One Of The BEST Free Synth VST Plugins 🎹 | Odin II Synth Demo

[@VenusTheory]

Any other awesome free synths I should cover on the channel? 🤔 💿 Save 7% on DistroKid 💿 distrokid.com/vip/venustheory

[@Eichro]

VeeSeeVSTRack! Good luck exploring all 850+ modules. ;)

[@XantuxNepomuk]

My favourite are: Arido by Solcito Musica and the free u-he synths

[@hamtramckchronicles]

If you haven't already, Surge.

[@Roderick_Legato]

You've already covered Surge and Vital. What else is there?

[@EasyHeat]

Dude, I'll say it again: You have the perfect voice for radio, commercial voice over work ect... Ha! Anyway... I have an old iMac laying around (late 2008) I was thinking of possibly turning into a stand alone live noise maker of sorts, and I was pleased to see Odin will run in El Capitan! Really dig the channel! Cheers!

[@unfa00]

Thank you for covering Odin2, and especially for pointing out that it's not just "free" (as in "freeware") but also open-source (as in "free software" or "libre software") :) I've been using it a bit and making some tutorials about it as well (100% open-source audio production is my thing), but I wanted to watch your take on this synth to see if I missed anything of note. I find the patches you've demonstrated really inspiring, and they make me want to dive into this instrument once more.

[@glomerol8300]

There seems to be a bit of a FLOSS music plugin renaissance at the moment. Still, though, I'm waiting, so to speak, for, or at least hoping to find, a nice FLOSS synth plugin that can take a reasonably-long, quantum-computer-choking wav or flac or whatever accessible file, actually resynthesize it to a healthy amount of partials and then have a powerful system with which to work on/effect the results. Madrona Labs' ~four-year (and counting) foot-drag-with-the-name-Sumu (lost in the fog?) aside, it would ideally have to be FLOSS.

[@dirtysolarremix]

i want this Today!💯

[@razornaut]

Not even my wife has called me beautiful 😭... I feel all warm inside.

[@HairyVeinyNiggaBalls]

gay

[@razornaut]

Is it recess already?

[@tuneboyz5634]

@@razornaut bro dont cry take care!

[@DreamWeavingStudios]

I also got this warm feeling inside 😂😅

[@BdawgSelf]

So glad more VSTs are being made for Linux

[@tuneboyz5634]

yay now u can enjoy ur wacky kooky synth

[@guacfiend]

@@tuneboyz5634 don't hate on linux just because it's not your preferred OS :)

[@guythegoth139]

The synth itself is a bit outside my experience level to operate, but the idea of combining a textured droning sample with a synth that you displayed at the end was really intriguing and I'll definitely try that out soon!

[@mclightseeker3973]

How about u-he Zebralette or Triple Cheese, the only synth that I know works based on comb filters. Both also come now with a new, modern GUI

[@VenusTheory]

Zebralette kicks ass! Haven't tried the new Triple Cheese update but I'll add it to my list.

[@DatasetDesign]

I love that they made a synth inspired by Thor and released it as a VST3 that you can't use in Reason. Another example of why I'm not upgrading it until it supports VST3.

[@johnchedsey1306]

Hopefully the recent Reason roadmap is correct and they have VST3 support done by January. That's been the thing I most want as an update. I suspect they are having to rewrite a huge chunk of their code base to make it happen.

[@katiebarber407]

its nice to see a popular creator actually cover a FOSS software of any kind, especially a plugin. hobbyist and music production community in general is SO brainwashed by for-profit companies into thinking non-free plugins are worse, or not worth using makes me so angry.

