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jarok
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Post by monkey man »

Hey, J.

Adriano posted this one on page 2 (6th post from top).
http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... c&start=15

I've always thought of this one as "standout value". :lol:
Thanks, mate.
MM

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Post by jrdmcdnld »

Always thought MDA plugs were for VST. Now they have AU plugs. Detune is great for lead guitars and a Leslie emulator is always cool.

http://www.mda-vst.com/


Some have mentioned http://www.soundhack.com/freeware.php already, but I downloaded the bundle for the "compander". I've always wanted to have a compansion plug (after learning about Dolby NR used in tape recording). I haven't messed with it much yet, but hopefully its decent.
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Post by vier-personen »

Warp Drive - AU, Universal Binary

http://www.cs.camosun.bc.ca/~c0262447/software/

2 parameters: saturation & volume

from the website:

"Distortion That's Out Of This World!
Tired of using the same old distortion plugins? Check out Warp Drive AU. It's an Audio Unit which is based on a completely non-conventional distortion algorithm."
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bhagert wrote:http://www.tritonedigital.com/
ColorTone Free and PhaseTone

http://www.izotope.com/
iZotope Vinyl

http://plasq.com/musolomo
Musolomo

http://www.solid-state-logic.com/store/
LMC-1 Plug-In FREE

And here is a list of free plugs.
I need help. I cannot get color tone to install properly, the installer fails, I have tried everything and a mix depends on it as it was used before my sys got corrupted. Now I need to re-install.

Can someone arrange to e mail me the plugs after installing them, just e mailing me the plgus themselves so I can bypass the screwed up install problem?

Thanks so much
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toodamnhip wrote:
bhagert wrote:http://www.tritonedigital.com/
ColorTone Free and PhaseTone

And here is a list of free plugs.
I need help. I cannot get color tone to install properly, the installer fails, I have tried everything and a mix depends on it as it was used before my sys got corrupted. Now I need to re-install.

Can someone arrange to e mail me the plugs after installing them, just e mailing me the plgus themselves so I can bypass the screwed up install problem?

Thanks so much

I couldn‘t install them myself till I realized they aren‘t UB yet. But I see you‘re on a G5, so this shouldn‘t be the problem.
have you installed the latest pluggo runtime?
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vier-personen wrote:
toodamnhip wrote:
bhagert wrote:http://www.tritonedigital.com/
ColorTone Free and PhaseTone

And here is a list of free plugs.
I need help. I cannot get color tone to install properly, the installer fails, I have tried everything and a mix depends on it as it was used before my sys got corrupted. Now I need to re-install.

Can someone arrange to e mail me the plugs after installing them, just e mailing me the plgus themselves so I can bypass the screwed up install problem?

Thanks so much

I couldn‘t install them myself till I realized they aren‘t UB yet. But I see you‘re on a G5, so this shouldn‘t be the problem.
have you installed the latest pluggo runtime?
Yes
Mac Pro (Late 2013
2.7 GHz 12-Core Intel Xeon E5
64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3
Mojave
DP 10.13
MOTU 8pre, MTP AV, 828 mkII
Tons of VIS and plug ins. SSD hard drives etc
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toodamnhip wrote:
vier-personen wrote:
toodamnhip wrote:I need help. I cannot get color tone to install properly, the installer fails, I have tried everything and a mix depends on it as it was used before my sys got corrupted. Now I need to re-install.

Can someone arrange to e mail me the plugs after installing them, just e mailing me the plgus themselves so I can bypass the screwed up install problem?

Thanks so much

I couldn‘t install them myself till I realized they aren‘t UB yet. But I see you‘re on a G5, so this shouldn‘t be the problem.
have you installed the latest pluggo runtime?
Yes
well then I am afraid I can‘t help you, although I would like too.
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Excellent noise reduction

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Hi all,

This little gem has saved my worthless hide on more than one occasion:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/2300

Audacity is a free audio editor and recorder, one of its features being noise reduction. More and more, I'm tending to prefer Audacity over Soundsoap 2. As an experiment I turned on the airconditioner and a fan to generate some background noise. I then recorded a test vocal track right there in the middle of the studio, and of course the track was unuseable. I then processed it through Audacity's noise reduction, and it came out as clean as a whistle. Yesssss! I'd be interested to hear other comments and opinions about Audacity. (I haven't yet used it for anything other than noise reduction).

Cheers,

Geoff
"Don't worry,
be hoppy!"
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That's encouraging, Geoff.

I'd like to sell my PoCo for a UAD-1, but love the Denoise plug.

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Post by mikebeckmotu »

This is more of a plug than a plugin, but Happy Australia day to you Aussies! I happen to have a huge can of Fosters that I raise in your direction.
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Post by monkey man »

Gee, thank you Mike.

Every 9/11 (my birthday), my heart goes out to the US.
Actually, it starts several weeks prior.
It hit me (I watched it in real-time from the word go) as hard as any yank (Aussie term of endearment) who didn't lose family in the tragedy, I can tell you.

Your sentiment means an awful lot to me, Mike.
I'm sure Geoff also would appreciate your yearly gesture.

Good on ya, mate, and thank you! :wink:
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Post by Frodo »

Maybe I should have gone through the entire thread to make sure this wasn't mentioned already, but here's an "updated" list (at least at the time of publication) of 100 of the best free plugins from createdigitalmusic.com

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/11/3 ... -add-host/
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Post by monkey man »

Thanks Hobby.

I got so excited I almost jumped out of my fur, then I realised they're all for Windoze. :shock:

Is this one of those embarrassing surprises you spoke of in another thread?
It's difficult to imagine a fallen hobbit, so I hope the remaining revelations are equally as benign... :roll:

Your perpetually-confused, furry pal.
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