Best Free VST Instruments for Music Production 2020

[@AnotherProducer]

What's good, fellow musicians? Should I make longer videos like this one or multiple shorter videos for the best free effects (there are a lot)? Cheers, Phil

[@sidtrip_]

I like how you make this video. Really informative. I would rather spend more time searching for a good software rather than getting stuck with a bad one. So stick to something like this

[@AnotherProducer]

@@sidtrip_ Hey man thanks for your response! It is really good to get some feedback on that 🙂

[@user-xx8gw5nc8g]

Check out IK Multimedia's SampleTank and Synthesia (custom shop versions). It's a main competitor to Komplete Start.

[@priceypr1ce]

shorter vids, otherwise people might not click cuz we are lazy lol

[@tiffanyanthony]

This was the perfect length for a video. Thanks so much for sharing - there were a few I’d never tried before. Dexed looks cool. 👍👍

[@CoolDudeClem]

Finally, someone who actually knows what free means. Other KZbin videos that show free vsts and libraries, but when you go to download you find it's not free after all. I'm still not happy with having to use kontakt for some of these.

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, the featured instruments all work in Kontakt Player (the free version) without stopping after 15 minutes. But you still have to get a NI account and install Native Access. Cheers, Phil

[@truthmanifestingtruth]

You leave people without excuse! This is the path I would take if I was starting over... the economical path that requires you to stretch your creativity and fully learn your virtual gear before loading it up with endless choices and resources that you never use.✌🏾

[@edwincrain986]

Down the vst rabbit hole I go...

[@tonyth9240]

What do you mean with this?

[@Waynyce]

🥴

[@edwincrain986]

@@Waynyce Well.. ya almost wanted to smile ..lol

[@aleksandrchoban2046]

I wouldn't have the extensive VST plugin library if it wasn't for all the free plugins I have found. It's so amazing.

[@tonipepperoni3424]

Vst4free is my favorite website, they are like a hub of all the best free vsts

[@RestyConcepcionJr]

5 yrs later still an awesome list. Thanks for sharing bro!

[@jacobras]

Wow, this video is amazing! Didn't realize there are so many free VSTs at this quality level. Thanks for including the samples you made with them.

[@MaxKnechten]

Finally a new video from my favorite music KZbinr!

[@AnotherProducer]

Haha ♥ I know it took a while 😅

[@SynthoidSounds]

Thanks for creating and posting this, very helpful. I just installed MixPad, still fumbling around with it, loading in VSTs and so on. This is the perfect video for this ongoing project . . .

[@thequantumproducer]

great video!!! I try to find a good free acoustic drum vst for a long time. This video satisfied my need.

[@QuotePilgrim]

My favorite free virtual instrument is ZynAddSubFX (or Zyn-Fusion). You can only find free binary distributions to the latest versions for Linux, though. If you want to get it on Windows, you either need to pay for it, or you can compile it from source. I have some experience with that sorta suff, so that's what I did.

[@AndyVonal]

Thanks loads for this video and for pointing me in lots of useful directions. I have been a "hardware" guy for years and have been rather skeptical about this side of music tech, until yesterday when I found what I could do with instruments on Cubase...a revelation - I was amazed at what even the standard things in my basic cubase package could do. I have a lot of learning to do but am looking forward to the journey!

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey Andrew, this sounds amazing. There is such huge world of digital instruments to discover 😅 Have fun! 😊

[@AndyVonal]

@@AnotherProducer Hey AP, thanks for the reply... I have had such a lot of fun this evening after downloading FREE (I still can't believe it!) plug-ins - all vintage synth type stuff eg Mellotron, Solina, Moog, ARP. I'm having a blast! I spent 20 minutes playing Strawberry Fields on a FREE Mellotron. Such a cliché but it had to be done, just to get it out of my system! You have my gratitude and my subscription. Looking forward to watching more of your vids to help me on my way down this new route. Typical me...everyone is going hardware mad and I'm only just now discovering plug-ins. I always do everything in reverse!

[@AnotherProducer]

Haha 😆 I am so glad to hear that you are enjoying those instruments. Sure analog synths are awesome but personally I don't have the money for a Moog/Juno/etc... So for free these digital ones are a useful alternative... 😁 And thanks for your subscription! It really means a lot 😊

[@AndyVonal]

@@AnotherProducer Absolutely right...I can't afford a vintage or even a new Mellotron but this little plug-in just blew me away. Totally amazing. I have a room full of nice synths which I have bought over the years but I've not had this much fun in ages.

