10 Free: Virtual Instruments #10Free
Download some free Virtual Instruments for your DAW, including drums, bells, piano, clavinet, and more drums. There’s even a GameBoy Sound Emulator!
1 Spitfire Labs LABS Virtual Instruments
What it is: Spitfire labs has one new free instrument per month. For instance, download Rare Groove Piano, Strings 1 & 2, Sleigh Bells, Moon Guitar, hand bells, peddle pads, and more.
Compatibility: Compatible with any DAW.
Download: Spitfire Labs LABS Instruments Programme
2 Ticky Clav 2 Pocket Clavinet
What is it?: Ticky Clav is, in fact, “the first virtual instrument that used physical modeling to emulate the hugely popular Hohner D6 Clavinet®, made famous by Stevie Wonder’s hit song Superstition.”
Compatibility: VST|AU|AAX
Download: Ticky Clav 2 Pocket Clavinet
3 Reflekt Audio Xylo Wood
What is it?: A free Xylophone.
Compatibility: VST|AU
Download: Xylo Wood
4 BPD GB Drumbox
What is it?: A free Game Boy virtual instrument. Markedly, it also comes with free sample paxks.
Compatibility: AU|VST|AU
Download: GB Drumbox
5 99 Sounds Upright Piano
What is it?: Obviously, a freeware piano.
Compatibility: VST|VST3|AU
Download: Upright Piano
6 Sitala Drums
What is it?: Sitala Drums is, in essence, a new drum plugin and standalone app.
Compatibility: VST|AU
Download: Sitala Drums
7 Reflekt Audio OU-80
What is it?: In short: “The OU-80 is a hard hitting drum based VST plugin that comes equipped with a simple, effective and user friendly interface. The OU-80 drum plugin was designed with some of the most influential rapper’s and producer’s of all time such as Post Malone, Drake, Kid Cudi, Lil Pump, Cardo Got Wings, Johnny Juliano, Wheezyx5, and the list goes on and on. With over 100 sounds that range from hi hats, snares, kicks, 808s and more!”
Compatibility: AU|VST
Download: Reflekt Audio OU-80 (This is follow and tag-ware)
8 Supreme Piano Piano One
What is it?: In essence, Piano One is derived from the Yamaha C7 concert grand piano.
Compatibility: VST|AU
Download: Piano One
9 Dexed
What is it?: In bried, Dexed is an FM plugin synth, modeled on the Yamaha DX7.
Compatibility: VST|AU|LV2
Download: Dexed
10 Ample Sound Cloudrum
What is it?: Tongue drum emulator
Compatibility: VST
Download: Ample Sound Cloudrum
Need LOTS of High-Quality Virtual Instruments?
IK Multimedia SampleTank
Inspiring your musical journeys. One sound at a time.
In particular, it includes over 100 GB of samples and 6,000 sounds.
The new SampleTank 4 has been re-designed from the ground up to be every musician’s “go to” workstation for music creation. In fact, it has a completely new rescalable interface, a massively expanded sample library and a new cutting-edge sound engine with efficient disk streaming, to deliver more powerful music creation tools than you ever imagined. What might usually take dozens of plug-ins can be accomplished right inside SampleTank 4, for lightning-fast workflow that keeps your inspiration going.
IK Multimedia SampleTank MAX
The complete sound and groove workstation, including over 250 GB of samples and 8,000 sounds.
The new SampleTank 4 has been re-designed from the ground up to be every musician’s “go to” workstation for music creation. In fact, it has a completely new rescalable interface, a massively expanded sample library and a new cutting-edge sound engine with efficient disk streaming, to deliver more powerful music creation tools than you ever imagined. What might usually take dozens of plug-ins can be accomplished right inside SampleTank 4, for lightning-fast workflow that keeps your inspiration going.
Posted by Michele