.
If you like and want to encourage, don’t hesitate to donate anything you want 🙂 =>
Technical
Mac OS X :
The plugin need Mac OS X 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion) or newer, if you have 10.6 or 10.7, drop me an email and i -can- provide you an alpha version : this version has not been tested and lack some features !
AudioUnit
Unlike the VST/AU Speek, this time i didn’t code the AudioUnit “from scratch” but used the incredible Symbiosis VST / AU from NuEdge : http://nuedge.net/article/5-symbiosis
a big thank to the author !
There are still some limitations / small bugs, please read the user guide & FAQ text.
I’ll fix that in next release. I’ve also planned to add some features (most wanted is the “drag and replace” sample).
The plugin is VST2 (and AudioUnit) and has been tested on Ableton Live, FL Studio, Cubase, Logic, Renoise, Reaper, Protools (via wrapper), Psycle, MadTracker, Temper, Bitwig, Tunafish, VSTHost, SaviHost, TobyBear MiniHost, Giada, Melodo, PedalBoard, AuLab, Nuendo, Ardour, EnergyXT, Studio One, Mutools, VSTLord, Cantabile, Xlutop Chainer, Maschine.
Here’s some more famous samples origin for all the old school rave loverz !
the yeah! sample
Here’s a “YEAH” sample that ended on the famous “Zero G Datafile 1 CD”
then from here it was used in TONS of rave tunes,
you WILL recognize immediately, listen to the intro of :
Derek B – Good Groove
the famous “yeah” in:
- 2 Unlimited – Get Ready 4 This
- Quadrophonia – Quadrophonia
- U96 – Das Boot
- Cascade – Do What You Wanna Do
and countless songs!
The 2 Ulimited Get Ready 4 This stab !
this one is coming from… the 70’s 🙂
Back to 1977, we have this LP with 250 super deejays jingles : perfect for your radio show.
https://www.discogs.com/fr/Unknown-Artist-250-Discojingles/release/1269807
here’s a short sample with some of the jingles :
250 discojingles
now listen to the jingle ( @ 1’17 in the video)
and cut all but the last stab before the voice =>
Let’s load the short stab into the funky sampler and GO! Get Ready To Paaartay !
The “88 to Piano” stab
Now go back to 1988 with this funky stab we can hear on
The Minutemen – Bingo Bongo
this is probably that record that was sampled for those rave hits from the 1992 :
The Ultimate Seduction – House Nation
and
Mainx – 88 To Piano
and they maybe all have sampled the stab from the famous Nitro Deluxe tracks !
unlike the Inner City stab, it’s not found on the original mix but on the “dub” mix, right at the start
Nitro Deluxe – Let’s Get Brutal (Dub Mix)
The “Landlord” stab again !
The real origin of the “Landlord” stab : https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-electronic-music-production/990794-i-think-i-found-real-origin-landlord-stab.html
The Todd Terry Black Riot stab !
listen to this funky freestyle tune 🙂
specially @ 4’38
Sequal – Not Too Late Dub
The screaming aaaaaah in Cameo Money
coming from a powerful acapella from Patti Labelle and the Something Special (is Gonna Happen Tonight) funky song from 1986
this one was sampled and used with great effect on the Cameo – Money (Reese remix) and many other rave songs ! like Blame – Music Takes You.
and now go back to the studio and make some f***cking uptempo records !
Very cool that this is still being developed. This is perfect for a project in mind, hopefully I’ll get to it this year. Thanks!
Wow!! I just found it now, for some reason my searches yesterday wouldn’t point me at this page…. p u r r f e c t!!!
Absolutely incredible, and has leapt to the top of my favourite VST list (sucks for you, Massive! :P)
Loving the new timestretch and looping functionality, and the M1 piano is an unexpected gem.
Soon as I get paid, donations coming! Absolutely splendid work.
thanks!
hardcore will never die
AMEN
Hey!
I have Mac OS X 10.7.5 and I’m dying to get this VST working! Can you help??
Kind regards,
Tom.
Hi there, I have Mac os High Sierra 10.13.4
I can’t get this to work “rave generator”
Could you please assist, I followed the installation instructions and its not showing up on logic pro x.
Kind regards
Wow ! Really impressive, such a creepy tune collection in the box. I’ll definitely throw a few of them in my next tubie !
You’re a legend and I love you.
hey there . i just found this version 2 and it has some great oldschool samples. after playing around with it for an hour or so ,i just have one question .is it possible to add your own samples to the library or create a library . i have some oldschool tracks to lift some sample from . would be nice to put it all in the vst and not in a seperate sampler of sorts. anyway ,keep up the good work
Hi,
there’s a “user” folder in the sample browser, you can right click and set a path to any folder on your HD:
this is recursive so you can have as many subfolder as you want.
oh yes .. i see now.. thank you very much . i thought that was for storing presets of the samples already packed in the vst and not for my own samples . very nice indeed . thnx a lot
How do I install the sound bank 2 on mac that comes in the stall folder?
