


If you’ve ever done the free VST hunt. It’s tedious with a lot of things that aren’t that great. I’ve been down that road. A good selection of stock instruments is just a better starting point in my opinion. Nowhere did I say Reaper is useless for everyone. My whole post was about a specific use case… check the bold in the quoteguitfnky wrote: ↑16 Aug 2022I'm thinking of it from the angle of being a musician. if someone wants to make music, there is no excuse not to, period. and you seem to have ignored both the part where I pointed out there are tons of great free VSTs out there, and the part where I suggest if you don't like what it has to offer, don't use it.QVprod wrote: ↑15 Aug 2022
I think you’re thinking of this from a guitarist angle. In which case you’d be right. But for those of us non guitar people, the sounds have to come from somewhere. That’s why literally every other DAW comes with stock sounds. In this case it would be less useful, particularly for someone who doesn’t yet have a plug-in collection.
but more importantly, the point (as I've stated) is that it's dumb to act like a piece of software is useless for everyone just because it doesn't suit you in particular.
Look man this is borderline offensive and you're simply defending what's indefensable.guitfnky wrote: ↑15 Aug 2022cool. it’s a DAW. if you don’t like it, use another. just because you feel like you need a bunch of curated patches or some nonsense doesn’t make it any less useful. you’d know that if you’d—you know—used it.mcatalao wrote: ↑15 Aug 2022
0 content, means not even a freaking piano. I am a musician, and i could use reaper as a midi recorder with my keyboards, but heck, not everyone has an arsenal of sounds outside the box, and Reaper is the exception to the norm. Every daw has content so that it can get you going from Reason, to cubase, Ableton, and so on. The last time i opened reaper? You spend 60 usd on a DAW and if you're starting, 0 content for composing.
Eh... that's a matter of personal opinion, IMHO.
okay man. 75% of what you said is either incorrect, or misunderstood, but yes, let’s leave it alone.
I was responding to someone else, then you insinuated yourself into that discussion (which is totally fine, of course), but then you accuse me of accusing you of what I was accusing them of….can’t freaking win.QVprod wrote: ↑16 Aug 2022If you’ve ever done the free VST hunt. It’s tedious with a lot of things that aren’t that great. I’ve been down that road. A good selection of stock instruments is just a better starting point in my opinion. Nowhere did I say Reaper is useless for everyone. My whole post was about a specific use case… check the bold in the quoteguitfnky wrote: ↑16 Aug 2022
I'm thinking of it from the angle of being a musician. if someone wants to make music, there is no excuse not to, period. and you seem to have ignored both the part where I pointed out there are tons of great free VSTs out there, and the part where I suggest if you don't like what it has to offer, don't use it.
but more importantly, the point (as I've stated) is that it's dumb to act like a piece of software is useless for everyone just because it doesn't suit you in particular.
I don;t even bother with free stuff. I have way too much stuff.QVprod wrote: ↑16 Aug 2022If you’ve ever done the free VST hunt. It’s tedious with a lot of things that aren’t that great. I’ve been down that road. A good selection of stock instruments is just a better starting point in my opinion. Nowhere did I say Reaper is useless for everyone. My whole post was about a specific use case… check the bold in the quoteguitfnky wrote: ↑16 Aug 2022
I'm thinking of it from the angle of being a musician. if someone wants to make music, there is no excuse not to, period. and you seem to have ignored both the part where I pointed out there are tons of great free VSTs out there, and the part where I suggest if you don't like what it has to offer, don't use it.
but more importantly, the point (as I've stated) is that it's dumb to act like a piece of software is useless for everyone just because it doesn't suit you in particular.
kitekrazy wrote: ↑17 Aug 2022I don;t even bother with free stuff. I have way too much stuff.QVprod wrote: ↑16 Aug 2022
If you’ve ever done the free VST hunt. It’s tedious with a lot of things that aren’t that great. I’ve been down that road. A good selection of stock instruments is just a better starting point in my opinion. Nowhere did I say Reaper is useless for everyone. My whole post was about a specific use case… check the bold in the quote
The issue isn't so much that there aren't any good free ones, but rather the process of looking for the good ones can be tedious. Youtube definitely helps, but it also depends on what you're looking for and what those YouTubers' standards are. If someone absolutely can't afford anything but Reaper, then do what's necessary, but where possible, I think there are better options as starting points for someone who doesn't already have a collection of plugins or aren't primarily recording audio.jlgrimes wrote: ↑18 Aug 2022
Times are a bit different now in the free department vs 10 years ago.
There are more high quality free stuff out now. Some software even rivals paid stuff. Some plugins do have me question the need of a paid version.
Then for a little bit of money under $100, there are alot of great VSTS now.
Alot of YouTube videos go over these synths and they are top notch stuff I wouldn't feel ashamed of using in a production.
Then if you use older VSTs, Reaper is the perfect DAW as it doesn't require a wrapper for 32 bit VSTis. And while free VSTS are hit and miss, there are a few old gems out there.
Asking what are the best free VST instruments on any musicians forum will get you pointers to the obvious ones within one reply
In my own experience, I've been dissatisfied by some of those forum searches. Some things that are well spoken of are good for a free option but not all that good objectively. Synths are a bit easier to find good options for. There's stuff like Vital now that raises the bar a bit there, but if you happen to need any organic/real type instruments, those are still very much lacking in quality in the free department.crimsonwarlock wrote: ↑18 Aug 2022Asking what are the best free VST instruments on any musicians forum will get you pointers to the obvious ones within one reply![]()
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