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Best free TB-303 emulation sotwares : VST plugins & standalone

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Be Acid

Be Acid

The Roland TB-303 ! the legendary Transistor Bass synthesizer by Roland.
Created to emulate bass sound and used by nearly nobody until someone saw the light : “hey, listen what happens when i turn these knobs!!” turn up the res to the max ! yeah ! aciiiiiiiiiid
Back to the Chicago House, Acid House, Belgian New Beat, then Acid Techno, Acid Trance and every electronic music genre.

 

Now let list some free TB303 software emulations :

1. Rebirth RB-338 by Propellerhead (Standalone)

Rebirth RB-303, free ! aciid

Rebirth RB-303, free ! aciid

Information and download : http://www.rebirthmuseum.com/

Rebirth was one of the first TB303 software emulation, in 1997!
And it’s free since 2005.
Rebirth is more than a TB303 emulator ; you have two TB303, and TR909 + TR808 drum machine emulations + onboard effects . The software is old, and it still sounds incredible. Continue reading →

The 5 Best Free Evil VST

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Looking for strange weird sounds / effects ?
Here’s a selection of 5 plugins for Creepy Spooky Dark Devil Satanic Scary horror Nightmare evil atmosphere.

Coming straight from hell, use them with a “Poltergeist voice” effect -> https://blog.wavosaur.com/the-reverse-reverb-effect/ and you’re done.

 

1. 666 By Eloxoga

666

666

summoning the devil

 

2. The Nightmare Machine by Jack Dark

Sleep well, if you can

Sleep well, if you can

Evil in a box

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Free VST for SFX (in video prod or other) part 2/2

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Here’s the follow up to this post : https://blog.wavosaur.com/free-vst-for-sound-fx-in-videomovies-production-12/

It’s a nice opportunity to exhume some unusual VST instruments.
like these :

1. Whale Song VST by Necromare Music

Whale Song VST

Whale Song VST

download it right now ! => http://necromare.blogspot.fr/2011/01/free-vst-whalesong.html

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Free VST for sound FX in video/movies production 1/2

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When it comes to sound FX, nothing can’t beat a good field recording mic + audio editing + sampler, or even faster : freesound.org + free VST sampler .

For the selection to follow we have found some free VST/VSTi that are ultra-specialized (one trick pony sometimes) for very special task. More music, less talk :

1. CensorCUT : the Bleep generator VST by GrooveZing

Beep VST !

Beep VST !

Info and download : http://www.groovezing.com/en/plugins/censorcut.php

This one is a free VST effect : it lets the audio signal pass thru it but when you hit the “-18” button, it replaces the audio with a BEEP sinus sound @ 1KHz ! Censoring the sound like in TV shows. It also works with the MIDI keyboard. Beep volume is available from the parameters (but not the interface).

Here’s the demo mp3 from the website :

It can even encode your sound to make sound like a “crypted TV program” (with the same encryption sound used by the very first french pay TV channel in the mid 80’s)

 

 

2. Field ambience tool VST by Tweakbench

Field Ambience VST

Field Ambience VST

download it here : http://www.tweakbench.com/field
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Windows 95 freeware studio

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It’s time for archaeology : let’s exhume 4 or 5 applications that ran on Windows 95 and try to make a nice freeware virtual studio for dance  / techno / jungle production.

the first thing we need is a good solid hard kicking BEAT BOX :

1. HammerHead Rhythm Station v 1.0 by Bram Bos

Rhythm device for the headstrong

Rhythm device for the headstrong

Download it here : http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/download.shtml

Old school beat !

This rhythm making software is basic and come with rock solid drum kit : 909 oriented, with hard & hardcore bass drum + closed hihat / open hihat / claps / snare & some nice breakbeats.

  • there are 6 slots for user sounds.
  • the user interface is straight forward, 909 style, it takes about 0.2 seconds to understand and master it.
  • there is distorsion unit (per sample)
  • you can also reverse the sound
  • the shuffle slider adds some groove to your beats !
  • tempo up to 250 BPM,etc..

The software come with funky presets : hip hop beat , jungle beat, hardcore gabber rhythm…
of course, it lacks some of refinements we found on our “modern”  plugins, like time stretch / slice , accents, filters etc.. But from the limitation come the creation!

 

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Wavosaur for Mac ! with Wineskin

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Wavosaur for Mac OS X : works !

Wavosaur for Mac OS X : works !

If you want to run Wavosaur audio editor on MAC OS X, it’s now possible : with Wineskin, one can do a wrapper that handle a Windows software into a Mac app.
And we have done it for you !

