5 Weird Free Plugins I Love (And You Should Too) 🤪

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0:00 It's Your Money And I Need It Now
0:24 Howdy
1:31 Getting Tapey
3:44 Driftmaker Demos
5:11 Grains For Days
7:57 Emergence Demos
9:56 Lost In The Fog
11:35 Fogpad Demos
12:50 StringVerb
14:51 PianoVerb Demos
16:36 Enter The Matrix
18:36 ChowMatrix Demos
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[@VenusTheory]

Go get weird this week, y'all 👽 Become a Patron ► venustheory.com/buckaroonie-babez

[@TraxtasyMedia]

heya master, did you ever check Element of Surprise? A masterly well free pluggy, that works like Autogun in FL Studio :)

[@guywithaguitar1827]

Oh my god! Stop feeding my vst addiction, pls venus; I'm dying out here, man.

[@ProfessorSaibertin]

Thx for the cool stuff!

[@DataLux-iq5fl]

Yess Linux, Thanks man. Keep up the Grind (*)the haters.

[@futureeater]

@@TraxtasyMediasounds great!❤

[@ARKAN_Music_]

Did you just credit me?!? That was reeally unexpected ahahah it never happened to me I swear so thanks to you Ven! ❤

[@KOjoe1k67]

He called you a LEGEND bro, must be nice :)

[@ARKAN_Music_]

@@KOjoe1k67 ofc it is! Ahahah

[@bobrobertsNotUrBob]

FREAKSHOW INDUSTRIES free vsts are by far the weirdest vsts I have ever come across and by a long shot the best looking plugins and unexpected sounds.."wtf" comes to mind

[@ernestweber5207]

I second that. Even the interface is surrealism.

[@weareparkerful]

Yes! Dumpster fire on a piano scared everyone in my house! Back mask on guitar is awesome too

[@bobrobertsNotUrBob]

@@ernestweber5207 I love your profile pic, in our country we call them sea swallows. I love finding them at sodwana

[@ernestweber5207]

@@bobrobertsNotUrBob Thanks! Yes, they are so beautiful. Amazing creatures. I would just note that they are also a bit dangerous to handle and can deliver a potentially life threatening sting, as you probably know. Look, but don't touch ;)

[@bobrobertsNotUrBob]

@@ernestweber5207 yh i am aware, and cringe when I see someone who decides to pick one up...humans

[@Puremagnetik]

Thank you for the awesome coverage! 🙏 Driftmaker was due for an update so new versions are now available. This should improve compatibility and performance issues on the latest versions of major DAWs for Windows and OSX. Any problems, definitely get in touch... Enjoy!

[@SirNotAppearing]

glad to hear you're working on performance issues. I've downloaded your plugs in the past and found them neat-sounding, but very unstable.

[@Puremagnetik]

@@SirNotAppearing very sorry to hear that. Indeed some plugins had suboptimal performance issues in the past but we are constantly working to improve the framework. In the past year we’ve optimized a lot of the codebase and - especially on windows - things should perform a lot better. Feel free to write hello at puremagnetik with any specific issues and we will definitely sort them out!

[@tilda140]

He was saying how random it can be, it looks fun but I really need to be able to recall patches and have the effect same the sound way when I open the project again, based on the selected parameters and into future sessions... or would I need to bounce the audio every time just due to the fact if I catch some randomness magic it may not happen again (in precisely the same way)?

[@MrMinimalJunk]

first of all i really like the your driftmaker with its glitchy style! and thanks a lot for the free version:) but my problem is that it produces a loud white noise..am i doing something wrong?

[@soydave1988]

I have FL studio 20, but I can't get Driftmaker to install properly... I keep getting errors when trying to add it as a new plug-in, is there a proper way to install it that I'm unaware of? It looks like it would be a great plug-in, but I can't get it to work

[@croay]

chow is the one guy doing everything right when it comes to plugin development and design, it's amazing,

[@xavierwilliams303]

Chow Tape is the BEST Free Tape plugin in the market rn. It even competes really well with the top paid ones too!

[@robertschulz6558]

Chowdhury deserves way more recognition.

[@compucorder64]

Thanks for this. I was aware of Emergence and Pianoverb. But I live Fogpad, Driftmaker and Expanse. My other favourite's recently have been from Freakshow Industries. Mishby is my favourite. It's indescribably strange. The interface is a work of art. I think you'll like it. Audiomodern have some greate free plugins too. Filterstep is a 'motion filter' that's quite creative. Gatelab brings some creative modular-like gate sequencing into the DAW too. Audiothing filterjam is a multiband resonant filter, a few years old now, but I still like it.