[@friesiamans1966]

hey, i just read your comment, don´t be angry, it´s not worth it, just keep going your way... how do i know? i´m a hobby/amateur musician since 1971 and went a long way - i play several instruments, played many completely styles of music (reggae for decades) and even made music for several utterly crazy films and am now more into electronic music - in the early 80s i had the chance to go into music business, but deliberately refused that, because i was aware, that i´m too soft for that - i had moments, when i regretted it, but at the end of the day, i´m very happy, sitting here in my garage, having a fine little home recording studio (i started and struggled with cassettes back in the day, so i know what a luxury we have now), a self sufficient nobody with a small herd of fans, haha... :-) as i said: keep going and do your stuff, being angry just costs energy for nothing - love and greetings from germany 🙋‍♂️

[@BenAngMusic]

Agree that it is very good to see a popular creator like Venus Theory cover a FOSS like Thor in detail and with real world application

[@FreeThink1984]

Based

[@elzurixmusic]

I really like this synth as well, it's just that it takes up A LOT of CPU when using even 4 voices of unison, which is really problematic for me because I like big analog pads, and I just can't use Odin without it taking 25% of my CPU, I really hope they would fix it, I installed the latest version. btw, if anyone knows how to fix the issue, please let me know!

[@ragnarroeck]

When my old Computer reached it's limit I started to bounce more often, something I seem not like to do for reasons unknown, I like to stay MIDI as long as I can. But that gave me a few further years of good use, so I might suggest doing that with your ODIN-tracks.

[@jamescuttsmusicjcm5013]

@@ragnarroeck bouncing is one approach, but what about freezing? can go back to midi when required at the click of a button?

[@ragnarroeck]

@@jamescuttsmusicjcm5013 if your DAW offers that, use it! The idea is to use a sample whenever possible.

[@stu4116]

I think most synths are cpu hungry, the best one that isn't, that I know of is synthmaster one, great sound but such a terrible gui

[@jamescuttsmusicjcm5013]

@@stu4116 what i can tell you as a developer is that... when people ask for synths that are not cpu hungry, they are really asking... "how can i get awesome synthesized sounds but not pay any cost in terms of, cpu processing?". Of course, what they would be better off with is samples. Basically... the better the synth, the more itll cost in cpu. There is no way to get it for free. You can buy a better cpu, bounce / freeze, or just use a simpler synth. But then obviously, it wont have all the trimmings. Another example of this question is... "how can i run my game at highest gfx settings but not have to buy a new cpu / gfx card?"... simple answer... you can't unfortunately. Lol.

[@boogs8112]

This is a truly amazing synth

[@stevenbrown8782]

Thank you for referring this synth. A lot of effort was put into producing the User Manual. Very good layout, pictures (I Like pictures!) and Hyperlinks. This fact alone is well worth me working with this synth (a novice I am, but with a good manual even I can learn). Overall excellent, and a Donation well worthy of the work put into Odin 2 and the User Manual. P.S. Did I Mention I like Manuals?

Getting some Reason Thor vibes, oh, Cameron just said that. How do you record your voice and do you have any room treatment? Extremely clean, no echo/reverb, and I do not see a mic nearby, it must be quite far away.

[@VenusTheory]

Yo! Lots of room treatment, but recently covered my vocal chain in my 'making of a youtube video' video. I use a Deity S Mic 2 going direct into my Audiofuse Studio

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Great review! I love Odin II, and featured it in some of my synth jams. It's a great synth, indeed. It takes some time to delve into but it can make great sounds, and fun to play. More jams and patches coming soon.

[@davidpetersonharvey]

Hey, there, yourself, Mr. Sexy Moustache Man! :-D Great video! It helped me get started with this synth and I love it. I'll be checking it Surge-XT next.

[@JayTheLane]

Nice almost looks semi modular. Sounds meaty and analog.

[@Skyverb]

The basses are nice!

[@TheParadox1010]

I am semi modular.

[@MaxFury_Official]

I use freeware synths for all my songs and they sound quote random people "really professional" it's all in the user these days. If you know what you're looking for and have the time and patience eventually you will get a great sound. I can't remember last i paid for a synth. It was probably my Access Virus-Ti that is honestly just collecting dust, yeah it's sad.

[@ceed3d396]

A damn good VST plugin, and it’s free!

