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HOG is a Windows program that performs digital manipulations on sample based data. It currently operates only on PCM WAV files. While many of HOG's features are duplicated in part by other software, HOG was designed to give you more creative control over them. Current Features -- CONVOLUTION, EQ MATCHING, RING MODULATION, DECIMATE, FREQUENCY EXTRACTION, VOCODER...

VstNotes is a free VST notepad plugin with unlimited number of lines, several fonts and fontsizes etc.

This plugin allows you to:

• Take notes and comments with your sequencer tracks
• Use multiple instances of the notepad
• Change to Several background colours, by double-clicking the background
• Use multiple fonts, colours and sizes
• Save text as a default template
• Save comments automatically with your project

A simple 4 track sequencer. There are 5 samples categories to choose from: Bass, Drums, FX, Short Synths, and Melody. You can use the samples as many times as you like. Pan and volume controls are available for each track.

There's also a simple mixer available that allows you to mix and tweak loops in different styles, dance, drum'n'bass, garage, and indie.

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This emulating tube distortion was designed to be used during mastering. The plugin can be used to add a tube-like warmness to any audio material... Drive setting controls internal tube threshold. The more the drive the more 'tubized' signal becomes. This is not a relative setting, so you will need to use different 'Drive' values for every production...

PSP VintageMeter provides professional VU and PPM metering for mono and stereo tracks. All parameters like integration times and reference levels are widely adjustable to make this plug-in suitable for any application...

BitView shows how much bitspace the incoming audio stream has. Useful for checking how much headroom there is still left before applying effects or dithering or to see how much bit depth a synth is actually generating. Full scale is 32 bit on this plugin...

Part of UtilBag (donationware)

This is a VST plugin to reduce flutter (pitch variations) from analog tapes caused by excentricity or dirt on the capstan axle (or to correct for any periodic pitch variations in audio material). Or any other cyclical pitch variation. The pitch change cycles are locked to VST time position. Very precise frequency control (down to a ten-thousandth of a Hz). Stereo processing.

This plugin emulates the ultra-funky sound of the Hohner Clavinet, forever associated with Stevie Wonder's "Superstition".

The synth engine is based on a physical modeling algorithm, faithfully reproducing the strings vibration and the 2 pickups of the Clavinet Model C. Special attention has been given to reproduce the non-linear interferences in strings decay, for an even more realistic sound. The characteristic "click" sound on key release is also emulated.

A built-in wah-wah effect with selectable manual/autowah mode is also included.

• Pterosaur: 16 oscillator monosynth
• Leto: Jen SX1000 emulation
• Snorgan: Wavetable-based synth
• Foxglove: Waveshaping monosynth
• Cadencia: Dual-oscillator synth
• Whistler: Resonating noise sound

• Barking Wombat: polyphonic VST synthesizer with an - easy to understand - layout. The subtractive architecture of Barking Wombat enables you to create a variety of sounds.
• Wombat Solina: a polyphonic VST-Instrument based on real ARP Solina samples.

Shortcircuit Free is a free version of the Shortcircuit sampler VSTi that is limited to 2-note polyphony and 2 instances.

Each voice in shortcircuit features two filter-slots, and the selection isn't limited to the traditional pick. In addition to the regular lowpass/highpass/bandpass/notch & peak-filters and variations thereof there is an array of filter algorithms (not strictly filters in the traditional sense, but called so because of their location in the audio path) including distortion, parametric/graphic/morphing equalizers,bit-reduction/decimation, gating, limiting, slew-rate distortion, ring-modulation, frequency shifting and phase-modulation (better known as FM). The selection even includes analog-style oscillators that you can mix with the sample.

Set of 3 similar, simple 2-oscillator VST monophonic synths : Jello Synth, Dextra Synth Beta3 and Static (a static noise generator). Settings are Wave1 (Sawtooth Shape, Pulse Shape), Freq1, Levl1, Wave2 (Sawtooth Shape, Pulse Shape), Freq2, Levl2, Volume, and dB plus Rise1 and Devide in Dextra Synth Beta3. All are included in the 'Dexters Synth Pack' download...

Skidder turns your sound on & off. While that may not sound very rewarding, you have a great deal of control over the rate, pulsewidth, on/off slope, panning width, etc. You can also relinquish some control to randomization. Skidder can also sync with your song tempo & can be triggered by MIDI notes.

Borderliner is an attempt to break away from the normal synths available, providing you with a partly colour based interface. Mixing the black and white oscillator sections generates sounds that can be heavily processed by the color effect boxes.

Add envelope and gain control as well as an LFO and you have a simple but different sounding and looking synthesizer that can make some really weird sounds!

The interface of this plugin was made by Richard Winter (alias Blue), founder of the now no longer available Bluelife Audiozone.

Part of the Tobybear InsBag collection

Transverb is like a delay plugin, but it can play back the delay buffer at different speeds. Think of it like a tape loop with two independently-moving read heads. There are lots of parameters to control and a parameter randomizer for the impatient....

MixedGrains is a Dual Channel Gapper/Snipper/Mixer to one channel. Perfect to create ever changing mixes of the same two beats.

EQ Sync is a ridiculous equalizer. You have no control over the EQ curve, if you try to adjust the faders they will escape, & the EQ parameters don't make any sense anyway. The EQ setting changes on its own according to your song's tempo.

A synth with DrawBars ...

Tapestry MIDI Studio puts you into the position of Producer. You audition virtual musicians, keep the ones you like and discard the ones that don't work. Over time you build up a library of sounds that reflect the music you want to explore. Since Tapesty MIDI Studio produces MIDI Files you are able to play them on small computers or very elaborate studio synth modules. Do you want to produce music but have never played an instrument? Check out Tapestry MIDI Studio! Tapestry is a Java application.