Freakshow is amazing... I love their 'steal' option for the plugins too, it's hilarious. Absolutely fascinating stuff.

[@Euthymia]

@ I paid for all of Freakshow's plug-ins despite knowing about the steal option and being very much into free plug-ins. I just had to reward that level of twisted genius! Their marketing videos are works of art unto themselves.

[@woegarden]

oh mishby is amazing! been using it subtly in a lot of my sounds for a couple of years now

[@Euthymia]

@@woegarden One can use MISHBY "subtly??" :-)

[@compucorder64]

@@Euthymia Using Mishby 'subtly' means when your boss isn't looking, or behind your girlfriends back ;)

[@evans_the_bard9234]

I really don't comment often but I want to express my deep gratitude for your content! It has helped an old composer like me acclimate to this new world of music production (my tools before were pencil, paper and acoustic instruments). Even more importantly your content, along with others, is helping me through some of the worst times of my life through a pleasant educational escape! So THANK YOU!¡!¡!¡!

[@evans_the_bard9234]

As soon as I am financially capable, I will become a patrean

[@theoryofmine7473]

Ribs, for all your grainular needs: www.pluginboutique.com/products/4647-Ribs

[@DerekPower]

You really are becoming the Anthony Fantano of music production =D And yeah, I like it when plugins are now, more than ever, going beyond bread and butter type functions by creating some unusual and interesting audio signal manipulation processes. Thank you for sharing as always. Eskitt =D

[@naolmstead]

I can see use for every one of these plugins in the way I do my music. These are awesome. Thanks for sharing them. And thanks to the makers of them for creating them.

[@marcelmiagi4579]

This is quickly becoming my favorite YT channel. So easy to 'zen' out to and learn me something. Thanks for the great content man

[@monts4246]

great stuff! is anyone else struggling to get the pianoverb plugin? it just keeps redirecting me to the cart, which says it's empty...

[@KariKauree]

Yeah, the "add to cart" doesn't work. Once you've signed up for an account with them and signed in, you'll find pianoverb under "my plug-ins".

[@jeffagoddard]

You’re absolutely right! This is the best 😁 There are so many plugins and VSTs out there, but who needs another reverb, compressor or saturation knob. It’s the chaotic and different plugins that get my attention and evidence of a truly creative developer. In fact, I think all the major vendors have similar high quality traditional effects that come with your DAW or bundle. They’ve nailed it. Now if you want a different sound, you need to venture into the unusual. Well done!

[@GeorgeLocke]

The Noise Engineering Free Bundle is great. The synths are simple and great for sound design, whether for subby basses, crunchy mid-range, or eerie pads. Ruina is a ruinous beast.

[@omniburn]

I really don't know why Emergence is free.. IT'S JUST SO GOOD!

[@tillsimmen9699]

Amazing Plugins, thanks for showing them. My personal free favourites so far are: LABS from Spitfire Audio and Pancake 2 from Cableguys. 😉 Nothing new for most of you guys I guess, but if you don't know them, you should definitly check them out. Cheers!

[@andrewlkozar]

Thanks!!

[@ertybeats]

It's amazing how theres a ton of free plugins that should cost a lot more, but still free

[@arnobauermeister1167]

As always: Excellent recommendations. Can't wait to fool around with those a great interesting textures and effects. Thank you so much!

[@luisbarrera5740]

I actually really like that driftmaker plugin. Sounds haunting

[@kmdaykin]

Try putting a piano through driftmaker, then emergence. So much creepy.

[@GB3770]

@@kmdaykin hmmm i might do that...

[@andrewlkozar]

@@kmdaykin will try this out-thanks.

[@LaymensLament]

I wanted a grain delay so I remember emergence, picked it up and I ended up using it like 5 times today. It's pretty damn good. Its missing some functionality but its really very good already.

[@martinrabiller8048]

Hi Cameron, thanks for this video, all these freebies sounds amazing ! I was wondering, did the piano melody we can hear @15:10 is something of your composition ?

[@VenusTheory]

Not one of my works, just a random improv I did to demo the plugin haha. Maybe I'll revisit that improv and turn it in to something at some point though.

[@imjagl]

@@VenusTheory please🙏

[@DSound74]

I must say your channel and your content is amazing. The audio and your voice is perfect for listening for like..forever. No , im not a stalker but..i really like your content and i hope more people find your channel. Thanks and keep it up! :D

[@VenusTheory]

Haha well thank you. Glad you've been enjoying the channel!

