The magic of software virtual instruments ! Recreating known piece of hardware, emulating famous synth, trying to capture the spirit of a machine, attempting to copy the sound and feeling of an instrument!

Here’s a compilation of all the articles about free VST plugins that try to emulate the most famous synths, plus links to the freeware plugins that are the only one to recreate a kind of machine (they didn’t get an article). Below is a list of best free VST emulations.

Here you can find free virtual alternatives to the classic analog synths :
MiniMoog, Arp 2600, Arp Odyssey, Synthi VCS3, Obeirheim OB-X

There are also your favorite FM / Vector Synthesis / “digital” synths :
Yamaha DX7, Prophet VS, PPG Wave, Ensoniq SQ80

Yes, Arturia is not free but it sounds one thousand times better than Arminator. Actually Arminator's sound is a bit cheap and weak. Still it can be used here and there but not as a lead instrument in your track.

The usual techno/trance suspects are here too :
Roland TB303, Alpha Juno, Juno 60, JP-8000, Korg Mono / Poly, Clavia Nord Lead 2

We did not forgot the Jazzy/Funky/Rock famous instruments :
Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, Farfisa combo organ, Hohner Clavinet, Wurlitzer E-piano, Mellotron & Arp Solina.

And even the antic Theremin + some funky toys : Speak and Spell & Stylophone.

This is work in progress, i’ll add free VSTi plugin if we find some new free recreation of well known synthesizers.

All the VSTi in this list are freeware.

Here we go :

1. Minimoog

2. ARP 2600

3. ARP Odyssey

4. VCS3 Synthi AKS

5. Oberheim OB-X / OB-Xa / OB-8

6. Roland TB 303

7. Roland Alpha Juno

8. Roland JP-8000

9. Roland Juno 60 / Juno 106 / Juno 6

10. Korg Mono / Poly

http://www.fullbucket.de/music/monofury.html

11. Yamaha DX7

12. Prophet VS

13. Ensoniq SQ80

14. Waldorf PPG Wave

15. Rhodes MK2 electric piano

16. Wurlitzer electric piano

17. Hammond B3 tonewheel organ

18. Farfisa electric combo organ

19. Clavinet D6

20. Mellotron

21. ARP Solina string ensemble

22. Theremin

23. Speak and Spell toy

Arminator Synth Free Vst

24. Dubreq Stylophone

25. Linndrum LM-1

26. Electronic Dream Plant (EDP) Wasp

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27. Clavia Nord Lead 2

Arminator Free Vst Synth

http://www.geocities.jp/daichi1969/softsynth/ + check my preset banks for Synth1 !

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28. Roland JX-8P

VST
NR2010. Made mainly for personal use. A good old analog polysynth with a 24dB filter, snappy envelopes and nice mod effects. My personal workhorse-synth.		Download
GTG K1.3. A remake of the K1. Some minor enhancements. Better filter controls. Added a damp function on the delay. Improved layout. Standard midi implementation.
GTG 44 S. Old skool analog six voice with a very fat sound. I made it mostly for personal use. Please refer to the readme file.
GTG DPC 3. DrumSampler. Pads playable by mouse.Individual reverb send. Auto-mute group. Visual response.Logical layout. Download version without animated pads here.
GTG JP 7A . A six voice analog synth with a 24 dB filter, pitch envelope, osc sync, mono mode, MIDI automation. Pitch bender with 3 fixed ranges.
NK 1001 . By request of users an old skool monophonic synth. Dual oscillator. S&H. PW Mod. Switchable AMP-mode (ADSR/GATE). MIDI Imp. chart enclosed in the ZIP.
GTG MS 2008. Classic analog synth. Logical layout. Modulation Envelope. Chorus and Delay. Sub Oscillator. Fast envelopes.
GTG ST 2008. Pads and FX synth. Based on the MX 2008, a synth for fast and easy creation of moving textures, lush pads, chords and electronic effect sounds.
GTG Sputnik 2000 . Retro effects synth based on three Phase Modulation oscillators and 1 analog oscillator. LFO,Chorus and reverb. 97 presets: Bass,percussion,pads and fx.
GTG FM 4. A new FM synth with a different structure. 3 operators with 2 mixable paths each. Lots of cool sounds can be made with this one. And yet very easy to use.