Free Virtual Instruments

Stein D Grand

Stein D Grand virtual instrument is a free piano sound bank for Kontakt, by Sonex Audio.

Sonex Audio has released Free Stein D Grand, an massive 6.3 GB Steinway D Acoustic Piano for NI Kontakt Sampler.

Features:

Legendary Steinway D Acoustic Piano.

4 separate mic positions: close (stereo and mono), middle, far, and ambience (room).

Up to 12 velocity layers.

Nearly 28GB of uncompressed sample content (compressed to 6.3 GB).

2.805 Samples (Kontakt Lossless Sample Compression format).

Built-in Effects: 3-Band Equalizer, Compressor, Saturation, Distortion, Chorus, Reverb, Delay, Stereo Width, Limiter and more.

Full set of effects in the Kontakt settings for further customization.

Unique GUI has been designed to give a user full control over options and effects without slowing down the creative process.

Price: Free. Full Retail Version of NI Kontakt 5.6 or later required.

A link to download the library is in the description of the full instruments collection.

https://www.sonex.store/

Star Cym

Star Cym is a free drum machine VST plugin developed by xoxos. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Star Cym features cymbal synthesis using parametric delay network.

The arrangement of delays provides useful variance.

This VST was released years ago as part of a bundle. In retrospect, it sort of sounds like acoustic cymbals that don’t move.

https://www.kvraudio.com/developer/xoxos

SS Sampler Mod:Rack for Tracktion

SS Sampler Mod:Rack for Tracktion virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Tracktion, by Lay-It Productions.

SS Sampler Mod:Rack for the Tracktion Software by Lay-it Productions.

If you ever thought of sound design, well stop thinking get working with your new SS SAMPLER MOD:RACK by Lay-it Productions witch come with 40 presets. It is a power house of all Tracktion native plugins accept one and this plugin is also free. 20 plus plugins in this rack routed in a way to give you full control over any sample you load into the sampler. Load 1 load 20 samples, its up to you your the creator. Don’t be scared to try anything and I mean anything with this sampler rack. You can really make a whole song with just a single sample, one kick drum can become the whole band with the sliding of a few faders here and there a little EQ and you got it. Be sure to look out for the tutorials on the SS SAMPLER MOD:RACK at http://layitproductions.com/

If you don’t own Tracktion download the Tracktion 7 demo https://www.tracktion.com/ and also download Tracktion 4 witch is a complete DAW for free and you can use this sampler rack in any version of Tracktion.

An also don’t forget to download Blue Cat Audio (STEREO FREQUENCY ANALYST 2) witch is the only 3 party plugin in this rack but its free. Download here http://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Category_0_Freeware/

http://layitproductions.com/

Squeaky Chair

Squeaky Chair virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Halion and Kontakt and Exs24 and Garage Band, by Tangent Edge Instruments.

Halloween 2016 freebie: the Squeaky Chair.

The Squeaky Chair is a rare musical instrument and that’s a good thing. It’s really hard to play and it never sounds good, although my student Gabriel Calis did a great job performing for this sample library.

This particular Squeaky Chair is a rotating stool type and the screw thread hasn’t been greased in its whole life. It only has one pitch, the highest A in the virtual version. I mapped it over 5 octaves.

It’s definitely one of the most ugly sounds you will have in your computer and it’s unpredictable like the real thing. I hope you find some use for it.

It works in Kontakt 4 or higher, GarageBand, Logic and free SFZ players like Sforzando.

http://www.tangentedgeinstruments.com

Squidpipes

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

Squidpipes contains three different instruments made from the same set of samples:

Squidpipes – work like bagpipes, with melody notes and an underlying keyswitchable drone.

Squidotron – polyphonic instrument that works like a mellotron.

Squynth – a simple subtractive synthesizer.

Requires Plogue Sforzando 1.933 or newer.

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

SQ8L / SQ8X

SQ8L / SQ8X is a free software synthesizer developed by Siegfried Kullmann. Available format(s): VST for Windows.