[@RosentwigMusic]

Awesome selection of plugins! Never heared of Puremagnetik before this video, they got some really cool plugins! Also, what piano did you use in the PianoVerb Demo - it has such a nice creamy quality to it.

[@gunner6233]

where are these piano loops you used from?

[@VenusTheory]

Heyo! Just random improvisations, nothing special really.

[@gunner6233]

@@VenusTheory damn I thought they were pretty good, you could make a piano loop pack if you haven't already

[@VenusTheory]

Haha well thanks. Maybe I'll think it over for a future pack.

[@zachary963]

My dad has an old piano, hundreds of years old, with a crack in the big metal plate in the back (I can’t remember what it’s called atm). Anyway, the result is that its sustain is much longer than any other piano I’ve ever played. The pianoverb reminds me of that.

[@Viper-dz2kw]

I’ve been wanting something like pianoverb ever since I saw someone use that effect in a studio, it’s such a cool sound

[@wizzack75]

when I click the download button a bigger picture of the plugin shows up but no file transfer. What am I missing? Thank you! :D

[@ernestweber5207]

Good stuff, Buckaroo! Ah, Pianoverb 1 does not seem to be available. I already signed up to it, but when I put it in the cart, the cart stays empty. They seem to be in the Twilight Zone on the site since it says something about a better layout. Actually, it has been in transition for a while. Has anybody been able to DL it?

[@jayvandenberghe4530]

Did you make an account? "PSP PianoVerb is available for free for all who have an active account at our user area. To get access to the plug-in simply open (or log-in to) your free account at our user area. "

[@ernestweber5207]

@@jayvandenberghe4530 Yes, I have an account. I first tried with Firefox and then used Chrome to see if that was the problem. I put it in the cart and when I check the cart, it is empty. Well, well. Maybe they will get that sorted out at some point.

[@DAUBSKI]

Is there an init on the emergence?

[@eleven47]

I think, the only way is double clicking on the knobs to reset to the default settings.

[@ARKAN_Music_]

Unfortunately not but I'm sure the devolper will add a reset button since he always update Emergence frequently

[@maomallows]

I love Emergence! I have been looking high and low for a good granular effect and this is well withing my comfort zone for sound design! Thanks Cameron.

[@Nesthetic99]

Thank you for the video! Was looking for some free plugins lately. Perfect timing! 👌

[@user-bi4sr2rw7b]

Thank you!

[@glenesis]

Good morning, Cameron! Nice work! I hadn't heard of the first 3 of these, and all of them are really cool! Thanks for the great demos, too. Have a fantastic new week.

[@shannonia81]

I've used a couple of these, but I also love seeing ones I've never seen before. The Drift Delay looks interesting :D

[@divehalfway]

THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!!! I'll look for whacky new plugins on YT and what I normally get are super boring, generic delays/eq's and such, so this is absolutely fantastic! def getting all of these

[@10oclocktic]

Emergence is an absolute beast ! Got it working flawlessly sounds deadly on keys and guitar its a definite keeper cheers to all involved !!!

[@joaosilveira6051]

yayy

[@KOjoe1k67]

Driftmaker would def be a nice tool for drill melodies to add that slightly untuned wicked spooky weirdness we like. Thanks for the video !

[@KOjoe1k67]

PianoVerb sounds freakingsick on that lovely soft piano btw. Where does this pinao comes from ?

[@TerenceKearns]

12:50 I wonder if you can "tune" it using Rift Feedback Lite in midi mode.

[@robshrock-shirakbari1862]

Hi Cameron, you've obviously got the gift of a great voiceover instrument... do you mind sharing exactly how you get such a great mic sound on your video VOs with no mic in sight? Are you using a shotgun mic?

[@VenusTheory]

Yo! I use a Rycote HC-22. Not really anything special going on - but I showed more detail about my process in my 'how I make my videos' video a while ago.

[@aquaticborealis4877]

These are all very cool. I will definitely check them out. We live in an era bursting with plug-ins and hardware. It’s dizzying. I think even seasoned producers will eventually need a consultant. Assessing the quality, overlap, and suitability is a job in and of itself. Good thing you are on the case 🤙

[@daviHuggMonster]

I have seen hundreds or thousands of videos on audio production and music, yours are always fund and instructional. You are one of a kind

[@tradrudeboy]

I wonder if anyone has made a Driftmaker-like effect for the Korg NTS-1/Logue series...

