Best Vst Plug-in

[Fraging-U]

What do you guys think is the best VST Plugin out there(both free and Bought). I'd to know what you guys use and what you think is better.

[Chronamut]

hrmmm... garritan rocks pretty hard.. best for trance is z3ta.. best for electronica is pro 53.. I dunno i have too many fucking vstis that I dont even use..

[Metalcan]

Some of my fav free plug-ins with links for your convenience:

Clavinet: Big Tick Ticy Clav. You can make some seriously groovy stuff with this one. I love it.
Synth: Big Tick Cheeze Machine. Cheezy smooth synth sounds. Sounds are rather limited, but sometimes that's good.
For fun: Delay Lama. Emulates a singing monk. It's hilarious!

[LJCoffee]

At 4/17/06 10:02 PM, Fraging_U wrote: What do you guys think is the best VST Plugin out there

Hands down no competition whatsoever: Reaktor 5

Fairly expensive but it does everything.

One of the only VST's that you'll ever need.

[B0UNC3]

Reaktor is a type of plugin that i call "dumb proof". :P

Vanguard

Makes some decent effects, but can however make killer leads if you do it right ;).

[mhb]

revalver se. by far the most amazing thing i've ever seen.

[pitbulljones]

amplitude, im a guitar junky and it has just about every tone god would need.

[LJCoffee]

At 4/18/06 11:04 AM, B0UNC3 wrote: Reaktor is a type of plugin that i call "dumb proof". :P

Only a dummy would say that!

Seriously it's the best thing out there - with what else can you create a completely new sequencer, instrument , effect - hell you name it - from the ground up?

[pitbulljones]

tassman se

[LJCoffee]

At 4/18/06 11:36 AM, pitters wrote: tassman se

Not even in the same league.

[Metalcan]

I checked out Reaktor once.

And then my brain exploded.

[B0UNC3]

At 4/18/06 11:33 AM, LJCoffee wrote:

At 4/18/06 11:04 AM, B0UNC3 wrote: Reaktor is a type of plugin that i call "dumb proof". :P

Only a dummy would say that!

Seriously it's the best thing out there - with what else can you create a completely new sequencer, instrument , effect - hell you name it - from the ground up?

What i meant was that a newbie would just....don't get it :P

[MusicalRocky]

What is the best piano VST plugin that's free?

[Metalcan]

At 4/18/06 04:47 PM, Musical_Rocky wrote: What is the best piano VST plugin that's free?

I'd say SampleTank 2 FREE combined with the HQ Free Piano sound. There are several other sounds available for download as well.

[LJCoffee]

At 4/18/06 04:23 PM, B0UNC3 wrote: What i meant was that a newbie would just....don't get it :P

ha ha - ok man I see where you're coming from now - I thought you were saying it was "dumb proof" as in - so simple that any dumb-ass could use it....

No worries anyway - I agree with you - if you're one who thinks that Reason is "a little complicated" then Reaktor is not a good toy for you.

:)

[MusicalRocky]

At 4/18/06 04:54 PM, Metalcan wrote:

I'd say SampleTank 2 FREE combined with the HQ Free Piano sound. There are several other sounds available for download as well.

Thanks a lot. I can never find a good piano sound.

[SpamWarrior]

At 4/18/06 05:16 PM, LJCoffee wrote:

At 4/18/06 04:23 PM, B0UNC3 wrote: What i meant was that a newbie would just....don't get it :P

ha ha - ok man I see where you're coming from now - I thought you were saying it was "dumb proof" as in - so simple that any dumb-ass could use it....

No worries anyway - I agree with you - if you're one who thinks that Reason is "a little complicated" then Reaktor is not a good toy for you.

)

Hah, i'm one of those, but i dont care. Reason is the wrong style of sound for me, well not the wrong type of sound, but it doesnt seem to get the style of tones that i want most of the time.