[@Audiomancer]

Do you have to use the mod matrix for everything? For instance, there's a filter envelope that looks straight forward, but I don't see any click through or drag drop option. I assumed that the initial state of the synth would allow the use of the envelope on the default filter without using the matrix, but it doesnt appear that way to my amateur eyes. It seems like you can use any modulation source for any parameter....so why label the mod envelope and filter envelope separately? Could all just be mod envelopes. It's actually really awesome the flexibility available. This is the synth where I can finally design my sounds from scratch, and they sound like I imagined in my head.

[@SidJ8300]

5:43 till 6:02 seemed like a FIFA commentary .. All that it missed was ‘And It’s A Goal !!’ .. 😂😂

[@cclark8088]

It’s amazing all the free stuff there is!

[@tripledudes396]

All music producers drink coffie. Prove me wrong

[@AnthonyMcBazooka]

I love Thor but with the new pricing model from Reason which is basically trying to force even long time customers into the subscription, I'm very happy that there is an open source alternative, although not exactly the same, the workflow is very similar and that's what I love so much about it.

[@noam_mmvii]

What happened to "Howdy doodie buckaroonies?" :( Great vid as always Cam.

[@unfa00]

We're beautiful now. Don't complain!

[@BenMartinBox]

It is indeed a nice synth concept (and free) but for what it delivers (does), it is very CPU intensive.

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

Yay, another free linux synth.

[@thomas13RA]

Looking at phasing of bass / kick drama ATM. Would something like this be able to emulate or draw in a match for either of the two channels? I.e.bass confirms to kick. Or what is a better idea for this problem of layered kicks and bass?

[@jeetray11]

How does Odin compare with XFer Serum? Can you please recommend a free synth software/vst for windows for an absolute beginner?

[@glomerol8300]

I thunk a thought just after my power-nap here: We are all just walking chiptunes. Like, as a species. All just walking chiptunes on this here planet. May we do better on the next. The sun will nova and we will pass on, or whichever comes first and then time for us will once again become meaningless as this universe ages and dies and we wake up yet again in yet another universe on yet another planet being yet more chiptunes. It will be our lot in life, in this one and the next. Thanks for the free demo, Cam, you... you chiptuneroonie, if I may be so bold. I had the Odin plug long before this video, but it was on another computer, if not on another planet in another universe.

[@roohawkins2400]

Are these Presets available on your website? I don't see anything for Odin specifically

[@aspirativemusicproduction2135]

Odin is one of the best sounding Synts out there. The first thing I did off course is supersaw. I don't like anythind but supersaw.

[@KozmykJ]

I was about to bemoan it's CPU hunger. I had Odin II v2.2 installed since last year and that was both CPU hungry And occasionally unstable, on my system. BUT v2.3.1 is about as much of a CPU hog as Vital, Pigments and PhasePlant and appears to be more stable than it was so ... Maybe I'll get to use it a bit more now. 👍 Thanks for the reminder.

[@KozmykJ]

My 'Monster" i7 4.3GHz 32GB machine just isn't so 'Monster' anymore. 😢 4 cores, 8 threads is just middle of the road now. The Koz Audio Build 2021 is gonna have to get serious about processing capacity ...

[@dimitrisargy9804]

ODIN & ODIN 2 synth = a THOR (from Reason) in VST form.

[@BILLTHEPOET]

for some reason my download doesn't have the factory presets I downloaded it from the site for windows.....thoughts?

[@levynagyphoto]

I can't use it because it covers my whole screen and can't seem to find the resize button if there is any.

[@leinexkeith291]

12:14 Mmm tasty 🔥 Companies after profits dislike this

[@maydaygoingdown5602]

Is it just me or does this free VST remind anyone else of Hydrasynth sound wise???

[@mooseyard]

Yeah, its mix-n-match architecture has a lot in common with HS, although it goes beyond in some areas like the draw-your-own-waveform, which of course isn’t practical without a GUI.

[@sparkpeace647]

Sound of this Synth is nothing compared to this man's voice !!

[@Diego_Animo]

I have no idea why reaper fail to scan Odin. Does someone has the same problem? I'm on Win64bit

[@lehemikus7413]

Heeey.... Does anyone know if you can run this plugin with a guitar?

