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snorch
Jul 27, 2009
Cockos ReaPlugs ~ Free as in beer
http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/

If you don't already use REAPER, you'll want these in your arsenal. It's a collection of simplistic yet powerful and versatile plugins that are very light on CPU load.

ReaComp is a compressor with tons of condigurability and sidechaining support. It is hailed by some as one of the most transparent compressors out there.
ReaEQ is a no-bullshit IIR EQ that supports an unlimited amount of bands.
ReaFIR is an FFT dynamics processor/linear phase surgical EQ, great for noise suppression or mastering.
ReaJS offers you the ability to do whatever the hell you want to the incoming audio and MIDI using the JS scripting language. There are already hundreds of JS effects bundled with the plugin, including some written by Stillwell that clone his VST functionality to some degree. Be sure to check out the floaty delay (a delay that constantly varies speed and has a fattening effect on everything it touches), the presence EQ, the various compressors and limiters, and also the tons of simple utilities. A comprehensive list can be found here.

Then there's the noise gate, delay, network streamer and multiband compressor. I'm not sure if the vocoder, pitch shifter and autotune clone are included in the package, but they are bundled with REAPER.

snorch fucked around with this message at 13:51 on Jan 13, 2012

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snorch
Jul 27, 2009

Combat Pretzel posted:

I guess my app will stay stand-alone then.

Don't give up just yet, you can use the Juce framework as an alernative to the VST SDK, and as an added bonus you can compile to AU in the same go as well:

http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/juce.php

Declan MacManus posted:

Does anyone know of a free Mellotron VST? I want to experiment with the sound a bit but I'm not ready to commit money.

I like Tapeworm:

http://tweakbench.com/tapeworm

snorch fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Dec 12, 2012

snorch
Jul 27, 2009

ashgromnies posted:

Is there a good free multiband compressor?

ReaXComp takes some getting used to, but is pretty good for a freebie:
http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/index.php

snorch
Jul 27, 2009
Ever since I added the wood sides to my Shruthi, it sounds like a vintage Moog. They say it's the ladder filter, but really it's the wood.

snorch
Jul 27, 2009
This sounds like a job for custom code... How are your python chops?

Other options would include max (or max4live), Reaktor, puredata, or you try to wrap your head around scripting midi-ox or reaper.

snorch fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Mar 18, 2016

snorch
Jul 27, 2009
If you're staying within windows then midi yoke will provide you with virtual devices to send messages to, the rest should just be filtering CCs from your input devices and routing them to midi yoke accordingly in your musical programming environment of choice. If you're stumped I can take a stab at putting something together in pd later this weekend.

snorch fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Mar 19, 2016

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snorch
Jul 27, 2009
I don't know how ozone 8 is but back around version 5 the higher quality tube saturation was really hungry, and there were more efficient ones you could choose from that made a noticeable difference in cpu usage.

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