Freeware Instruments Thread

[Xel Ohh 142]

On 12/11/2020 at 4:49 PM, gnips said:

New version of the free Sitala drum VST released:

https://decomposer.de/sitala/

 

 

On 12/12/2020 at 4:35 PM, Starship Krupa said:

And I recently discovered that I can drag clips directly from a Cakewalk audio track onto Sitala (and Speedrum Lite) pads.

Just did a video on this Sitala update to 1.0.. 

 

[mettelus 398]

Giving both of these guys a quick bump because I have been referring them to others. The easiest way to find them now is by sorting the Instruments and Effects forum by "most viewed." They are #1 and #2 now, so stickies are not really required to find them anymore. 😁

[Kevin Perry 378]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but I found Odin2 a couple of days ago - very nice (and, of course, free):

https://www.thewavewarden.com/odin2

[gnips 32]

Freeware synth Surge is updated, many new features:

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

[User 905133 478]

8 hours ago, gnips said:

Freeware synth Surge is updated, many new features:

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

Thanks for calling this to our attention!!  The new features look very impressive. I am very pleased to see the FX can now be re-ordered 🙂, all of the new filters 🙂 ,  along with many of the other changes.     

[Robert Bone 418]

9 hours ago, gnips said:

Freeware synth Surge is updated, many new features:

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

I always check freeware through the VirusTital web site, which sends URL's, or in this case, the Surge downloaded executable file, and it detects a single report of  malware.  Has anybody seen any malware problems with Surge?

[Glenn Stanton 193]

i just downloaded today - lot's of warnings from Microsoft - ultimately it's the MS "reputation check" settings interfering with downloads. the AV scans showed nothing untoward, so i installed and played around with it. seems good here.

[User 905133 478]

There are some posts related to red flags and Surge 1.7.x in this thread. Based on my experience with that version, I downloaded the current installer and ran a couple of local scanners on my PC.  Both came up clean.  Windows Defender wouldn't let me run it until I said "Unblock" in the properties page for the download because it came from another computer.

Maybe if you wait for 1.8.1, there will be no heuristic red flags at VirusTotal.  That's what happened with me after I saw a red flag with 1.7.0, but when 1.7.1 came out a few days or so later, there were no heuristic red flags. So, I took a chance with 1.8.0 and I like the changes.

Edited January 18 by User 905133

[Kurre 172]

2 hours ago, User 905133 said:

There are some posts related to red flags and Surge 1.7.x in this thread. Based on my experience with that version, I downloaded the current installer and ran a couple of local scanners on my PC.  Both came up clean.  Windows Defender wouldn't let me run it until I said "Unblock" in the properties page for the download because it came from another computer.

Maybe if you wait for 1.8.1, there will be no heuristic red flags at VirusTotal.  That's what happened with me after I saw a red flag with 1.7.0, but when 1.7.1 came out a few days or so later, there were no heuristic red flags. So, I took a chance with 1.8.0 and I like the changes.

Blocked download in property is an irritating thing. There's ways to avoid that.

https://thegeekpage.com/disable-blocking-of-downloading-files-in-windows-10/

I used the Group Policy Editor way in my win7pro 32-bit and it works. All downloaded files after that is block free.

I had dl'ed 1500 Band in a box user songs and i gave up trying to manually unblock every one. Further investigations lead to Group Policy and further testing of the already downloaded files gave a solution,

Take all the files that you need to unblock and zip them. Then unblock the zip-file. When you unzip it the files no longer have the block in them.

[abacab 1,869]

12 hours ago, Robert Bone said:

I always check freeware through the VirusTital web site, which sends URL's, or in this case, the Surge downloaded executable file, and it detects a single report of  malware.  Has anybody seen any malware problems with Surge?

In my experience, lots of programs come up with a single red flag at VirusTotal. I always give them a pass if the other 60 or so scanners show it clean. A red flag from multiple AVs, or one of the major AV companies might cause me to question it.

This most likely false positive could happen with any antivirus engine with faulty or overly aggressive heuristics.

I check every program I download with VirusTotal before executing it. My firewall also sends a file hash to VirusTotal the first time any program tries to access the net. For example here the "Arturia Software Center Agent" is showing 1/71 at VirusTotal and "c:\windows\system32\sihclient.exe" is showing 1/69.

[Starship Krupa 1,561]

Arturia Analog Lab Lite is something along the lines of Kompakt Komplete Start or A|A|S Swatches or Sampletank 4 CS.

Like those others, it's not a timed demo or feature-crippled version, rather they include hundreds of useful sounds with the expectation that you'll be so impressed by the quality that you'll want to spend money on more libraries.

When I obtained it, I was able to download both Analog Lab IV and Analog Lab V, which come with different sounds. Also, cruise around in their store and pick up the free soundbanks.

[JoeGBradford 502]

Analog Lab Lite is superb well worth exploring! Around 900 sounds and then a load more available from their website (though I didn't find a huge number of useful sounds in these additional packs but that is probably just me!)

[Michael A.D. 126]

22 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

Arturia Analog Lab Lite is something along the lines of Kompakt Komplete Start or A|A|S Swatches or Sampletank 4 CS.

Like those others, it's not a timed demo or feature-crippled version, rather they include hundreds of useful sounds with the expectation that you'll be so impressed by the quality that you'll want to spend money on more libraries.

Sounds interesting so I took the link and read all about the wonderful free program they were offering, but I could not figure out how to download it.  I saw a demo for Analog Lab V but it only offered a time-limited 20 minute demo.   So, any advice how to get Analog Lab Lite?    thanks!

[Brian Walton 726]

4 hours ago, Michael A.D. said:

Sounds interesting so I took the link and read all about the wonderful free program they were offering, but I could not figure out how to download it.  I saw a demo for Analog Lab V but it only offered a time-limited 20 minute demo.   So, any advice how to get Analog Lab Lite?    thanks!

The lite version isn't really freeware.  You have to find a place giving a promotion for it.

Not sure if this is deal is still live, but it worked for me in December:   

 

 

There are also some physical products that come packages with this Lite version as a bonus.

But it isn't a free for all type of product offering.  

[JoeGBradford 502]

Yep that's where I got it from

[Starship Krupa 1,561]

Oops! My bad. I think I got it through that deal as well, then once I was registered for it, it showed up as free, which led me to believe it was free without signing up at soundbetter.com. . I hope the deal still works.