Here's 5 of the most essential VST plugins you will need to make Synthwave music or any type of 80s inspired Electronic Music. If you want to know what i'm talking about you can check this post i made some weeks ago explaining it: https://steemit.com/music/@chillyviking/discover-synthwave-an-introduction-to-modern-80s-inspired-electronic-music
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#1 -(Free) Synth 1 by ichiro toda
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/synth1-by-ichiro-toda
Modelled on the Clavia Nord Lead 2 Red Synth, it's a really powerfull synth for being free. Also look around on google for the gold bank, it contains lots of presets that are great for Synthwave
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/synth1-by-ichiro-toda
Modelled on the Clavia Nord Lead 2 Red Synth, it's a really powerfull synth for being free. Also look around on google for the gold bank, it contains lots of presets that are great for Synthwave
Chorus + is a free 80s chorus plug-in developed by Synthescience. Chorus + is that sort of dense and harmonically rich chorus that you are very likely to encounter on some older (80s) synths. This free synth VST emulates the sound of the classic Roland JX-8P with up to 12 voice polyphony and two DCO’s with Noise, Saw, Pulse and Square shapes. What’s more, all the parameters are MIDI mappable with MIDI learning. “MiniSpillage is a free professional quality drum synthesizer plugin featuring high-resolution 64-bit DSP processing. MiniSpillage includes three exclusive drum synthesis algorithms along with distortion effects and resonant filters.” Bass Drum – Single oscillator bass drum synth with pitch sweep, internal FM and harmonic controls. Free VST downloads: 1984 (Analog synth by Pianovintage) - 44 S (Analog synth by GTG) - 80-vox (Yamaha CS-80 emulation by KBplugs) - Alice-1377 (Soviet synth emulation by SyncerSoft) - Alpha (Alpha Juno 1 emulation by EFM) - Arminator (Yamaha CS80 emulation by Krakli) - Arppe2600va (Modular monosynth by Glen Stegner) - Axx II (ARP Axxe emulation by EFM) - b6 (Andromeda A6 emulation by KBplugs.
#2 - (Free) SQ8L by Siegfried Kullmann
http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/index.html#sq8l
Moddeled after the Ensoniq SQ-80, this is the most 80s synth of all that i tried, i usually use it for a fat aggressive bass tone.
http://www.buchty.net/ensoniq/index.html#sq8l
Moddeled after the Ensoniq SQ-80, this is the most 80s synth of all that i tried, i usually use it for a fat aggressive bass tone.
#3 - (Free) Dexed
http://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/
Synth that is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7, pretty complex, has lots of possibilities Free ps2 iso games.
http://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/
Synth that is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7, pretty complex, has lots of possibilities Free ps2 iso games.
#4 - (Free) Korg Monofury
http://www.fullbucket.com/music/monofury.html
Great synth, i usually use just the presets on this one as they are good enough, but you can do some unique things as well with it
http://www.fullbucket.com/music/monofury.html
Great synth, i usually use just the presets on this one as they are good enough, but you can do some unique things as well with it
#5 - (Paid) Nexus
https://refx.com/nexus/
This one i use the most, it's 249$ for the starter edition + 60$ for the analog FM extension. This synth served me very well and still to this day i love it the most.
https://refx.com/nexus/
This one i use the most, it's 249$ for the starter edition + 60$ for the analog FM extension. This synth served me very well and still to this day i love it the most.
Free 80s Synth Vst Software
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