The magic of software virtual instruments ! Recreating known piece of hardware, emulating famous synth, trying to capture the spirit of a machine, attempting to copy the sound and feeling of an instrument!
Here’s a compilation of all the articles about free VST plugins that try to emulate the most famous synths, plus links to the freeware plugins that are the only one to recreate a kind of machine (they didn’t get an article). Below is a list of best free VST emulations.
Here you can find free virtual alternatives to the classic analog synths :
MiniMoog, Arp 2600, Arp Odyssey, Synthi VCS3, Obeirheim OB-X
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There are also your favorite FM / Vector Synthesis / “digital” synths :
Yamaha DX7, Prophet VS, PPG Wave, Ensoniq SQ80
The usual techno/trance suspects are here too :
Roland TB303, Alpha Juno, Juno 60, JP-8000, Korg Mono / Poly, Clavia Nord Lead 2
We did not forgot the Jazzy/Funky/Rock famous instruments :
Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, Farfisa combo organ, Hohner Clavinet, Wurlitzer E-piano, Mellotron & Arp Solina.
Obxd Vst Free Download Windows 7 Obxd is based on the Oberheim OB-X. It attempts torecreate its sound and behavior, but as the original was very limited insome important ways a number of things were added or altered to theoriginal design. The free OBXD plug-in does its best to recreate the rich pads and fat, punchy basses of those classic OB machines. It does not exactly copy them, but it's straightforward analog-style interface adds new elements like a continuous blendable multimode filter and optional velocity control over the filter envelope and amp envelope amounts. Datsound has announced the release of Obxd, a free virtual analog synth VST instrument for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) based on Oberheim OB-X. Obxd emulates the original hardware characteristics and comes with modern improvements. Obxd attempts to recreate its sound and behavior, but as the original was very limited in some important ways a number.
- Just recently we’ve had new emulations from both Arturia and Synapse Audio, and now discoDSP’s free OB-Xd plugin has been updated to version 2. As before, this is a pretty straight emulation of the original hardware - so no effects or anything like that - though you do get a continuous blendable multimode filter.
- Jul 03, 2020 12) Datsounds OBXD. A slick emulation of Oberheim’s legendary OBX and OBXa synths, Datsounds’ OBXD plugin is one of the best synth VST plugins amongst the current crop if you are a fan of beefy analogue tones of yore. 13) Acoustica NightLife.
And even the antic Theremin + some funky toys : Speak and Spell & Stylophone.
This is work in progress, i’ll add free VSTi plugin if we find some new free recreation of well known synthesizers.
All the VSTi in this list are freeware.
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Here we go :
1. Minimoog
2. ARP 2600
3. ARP Odyssey
4. VCS3 Synthi AKS
5. Oberheim OB-X / OB-Xa / OB-8
6. Roland TB 303
7. Roland Alpha Juno
8. Roland JP-8000
9. Roland Juno 60 / Juno 106 / Juno 6
10. Korg Mono / Poly
http://www.fullbucket.de/music/monofury.html
11. Yamaha DX7
12. Prophet VS
13. Ensoniq SQ80
14. Waldorf PPG Wave
15. Rhodes MK2 electric piano
16. Wurlitzer electric piano
17. Hammond B3 tonewheel organ
18. Farfisa electric combo organ
19. Clavinet D6
20. Mellotron
21. ARP Solina string ensemble
22. Theremin
23. Speak and Spell toy
24. Dubreq Stylophone
25. Linndrum LM-1
26. Electronic Dream Plant (EDP) Wasp
27. Clavia Nord Lead 2
http://www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/ + check my preset banks for Synth1 !
28. Roland JX-8P
OBXD Synthesizer
OBXD is based on the OB-X synthesizer from Oberheim released in 1979. OB-X was known for its full sound and was used by 1980’s artists like Japan, Ultavox, Queen, Prince, Tangerine Dream, Nena, Rick James, Jean Marie Jarre, Eurhythmics and Van Halen (“Jump” intro).
OBXD is the work of plugin developer 2Dat and has been one of the most popular free VST released to date. It is a powerful virtual analog synthesizer emulating many of the fat and lush sounds associated with the original instrument. Included are many banks and presets from the open source community. WAM implementation by Jari Kleimola.
This WAM is available for free in Amped Studio.