[@gabemusicc4193]

Are there presets for the "grain thing" ?

[@lordlucan7348]

Wow, loads of ideas coming from these superb plugins. Great vid, many thanks

[@MrScottGlasel]

Can nodes in CHOW Matrix be bussed to separate busses?

[@Emily_M81]

"Look at me. I'm the sponsor, now. Buckaroonie." :>-|

[@kavokei1337]

So happy I found your channel last year, I get such a lot out of your videos - thanks, Cameron 👍

[@iitznugz9054]

years! Let know your questions!

[@boobo3763]

What are you using to actually generate the sounds -A keyboard? I'm looking to do some really wild stuff a la this but using a guitar as the main "controller"...

[@johne1961]

Love your vid, these are great tools for my new LP. Can I ask where your loops are from and your pianos in the demos man?

[@VenusTheory]

Except for the drum loops and the organ loop at the end, it's all just random improvs I did to demo the plugins so nothing special really. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@StereoCartridge]

Awesome!) Thank You Very Much!

[@TitanWave1]

Dope!! Thank you

[@johncurvyroot9217]

Wow! Thank you thank you very much!

[@tutunuitekanawa3940]

Thank you!!

[@ASTNMusic]

This is some of the most well put together content I've seen in a while, thank you!

[@ebcom3]

Thank you kindly for sharing- i am currently in southern Asia and... i dont have much money currently- i live okay but when i moved, i had to leave my old studio behind, the pandemic hit, and..well i am used to making decent money through live shows...then i learned about VSTs and it must be a bit of a passion project and i certainly respect and applaude the coders - particularly those who release their work as FOSS...(i am a bit of a dinosaur). and give them what i can» not much but at least something.«

[@jamg6311]

Lol “Sorry, I went to public school”

[@esteemedyams]

Could you make a video about making a handgun sound effect without actual gun samples? I've been stuck on this for a couple weeks now.

[@1703702]

Borrow an airsoft pistol! The gas blowbacks sound great.

[@NirvzHD]

I would try heavily distorting a snare drum sample and applying a sweeping pitch filter on the attack. The distortion might add some tone, so try to EQ out the resonant tonal frequencies. Then I would add a subtle gated reverb effect. That should do the trick. EDIT: After trying this method myself, it works wonder, but I'd recommend that you need to automate an EQ on the high end. It will sound tin-y and fake without automation. You know what a gunshot sounds like so edit until you get as close as you can. Alternatively. Just use an audio-clip of someone shooting a gun and layer it under your fake sound to create your own, but with the meat of a real shot XD

[@octiw6491]

Nice video, do you have the first sample on the emergence plugin? Thanks

[@alairlibreinsfreie5785]

Thank you a lot for Emergence!!! i just purchased it and it is as phantastic as you said. specialy used over soundscapes that i created with "noises" the noise-generator that HAINBACH just presented. This is a plug in that i would realy love to see you try out

[@purpleclown]

They sound awesome but seem very complicated. I couldn't adapt them to my daw (cubase). So what's the use of it? With which daw can ı use them - also I'm talking about your other video including deelay and surge-? Do I have to use a real keyboard to get effected sounds or is it enough to have a midi keyboard synched with my daw? Actually it would be better if you talk about how we can use them with our daws. Do I have to use a different VST patch or something while I install?

[@matthijshebly]

Great stuff, as usual :)

[@hussainashraf3098]

how do u download the emergence plugin i have tired eveything cant download it to fl

[@TanakDusunBohTii]

is there a way to import a you already have into soft soft?

[@MC-zw5gf]

Anyone know the piano sample used for the piano verb showcase

[@ashleyhefner2721]

I love your peace offering at/ around 0:58! So priceless!! What makes it even funnier is I didn't see it coming! Love your sense of humor bro. You just gained a follower!!

[@Bthelick]

Chow is ace, I pointed out a timing bug in matrix with the fist taps and he implemented an update that corrected it within days

[@samthesomniator]

Thank you so much. You are awesome

[@RandomCommentHandle]

I have a very general question: I've been using the exact same program, Reason 4.0, for music production since forever, mainly because, "A bad artist blames their tools." But, I'm gonna blame my tools, I want to use these VST plugins but I need a new software program to run them. I'm not someone who has a lot of spare change and I would like to use as many free plugins as possible, I was thinking FL Studio or Ableton but don't know which program offers better value for money. Any advice would be welcome. Cheers.