Download Wavosaur 1.1.0.0 for MAC OS X

=>  Wavosaur for MAC OS X  <=

It has been tested and works for :

  • OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • OS X 10.7 Lion
  • OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • OS X 10.9 Mavericks

VST plugins are working : just be sure to use the Windows dll version (not the Mac version)
Download the ready-to-use Mac app or follow this guide for building a Wavosaur application for MAC :

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5 Free autotune VST

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Come on, one more time !

The real time pitch correction, the “autotune“, is the effect we all love to hate (and vice versa).
T-Pain, Cher, Daft Punk, Tatayet, Black Eyed Peas, and so many artists have used it creatively, for getting this weird robotic voice feeling.

We have searched all around the interweb, and tested for you : 5 FREE autotune VST plugins, to use in real time in any sequencer or DAW. We tend to prefer vocoder over the pitch corrector/autotune effect, but anyway, here’s the TOP 5 :

1. KeroVee VST by g200kg

KeroVee VST

KeroVee VST

Info & download @ http://www.g200kg.com/en/software/kerovee.html

We already talked about this one in the “Voice FX post”, because it can do wicked chorus effects !
It’s also a nice pitch corrector autotune plugins : it’s intended to sound robotic, and works great for that “T-Pain effect”. Do you belieeeeeve it is free ? =>  yes it is.

before / after :

 

2. AAS Autotune by Arguru

Direct download : archive

AAS Autotune VST was coming with Aodix, a tracker/sequencer created by Arguru http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Antonio_Arguelles_Rius
It works nicely and give instant autotune effect without too much effort on parametring the knobs/sliders. This old plugin is still the best !

before / after

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Text to Speech VST now for MAC ! : VST Speek & AU Speek AudioUnit

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AU Speek

AU Speek

VST Speek and AU Speek are free text to speech plugins for recreating the sound of the Commodore 64 Software Automatic Mouth vocal synthesis software.
More info here.

You can download AudioUnit or VST version :

au

download AUSpeek1.3 (64 bit Cocoa) for Mac OS X 10.8 (Moutain Lion) or later

download AUSpeek1.3 (32 bit Cocoa) for Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or later

download AUSpeek1.3 (32 bit carbon) for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or 10.7 (Lion)

download manual

Choose the 32 bit carbon version if you are using an OS older than MAC OS X 10.8
Choose the 64 bit version if your host only supports 64 bit AudioUnits (Logic X)

some help on how to install :
http://music.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-how-to-manage-vst-and-audiounits-plugins-in-mac-os-x–audio-7439

 

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download VSTSpeek 1.3 (64 bit Cocoa) for Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or higher

download VSTSpeek 1.3 (32 bit carbon) for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or 10.7 (Lion)

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5 free VST effects for voice : doubler, chorus, pitch changer

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Sometimes(very often!)  we need to add effects on our voice recording. To make it sound better, to make it sound thicker, or just to maker it sound incredible!
For widening/thickening, or making choir like voices, you can use : chorus, voice multiplier, voice doubler, stereo wideners.
For radical changes or special FX, you can use harmonizer / pitch changing, genre changer, pitch correction / autotune.

Here’s a top 5 of free VST effects for changing the voice :

 

1) Azurite multi voice chorus VST

Azurite chorus VST

Azurite chorus VST

This great chorus can work on many type of sources : guitar, voice, etc..
It works nicely for voice, it’s not too hard/harsh and does a good job on mono inputs for spreading voices and give a stereo effect.

information & download @ http://distorqueaudio.com/plugins/azurite.html

Dry voice  :

Voice with chorus!

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Text to Speech VST : VST Speek !

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Techno is reactivated

Techno is reactivated

VST Speek is a free vocal synthesis VST plugin for recreating the old skool robotic text to speech we all love. Choose a preset, type any text and let’s speak !

download VST Speek 1.3 for Windows 32 bit

download VST Speek 1.3 for windows 64 bit

VST Speek + reverb

UPDATE

v1.3:
– fix for crash in Cubase when selecting preset from drop down menu
– add hack for Presonus Studio One : text is now editable
– fix memory leaks
– MAC OS X version !!! => see https://blog.wavosaur.com/text-to-speech-vst-now-for-mac-vst-speek-au-speek-audiounit/

v1.2:
– now the  hack for getting keyboard events in Ableton is less dirty 🙂
– fixed potential bug on close plugin

v1.1:
– 64 bit version for Windows
– Fixed bug with audio buffer
– Added hack for Ableton Live 9 : plugin should get keyboard keys input now
– Added support for VST Key (not tested ! we don’t have Cubase)
VST Speek text to speech is 100% freeware, the plugin is based on the Software Automatic Mouth (SAM) vocal synthesis software created by Softvoice Inc for the Commodore 64.
The original C64 software has been reverse engineered and ported to C by Sebastian Macke : http://simulationcorner.net/index.php?page=sam

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