[@leinexkeith291]

14:11 I honestly acted stupid in public after this 🤡💎🔥

[@Skyverb]

For the Chiptune Oscillators I have just been drawing Sega Genesis cityscape backgrounds =)

[@dirtysolarremix]

Thanks for the great video👍🏼

[@jimmy999S]

Odin 2 is awesome, too bad it uses like 60%+ (with complex patches) cpu so it becomes unusable for me, sigh...

[@jimmy999S]

@@artisans8521 I know I know, I'm getting a new computer for university soon, right now I have an Intel Core 2 Q9650, it's a top of the line CPU... from 2008.

[@RichCochrane]

As of v2.3.0 they've incorporated the microtuning code from Surge as well, which is awesome.

[@artfxdnb]

That opening sounded like I was about to watch a really bad 80's pr0n video 🍑

[@Samson1]

Plugins for what program?

[@kmdaykin]

I've become fussy around VST synths, if I can't modulate one oscillator with the output of another it feels a bit bland. This one satisfies my OCD.

[@musicandfilms9956]

This plugin is simple enough even for me to use, yet it has a lot of options and sounds warm and interesting. Oddly, I can get only 6 voices of polyphony out of it in Unison 1 Mode, not the 24 voices claimed. What might I be doing wrong?

[@CrunchRatSupreem]

We simp open source

[@PC0067]

Il est superbe. Je travaille beaucoup avec charlatan car il prend une session 1,5% de processeur !!

[@davidnollmusic363]

Thanks so much Cameron! I always appreciate your excellent videos. Wishing you all the best!

[@theorize999]

I agree bringing the filters into surge was a great thing, it’s one of the main reasons surge is installed

[@JennyEverywhere]

Damn, dude...have you ever considered ASMR? That's a nice synth, I just wish the Windows installer would let me put it on a disk other than C:.

[@StewO101]

Jus install it on disk c: After that cut the "Odin2.vst3" out of C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 and paste it to you preferred directory. Same with the path "C:\ProgramData\odin2\Soundbanks\User Patches" which is empty at the beginning because the factory patches are included to the vst itself. Of cause you also have to tell your DAW where to find it because after moving it to an different than the standard path for vst3 plugins it wont find it without you telling it where to scan for plugins.

[@thewavewarden3315]

Other than VST2, the VST3 specification absolutely requires VST3 plugins to be in the exact location it is installed to. Some hosts (for example Studio One), will not find the plugin no matter what you tell the host where to search for plugins. This is why I hardcoded the destination to where it is.

[@sjfarrell2.03]

Amazing that this is free, TBH. It sounds really good, flexible enough, and is quite simple to use.

[@moetarded7757]

It is the whale sound from Star Trek 4

[@MR1337SKI]

Dam lots of ideas for this. Definitely going to get familiar with this one. You had me at wardrums.

[@rayderrich]

Another one to try, pfew. A few weeks ago I found Vital (I know I am late), then bought Rob Papen B.I.T., then found Surge and now Odin II. So many toys, so little time. Thanks man!

[@rayderrich]

@@artisans8521 It looks fantastic, I agree.

[@unfa00]

Geonkick... But it only runs on Linux :P

[@VenusTheory]

I know! One day I hope to see Geonkick or at least a similar-ish project make its way to different platforms. I have half a mind to install Linux on something just to get a few of those more interesting Linux only projects to have some fun wiht!

[@unfa00]

@@VenusTheory Awesome! If you'd want - I'd be glad to help you with it. My YT channel is all about FOSS + Linux audio. I have made some guides on how to setup your system correctly for audio and how to install software, and made tutorials about Geonkick itself. I think it should be possible to use it on REAPER, since it runs natively on Linux and supports the LV2 plugin format!

[@sh_a_nkar4135]

hi my daw only supportd vs2 not vst3 what to do ?

[@michaelrelkowski5052]

Awesome! I need another life to learn all this shet

[@sleepsmoothsounds]

Similar Thor in reason studio

[@gajan8758]

that's the beauty of bitwig: you just mod anything you want *easy* and *fast* :)

[@MreenalMams]

Howdy doodie..? Buckaroonies..?

