We wanted to take the time to look back at the most popular synthesizer related downloads here at PatchArena for 2013. It's been a great year for virtual instrument releases, updates, and downloads. The same goes for Hardware based synthesizers and samplers. You should be able to utilize the sfz samples here if you don't have them already. Top downloads include presets for CronoX, Alchemy, Toxic Biohazard, Guitar Samples, String Samples, A freeware download pdf list, and More.
The first list that we'll go through is the Top 10 2013 download list ordered by download hits.
Number 10
Contact SPACE Kalimba- SFZ Instrument
Preset Design: PatchArena
Total Download Hits - 3330
- Kalimba recorded with homemade contact microphone plus SPACE reverb! Intended for film-score percussion and other textures. Use with your favorite SFZ player or sampler. Special sounds can be achieve by either exaggerating or cutting out the reverb decay on this sample set. Enjoy!
Download - Contact SPACE Kalimba
Number 9
Studio Strings Nebula - SFZ Instrument
Preset Design: PatchArena
Total Download Hits - 3360
Free Sample Pack of synth string samples sampled from the strings preset of a vintage Siel analog synth! 9 samples recorded 44.1k 16bit, weighing in at just less then 30MB compressed in zip. Use as SFZ sample food for your favorite SFZ based virtual instruments, or drag and drop the samples into your other samplers!
Download - Studio Strings Nebula
Number 8
Universe Trance Volume 1 & 2 For Image Line Poizone
Preset Design: CHE
Total Download Hits - 3995
2 Collections of Trance Presets, 79 Sounds Total. FXP, FXB, and FL Studio Formats.
Download - Universe Trance Vol 1 & 2
Number 7
Rainbow Spectrum 54 Presets For Camel Audio's Alchemy
Preset Design: CHE
Total Download Hits - 3997
The Rainbow Spectrum Soundset for the Camel Audio - Alchemy VSTi. Format in ACP, AAZ, and .WAV. 54 Experimental Presets in 8 Categories.
Download - Rainbow Spectrum Soundset
Number 6
Collection Of 24 Banks of Korg M1 Patches
Preset Design: Korg Users Shared
Total Download Hits - 4058
24 Banks of M1 sounds from various sources over the internet. Check out the modified dates for their creation or last edit times.
Download - Korg M1 Collected Presets
Number 5
Toxic Planet 100 Presets For Image Line Toxic Biohazard
Preset Design: CHE
Total Download Hits - 4715
100 Free Presets for Image Line - Toxic Biohazard. Includes 100 FXP and 600 waveforms.
Download Toxic Planet
Number 4
Oderions Guitar Steel Chords - SFZ Instrument
Preset Design: Oderion
Total Download Hits - 5015
Acoustic steel string guitar by chords in sfz format. Sampled chords from my steel stringed guitar into a sfz file! First octave gives you the chords in major and second in minor. If you hit the notes hard its a down stroke, and softer gives an up stroke.
Download - Oderions Guitar Steel Chords - SFZ
Number 3
Virtual Software Synthesizer Freeware Index PDF
Download Author: CHE
Total Download Hits - 5430
This PDF includes All Free Virtual Software Synthesizer for Digital Audio Workstation's & Sequencer's. (No MIDI Apps & Standalone's) As Example :
- PRESONUS - STUDIO ONE
- IMAGE LINE - FL STUDIO
- STEINBERG - CUBASE
- CAKEWALK - SONAR
- ABLETON - LIVE
- MORE
EASY TO READ PDF with Color Images, Short descriptions, and Manufacturer Links
Download - Freeware Index PDF
Number 2
E-lec-tro Sounds - For Image Line Harmor VSTi
Preset Design: CHE
Total Download Hits - 6560
Harmor Soundset with 100 Single Presets in FXP Format. Including Arps, Leads, Pads & Bass. Excellent use of Timbre mixing and combinations.
Download - E-lec-tro Sounds
Number 1
TAKAMINE GUITAR VOL 1 - For LinPlug Crono X
Preset Design: Philippe Favré
Total Download Hits - 12649
A piezo electro acoustic guitar. Sampled and programmed for LinPlug Crono X. Featuring 34 RealGuitar presets. Metal an rubber hammers, Plectrum, thumb, pizzicato actions,
Background noises.
Download - TAKAMINE GUITAR VOL 1
Special thanks to everyone for sharing their sounds this past year. Looking forward to a wonderful and exciting 2014. Special tip of the hat goes out to CHE for making the top 10 list multiple times!
If you are interested check out more download statistics here:
http://patcharena.com/downloads/misc.php?action=toplist
Wishing you a happy and musically productive 2014!
Toxic Biohazard is really a good vst! I used a lot!