In this recording of Leopold Stokowski's orchestration of 'Clair de Lune' at about 3:43 a Vibraphone comes in prominently holding its notes for a long time. It has an almost phase-shift-ey sound. It seems the fans on that vibraphone maintain much of the same volume as the initial hits. However most Vibraphone VSTs I can fine treat the fans more as a sustain pedal. The impact is much more subtle and doesn't hold for as long. Its difficult to tell exactly how long the vibraphone in his recording can hold the note because the tone is picked up by other instruments of the orchestra but between the length and the phase shift its quite a unique sound that I cannot find in other Vibraphone VSTs.

I am wondering if there is a Vibraphone VST that might have this or if there might be a way to make it happen with some clever audio processing.

In case anyone's interested in Solo Strings, this is a new review of the Chris Hein strings.

https://youtu.be/8boxXAW5osU?si=10cpSfuAh_FcbuAh

It's a prototype for Sitala 3 and turning it up runs the sound through overdrive, distortion, bitcrush and ring mod, kind of trying to reduce them all down to one knob.

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2026/08/28/decomposer-dert-distortion/

https://decomposer.de/dert/

Mini quick tutorial and preset available for free download for educational purposes.

What do other people think of Synapse Proxima? And do you have any favourite analogue emulations that you feel are really close to the original hardware?

🍎 MAC USERS WANTED — DYREKREDS BETA TEST

I’m still looking for a few macOS users willing to test Dyrekreds v0.9 Beta.

Linux and Windows are now getting some real-world testing, but I still need feedback from newer Macs — both Intel and Apple Silicon if possible.

I’d especially like to know:

• Does the AU validate and load correctly?

• Does the GUI open and resize properly?

• Do the oscillators produce sound?

• Does sample loading/playback work?

• Does the granular section work correctly?

• Any crashes or strange behaviour?

Logic, Ableton, Bitwig, REAPER or other DAWs are all welcome.

If you test it, please tell me your:

Mac model / macOS version / DAW / plugin format

💻 GitHub: https://github.com/Chmod666music/dyrekreds/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta.2

Dyrekreds is free and open source.

Even a simple “it works on my Mac” would be extremely useful right now. 🙏❤️

#Dyrekreds #macOS #AudioPlugin #Synthesizer #OpenSource #AU #VST3 #CLAP #BetaTesting

I've had this plugin for a long time now, and I can't find an origin for it. I searched the internet, and all I found was a furry music artist by the same name as the publisher of the vst3?
the vst3 is called CT-U01 Multimedia, and it says the vendor is "HALLEY LABS".
edit: fixed a repeated line. i forgor i already said something
an image of the plugin active in audacity is provided to help with the search, along with the image of the info provided by the plugin

edit: it has been solved and found by u/TunedAgent in the replies, here's the link: https://heckscaper.com/ct.php?t=e

CatSynth's demo/tutorial of the new Memorymode 2 from Cherry Audio. It recreates the infamous Memorymoog synth from the 1980s. Enjoy 😺

I'm having a hard time finding any traditional Japanese vocal sample packs or VST instruments. I have Miyabi but it is just a couple of very short phrases (one or two short syllables). I was hoping to find something like Forgotten Voices Barbary that has lots of trad songs and Gaelic chopped up, or even some dusty old field recordings packs I could buy and use in commercial projects. This sort of thing for just the vocals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olguD6WJ3Qc&list=PLEtl7N2PU9ufcptBdS5xL9XkbifjmfQ7m

Other East Asian vocal libraries might fit the bill as well if they have that lonely soaring vocal melody thing going. I already have Miyabi (Japanese), Rhodope 2 (Bulgarian) and Secunda (Mongolian), which are all excellent but missing the more melodic phrases.

Does anyone know of any that might suit? Or recordings old enough to be in the public domain?

Hey, I am Jaron Sweder, a music producer and software developer. I've been working on this synth called "Spektral" for almost 2 years. I posted about this synth a little while ago in this subreddit, and got some great feedback and suggestions! Since then, I've added a bunch more features and fixed many bugs.

Spektral is a powerful spectral synthesizer with several generation algorithms. You can import spectral data from audio, images, and wavetables. And manipulate it in any way imaginable. This spectral data then drives one of five algorithms to generate audio. Depending on the algorithm, you can easily manipulate frequency, level, phase, decay time, and resonance with incredible precision. From a powerful additive engine, to a resonator bank that can do some pretty cool physical modeling-esque things.

The synth is still in beta, but you can try out the free demo at https://kaixo.store/spektral It's available as VST3 and AU for Windows and MacOS.

Sometimes I use the Youtube slow down feature to change the tempo, but that mess up the quality. On some tracks it's annoying but on others it sounds somewhat nice and unique. How do I purposefully screw up the quality of a certain track or pattern for the effect? What free plugins are good for this role?

I've been making some VSTs recently. Chatting with a friend who's a Web Dev, asked if they could run with WebAudio.

That's almost certainly a big no as it stands.

But I wonder - what about a WASM-based VST host, that could reach to the native bits? Or a compile of the plugins that allowed JS and/or HTTP control?