[@leinexkeith291]

17:01 oh who's talking right there...

[@Mr.MarlonRiver]

For some reason REASON IS BEST

[@palebluedotstudios]

Hello! Where have you been my whole life? EDIT: I just realized I had this in my VST folder...oh, too many plugins...😅😂

[@lehemikus7413]

Also... Awsome plugin... 10-10

[@asephartanto666]

thor, odin, what's next? asgard? loki?

[@VenusTheory]

Asgard would make an amazing name for a reverb plugin!

[@blueeyedsoulman]

What advantage is there to offering a vst for free? How does the inventor get compensated for their time?

[@VenusTheory]

Suppose that's a case by case thing. Some may offer it free and offer a way to support them via Patreon or something, some may just release it for free as a gesture of goodwill or as a promotional strategy. Very lucky that we live in these times when you can get such amazing sounding stuff for free!

[@CasamTheAnimator]

To me it looks like Sylenth1.

[@niels25chr1]

Does Odin 2 work With Reason?

[@VenusTheory]

Odin 2 is VST3 only, so currently it won't work with non-VST3 compatible hosts.

[@andreaslocmitob]

Thor is the 2nd Odin tho...

[@guttaslimes]

I had this when I used FL12, but now I've upgraded to FL20, it no longer works. This is frustrating because I had to stop using the old FL because it crashes so often... now I cannot edit or change older projects in the new FL because I used to use the crap out of this synth (for every sound imaginable, it's really THAT GOOD) and it's not being recognised in the new FL at all despite all my attempts to fix the issue. I can't be the only one!!! Someone HELP! Please?

[@brokko_le3]

I'm drowning in plugins, free and paid. Recently I've tried most of them for one seemingly simple task: to get that 303 sound. It didn't have to be a perfect recreation, just that resonant rawness (on a synth that wasn't specifically build to emulate one). I failed with all of them, although some came close, with some tinkering. Usually they were either very thin sounding or they'd go berserk with whistling resonance. Even those with a dedicated "acid" mode failed (looking at you synthmaster). I used to think filters were mostly the same for synths, but I've found out that's not true. Same goes for distortion. I've only found one that got that 303+distortion sound right (for the most part): DTQ plusdistortion, which is free too. Anyway, as you said how great Odin's filters were, I put it to the test. I've only been playing around with it for a few minutes and it can actually do it! Even with saturation turned down there's that magical "glass cricket" sound using the diode filter with high resonance. Even rawer than the original if you ask me. Didn't have to jump through a single hoop either. Awesome synth, thanks fot the tip!

[@arbous65]

Thanks so much for the review. I got a few things figured out. Also I like your blend of drone and organic concept. If you happen to make more videos just about texture making, I would love to find out. :)

[@ultrajayme]

Has anyone used Pendulate?

[@SoundPeaks]

Thor as VST yey!

[@Mr.MarlonRiver]

Is modular?? Cameron

[@domino-mao8912]

Unfortunately VST3 only (PC Windows) => not compatible with my Komplete Kontrol software/hardware setup => too bad.

[@soundcore183]

There is another one called vk-1 free synth I am not convinced that much using such free beer when having vital and surge. Genesis by Umet Ozcan is interesting for maybe sound design not for performance. Quite opposite of that would be using only commercial synths like serum, pigments, falcon, spire, phase plant, omnisphere and avenger. What is so special about Thor was I guess the formant filter but the main sound in reason came from subosc, layers and effects not Thor by itself. Like the fractalizer on zebra by uhe and absynth by ni makes the sound character very unique but without any further processing it will be almost dry. ZynAddSubFX by Paul Nasca can do extremely wide pads and it is free. The filters are basic but the capability to stack layers in additive fashion could give good results, specially when looking for deep and wide sounds. There had been some fixes to it from the UI in some paid version, but I suggest sticking to synths which are in current development.