I will get reaktor and learn it, it looks cool as fuck

[API]

At 4/18/06 08:28 AM, LJCoffee wrote: Reaktor 5

This man knows his shit

I fucked around with that many a time. Then my trial expired :'(

[Chronamut]

half of reaktor still doesnt work with fl - are you still getting that problem B0UNC3?

also it takes up like 1/3 of my cpu for one effect.. thats just retarded - if i had the best computer ion the world then id use it more - but for now i dont really need it..

the best vsti? REWIRE!

oh ya..

and ya delay lama rocks - I made my black monk village song way back completely with it - I also used it in my "kefka's hell kitchen"

I love how u can watch the monk's facial expressinos as he sings - classic! :p

I also love all my 8-bit generator vstis :P

[B0UNC3]

Yes I do, But that's easily solved with a standalone Vst wrapper and rewire ;)

[LJCoffee]

At 4/18/06 06:53 PM, Chronamut wrote: also it takes up like 1/3 of my cpu for one effect.. thats just retarded

hmmm... yes, reaktor can be quite processor intensive but 30% is a little high - sounds like it's time for a new chip!

I would suggest lowering the sample rate - it's probably 44100 by default but if you turn that down a bit - try 33075 first, then if it's still eating too much lower it to 29400 - you may need to go as low as 22050 but anything lower than that is gonna start falling apart - unless you're specifically going for that 8-bit sound - if that's the case then drop straight down to 11025 and leave it there.

Hope that helps sweety!

And I concur that ReWire is the shit!

[Fraging-U]

I knew this one dude that used East west samples to compose classical but he was like pro level and shit.

Click here to check it out but you won't be able to afford it

[Simon-F]

Yeah, the Symphonic Choir is absolutely amazing.

http://www.eastwests..ils.php?cd_index=963

[Karbon]

I would have to say Absynth 3.0.0 for mostly everything, Orchestral for high quality custom orchestra strings, winds, brass, and percussion, z3ta for good synths (mostly for trance), Vanguard for custom presets with ease, and Albino 2.

[ZombiePosessor]

Absynth 3 has some good leads, Steinberg's "The Grand 2" for a good piano sound (although I just mic mine), Groove Agent for drums, Guitar Rig 2/Amplitube for guitar people, Steinberg's "Hypersonic 2" kick's Reaktor's ASS, Sonic Synth 2 is also good. Spectrasonics makes a good one called "Atmosphere." Hell, I have too many VST(i)'s... All the ones I mentioned cost money tho, can't help with free ones. But then again, everything's free from the right merchant.

[ZombiePosessor]

At 4/19/06 08:26 PM, SineQuaNon wrote: Yeah, the Symphonic Choir is absolutely amazing.

http://www.eastwests..ils.php?cd_index=963

Totally, I used it on
this song

[LJCoffee]

JOY!
I get to be a sarcastic twit!

At 4/20/06 07:48 PM, ZombiePosessor wrote: Steinberg's "Hypersonic 2" kick's Reaktor's ASS

BwaHAhAHAHAAA....

stop.... heh hahA...no really...pwfTHAhaHa...i can't breath...

HahHAAAHAAHAHAAA

Yeah ... I have Hypersonic, and I'll give you that - it is one of the BEST RomPlers available - but that's all it is... a RomPler

Hypersonic has come truly amazing sounds but that's it... it mixes and plays back pre-existing sample combinations. Sure you can throw a little echo or flange here and there but you compare that to additive, subtractive synthesis, granular resynthesis, analog oscillators, sampling oscillators, more filters, shapers and envelopes than you can shake a stick at as well as the ability to create not just entirely new instruments and effects but entirely new types of all of the above as well...

Hypersonic a sequencer? Hypersonic a vocoder? a drum machine, a live effects processor? Can you decide that you want to add a few oscillators or envelopes to automate just about any and every aspect of the sound?

Don't get me wrong - Hypersonic KICKS ASS ... just not Reaktors ass...

[ZombiePosessor]

At 4/20/06 09:22 PM, LJCoffee wrote: Don't get me wrong - Hypersonic KICKS ASS ... just not Reaktors ass...

Well, lemme state that again, Hypersonic kick's Reaktor's ass for the type of music I make, lol.

[LJCoffee]

At 4/20/06 11:31 PM, ZombiePosessor wrote: Well, lemme state that again, Hypersonic kick's Reaktor's ass
for the type of music I make, lol.

Fair enough man - I'm only breaking your balls anyway :D- Hypersonic does in fact beat some serious booty... I may go ahead and order v.2 - I really liked the first one and I imagine that they could only have improved on the original.

[Chronamut]

garritan kicks major ass - so does the grande 2 - both are retardedly big files tho - like we're talking 3 gigs each uncompressed.

still the grande's piano sound is unmatched - and then you rewire it all together with reason and a few other things and you got unsurpassed sound :P