Comments on: BetaBugs and Other Free Plugins and Hosts Roundup (Windows) http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/03/02/betabugs-and-other-free-plugins-and-hosts-roundup-windows/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: admin http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/03/02/betabugs-and-other-free-plugins-and-hosts-roundup-windows/#comment-405 admin Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:59:51 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/03/02/betabugs-and-other-free-plugins-and-hosts-roundup-windows/#comment-405 Crystal, Ticky Clav, DestroyFX etc. all just fabulous. And yeah, I'm using many of these on both Mac and PC. Part of what's appealing about many of these -- the BetaBugs stuff being an excellent example -- is not only that they're free, but that they're simple. Unfortunately, the commercial market often leads to complex software. It's so refreshing to have something clean and direct! And a lot sounds quite good. I know a lot of big-name pros using these, too. It ain't all Pro Tools TDM. Crystal, Ticky Clav, DestroyFX etc. all just fabulous. And yeah, I’m using many of these on both Mac and PC.

Part of what’s appealing about many of these — the BetaBugs stuff being an excellent example — is not only that they’re free, but that they’re simple. Unfortunately, the commercial market often leads to complex software. It’s so refreshing to have something clean and direct! And a lot sounds quite good. I know a lot of big-name pros using these, too. It ain’t all Pro Tools TDM.

]]> By: Guest http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/03/02/betabugs-and-other-free-plugins-and-hosts-roundup-windows/#comment-404 Guest Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:40:04 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2005/03/02/betabugs-and-other-free-plugins-and-hosts-roundup-windows/#comment-404 Here are the free VST and AU plugins I'm using: Buzzer, Buzzer2, and Generator from http://www.alphakanal.de/ (which are very good analog-modelling synths) MultiDelay: http://arne.knup.de/software/multidelay.php Big Tick's Cheeze Machine (super-nice string synth) and Ticky Clav: http://bigtick.pastnotecut.org/index.php BetaBugs Crayon Filter and MonstaChorus have also been ported to the Mac. Bram@Smartelectronix has done some seriously strange things here. Apulsoft ported them to MacOS X: http://www.apulsoft.ch/freeports/index.php There are a bunch of other free plugins ported to AudioUnits listed there, including daHornet, Chip32, and a bunch of other effects and instruments. That's a good place to start, I think. DestroyFX have a bunch of other neat things: http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/ u-he's Zoyd is pretty neat and capable of some reasonably complex signal routing: http://www.u-he.com/zoyd/ He's also got some other stuff on there. And, of course, Green Oak's Crystal: http://www.greenoak.com/crystal/ These are most of what I have listed in Live, and most of them will pass Logic 7 AU validation as well. Josh - mute@sidehack.gweep.net Here are the free VST and AU plugins I’m using:

Buzzer, Buzzer2, and Generator from http://www.alphakanal.de/ (which are very good analog-modelling synths)

MultiDelay: http://arne.knup.de/software/multidelay.php

Big Tick’s Cheeze Machine (super-nice string synth) and Ticky Clav: http://bigtick.pastnotecut.org/index.php

BetaBugs Crayon Filter and MonstaChorus have also been ported to the Mac.

Bram@Smartelectronix has done some seriously strange things here. Apulsoft ported them to MacOS X:
http://www.apulsoft.ch/freeports/index.php

There are a bunch of other free plugins ported to AudioUnits listed there, including daHornet, Chip32, and a bunch of other effects and instruments. That’s a good place to start, I think.

DestroyFX have a bunch of other neat things:
http://destroyfx.smartelectronix.com/

u-he’s Zoyd is pretty neat and capable of some reasonably complex signal routing:
http://www.u-he.com/zoyd/

He’s also got some other stuff on there.

And, of course, Green Oak’s Crystal:
http://www.greenoak.com/crystal/

These are most of what I have listed in Live, and most of them will pass Logic 7 AU validation as well.

Josh - mute@sidehack.gweep.net

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