Hi,
are you using the VST or AudioUnit version ?
with the VSt it’s just a matter of loading ( all hosts can load fxp/fxb )
but with the AU, i still have to provide an archive with the 64 preset converted to .aupreset !
Hi there,
I love the synth.
Was wondering how to open the bank2 you have provided there.
I loaded the .fxb file into the user section, but I’m having trouble loading the presets…
Cheers…I’ll explore the inbuilt presets in the meantime…
Thanks
got it now…all good!
Thanks
Hi,
Have you been able to convert bank2 to .aupreset?. I love this plugin, it’s so fun!
Thanks!
Sorry, but this explanation is not clear, I uploaded the .fxb file in the user section, but nothing happens.
Ableton 10.1 – RaveGenerator2 VST – MacOS 10.14.6
Hii! I have OSX 10.7.5,could you send me the alpha version?? It looks so much fun!!
Yes !!!! Rave Generator 2 free plugin for Mac / Windows / Linux i use linux
Thank
So cool…! But doesn’t these samples need clearance or something if used??
No they don’t need clearence.Old skool hardcore is made from sampleing.You can get all the stabs in so many other sample packs in single file.Putting them in a generator is a great idea,it’s just a bit of fun.There’s really no money to be made in old skool hardcore these days.
Can I use it as if a S-1000, load in WAVs and run things with a keyboard – it wouldn’t be Rave, it’s for making soundtracks using samples and mangling them with subsequent absolutely absurd effects afterwards. No “notes” allowed – only “sounds”. The basic name for this style is Musique Concrète – art stuff (LOL) and there will be rhythm elements as well.
Copyright issue to do with drum groove samples “old skool”: #1 on the list is “Funky Drummer” and #2 is “White Horse”. The latter costed $5000.- but no subsequent royalties; it was a one-off fee. The recording is done by the Danish Pop outfit Laid Back with a Roland TR-808 and no special effects other EQ / compressor on each of its 8 outputs. Free samples are now available on the net and are not copyright “compositions” as would an 8-bar line of melody be. This is a comment on Makedon’s question.
It’s great for adding vocal samples and phrases aswell and playing around scratching them in etc.10/10.
This plug in is great, good job guys
My only issue is when you load the vsti in cubase 9 on windows 10 it resizes your DAW back to the set resolution if you have scale and layout set to high than 100% in your display settings
mind i am working in resolutions higher than 1920×1080
hi i would like the version for mac osx 10.6
FUckin awesome stuff! but i have a little problem 🙁 all ableton started cracking down if i try to add any element to the main window except the first folder “stabs”. Help if you can pleeeese! i have x64 mac with osx El Capitan 10.11.6
i have literally tons of beta testers with Mac OS X this is the first time i hear about this problem!
does it happen all the time ? do you use the 32 or 64 bit version ? the VST or the AudioUnit ?
yeap! i have some problem. Ableton crashIng down if i try add any Stabs except the first folDer 🙁
x64 mac os 10.9.5, ableton 9.5
Anyone else having issues with Logic Pro 10.3.2 on High Sierra? For some reason it doesn’t show the AU in the plugin manager.
Hi,
does the plugin appeat after retarting the session ?
If not, what happen if you type this in the terminal :
auval -v aumu RAV2 Wavo
thanks!
Hi (and thanks for the amazingly fast re),
No luck after restarting the session (also tried to remove the component file, restarting, re-adding it to the library folder for components and restarting again.
When running the au validator, this is what I get:
————————————————–
VALIDATING AUDIO UNIT: ‘aumu’ – ‘RAV2’ – ‘Wavo’
————————————————–
ERROR: Cannot get Component’s Name strings
ERROR: Error from retrieving Component Version: -50
* * FAIL
————————————————–
TESTING OPEN TIMES:
FATAL ERROR: didn’t find the component
Here is the same error here with 10.13.6 and Logic 10.4.2
I Have the same error in macOS 10.14 with last version of logic.
would be very helpful fix it cause it is one of my favourite plugins.
donations are coming
I’m still having trouble installing it the right way I need help it would be cool If someone would do a stap by step on how to install to a Mac with Logic Pro x thanks if not I’ll pass on this
where did you copy the RaveGenerator2.component file ?
usually it works with both /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components and /Users/yourusername/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components but Apple may have changed that too, maybe it only works in one of the folder and not the other..
tried both:
ls /Users/xxxxx/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
RaveGenerator2.component
ls /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/
RaveGenerator2.component
I also get the same error. I love this VST but can’t get it to work on my new iMac pro.
Last login: Tue Oct 30 10:37:49 on console
jesses-iMac-Pro:~ jesseheifetz$ auval -v aumu RAV2 Wavo
AU Validation Tool
Version: 1.6.1a1
Copyright 2003-2013, Apple Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Specify -h (-help) for command options
————————————————–
VALIDATING AUDIO UNIT: ‘aumu’ – ‘RAV2’ – ‘Wavo’
————————————————–
ERROR: Cannot get Component’s Name strings
ERROR: Error from retrieving Component Version: -50
* * FAIL
————————————————–
TESTING OPEN TIMES:
FATAL ERROR: didn’t find the component
jesses-iMac-Pro:~ jesseheifetz$
I have figured out how to get this to work. You must do a rescan of all plug in in Logic Pro X. To do so, follow these instructions.
