Mornats Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Since getting my NI Komplete Kontrol I've been having major GAS for VSTs. In my hunt I've found a couple of sites that pretty good for these. http://vstbuzz.com/ - they have a weekly offer on one or two VSTs which is pretty good. Typically 50-90% off. They also have a bunch of cheap VSTs (I'm looking at Votox XS for €9.99) - http://vstbuzz.com/store/ and some really nice freebies here: http://vstbuzz.com/freebies/. Feroyn's Flute is what I used at the end of last month's comp challenge entry: https://soundcloud.com/mornats/drops http://www.sampleism.com/ - they have some nice looking deals too but I've yet to check out the quality of what they offer on there. Worth a look though. As stated in the title, most if not all of these will require the full version of Kontakt and won't work in the free Kontakt player. They have to pay a licence fee to use the free player so most of the cheap ones don't do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Some unusual patches at £2.00 a go, from Spitfire Audio. http://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/ranges/spitfire-labs/ A nice list for stuff under $60.00. (VI Control). http://vi-control.net/community/threads/great-libraries-under-60.50220/ Also over at VI Control, seven pages of mainly Kontakt freebies. http://vi-control.net/community/threads/important-all-vi-freebie-contributions-here.27876/ Edited February 6, 2016 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 This stood out for me with the £2 patches from Spitfire: http://www.spitfireaudio.com/editorial/features/labs-2015/ - really nice touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 A nice free one here. Impact Soundworks "The Stroh Violin". Check out the demos, it's quite unusual sounding. http://impactsoundworks.com/products/orchestral/the-stroh-violin/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Just grabbed that. Love the sound of it. It's quite unique isn't it? It'll stand out nicely in a mix. I also went for Scary Strings, Hensons Frozen Strings and ThunderVox from the Spitfire Audio lab range. They give the money to charity so worth a punt without hearing them first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 [quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1454867472' post='2973731'] Just grabbed that. Love the sound of it. It's quite unique isn't it? It'll stand out nicely in a mix. I also went for Scary Strings, Hensons Frozen Strings and ThunderVox from the Spitfire Audio lab range. They give the money to charity so worth a punt without hearing them first. [/quote] Ha,ha, I pretty much have all those. Although originally, quite a few were free. But, even at a couple of quid a go (and for charity at that), well worth it. Just a heads up, any one with the full version of Kontakt, will have the full library with it. The Orchestral patches, although now old and limp sounding against the new libs, do have plenty going for them. Just a little bit of work needed. Mike Verta, has a demo with just the Kontakt VSL sounds. http://mikeverta.com/wordpress/music/galaxy-quest-mock-up/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Forgive my ignorance so are these all samples or can you create your own melodies with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 They're real instruments that have been sampled to the point where you can play your own melodies using a midi keyboard and have them sound fairly similar to the real thing. Some are very well done and will adapt the sound based on the velocity of your playing. I have to stop and carefully read the descriptions of some as it can be hard to tell if they're premade loops or proper sampled virtual instruments. Download the free Kontakt Player from Native Instruments and have a bash. It comes with a small selection of virtual instruments. I'll dig out a thread on here where we've listed a bunch of other free ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 A free Sound FX Library for Kontakt. Some really unusual sounds (small download). https://www.audioimperia.com/products/deconstruct-produced-by-bryan-leach-freebie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Found another site listing a whole host of free Kontakt (full version usually) virtual instruments: http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 [quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1455643471' post='2981056'] Found another site listing a whole host of free Kontakt (full version usually) virtual instruments: [url="http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.co.uk/"]http://bigcatinstrum...blogspot.co.uk/[/url] [/quote] Looks like Spitfire Audio are giving away a little freebie very soon (well for folks who donated in the £2.00 Labs section). Check your inbox on Feb 23rd. http://vi-control.net/community/threads/spitfire-audio-labs-a-big-thank-you.51814/#post-3938324 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Nice sale over at ARIA Sounds. http://www.ariasounds.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Free Aphelion Cinematic tool kit. Scroll down to the free version and click on the hard drive. http://www.particular-sound.de/wordpress/sample-librarys/aphelion-sfx-library/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Another freebie. Wonky noisy tape Polymoog. http://www.producerspot.com/wonky-noisy-tape-polymoog-free-kontakt-instrument-by-synth-magic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 Cheers! I grabbed the Aphelion Cinematic toolkit (free version... I've spent enough!) and I like some of the risers and whooshes in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 This just dropped into my inbox. Not had a chance to check them out yet. http://blog.landr.com/8-free-vst-plugins-will-inspire-strange-ways/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefbaker Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 You need to check these guys out too. http://www.wavesfactory.com/ Premium quality Kontakt libraries for essentially buttons. As to VSTs, bit pricey-er but if you buy reverbs from http://valhalladsp.com you'll soon wonder how you lived without them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Valhalla room, is a great reverb. Another cheap but quality company, is Embertone. http://www.embertone.com There are some freebies on their site as well. http://www.embertone.com/instruments/arcane.php Click on the free tab for a bunch of other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Some Classical Brass and Woodwinds for Kontakt (Freebies). Sound nice and would be good for layering as well. http://alpineproject.wix.com/main Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1456487955' post='2989494'] There are some freebies on their site as well. [url="http://www.embertone.com/instruments/arcane.php"]http://www.embertone...ents/arcane.php[/url] Click on the free tab for a bunch of other stuff. [/quote] I used Arcane for the vocals on the end of this track: https://soundcloud.com/mornats/anyway - it sounds epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 (edited) Someone has put together a list of various free Kontakt libraries on one site. A huge amount to try out and other formats and samples as well. http://earmonk.com/free-sample-libraries/ Edited March 20, 2016 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Nice. Just installing Piano in 162 right now. Also, you can grab it from VSTbuzz: http://vstbuzz.com/freebies/piano-in-162/ (and also send a donation to the creator from there if you wish). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 (edited) A few days ago, I won an online competition and picked up this prize from Embertone.... If I get time (busy, so unlikely), I might give it a run in this month's writing challenge http://www.embertone.com/instruments/leonidbass.php [URL=http://s536.photobucket.com/user/lowdown1957/media/image.png.html][IMG]http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff330/lowdown1957/image.png[/IMG][/URL] Edited March 20, 2016 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Nice, congrats! Just listened to the latest podcast from Samplecast, liked it and subscribed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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