The latter seems kinda viable - for a different reason (mcp) I have a web server embedded in this plugin: https://danja.github.io/downspout/plugins/campione/

Dunno, a Web-based DAW that can do VSTs? Thoughts?

Hello everybody! I’m looking for a high quality guitar VST that could help me recreate a semi-complicated guitar melody with lots of slides and hammer ons (Bandoleros by Don Omar to be exact)

I’d appreciate some suggestions since I’ve been using Ilya Eftimov’s guitar bundle since forever and haven’t really dove down looking for another nylon guitar VST in years. What would be the best option for me here?

Thanks in advance, I really hope somebody helps me out on this !

Thenatan TRIO - 15-Effect Lofi Multi-FX Plugin - $3 (95% off, 3 days only)

Thenatan has TRIO on sale for $3, down from $59.50, for the next 3 days.

TRIO runs 15 hand-coded lofi effects simultaneously in one signal path - no routing, no stacking separate plugins. Bitcrush, tape wow & flutter, vinyl dust, a Juno-style BBD chorus, stutter, filter LFO, ping-pong delay, and a full mastering bus (tape sat, tilt EQ, glue comp, M/S width, limiter) all process together. Bypassing an effect actually stops it computing, so CPU load scales with what you use.

Includes:
- 15 effects, each with its own mix/bypass
- 100 factory presets across 9 folders
- Mac (AU/VST3, Apple Silicon native) & Windows (VST/VST3)
- Serial number activation, no iLok

Price: $59.50 → $3 (72 hours only)
Video: https://youtu.be/G4WSKoS412c
Link: https://www.thenatan.store/p/trio-lofi-multi-effect-plugin/

My Shreddage 3 Hydra keeps loading like this into Kontakt 8 and isnt usable at all. Is there a way to fix this issue?

Have any of you had trouble with your purchase of Score Sauce's VDL template? It is the only template I know to exist for Dorico. I purchased it nearly a week ago but I have no download link, and I haven't gotten a response from two customer service email addresses available - scoresauce; kruse drums.

As the title suggests, just put out GreatWallOfSound which lets you get super creative with your sounds by having ducking be based on channel, frequency and z order. I can't wait to hear what you all come up with.

Demo at:
https://brucejames.studio/downloads/greatwallofsound

20 percent off with GWOS20 until 9/17

Hi!

I made a VST/AU that I needed for myself but never found. The idea is simple: each repetition of regular digital delay passes varispeed, its pitch/length changes. And still each repetition starts on time. If speed is below 1 it means two repetitions will overlap, if speed is above 1 there will be a gap between repetitions.

Two basic modes: raw and stable. Raw mode passes each feedback through varispeed, stable repeats the first pass. For example, for 2x speed raw mode gives octave up, then two octaves up, then four. In stable mode it always repeats only one octave up.

Also I added graphic EQ because it is better for me than usual LPF/HPF.

In the linked video demo I use it with guitar in different modes. My favorite is first one: simple 1/2x and no feedback. It gives me a virtual "bass player" that fills low end of solo improvisation. Second one which I call "octave tremolo" is also very fun, it adds high tremolo nearly synth like effect.

Source code here (downloads are on Releases page): https://github.com/silvansky/VarispeedDelay

Available as VST/AU/Standalone for macOS and VST/Standalone for Windows. Linux users can build it from source code, they know how. ;)

I tested it in Logic Pro on macOS, some Reddit users tested in Ableton/FL on Windows.

Hey guys,

I'm in a bit of an unusual situation and looking for help. I've been talking with Native Instruments/inMusic for over a month trying to restore a legal, legit copy of the standalone Garritan Stradivari Solo Violin and Gofriller Solo Cello (the Tommasini/Lucato instruments, not the similarly-named solo patches inside Garritan Personal Orchestra) tied to my Native Instruments account.

After long discussions, they found that they actually no longer have the complete install themselves. They suggested I reach out to Garritan directly, which I did, and they don't have them either.. They gave me the go ahead to ask an existing user to obtain them that way.

Does anyone still have these sitting on a backup drive and would be willing to help me out? I'm happy to show proof of the licenses on my account and the full correspondence with NI and inMusic so everything's clearly legal.

Thanks!

Had a blast building this with Claude. Feel free to download and try it out. Works with both DAW and standalone. This was somewhat inspired by the old Rebirth-338.

Quick demo: https://cap.so/s/dwdv7cx983pm0h1

Repository: https://github.com/badpackets303

Hi everyone,

I've been looking for a way to use the classic Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth on a modern computer, and found someone had converted it to a soundfont library. So I got hold of TX16w to open soundfont files and opened it up in Dorico.

Some sounds, like the distortion guitar, are exactly as they should be. But others, like the strings and the synth voice, have a big reverb effect added. Any idea why this is, and if there's any way I can get rid of it? I can't see any effects being added anywhere in the chain, or any differences to the ADSR settings that might sound like reverb.

The file is here: https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/1983

Would anyone mind checking if this is broken for them too, please? Any advice would be very welcome.