[@treblegrey]

Look at me, I am the sponsor now!

[@cnm_quore]

Independent reviews guaranteed. :D

[@shinichikudo520]

im having a problem when i put gms and na the patter "app" it doesnt soft like what it was in the video its a loud annoying soft

[@DjNoRequests]

CLOUDRUM by Ample Percussion. Not so much weird as it is just kinda niche. I use t all the time! It's such a great beat/idea starter

[@metrshico2861]

What the music is PianoVerb Demos?

[@piumablu87]

Hi all, someone know if emergence works on pro tools? I can’t find it after the installation 🙏🏼

[@user-tz5od3fy9s]

who did the melody?

[@user-tz5od3fy9s]

on the painoverb

[@WholeCounselRecords]

What microphone/interface are you recording into? This sounds stellar!!

[@MrUglyStupid]

I'm gonna try Driftmaker with some less harsh and overtone heavy sounds. Bells were a little grating in my opinion. Your voice immediately after made it all better though Thanks for the great video as usual! Edit: PianoVerb could really do with a built in eq or at least a high pass for the wet sound

[@CNTRRNDM]

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!

[@SunePors1]

Every plugin should have an "Insanity" fader!

[@kadiummusic]

I love these weurd and wonderful free plugin videos. So inspiring! 😎

[@sinansahin5767]

Really works

[@chasebethersonton5169]

Wow, neat!!!!

[@Guitarman212]

the vst intrument in 7:59 name please

[@tkexit]

i vote for more weird plugin videos :D great to put a few companies on my radar, thanks!!

[@stormtrooper_ravemuzik]

I really love how Emergence sounds in the video, but honestly I am somehow to stupid to make it sound kool on my end. Are there any presets out there somewhere for it or is anybody up for doing some? Just to have the basic parameters set and not get me totally lost 🙂

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

It's weird when certain plug-ins won't work on certain systems, or OS versions, but work fine on others. I can't get any of the Exponential Audio FX to work on my system, even though it's from Izotope, but all the other Izotope plug-ins work great. Maybe I offended the AUVSTAAX Gods somehow...

[@kedskies]

Oh

[@mikeexits]

Just wanted to throw my experience in here too. I have probably more than half of Puremagnetik's plugins, free and paid - have been collecting them for over a year now - and I've never had a problem getting them to work in Ableton Live 10 Suite. Aside from getting the Github projects, exporting from Cabbage, and not keeping the CSD file and "includes" images folder with the .dll or .vst3 file, which was my own fault. By the way, yes, you can get any of the newest Lore series plugins for free from their Github too! You just need to download Cabbage (an IDE for programming audio software), import the project file of whatever plugin you want, then export it in the format you want. You'll have to be sure whether it's an instrument or effect plugin before doing so, or you could break the plugin that way too.

[@vuaichanelmobagame4135]

I can't open the installer, it says " the program cant start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.ddl is missing. Please Help

[@leirumanuel]

Thanks a lot Cameron

[@AKAtAGG]

Wow for the first time ever I've watched a video claiming 'great free plugins' and actually found all of them useful and therefore downloaded each of them. Great stuff thanks so much.

[@arttravelsmusictravels4lif438]

Appreciate this 📝🎵🎹🎚🎛🌄🌌🌌🌌🔥🔥🔥

[@bodanerius]

Hi. Could you do a tutorial on how to properly use PaulXStretch in DAW? Routing, importing, exporting etc... Thanks :)

[@andy-simmons]

Great content as always! Appreciate the callouts for Linux support, too.

[@toddbernstein3407]

It's great to see Puremagnetik getting some attention! I don't know how well known they are, but their plugins are really unique and versatile for the money.

[@johnrun712]

Thanks as I love weird sounds, so synths and fx, rather than normal instruments.

[@joaofreon2683]

Do i need some specific software?

[@nofanealbni]

Is the ui of fogpad not displaying for anyone else? Using FL studio

[@joaofreon2683]

First time here. How can i use this plugins?

[@VenusTheory]

Yo! In order to use them, you would need either a DAW (Ableton, FL Studio, Bitwig, Cubase, etc) or a plugin host (Savihost, etc). They typically do not run as standalone programs.

[@razornaut]

Not hugely keen on Driftmaker from your demo; seems to have some nasty offset issues - perhaps "Blend" smooths this out? Chow Matrix, on the other hand, is really interesting. It reminds me of those old ixi sound experiments from a few years back.