[@ultrajayme]

Finally got Odin 2 just now...like as in 30 minutes ago haha I have a JX8P and Prologue for poly work but you can't go wrong with some vst synths

[@krisrhodes5180]

Sorry I don't know this already but when you call the sound an "organic texture" towards the end, what does that mean? Where would I look to find other examples possibly not in a $449 library?

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

0:42 There seems to be no link in the description.

[@VenusTheory]

Damn it haha - had to go update a bunch of videos last night and must have accidentally removed that! Fixed now though, thanks for the heads up!

[@carlossoliman6703]

This Free synth is perfect.

[@windowsrefund]

It's "Free Software", not "Open Source". Please study the history of these terms and why their use is important.

[@electropocalypse5877]

Your videos truly inspire me and have helped me learn so much. A random question for any people in the comments... what is the purpose of parallel routing? I assumed that all modular synths use a single chain (input to output)... silly me I guess. ^_^

[@TerenceKearns]

Yay Linux. I'll definitely give this a go.

[@frankenfrank9553]

Do you also have the problem that you can not specify your own installation path in Windows during the installation and Windows Defender reports?

[@mykdubz128]

Odin is a great synth, no doubt about it. The only thing is that you might need a powerful cpu. It runs pretty well on my Windows Laptop but the Linux one couldn't handle it so I would stick to using Surge instead.

[@Wedontwantnowarnomore]

Good tutorial. Must point out that I don’t fancy the waitress voice in F major reaching an octave in every sentence. A little more humanity please 🤩🙏

[@johnsuggs7828]

Love the channel and the content. Hate the fact that your voice probably was able to vote when it was 5 years old. Bruh you should do radio or voice over work if you already haven't. I've tried for months now with all kinds of processing and......nope. not like your voice. lol Great content. Subscribed

[@chucktownvanlife4267]

Identical to Reasons Thor

[@grooveybeats6034]

Very identical

[@particlejim]

I mean it is called Odin...

[@grooveybeats6034]

@@particlejim yep, Thor's father in mythology...

[@Rose_Arcana]

I just took a first listen to one of your tracks "A View From Out There" I really liked it I thought that it was good. First time checking out your store... a real professional look going on, did you set up your site or do you have help?

[@martinjames5591]

That voice though.....

[@wardka]

Great sounding, but I wish I could figure out why it behaves so strangely in FL Studio. Sometimes the sound disappears and sometimes the entire GUI disappears and I can't seem to get it back. It acts like a trial version.

[@nebroskitheraut6705]

A good synth, but has high cpu usage. (atleast that's my experience on my i3 laptop). Surge does better with cpu usage.

[@UNSCPILOT]

To be fair, even "new" i3 processors are getting very long in the tooth these days, even modest mobile Ryzen CPUs in a laptop could probably give you a fair bit more power to work with

[@stephenroldan5107]

Works fine on my mbp. No glitches in any way

[@philippemouillevoix7783]

So bad, no vst 2 64! Sorry, I pass.

[@VenusTheory]

VST2 has been deprecated and only VST3 is usable for FOSS, so unfortunately VST2 will never be a think with newer FOSS plugins.

[@aikighost]

I wonder if this will be coming out in the new CLAP plugin format?

[@markMelgeorge2845]

i liked the video just because you called me beautiful LOL nah great synth thanks man

[@gogamusic]

I’m so bummed that it crashes on my Cubase and my project would not load while it was installed. So I had to uninstall 😞 waiting for a higher version than 2.3.1 when it resolves

[@jazzdude7014]

on my LEGIT Cubase 10.5 Pro NO problem, i checked more than 40 presets. and changed parameters

[@gogamusic]

@@jazzdude7014 ok did you save a project and then loaded it back up ? I have a large project that got messed up and would not load. The error message said Odin 2 was the problem. I might try to reinstall again

[@jazzdude7014]

@@gogamusic yes i saved it as Odin2 test and reloaded it, it acts like expected. BUT there were nor other tracks only 2 Odin instances for checking the presets and try to mess with the performance. WIN7 and C10.5 pro

[@gogamusic]

@@jazzdude7014 ok thanks