SQ8L is a software model of Ensoniq’s classic 1980s synth SQ80. The SQ80 features 3 digital wavetable oscillators for each of its 8 voices which are fed through analog 4-pole lowpass filters (-24dB gain) with resonance. Sound parameters can be modulated by 4 envelopes, 3 LFOs and several MIDI sources. The SQ80 also has a predecessor, the ESQ1, which can do most of the same stuff.

Although the technology may seem obsolete, these synths can produce a wide variety of interesting and extremely usable sounds. Thanks to the lo-fi oscillators and the analog components it can sound very digital and dirty, but also very analog and warm. Which is a good thing because modern synths often tend to sound rather clean.

The SQ8L (“L” stands for “Light”) is the free demo version of the forthcoming SQ8X (“X” for “eXtended”). Besides any bugs that will be fixed in the full version and planned features that won’t find their way into the light version, there are only a few limitations:

Polyphony limited to 8 voices.

Program change messages ignored.

Common MIDI controllers (Master Volume, Pan,…) by default have no effect and must be programmed as modulators.

When used with a sequencer, the only sound the host can save within the song file is the one in the edit buffer. The full version will store the entire library (which makes sense when program change messages are used).

LFO humanization not implemented.

No Split/Layer to combine several sounds.

No internal sequencer (and there will never be one).

The full version SQ8X will have the following additional features:

Combinations of up to 4 single sounds.

Adjustable polyphony (far more than 8 voices).

New Filter algorithms with different modes (lowpass, bandpass, highpass).

2nd Filter and different routing modes for the filters: serial, parallel, split.

Improved GUI.

http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/

SQ8ROM

SQ8ROM is a free rompler VST, VST3, Audio Unit plugin developed by SampleScience. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

SQ8ROM is a sampled version of SQ8L, a VST plugin based on the sound and synthesizer architecture of the Ensoniq SQ80. SQ8ROM comes with 50 sounds, the remaining sounds are available as free expansions for a total of 168 sounds. SQ8ROM is a must-have if you produce synthwave, synth-pop, vaporwave, and any other 80s influenced genres.

Best of all, SQ8ROM will be forever free.

Features:

168 sounds.

Amplitude ADSR.

Reverb.

Multi-LFO.

Can be used as a MSE file reader.

http://www.samplescience.ca/

Sprike

Sprike is a free software synthesizer developed by Cognitone. Available format(s): VST, Audio Unit for Windows, macOS.

Sprike is an extended variant of Tunefish4, the virtual analog synth originally created by Brain Control.

We made Sprike cooperate more nicely in a MIDI-controlled environment (MIDI sequencers). Following MIDI standards, it responds to bank and program selection messages, master volume and pan controllers. Presets are stored in compliance with operating system conventions. We also added four new MOD sources and enhanced it with an on-screen keyboard. The user interface was enhanced with master volume/pan controls and a level meter. Delay times can be set in terms of note lengths.

Sprike is very lightweight, so you can add 10 or more instances to your project without much impact on CPU load. It has the same expressive and crisp sound as Tunefish and comes with a new bank of factory presets.

Sprike is free open source software. You will find its source code on GitHub.

http://www.cognitone.com

Spook Organ

Spook Organ is a free software synthesizer developed by JC. Available format(s): VST for Windows.

Features:

Two banks each of seven oscillators.

Each bank can be set to use a different waveform. (Sine, Saw, Ramp, Triangle, Pulse, White Noise & Pink Noise) This makes it possible to additively create some very organ like, or very grungy sounds, especially when combined with the modulation section, which is basically a chorus.

http://clift.xs4all.nl/codex/terra/html/index.php

Spook Keys

Spook Keys is a free rompler VST plugin developed by Simple-Media. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Spook Keys is designed to re-create the sound of a ‘Theremin’ and can be controlled using either a MIDI keyboard or a mouse to drag the glowing spot across the ‘chart’ for more authentic ‘Theremin’ style play.

Spook Keys also includes the following features:

Sine, sawtooth, triangle and pulse waves.

Variable key in and out response.

Variable LFO for vibrato and tremolo.

Pan, chorus (detuning), stereo spread and glide controls.

Filtered, ping-pong, stereo delay.

http://www.simple-media.co.uk/vsti.htm