it's the free vst halloween special 2020. in this video i'm going to show you nine free vst plugins
that are great for creating spooky horror sounds i'm zane welcome to simple green tech where i do
weekly audio tech tips tutorials and reviews to help you conquer the tech and unleash your
creativity now links to all of the spooktacular free vst plugins that i mentioned in this video
are down in the description check down there for all of them and what i want to do in this video is
show you the nine free vst plugins and near the end of this video i'm going to show you a quick
song that i came up with using some of these plugins and i'll show you which plugins i use
now first up on the list is spitfire audio labs this is actually a collection of 30 high quality
instruments they're really geared toward film scoring so you can get some really nice creepy
sounds out of some of these and instruments like synth pads frozen strings scary strings
music box and cello quartet are all very nice starting places
for your horror tracks plus there's also a great drum plugin included too really you can just get
these plugins and then you're done you can get spitfire audio labs on mac and windows
next on the list is an effect plugin from izotope this is vinyl this plugin simulates the dust
scratches warp and mechanical noise from a classic record player and you can control
each element independently this will allow you to make your horror track
sound a little more vintage and creepy izotope vinyl is available on mac and
windows
the next free vst plugin on the list is an instrument this is kinetic toys
from native instruments because what's more creepy than a bunch of creepy toys
this is part of the complete start bundle that contains some other great plugins too you can
get kinetic instruments and the complete start bundle for free on mac and windows
up next is tape cassette from Caelum audio this is a saturation plugin that adds the character
noise and warmth of a cassette tape you can adjust it to give just a little of the cassette character
or a lot and the wow and flutter settings can really adjust the quality of the cassette and
tape player use it on your entire mix or on individual tracks to give your projects that
vintage horror sound you can get this one on windows and mac
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it really helps my channel out and i appreciate it so much now next on the list is synthetic vortices
from sample science this is a collection of ambient loops generated by the
Ensonic fizmo synthesizer and embedded into this plugin instrument the collection of
sounds is atmospheric and alien-like so if you're wanting to create a sci-fi
horror track this one is for you you can get synthetic vortices on windows and mac
next up is tuxedo from reflekt audio so many great horror movie themes have an atmospheric piano and
tuxedo is a spacey grand hall piano it can deliver a very convincing real piano sound or use some of
the onboard effects to create something totally unique you can get tuxedo on mac and windows
next on the list of free vst plugins is voltage modular nucleus 2 from cherry audio
many horror themes from the late 70s and into the 80s featured big sounding synth basses pads
and arpeggiated sounds voltage modular 2 can deliver on those big rich synth sounds it includes
a collection of 22 modules and over 170 presets you can get this plug-in on both windows and mac
the next free plugin on the list is cassette roads from sample science
this one can give you some creepy sounds similar to what you might find
in an episode of twin peaks you get the sound of an electric piano that's being recorded
onto a cassette tape it gives you some settings that you can adjust so you can dial in your
own sound and really create the lo-fi e piano of your dreams cassette roads is available on mac and
windows
the next free vst plugin for horror is amplitube custom shop
let's face it whether you want to create an 80s inspired punk rock horror anthem
or just want to dirty things up a bit you'll need some distortion
and amplitube custom shop is basically a free version of amplitube 4 with 24 pieces of gear
which includes a digital chromatic tuner 9 stomp boxes 4 amps 5 cabinets 3 mics and 2 rack effects
and you don't have to use this on just guitar or bass try running a synth through it or even drums
through it and see what you come up with amplitube custom shop is available on mac and windows
all right so i've come up with a quick spooky horror theme using some of these plugins
so let's check out the song and then i'll show you which plugins it is that i used
let's have a quick listen to what this sounds like
all right so it's a pretty simple song and now i'll show you the plugins that i use
so right off the bat you hear the piano which is the tuxedo piano from reflect audio
and you'll see that i have these ssl channel strips on these two and that's just to bring the
level up because they were a little bit quieter i'm sure i could have used some other plug-in but
these are ones i'm used to i just quickly turn the output up and that's about it for those so don't
worry about these but yeah this tuxedo creates a great atmospheric piano and here it is on its own
and then i have this sort of bass part that kind of fades into the picture and that's the voltage
modular nucleus two and there are so many great sounds in this plugin for horror uh it was hard
for me to just choose one but this is the one that i chose so let's give this a listen on its own
not bad for an 80s synth bass sound right there
and the next thing you see that fades in is this cello it's the cello quartet
from the spitfire audio labs plugins and here's what that sounds like on its own
and that's pretty cool and there are so many other great sounds in just this module the cello module
that they're very creepy and you can create some great horror sounds with it and then next we have
this little sound that goes in the background the whole time you hear this in the background is just
kind of in behind all the music to create some atmosphere and it's the kinetic treats
from native instruments part of the complete free bundle so let's hear how this sounds on its own
just kind of a strange sound in the background to add some atmosphere and also i should have
mentioned when i was talking about the voltage modular i also had the tape cassette plugin
on there and this kind of gives it a little more 80s warmth and strangeness to the sound
so that was on there let's listen to it with and without so first here it is without
and you can hear it just adds a little subtle character to the sound that just
makes it feel even more 80s and horror sounding and then finally on this track we have another
instance of the spitfire audio labs and this time it's just the drum kit and the drum
kit sounds great in this plug-in by the way and also on this track i have izotope vinyl
just to make it sort of sound like maybe i sampled this from an old record so let's
compare this with and without the effect on so first we'll start with the effect off
you can hear it sounds like it was taken from an old record i didn't have any of the dust
or scratching in there i just wanted the warp sound and a little bit of the worn out record
sound and then on the master track i have an instance of the tape cassette again
just to kind of combine everything together and give saturation to everything so let's
listen to it all together and i'll turn that tape cassette on and off so you can hear the difference
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thank you so much for watching for simple green tech i'm zane keep creating and we'll talk soon