[@stradfenrir]

Free orchestral instrument. Of course VSCO2 (VERSILIAN STUDIO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA ver2) is useful. In other candidate, VPO3 (Virtual Playing Orchestra 3) is also quite good.

[@micksharp9886]

I really enjoyed this very informative video, Another Producer. No bull, no attempts to be funny - which, on other videos, usually fail - just straight up, helpful advice and links for musicians of all levels. Keep up the good work... I have subscribed and look forward to more great content.

[@LearnerDriverTips]

Excellent presentation. Saved me so much time. Respect😀

[@samanthasanchezbrito1393]

thank you so much dude you're a god

[@VoidloniXaarii]

What an amazing compilation you have done!

[@AnotherProducer]

Thanks mate! :)

[@ellieschmidt6717]

Thank you for your suggestions. I was all ready using half of these and have to say I love them as well. I have all ready started downloading the others that I have not tried that you recommended. I wanted the Drum Mica but I could not justify 12GB of storage being eaten up by one instrument. Also I suck at using drums so most of my songs don't have drums or just a very very very basic drum beat. Any ways thank you again. Cant wait for more videos. Keep up the great work.

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey Ellie, I am glad you could at least find some new instruments! :) Yeah 12GB is really a lot of disk space....

[@A_jays]

Seriously u r the one I found resourceful.. Damn u have done good R&D man... Appreciate that..

[@AnotherProducer]

Thank you! I'm glad you found my video useful! :)

[@ReiTuG]

Superb work bro! I´m gonna use all these instruments in my next creations!

[@XxxkenzaxxX]

Your videos are so helpful! Thank you so much. They're all super organized, nice to look at, and thorough. Definitely subbed.

[@AnotherProducer]

I'm glad my content helps you and thank you so much for subscribing! :)

[@de1vos]

Super helpful video, man! Thanks so much for the info!

[@lukegregg5944]

Great video, one problem I seem to have with Native instruments is their piano's like 'The Gentleman' seems to be at a low volume naturally. I don't know why this is, I mean obviously I have some master volume I can turn up to the max but even then it doesn't seem to be loud considering. Have you ever had this problem? It might be something to do with my midi keyboard maybe I don't know... I use the Komplete A49.

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, glad you liked the video. I had no such issues before, but definitely going to try it out later. It's hard to tell from a distance but have you checked the master output level of Kontakt or expierence this issue with other Kontakt libraries?

[@jesusgst]

Thank you for helping us beginners to get our feet into this!

[@AnotherProducer]

Glad it helped you and thanks for your subscription! I am working on more content :) Cheers, Phil

[@darebel1377]

My favorite free vsts are Keyzone Classic and Camel Crusher. Great video. 💯💯🔥🔥

[@joshuaschaefer4199]

Mega gutes Video!! Du hast alles echt gut erklaert und alle Links und alles angegeben also echt das ist absolut alles wonach ich gesucht habe Sehr sehr gute arbeit vielen Dank!!

[@AnotherProducer]

Freut mich, dass ich dir damit helfen konnte! :)

[@sollody]

Cooles und informatives Video!😊😊😊

[@AnotherProducer]

Freut mich, dass es dir gefallen hat und helfen konnte! 😊

[@Humanumikey]

Great video man, I subbed. Can you do a more in depth video on the TX16Wx when it comes to making beats? And also maybe a Best Free Dubstep VSTs vid.

[@fumonshow87]

So i thought i would try the synth section, so far I'm at the first mention which is the Tyrell N6 and its quite impressive. Many thanks! I appreciate all the links for the synths and for the video itself.

[@richiesmeckgeckscas46]

I have most of the plugins used in this video. Plus, I didn't even know TX16Wx was also used for mixing; I just use it for playing soundfonts.

[@zakomplexovanyfetosnaantid3194]

This video is awesome, great work!! Wish you much more views

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, thanks for your nice words!

[@tangkitlkitl2281]

Really nice video!! Subscribed your channel!! Great sharing and love your music with the plugin you mentioned.

[@1985LISS]

do they have world instruments like Greek bouzouki and santouri and many of the Middle easterners are very similar to Greek but right now first I want bouzouki, but not Irish bouzouki that came with my old instrument but with Greek bouzouki. I begged the Japanese to put it, but I never saw if they ever made it. Please help

[@antonioamayachica2175]

Amazing video, I didnt know there was a free orchestra plugin before BBC symphony orchestra discover, but im still going to give it a try !!

[@somphonganu]

Great video Thumb up :D

[@Dren6988]

This was SOOO HELPFUL

[@davidcundy]

Well, the pipe organ was typically plastic-ky. Best pipe organs are through Hauptwerk. Not cheap though.