Rescan all plug-ins
To automatically rescan all installed plug-ins, remove the Audio Unit cache file.
In the Finder press Option and choose Go > Library.
In the Finder window go into ~Library/Caches/AudioUnitCache.
Move the files from AudioUnitCache folder to the Desktop.
Restart the computer, then open Logic Pro X or MainStage. All installed Audio Unit plug-ins will be rescanned.
WORKED LIKE A CHARM.
Absolutely incredible collection of unforgettable sounds. Thank you so much for providing this!
I have one question regarding workflow when using the RG2. You added the really cool feature to layer variable sounds in the plug in, but it automatically adds a new sound as layer when double clicking on a new sound. So if you want to a new sound only without layer you have to press the “x” and then load a new one inside. I know you offer this for free and this plug in is more about to get some sick sounds than having the perfectly programmed Vst but I just don’t get why you need to make more clicks to chose a new sound than for layering sounds, do you understand how I mean?
But I want to say again, amazing work from you guys!
To bad the plugin is not working in fl studio 12.5.1?
And i put the dll file in vst folder, and try to search for new plugins.
So no raving for me, and i want to go back in time :-p
I thought this is a synthesizer, but it’s just a collection of copyright infringements.
“copyright infringments” ?
haha, funny one. where were you when we discussed that topic in the 90s ?
if you thought that’d be a synths than you most definitely didnt read the description.
Hi, can you share the alpha version? 10.6.9
Thx 🙂
thanks for this gem btw , and for wavosaur
This idea is really cool, hope we get to know more about it so soon in future. and the great collection of sound thanks for sharing this with us. I am happy because it is available also for the window because I have seen the new technology is coming works of mac :(. and I am using window 🙂
visit me to resolve its issues.
Many thanks for this, love how it’s done 🙂
this is just epic, many thanks for keeping this in development!
Hi! Please could you send me the alpha version for 10.6
Really looking forward to giving this some use
🙂
Hello,
Could you please send me the alpha version for 10.6
Really looking forward to giving this some use.
Best regards.
Lucas
Hi there,
could you send me a version for mac osx 10.7 please ?
Best 🙂
Hi would be great if you could send the alpha version.
Im on OSX 10.6.8 . Will the alpha version work with this OS?
Hi
Has the M1 piano disappeared I can only see the M1 organ?
thx
what the fuck is this akaize effect? i know this effect. i’m searching for this effect since many years. i was not able to describe this effect to other people. i haven´t found this effect in the internet. and now your ravegenerator makes this effect!!!!!
i can`t believe that i have found this effect finally.
thank you thank you thank you
alexander
(could you describe me the technique behind this effect?)
(could you describe me the technique behind this effect?) => the old school time expand is time based basically you repeat a fixed amount of sample : “signal” become “ssssiiigggnnnnaaalll” you have to crossfade between each repetition
Fruity Granulator has this feature in 2002
Ok so I went to install the vst for FL Studio 20. I have installed 3rd party plug-ins before, and they all work, accept with this one, it will not show up no matter what I do. How do I fix this?
Thanks!
Hi, what OS are you using ?
Hi,
I’m having the same issue. I’m on MacOS Mojave Version 10.14.1. Do you have any update on a new version?
Thanks!
vst keeps making my fl studio program go much smaller in size than the vst itself,
I love Linux operating system this is true windows is easy for use for us but if we are a think about the safe side they Linux is better then windows.
Are these samples royalty free?
Of course they’re not, and if you use these samples you may end up IN JAIL.
In JAIL???
please add the classic breaks to this awesome vst please
Can anyone tell me if the vocal samples are royalty free and usable to feature on a release?
Would be a great help, thanks in advance.
Is there a possibility of a fix for the plugin stopping Cubase from opening an editor with a double click when Ravegenerator 2 is loaded ? Would be amazing.
up to 147 internal sounds and pitch blend!!
WOOOOT WOOOOT hell yeah!
Me and a friend downloaded this plugin. He’s on mac, I’m on windows. He got the m1 organ. I got the m1 piano. We both want both sounds. Is there any way of fixing this? hahaa.
thats sick dog, just what i was looking for. works perfectly fine. thank you
can’t get rave generator working on my 2012 MacBook Pro.. I dragged it to the vst folder and still no luck
not installed or played yet but can’t wait too. Just going through the moaning comments about sample rights and royalties. guys make a big enough track, and they will find you!. until you earn your first million through your music just go with it, use them, like back in the day sampling is art in its own right. big fuck it! you try searching thease old labels that no longer exist for contact details about clearing a sample for use on a shitty edm beatbort release to 1000 people.
greetings!
can u please send me the alpha version for mac 10.7, rave generator, would be much appreciated. Great sounds, thanks!!
(Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7, drop me an email and i -can- provide you an alpha version)