Well, now days you can make music for free if you have a good computer.
All tools that you need you can get for free, sequencers like Reaper or Mu.Lab free are just few examples of what I’m saying.
Still, when comes to sounds people might find a bit hard to get the instruments they want, so, that’s why I make this thread (ain’t I a good guy?).
Independence Free by Yellow Tools
full version - no demo or tryout
based on the powerful Independence 2.5 audio engine
no yellow tools Authorization Key required
Audio Import for up to 25 audio files is enabled. Now you can load your own sounds in Independence Free and create custom instruments!
VST Effect Plug-In import: Independence Free 2.5 allows the import of 3rd party VST Effect Plug-Ins!
Beside VST, AU and Standalone now also the RTAS interface for Mac and Windows is included
Virtual Keyboard, Time-Stretching & Pitch-Shifting, E-License instruments compatibility and all other additional features of Independence 2.5 are available
no time or save restrictions
commercial use is allowed
for Mac OS X (Universal Binary), Windows XP and Windows Vista
Native Instruments, one of the biggest music software producers, took the decision to offer for free one of the best samplers, Kontakt.
The free version, named player, is stripped off some editing options and can load banks specifically designed for the “player” version (I say it’s a marketing trick, a silly one). All sound libraries are managed in a convenient graphical library browser.
Together with Kontakt player you can download a sound bank offered also free.
UVI Workstation is a multi-timbral instrument that provides unlimited parts, integrated effects, live performance features, and a smooth real-time workflow.
• Cross Platform compatible with Mac and Windows.
• Supports all major plug-in formats (Audio Units, VST, RTAS, MAS)
• Works as stand-alone application
Some of it’s features include:
• Up to 64 MIDI channels
• Disk streaming per part
• Multiple separate outputs
• MIDI learn
• Complete professional effects arsenal, with easy editing
(delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, EQ, filter, drive, distortion, compressor…)
A sampler that blew me away with the quality of the sound is Shortcircuit by Vember Audio. Shortcircuit has been discontinued. It is now freely available for download, but Vember Audio does not offer any support for it.
Shortcircuit was created as a reaction against the ongoing trend where software samplers are being designed with the primary intent of library playback. It is intended for people who, like us, consider a sampler to be a musical instrument in its own right, and not just a way to emulate other instruments. It has been a very high priority to make sure that adding and editing individual samples is as fast and logical as possible.
There are curently two versions (well, f you count the “in between” versions then there are 3), my personal favorite is version 1.1.2 because in version 2 I got “tangled” in too many options :D.
Just found out that Cakewalk SFZ is free now O_o !!!
Outstanding sound quality, stereo built-in effects, adjustable CPU/quality settings to adjust it to your hardware, fully multitimbral operation, multiple stereo outputs, several loading modes including direct-from-disk streaming and a beautiful interface make sfz+ the perfect choice for SoundFont users and professional composers.
A nice and informative website about symphony orchestras, concerts, instruments, venues and conductors. A “must have” bookmark in the internet browser.
Precisionsound is an independent soundware company based in Rimbo, north of Stockholm, Sweden. They are specialized in sound design and sampling. Their products are multi sampled instruments and loops in different formats: HALion, Kontakt, NN-XT, Battery and Gigastudio.
Thei offer also some freebies that sounds amazingly good:
Cretone Time Tapper in WAV & Rx2 format
Obscure analogue drumbox with built-in amplifier.
26 WAV loops and 17 of them also in Re-cycle Rx2 format.
The Peruvian Ocarina SampleSet contains 56 24bit mono WAV samples. 4 articulations, normal, legato, glissando and staccato.
Articulation keyswitshes are mapped at C1,C#1,D1 and D#1 for EXS24, HALion and Kontakt. The HALion and Kontakt versions also has the glissando articulation mapped on the modwheel.
As a release and launch E-MU’s next generation Emulator X3 Streaming Sampling Synthesizer software, E-MU announce that they will be providing the full version of their Proteus VX Software Sound Module software which includes the enhanced v2.0.1 Proteus X Composer Bank.
Proteus VX is not copy protected or card locked like other versions of their instrument and sampling software, and can be used either as a VSTi or in stand alone mode.
<a href"http://www.emu.com/promo/proteusvx/welcome.asp">GET IT HERE