[@gianni5474]

by making this video, are you also using an MIDI controller? great video by the way, keep it up

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, yes I am! At the beginning you can more or less (my keyboard is not in the frame) see me playing this bad piano sound. I will definitely make more videos. Thanks for your support! Cheers, Phil

[@cansugenc93]

You are awesome guy!!! Your video helped me a lot to find good plug-ins to product my music on Studio One! ♥ Thank you so much !

[@AnotherProducer]

Thank you! That's amazing! :) I'm looking forward to more music from you!

[@cansugenc93]

@@AnotherProducer (>‿♥)

[@cansugenc93]

@@AnotherProducer Do you know how can I activate the drum plug in Sennheiser? Because after a few minutes it says demo time out and do your activation.

[@AnotherProducer]

@@cansugenc93 have you installed it via Native Access and activated it there? It shouldn't stop after 15 minutes even in the Kontakt Player.

[@cansugenc93]

@@AnotherProducer Oh ok.I ve downloaded it directly from Sennheiser.Its ok now thank you :)

[@vic2net]

Thanks much, Bass guitar and Dexed I found most interesting VST's from this video!

[@jatodd3746]

Liked for the Linux love

[@deepak__cutz3657]

This is working thank you so much 🤩🤩

[@carlgeorgbiermann2915]

Probably not available in all the formats, but not far from it is Surge VST. It is one of the best free synths next to U-He's stuff, and Synth1 (still!). Honorable mentions IMO are OBXD and Full Bucket's ModulAir.

[@guitarnutter4298]

Another Great Video. I have been searching high and low for a Boss CE1 OR Boss CE2 Guitar pedal emulator. Any ideas please? Thanks

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, You can check out the Mercuriall plug-ins. They are really good for guitar. The WS1 is a chorus pedal: mercuriall.com/cms/details_freestuff Nembrini plug-ins are also great for guitar: www.nembriniaudio.com/collections/all/free Cheers, Phil

[@guitarnutter4298]

@@AnotherProducer Top Man! Will check them out, Cheers.

[@danielfilipepro]

love the video. keep up the good work

[@alyeska4226]

You're the shit. Your videos are a treat to watch

[@AnotherProducer]

Thank you! I really appreciate your feedback and comments like yours motivate me to make more videos! :)

[@dududozededos]

Thank you for sharing! excellent

[@watermarkdj9301]

So helpful best vst video, I'll subscribe for that thank you so much

[@blogtodeath4736]

As abeinner this is giving me a head start. Thanks so much for making this video!

[@AnotherProducer]

I'm really glad to hear this. You are welcome! :)

[@amwartwork]

no mention of mixcraft 9?

[@drutgat2]

That was excellent. Thank you.

[@ILCOMICO_Official]

Nice video!!

[@Kaeporo]

Fabulous intro and video. Really informative. Thanks for the upload.

[@tataygemspub3385]

Which free DAW software Ample Bass P lite software works the best?

[@fidelcampos3505]

Awesome!❤

[@AnotherProducer]

I am glad you like it 🙏😊

[@davidrumi595]

A Hammond With or a Leslie for free?

[@cheesecake4lyfe196]

Really informative! Thanks for the stuffz

[@AnotherProducer]

I'm glad it helped. You're welcome!

[@philipcharles7483]

very cool, my good man

[@DRocksRecords]

nice content man thanks for the links also

[@synaesthesia2010]

ample guitars don't seem to be available from their site

[@Ardorstorm]

holy- how do I get ableton to look like your DAW? i literally just want the color theme for it lol

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, I don't know if there is a Cubase inspired color palette for Ableton. But, at least here are some free custom color palettes you can try out: sonicbloom.net/en/sonic-bloom-ableton-live-skins-mega-pack-50-free-skins/ I hope this helps you. Cheers, Phil

[@theweedishchef420]

This is the closest thing I could find to a Cubase inspired theme for Ableton Live 10, hope this helps! amp.reddit.com/r/ableton/comments/8n7lqz/ableton_10_custom_theme_tokyo_vibration/

[@10711851]

lovely videos! where do i find the "bounce it clap" and "filthy kick"? they sound cool and i want to try the sampler too

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, unfortunately, they are not free. Check out my video about free sample packs to get a few sources for free samples. If you want samples that sound similar to the ones I used in the video check out the vybe appreciation kits from SoundMajorz. They are available for free and sound amazingly. Cheers, Phil

[@prodxanta]

ur a cool guy, keep hustling

[@thegingercurlshow9371]

Thank you so much this is/was really help ful

[@Writtenmirror]

Thanks for sharing it is helpful to know this!

