Side Chain Compressor

Side Chain Compressor free compressor by slim slow slider

Side Chain Compressor is a free compressor VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by slim slow slider. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Features:

Side Chain Compressor offers stereo and mono modes.

For stereo:

  • Input ch1: Signal input L
  • Input ch2: Signal input R
  • Input ch3: Key input L
  • Input ch4: Key input R

For mono:

  • Input ch1: Signal input
  • Input ch2: Key input

Other controls: ratio, attack, hold, release, knee, gain and key volume.

http://www.geocities.jp/webmaster_of_sss/vst/

SID

SID free software-synthesizer by SocaLabs

SID is a free software synthesizer developed by SocaLabs. Available format(s): VST, Audio Unit for Windows 64b, macOS.

  • Emulates MOS Technology SID of the Commodore 64.
  • 3 Oscillators.
  • 4 wave shapes: Square, Triangle, Saw, Noise.
  • ADSR per oscillator.
  • Ring modulation (replaces triangle output) and hard sync between oscillators.
  • HP, BP, LP filters.

http://www.socalabs.com

SicknDstroy

SicknDstroy free bit-crusher by Inear Display

SicknDstroy is a free bit crusher VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Inear Display. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Features:

  • Pre Filter with lowpass, highpass and bandpass modes.
  • 4 ways to mix the bit reduction and the samplerate reduction.
  • Dry/Wet control.
  • LFO assignable to the filter cutoff, filter resonance, bit reduction, samplerate reduction, and dry/wet parameters.
  • Randomizer.
  • 20 factory presets by sound designer Ivo Ivanov
  • Cross-platform presets.

https://ineardisplay.com

Shruti Box

Shruti Box free soundbank by EarthMoments

Shruti Box virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Live, by EarthMoments.

Shruti Box


A Shruti Box is a small hand-pumped wooden instrument that provides a rich drone background as support to singing or playing almost any instrument.

The use of the Shruti Box has widened with the cross-cultural influences of world music and new age music, providing a drone for many other instruments not typically associated with it.

While normally it has been associated with Indian Music, the Shruti box is enjoying a renaissance in the West amongst traditional and contemporary musicians who are using it for a range of different styles.

We have captured an organic wooden shruti at 96kHz using tube mics and preamps.


Features :

  • A tube recording of hand crafted wooden Shruti box from India.
  • Captures the full range of the Instrument.
  • System of bellows.
  • Special designed Audio FX Rack to enhance the organic sound.

{See video at top of page}

http://www.earthmoments.com/

Shredder

Shredder free sampler by Shuriken

Shredder is a free sampler VST plugin developed by Shuriken. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Shredder is a sampler designed to be easy to use and fun to play with. It has 12 slots for samples that are controllable via MIDI notes or automatable parameters.

http://www.shuriken.se/

Shinyguitar

Shinyguitar free soundbank by Karoryfer

Shinyguitar virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Sforzando, by Karoryfer.

Shinyguitar is a free sample library of an archtop guitar for Plogue Sforzando.

Key features:

  • Graphical user interface with controls.
  • Blendable electric (direct pickup signal) and acoustic (microphone) recordings.
  • Simulated vibrato and muting.
  • Up to five unison voices with controllable width.
  • Notes sampled every minor third with four velocity layers and four round robins.
  • Muted plucks and release noises with five round robins.
  • Percussive sounds with four round robins.
  • 846 WAV samples with 24-bit depth and 44.1 kHz sample rate.
  • 439 MB total size.

Requires Plogue Sforzando version 1.822 or newer.

The below demo uses three instance of Shinyguitar. The melody is all pickup signal with the tone turned down and some vibrato applied, the chords are mostly microphone signal, and the percussion starts off as pickup signal but quickly changes to all microphone.

https://soundcloud.com/karoryfersamples/lullabye-of-the-leaves-on-shinyguitar

http://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples

Shepard

ZynAddSubFX free software-synthesizer by paulnasca 2

Shepard is a free oscillator VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by mda. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Continuously rising/falling tone generator.

http://www.mda-vst.com/

SHB-1

SHB-1 free amp-simulator by Ignite Amps

SHB-1 is a free amp simulator VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Ignite Amps. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

SHB-1 is based on the real SHB-1 “Extreme Bass Head”, built by Ignite Amps for Federico Fulceri, bass player of the Italian thrashers Subhuman, featuring 6 triode stages and a 1300W Class D power-amp.

Every single component in the signal path of the real analog circuit has been taken into account and modeled in the best possible way to match the original sound, keeping an eye on CPU performance and real-time playability at the same time.

SHB-1 is meant to be used as a bass amplifier for live playing and jamming, tracking or mixing inside hosts capable of VST or AU plug-ins support.

Main Features:

  • Dynamic 12AX7 / ECC83 coupled triode stages analog modeling.
  • Mono / Stereo processing support.
  • Selectable oversampling rate (up to 8x).
  • Global input / output level controls.
  • Double precision (64-bit) floating point mathematical model.
  • Fully automatable controls.

http://www.igniteamps.com/

SH-it Bass

SH-it Bass free rompler by VST4FREE

SH-it Bass is a free rompler VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by VST4FREE. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

SH-it Bass is a sampled bass sound from the Roland SH-101 synthesizer.

25 notes were carefully tuned and recorded from 3 layers for a total of 55 samples. You can make your own sound by mixing between the main oscillator (osc 1+2 from the SH-101), the sub oscillator and the noise generator:

  • Monophonic.
  • 3 layers.
  • 25 main osc samples.
  • 25 sub osc samples.
  • 5 round-robin noise samples.
  • Modwheel controls the LFO.

{See video at top of page}

Made with Maize Sampler

http://www.vst4free.com/?dev=VST4FREE

SGA1566

SGA1566 free overdrive | saturation by Shattered Glass Audio

SGA1566 is a free overdrive and saturation VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Shattered Glass Audio. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

SGA1566 preamplifier is loosely based on a single channel all tube vintage preamplifier. To achieve the most authentic analog sound, the whole circuit is simulated in real time using the high performance circuit simulator. This level of sound fidelity comes at a price of high CPU utilization. For cases where such a CPU hit is prohibitive, we have added a model that is significantly less CPU intensive but slightly less accurate than the circuit simulation.

Use SGA1566 preamp to add warmth to a track, as a saturation compressor, or to add “dirt” with tube overdrive.

Features:

  • Authentic analog sound through real-time high-performance circuit simulation.
  • Preamp featuring two 12AX7 voltage amplification stages.
  • CPU friendly model of the circuit.
  • Two-band active Baxandall EQ that can be placed either at the beginning or at the end of the signal chain.
  • Up to 4x oversampling.
  • Mono or stereo processing mode.

http://www.shatteredglassaudio.com