

It’s a great way to look for something new/free/cool. The KVR Developer Challenge is where devs go all out, make free plugins, and fight for prizes.They don’t necessarily sound the best, but they’ll do the job for now. (They have synths, too.) Their effects plugins are great for learning the basics, because they don’t fill up your screen with a lot of crap. GVST has a ton of free effects plugins.
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So, here are some good sources for free plugin effects: If what you’re trying to learn isn’t in the effect you’re using, then by all means, keep looking, but know when to stop and go back to making music. Same goes for compressors, limiters, gates, and EQ.

How many reverbs is enough? One, maybe two for now. Go easy on the effects, because there are even more effects out there than synths. What goes for synths goes double for effects. There are more at this article on the best free virtual analog synth plugins over at the Bedroom Producer’s Blog.FreeAlpha is a cut-down version of LinPlug’s Alpha synth (click on downloads, then look for FreeAlpha.).Tone2’s Firebird synth is free (32-bit only.).Togu Audio Line’s TAL-U-NO-62 is a lot of fun.Zebralette is a smaller version of u-He’s Zebra, but it’s useful in its own right.So is Tyrell N6 V3 (which you can download here, scroll down to the “Download XXX Version” links in the middle of the page.).Podolski by u-He is an excellent virtual analog (VA) synth.
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( English manual here.) It also comes in 64-bit version if you have to.