[@wisevirginsmedia]

SSD drums do sound very good but it's a little complicated to install. But Free.

[@AnotherProducer]

Yes, there are many steps until you can finally use it, but it's worth it if you ask me 😅

[@trentpelletier1477]

Are these nks compatible?

[@Данякулебяка]

Thx, its fire!

[@thiagopinheiromusic]

How do you change interface for Ohmforce? Awesome vid tx!

[@AnotherProducer]

You can select the skin in the installation process. As I said in the video I would choose the classic design. I'm glad you liked it. You are welcome! :)

[@thiagopinheiromusic]

Thank you!​@@AnotherProducer E

[@AnotherProducer]

@@thiagopinheiromusic You're welcome :)

[@TheRangeControl]

What is "Splice"? Also... How did you analyze pitch?

[@AnotherProducer]

Splice is an online sound library where you have to pay a monthly fee to be able to download a certain amount of samples a month. But I cancelled my subscription. If you want to know why, check out my best sources for free sample packs video. You can use a tuner. I will upload a video about the best free plugin bundles, check out MeldaProfuction free effects bundle. There you get an AutoPitch plugin and a tuner. I hope this helps you. Cheers, Phil

[@Daysnsd_apink]

Wow Great video Thank you!

[@rldays9179]

the bass and guitar from Ample bass dont work on Garageband. It cant find the instruments.

[@rldays9179]

I found another guitar from ample that works outside of a DAW and it works fine but wont work inside Grageband.

[@youngkovicmusic.6056]

Thank you so much !!!

[@ishaankhemani7740]

Hi, I am new to making music. I downloaded adobe auditions and downloaded some of these plug ins. When I go to add the plug-ins, they do not show up. When I click on the dll file and open them using auditions it freezes the auditions screens never loads. What am I doing wrong?

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, I never really used Adobe Audition as I saw it more as an environment for only recording audio. But you cannot use MIDI for example. Maybe another software would be better for making music. However, you don't need to open the dll files. Put them in your VST folder. On windows most of the time it is C:/Program Files/Steinberg/VST, but maybe just check in the settings of Adobe Audition where it looks for VSTs. Cheers, Phil

[@ishaankhemani7740]

@@AnotherProducer thank you!

[@laaanz.2122]

Thank you bro!

[@jamesrdraper]

Do any of these work with Propeller heads Reason 10?

[@AnotherProducer]

AFAIK Reason 10 supports VST2 64bit Plugins so yeah they should work :)

[@matteoperron5436]

very helpful video thankyou

[@jurgitronik]

Check TAL-Bassline, its lit

[@scottguitarguy2589]

It appears to me that all the Spitfire Audio Labs stuff is NOT free. Maybe it was but I doubt it since some start at $200.

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, Spitfire Audio LABS is still free and will probably remain free. They also frequently add new instruments. Just use the link in the description. Spitfire audio also produces and sells more complex sound libraries/sampled instruments. I hope this helps! Cheers, Phil

[@dongdelacruz1250]

Thanks man!

[@jaidamodar9952]

Bro I suggest that pls let us know about Mb of each plug-in so we can think about storing or Dwlding

[@AnotherProducer]

Great idea!1 I will consider it in my upcoming videos. Of course sample based instruments like DrumMica! take up the most space (12GB) but the majority of effects I am going to cover in the next videos is rather small 😊

[@ZachxZeph]

Thank you for this! Godbless on your channel!

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey Zeph, you are welcome! It took a little bit longer than the promised few weeks, because I had some audio issues, but here it is :) Cheers, Phil

[@AnotherProducer]

@@ZachxZeph I don't quite get the question, sorry. Normally vocals are recorded in mono. But in Cubase for example you have to have a stereo track to use stereo effects. I think in ableton you can switch from a mono to a stereo track very easily, which you can't in Cubase. I don't know that much about ableton but maybe I can help you, if you rephrase your question :)

[@ZachxZeph]

@@AnotherProducer sorry 😅 my reply was typo. What i meant was. Sometimes i record vocals the audio in the screen splits into two (up & down) i think its left and right(?) And also sometimes i just recorded with one audio coming from the screen i think thats mono? I dont really know what is it. Is it mono or stereo or idk. Cause im barely new on the DAW so i just click whatevers on the DAW HAHAHA

[@AnotherProducer]

@@ZachxZeph Haha yeah that sounds like mono and stereo :D Mono is only one audio source and stereo has 2 different audio sources. If you want to record in stereo you need 2 microphones. If you record your vocal you probably use only one mic and therefore both sources (left and right channel) contain the same information. As I said I don't know how it works inside of ableton, but in Cubase I have to use a stereo track to use stereo effects, like for example a ping pong delay on my mono source. But you can easily try it out yourself I suppose :)

[@ZachxZeph]

@@AnotherProducer thank you so much!

[@johnz6906]

Useful vid thanks. Anyone tried to download the Sennheiser drums - the reg code button on their site doesn't work for me. Says there is a security issue with the page.

[@johnz6906]

I mailed them yesterday and the reg link is working now

[@dlol.]

Im sad I didn’t see ZynAddSubFX Despite it’s chunky interface, it has 16 oscillators Im sad that the better version (ZynFusion) is paid

[@AnotherProducer]

Thanks for mentioning this one. I am going to try it out. It looks great so far and if it does a decent job I will add it to the blog post. Cheers, Phil

[@funkyjones]

Good video. Thanks! BTW parameter is pronounced "pa-RAM-it-er" :)

[@Elias-gv3cx]

Nice Danke

[@ElBoii90]

10:13 where can i find that effect? i downloaded this but i dont see that effect :( "SY_surface KS"

[@AnotherProducer]

It is a presets of the additional preset packs I mention in the video. You have to scroll down a little bit on the page where you can download the plugin ;) these presets maybe have to be put in the preset directory. I am not quite sure where this is exactly. Maybe someone else can help out here. When I am back home in like a week I can check it.

[@ElBoii90]

Another Producer I found it, thank you!! :)

[@jayyeskay8228]

do u what? you are AWESOME MAN!!!

[@Humanumikey]

Question: So some vsts I can download just fine to the folder I want on the C drive ( C drive, Program Files, Stienberg), but a lot of them just won't let me move them from the Download folder (need permission). How can I go about changing that?? Thanks

[@Humanumikey]

@dirtyshelf will do, thanks

[@AnotherProducer]

You need to have administrators permission in some cases. I guess you are not the administrator of your PC then?

[@Humanumikey]

@@AnotherProducer I must not have set up my computer right lol another thing to Google/KZbin. oh well, it'll be something for me to do this weekend.

[@benedictsubrabas1918]

Can I use it for Adobe audition???

[@AnotherProducer]

I am not sure if Adobe Audition supports MIDI by now. But you can definitely get it done by using ReWire and a second software which supports MIDI. Record the audio there and it will be transferred to Audition. I hope this helps. Cheers, Phil

[@ThePattosc]

all works in fl?

[@AnotherProducer]

Yeah, all of them should work inside of FL Studio

[@stansteez]

Massive and Serum are both not FM Synthesizers - they are Wavetable Synthesizers, which can modulate via FM but as far as the method of synthesis is concerned they are not FM Synths. But FM7, Dexed and Citrus are true FM Synthesizers.

[@AnotherProducer]

Oh man you are totally right, thanks for pointing that out! I obviously mixed these up 😅

[@jimf9078]

I can use these with my digital piano as midi?

[@vincentvandenbroeck2676]

You need a DAW dor that too

[@jimf9078]

Ty.. can I ask,what u may recommend as a good free software I have a Alexis recital 88 non pro version... Ty

[@vincentvandenbroeck2676]

I actually have no experience with free daw's... If you really enjoy making music I recommend you to just buy a (cheap) daw like cubase elements. You'll also need a cable to connect your keyboard with you computer. Aannnd if you buy a DAW you can do lots more then just using these sounds.

[@vincentvandenbroeck2676]

Jesus I typed a lot there

[@sure5679]

synth1 links are funny, you are sent to a broken japanese or something website, also, great vid

[@AnotherProducer]

Haha I know. But I think it is not broken. It is just the original website of the developer Ichiro Toda. You can still download synth1 over there 😁

[@davidhilton7158]

You can go to vst4free.com and vstplanet.com. as well.

[@justbud]

Thanks very much

[@layonBacelar]

Did you serve mac?

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man, yeah they all work on Mac as well! 😊

[@layonBacelar]

@@AnotherProducer thanck you

[@888roscoe]

none of these work with bandlab cakewalk,any reason why does anyone know? Good video tho,thanks.

[@AnotherProducer]

Hey man I just tried them in cakewalk and they worked fine. Don't you find them under your instruments or is there no sound or something?

[@stebo5562]

Gotta make sure you have cakewalk set to scan the folder you installed the plugins in.

[@williamknight2433]

where are you from?

[@hamzaehab4785]

do they work with reaper

[@AnotherProducer]

Yes they do